Grungy Sunday

I still need some more ATCs for the Grunge swap. It´s fun to see the story behind each image and highlight a few details.

Another grungy ATC

Another ATC for a Grunge themed swap.

Eggs/Grow

Here´s my entry for this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme "Eggs". Stamps are Lost Aussie, Oxford Impressions, Invoke, Stampington.

Home

On my first day home I´ve made these ATCs for a swap themed "Home", using my new bought House stamp and chipboard letters.

Polka Dots

My card for this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ challenge "Polka Dots". Stamps by "Der bessere Eindruck" and Stampington.

Back home

... from Munich, and I´ve missed my stamps and paints! So here are a few ATCs I´ve made immediately after coming home ...

CherryPie ATCs

Some ATCs for an ongoing CherryPie Swap, the last before I´m having a short vacation. See you next weekend ...

Grungy again

I´ve finished my ATC for the first of two Grunge Swaps today, and here they are.

Let it grow

Here´s the last of the three old postcards I´ve bought last weekend - this one is from 1915, written to a German soldier. It´s up for trade, so if you trade for it, you can read the whole story on the back (and I´ll translate it for you if necessary).

Dust

I´ve made a few Grungy ATCs tonight for two different swaps; "Dust" is the one I like best.

70 Flowers

I don´t use my flower stamps very often and wasn´t sure if I should skip this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme "Flowers" - but as I needed a greeting card for my aunt´s 70th birthday I tried to combine both challenges.
Stamps by Stamp Francisco, Hero Arts, Stampington, and Inkadinkado.

Sowing the seeds of love

Remember the lyrics "Sowing the seeds of love"? These have inspired me to alter this postcard -the second one of my Sunday flea market findings and of course the original is by Millet.

Dreaming of a nest

This is the sixth and probably last of my Bird ATCs for the second swap.

Found today

I´ve been to a little flea market today with only books and postcards. I couldn´t resist when I found this old postcard to a soldier from the beginning of the 19th century. Maybe he would have liked the plus of consolation I´ve added to the vintage lady ...

Two Hearts

Combining my latest anatomy pieces with my passion for German literature, here´s a quote from Goethe´s "Faust" as a 4 x 4 inch page. It doesn´t work in English because it´s translated "Two souls live in my breast" instead of "Two hearts ...".

Japanese Postcards

Two more altered postcards, both from Japan. (Both are for trade.)

Anatomy

Three ATCs for an Anatomy swap in a German group.

Freedom

Regular visitors of my blog may have noticed that my recent posts haven´t been cheerful at all - but hey, this one is! It´s my entry for this week´s Wednesday Stamper´ theme "Doors". As this is one of my favourite music groups ever, I would have liked to combine the music and the theme, but then I stumbled over these words I´ve found a while ago which I really love, too - so here´s my card called "Freedom". Stamps by Oxford Impressions, Stempelmine, Inkadinkado, and All Night Media.

Missing/Lost

An ATC for a "Letter V" swap.

Blue Mood

Have you been a happy child? I remember I haven´t, and this boy is in a blue mood having fears and black thoughts flying above him. I hope the black bird will fly away and his future will be as blue and green as it is in his dreams. This is an entry for a "Blue and Green" themed Altered Book which belongs to my friend Ute.

Playing Games

My second WS entry is much brighter and uses the self-made transparency from my "Don´t stop playing" Altered Postcard - I´ve tinted it on the back with wax pastels and was very pleased by the result. Stamps by Stampers Anonymous, Inkadinkado, and Stempelmine.

Games

Here´s my card for this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme "Games". Stamps by Creavil and Stamp Francisco.

Medieval Times AB

My entry in Loreena´s Altered Book "Medieval Times" is a question from a poem of Walther von der Vogelweide which hasn´t been answered yet ... (Who tells me what love is?)

Wedding card

A card for a very special wedding.

Don´t stop playing

Another altered postcard with stamps and a gel medium transfer. I really love its back which tells about Hungarian sausages ...
This is up for a trade if anyone wants to have it.

It´s a mess!

I´ve been tagged by Stefanie, so here´s a picture of my work space at the moment I´ve read her mail - you can easily see that I did NOT clear away anything before taking the picture, LOL ...

I just can´t create anything when all things are where they have to be - and what about you, Francesca, Sarah, and Ute?

Birds in my heart ...

I don´t have enough bird ATCs for the second swap yet, so here are the next two of them.

Fleur de Lis

... is this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ challenge.

I didn´t know how this would turn out when I pulled my Fleur de Lis stamps out of their drawers. It all began when I realized there was a small fleur de lis in the corner of the Mona postage stamp ...

Stamps by Cherrypie and Oxford Impressions.

Chipboard Letters

I´ve bought a package of chipboard letters two months ago - this is my first attempt to use them on an ATC.

Birds

Two more bird ATCs I´ve made last week.

The background of these had been on my desk after I had stamped and dyed the whole afternoon some time ago.

Even birds can be rusty ...

Again I´ve used a rusted acrylic background, combined with metallic copper ink and wax pastels and two lovely feathers Christiane has sent to me ... I´m glad that both bird swaps I´m in aren´t International, so I could use real feathers (which couldn´t been sent to Australia).

Cacophony Postcard

This altered postcard has been sent from Budapest to Offenbach in the beginning of the 20th century - now it´ll be sent on to Bavaria for a swap ...

Rust never sleeps

Two ATCs for a Rust swap, made with wallpaper, acrylics, rusting solution, wax pastels and rusted metal found in the streets.

Another bird

... for one of those Bird Swaps going on everywhere now - I can´t resist to join them all!

More turquoise

You´ve been warned that turquoise is one of my favourite colours, so here are two bird ATCs on a turquoise distressed background - perfect for this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme ...

Turquoise - At the bottom of the sea

Turquoise is this week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme. This card is titled "At the bottom of the sea", using a lady from German painter and designer Heinrich Vogeler. The background is a collage made of tissue dyed with egg-dyes, scraps from old book pages, wax crayons, radiant pearls, pearlescent ink, and embossing powders - and various fish and swirl stamps of course.
Turquoise is one of my favourite colours, but I´ll have to go and wash my hands now before I go to work ...

Egypt

This week´s Wednesday Stampers´ theme is Egypt, so here´s my entry - I love making reliefs by stamping in thick layers of golden embossing powders when it comes to Egypt themes ...

My first 4x4 page

This is the first 4x4 book page I´ve ever made, and it´s for a Paper Traders´ group project called "Counting Crows": One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.
I´ve missed the chatter of the crows in my mailbox today after sending the Crows swap out, so this was sort of a substitute ... I have to make six copies of this page, so bye for now ;-)

Last Crows Swap Update

All entries for the Crows and Ravens swap are packed and ready to fly back to you tomorrow! Hope you´ll all be happy with your returns, please let me know.

Many thanks to all 13 participants for this successful swap - it´s been my first attempt on a blog swap and I think it won´t be the last.

This bird has flown

O. k., it IS another crackle card, LOL, but it´s for one of the bird swaps going on in several groups. The title of the ATC is the alternative title of the Beatles´ song `Norwegian Wood´.

The last of my Crackle ATCs

My German Crackle swap is due now, so here´s my last entry for it.