Any Road

Sometimes some images speak to you, and if it´s a good day, you´re able to express with them what´s currently on your mind.
(all images used here are from Miles Beyond the Moon kit "Go Ask Alice")

Zeppelin

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge that I´m guest hosting, I´ve chosen "Zeppelin" as a theme. Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin died 100 years ago, in March 1917. He invented those "flying cigars" that were named after him and that have been used between peace and war, transporting mail as well as people. And there´s an old song by Otto Reutter from 1909 documented here - isn´t it weird? And did you know that my favourite band is Led Zeppelin?

I´ve made two samples for you: The one above was made using a background made with Distress Oxide stamp pads, images from a magazine about postage stamps, a real postage stamp, and rubber stamps from Bo Bunny, Marianne Designs, Makistamps, Oxford Impressions, and See D´s.

My digital card below was made with images from Angie Young, Crafty Button Designs, Manuela Zimmermann, Holliewood Studios, Itkupilli, Magical Reality, and Finecrafted Designs.

If you check your images, I´m sure you´ll find some great ones, too, and I hope you´ll be inspired to play with that theme this week!

Soul Garden

Nancy came out with her two Soul Garden kits (1 and 2) today, and for my samples, I´ve combined the two kits. As always, they come with printable collage sheets, so you can also use them for your physical collages.

Number One

I´ve made this Hitchcock card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Numbers, using stamps from Carmen´s Veranda, Limited Edition, Kaisercraft, and Marianne Design.

Positive Changes

I´ve really loved playing with Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB kit "Positive Changes" - aren´t those bird heads just wonderful? As always, the kit comes with printable collage sheets, so you can use it for all your digital and physical collages.

Silhouettes

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Silhouettes", I didn´t have any appropriate stamps, so I´ve used some favourite images from (sadly retired) Hidden Vintage Studios to make this card; the Emerson word art is from Tina Chambers.

Good Vibes

There´s a new "Collect Your Own Collab" collection out at MischiefCircus.com, themed "Good Vibes". All collab kits have vibrant colours and 70´s inpired images, but there´s a wide range of interpretations of the theme.
Nancy Baumiller´s Crowabout StudioB kit Good Vibes is mainly Yoga inpired, but my two samples above may show that you don´t need to make Yoga themed collages with it.

And Marsha Jorgensen´s Tumble Fish Studio kit Good Vibes is more of a Bohemian kit combined with lovely modern word art and an additional Good Vibes Doodles kit used in both of my samples below.

Sail Away

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Sail Away" I´ve made a digital card using some older kits from Hidden Vintage Studios (sadly retired), Tumble Fish Studio, and Eena´s Creations, plus additional elements from Manuela Zimmermann and Vinnie Pearce.

Circumstance

Since Beth Todd had released her "Pomp" kit in her Songbirdy shop at MischiefCircus.com recently, you´ve probably waiting for "Circumstance", and here it is! Again it has those lovely rich colours that go together so well - I love it, so I´ve made three samples for you: Above is "Before the Concert", the second one is called "Invitation", and my third piece is "The Secret Garden".

Strange?

Are you making and trading ATCs? If so, what do you think: Why are most of them beautiful/cute/uplifting/humorous etc.? Do you sometimes make or pick WEIRD/strange/confusing/disturbing ATCs?
(If you´re a regular visitor of my blog, you already know that I´m not a big fan of those popular affirmations that make you feel good, but most often prefer words and images that make you think - how about you? What do you seek when you´re looking at artwork of any kind? And what do you think about "ugly" but true art?)
I´m really curious if these two ATCs will be shelf warmers in my ATC album or if they´ll find new homes ...

DADA

101 years ago, the Dada movement was founded in Zurich. I´ve collected some Dada stamps over the years, and I´ve been so delighted when Heindesign came out with some wonderful new Dada stamps recently. You even get tickets for the Stempelmekka in September when you send them a collage using their new Dada letters cube, so this card will be on its way to Hagen tomorrow!
(other stamps I´ve used here are from MaVinci, Rajastamps, and A Capella, Stampers Anonymous and Hampton Art Stamps)

Hands

I´ve picked "Hands" as this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge that I´m guest hosting, and I´ve made two sample cards, one stamped and collaged, and one digital card.
The card above was made with rubber stamps from Silvercrow, Joggles, Dina Wakley, Stamp Out Cute, and RajaStamps.
My digital card features elements from Miles Beyond the Moon, Holliewood Studios, Pink Lotty, and Tumble Fish Studio, all at Mischief Circus. The song lyrics are from Ben Harper, and here´s the whole song:

i can change the world
with my own two hands
make a better place
with my own two hands
make a kinder place
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

i can make peace on earth
with my own two hands
i can clean up the earth
with my own two hands
i can reach out to you
with my own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

i'm gonna make it a brighter place
i'm gonna make it a safer place
i'm gonna help the human race
with my own
with my own two hands

i can hold you
with my own two hands
i can comfort you
with my own two hands
but you got to use
use your own two hands
use your own
use your own two hands

with our own
with our own two hands
with my own
with my own two hands

Oh No!

Here´s a collaged scene made with the new Crowabout StudioB kit "Little Things", a lovely image collection that will inspire you to make your own digi or cut and paste collages.

See!

Nancy from Crowabout StudioB at Mischief Circus came out with a really wonderful new kit today called "See", and I´ve combined it with two quotes I´ve always loved ... Have a look at the kit and make your own art with it - may it be digital or cut and paste (as this kit comes with printable collage sheets).

Thinking Cap

I´ll put on my thinking cap - how many times did I write this in emails and posts when I wanted to participate in a challenge or swap ... This week "Thinking Cap" is the theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and I knew immediately that I have just the right stamp for it - the stamps I´ve used here are from VivaLasVegaStamps, Katzelkraft, Stampendous, Scrollswork, and Inkadinkado.

Bugs

Bugs is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and here´s my digital postcard made with elements from Holliewood Studios, Jen Maddocks, Lorie Davison, ViVa Artistry, Tangie Baxter, Art by January, and The Urban Fairy.

Fly

I really love Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB image kit "Fly"! And of course I just had to build a little neighbourhood of birds with it (though there are lots of other great images in the kit, LOL!) ...
And as always, you get printable collage sheets with the kit for all your cut and paste projects.

New Day

If you have a look at these two samples that I´ve made for Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB kit called "New Day", you´ll see that I´ve loved to play with this kit ...both pieces came up quite naturally because the images in the kit inspired me immediately - and I´m sure that the same will happen to you.

Inside My Own Head

Have you already visited the Mischief Circus forum this week? As I´ve told you before, we´re celebrating MC´s 7th Birthday there right now with lots of games and challenges.
My collage above was made for a challenge called "Open Your Mind", and it really tells a lot about me if you take a closer look ...
(I´ve used elements from Marta van Eck, Miles Beyond the Moon and Holliewood Studios here.)

P. S.: I´ve just found out that this layout has been picked as a GSO - what a surprise!

Pomp

We´ve been eagerly awaiting Beth´s new Songbirdy kit at Mischief Circus, and here it is: Pomp!
My first collage above is called "Always Exaggerating", and the one above is called "Psssst!".
It has been a lot of fun playing with these images, and I´m sure you´ll like this kit, too!