Texture Playing

What an interesting texture I found on Nancy Donaldson´s blog lately, and it was so much fun playing with it using it on one of my own photos. Look what it can do to a photo that has been a bit dull before ...
The good news is that Nancy will have a texture challenge on her blog from now on, so keep youre eyes open on Tuesdays if you like a digital challenge.

How Could I Know?

I´ve had fun playing with elements from TumbleFish Studio, Tangie Baxter and Kim Klassen here - please click on the picture to see the details.

Spooky Witch

Here´s my ATC for this week´s TMTA challenge themed witches. Stamps by Zettiology and Third Coast.

Things that go bump in the night

Did you ever wonder where this saying comes from? It´s a Scottish prayer saying:

From ghoulies and ghosties

And long-leggedy beasties

And things that go bump in the night,

Good Lord, deliver us!

And because it´s this week´s theme for the SPA challenge, here´s my 4 x 6 illustration.

For a Friend

Today I received my new stamps from IndigoBlu, a brand new English stamp company, and I had to play with them immediately. This is a tag made for a good online art friend.

This tag also qualifies for this week´s Inspiration Avenue challenge themed "Owls".

Pumpkin Pie

My first thought when I read the October theme for our Zetti 4 x 6 journal page swap was that I had to skip this month ... but then I really had fun playing with a zettified "pumpkin".

Idea Flow

The theme for our 4 x 6 Zetti page exchange this month is Artist´s choice, so I just played around a bit ...

Owl Wisdom

This month´s theme for our bird journal page exchange is Owl, so here´s my 3,5 x 5 " page.

Autumn Gold

When I made my digital postcard for this week´s SPA challenge "Autumn Leaves", I had Andy Irvine´s lovely song "Autumn Gold" in my head that starts with these words:

"My mood is clothed in autumn's shades.
My summer sun begins to fade,
Fading away with the waning year,
Changing my tempo now autumn is here."

That´s exactly how I´m feeling these days, and that´s not the only reason why I love this song. Check it out if you can - unfortunately the only version I could find on Youtube is by someone else, but it may give you a hint of what I´m talking about ...

It´s getting colder

... but I hope that the first frost isn´t near! Here´s my entry for today´s Texture Tuesday using a photo I´ve taken last year.

Halloween Approaching

Red Lead has a new swap up themed "Not Too Spooky Halloween ATCs"- here are mine.

Learning to Dance

When I saw the swap theme "Dance", I didn´t think I had enough appropriate stamps and ideas for it. But looking through my stuff for a second time made me decide that I should take the challenge, and I had a fun night yesterday making my swap ATCs.

Back from the Stempelmekka

Some of you asked me to take some photos at the Stempelmekka - as always, I completely forgot about them on Saturday, so if you wonder why there aren´t that many people on my pics, it´s because both were taken on Sunday when less visitors have been there. You can also see that there have been workshops at almost every booth this year which made this stamping convention much more interesting. There have been 37 booths this year, some of them being in Hagen for the first time (like Katzelkraft and Reprint).

I´ve met a lot of old friends and some new acquaintances and traded 33 ATCs. And of course I´ve bought some new stamps and stuff ...

Where Are The Birds?

As a frequent visitor of my blog, you may have missed some bird ATCs among my latest uploads - so did I! So here´s a bunch of bird ATCs made for the Stempelmekka.

It´s Mekka Time Again!

You shouldn´t go to the Stempelmekka without a bunch of ATCs for trade, so I tried to fill up my ATC album during the last days ... can´t wait to go to Hagen next weekend!

Wild Wild West

Here´s my entry for the new Creavil challenge themed "Go West" - sort of a female version of the movie "Once upon a time in the West". Images by ARTchix, stamps by Tim Holtz.

Zetti Mona

For our monthly 4 x 6 Zetti pages exchange, the August theme is "Mona Lisa". I let Mona leave her frame inside the Louvre to take a walk through Paris ...

The Pulse - Style File

Today you can find me being featured in Seth Apter´s "The Pulse" here. The piece of artwork I´ve picked is the journal page above, and on the top I show you the whole spread, each page is 6 x 6. The theme for this tip-in book was "An Italian Affair", and I´ve used some original photos from an excursion to Florence as well as papers and rubber stamps, gesso and crayons on the sanded and scratched potos.

Please have a look at Seth´s blog to find other artists talking about their specific artistic styles.

Animal Kingdom

My card for this week´s SPA challenge themed "Animal Kingdom" - no comment necessary ...

One Crow Two Crows

Some people think that having a blog means less time for art - hmmmmm, I don´t agree. But I learned last week that if you´re used to keeping a blog, it´s very demotivating if you´re offline for a while, not able to scan and upload what you´ve done. So I´m a bit late with with my monthly bird journal page though the theme for August is my favourite bird, Crow!