November Rain

When I picked November Rain as the theme for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, I couldn´t know how true it would be; after some sunny and warm weeks, we now have rain every day, and the next week won´t be any better. The quote is from the Guns´n Roses song of course, but I´ve only used it as the inspiration for my design, using rubber stamps from LaBlanche, Kaisercraft and Carabelle Studio.

Funny Farm

I´ve made this version of American Gothic for the current challenge in the Mischief Circus forum - don´t you want to join us there? I´ve used elements from Beth Rimmer, Marta van Eck, Holliewood Studios, Mr Whiskers, Itkupilli, Crowabout StudioB, Art by January, and Rucola Designs, all available at Mischief Circus.

Fish Flakes

Marsha from Tumble Fish Studios has come out with three new "Fish Flakes kits" today - a new line with fabulous collage elements that are very versatile. When I first saw her Foliums kit, I only saw petals, but then I ended using them as tears in my collage above - that´s what I meant with "versatile" ... (I added elements from Marsha´s kits Whatnot 2 and 3 for this collage.)

This second piece was made with her new Fish Flake kit "Crooked Little Houses", combined with a face from the new "Facelifts" and elements from Everland, My Picks and Wild Things.

My third collage combines all three new kits - in fact I´ve layered several Facelifts faces here - to illustrate a quote from Albert Camus.
Three great kits for your digital stash, but as they all come with the images on printable collage sheets, they´re very useful for your cut and paste collages, too.

Ooooh, to be in Paris ...

Paris is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and this is the digital postcard I´ve made for it. I haven´t been to Paris since the 80s, so maybe it´s my Alter Ego who´s posing here ...
All images used here are from Tumble Fish Studios.

Welcome to Italy

I wish I could travel to Italy again soon, but for now taking part in an Italy themed ATC swap must be enough ...

Undead

This week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge is simply themed "Halloween", and this time I´ve made a digital postcard using elements from Rucola Designs, Eenas Creations and Altered Emporium, all available at Mischief Circus.

Smell My Feet

Have you already noticed Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB Halloween kits? There´s a background paper kit called Sleepy Hallows Papers and an element kit called Smell My Feet. I´ve used them both for my giant cut and paste tags. The one above also has a word die cut from Tim Holtz, the one below uses rubber stamps from Flamingo Art.

Arachnophobia

I´ve heard that there are people who like spiders and even have them at their homes as pets. Hmmm ...
Well, for me, a fat spider sitting on my head is a nightmare, so here´s my card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Spiders´ Webs.
I´ve used rubber stamps from Stempelmine, Flamingo Art, Indigo Blu, Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz and Stampendous, but I don´t remember where the big web is from.

This Little Moment

Marsha from Tumble Fish Studio also has a new kit out today - it´s called "This Little Moment", and I love the muted colours that led me to somehow melancholic samples for you: "Autumn Nights" above and "Artificial Autumn" below. The one below was inspired by paintings from René Magritte of course (you probably know his sentences Ceci n´est pas un pomme and Ceci n´est pas une pipe).
As Marsha´s kit comes with printable collage sheets, you can also use it for any cut and paste artwork.

Tree Lovers and Something About Trees

Nancy from Crowabout StudioB has come out with three new kits today, all with lots of colourful jpg and png images for your cut and paste as well as your digital projects. 

I´ve made two cut and paste postcards for you, both using the new kits "Tree Lovers & Things" and "Something About Trees", both available at MischiefCircus.com. 

But wait, there´s also a third new kit with great borders called "Funky Borders" - and that´s what they are!

Darkness

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Dark, I didn´t make a Halloween card. Instead, I used part of the lyrics of the Peter Gabriel song "Darkness" that I like a lot. If you don´t know it, maybe you´d like to listen to it here.
I used elements from Jen Maddocks and Eena´s Creations for my digital postcard this week.

Mischief is Brewing

How could I resist taking part in this year´s Paper Traders Halloween swap? These three ATCs came together very quickly on Saturday, and they´re already on their way to Oregon.
I´ve used images and stamps from Stempelbar, Red Lead, Character Constructions, and VivaLasVegas and word die cuts from Tim Holtz.

In the pale Moonlight

Pale is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and I think that nothing can be more pale than a skeleton in the moonlight. I´ve used rubber stamps from Stampendous, De Stempelwinkel, and VivaLasVegaStamps for my card as well as tape and a moon image from Tim Holtz.

Witch and Wizard Block

Recently, I´ve spent a week at my sister´s home for a short vacation. As always, we had much fun crafting and stamping together. This time, she surprised me with a project idea for Chunky ATCs - ATC sized wooden blocks (ours measure 2,5 x 3,5 x 1,7 inches). Some years ago, we had planned to take part in a Chunky ATC swap, but we didn´t have the time for it or stepped out because of the expensive shipping costs, I don´t remember. However, we had our wooden blocks as leftovers, and Sabine now proposed to decorate them for Halloween.

So here´s mine: there´s a wizard on the front (collage image from Red Lead, stamps and word die cut from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous/Sizzix, and I love his bat bow tie made of ribbon!)

The back has a witch: a rubber stamp from Stempelbar, a skirt made from a spider web die cut, and numbers and word die cuts from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

On top, there´s a spider web ribbon with a plastic spider. 

Both sides are decorated with Tim Holtz rubber stamps and die cuts. 

We´ve had much fun with our Chunky ATCs, and I really like our results. You can have a look at my sister Sabine´s Halloween block on her blog here.

Owl Be Watching You

I´ve had so much fun making this owl card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge! The background is made with three hand-dyed book pages, the stamps are from Red Lead and Flamingo,  the die cuts from Tim Holtz.

Heart Wide Open

Nancy from Crowabout StudioB has come out with three new image kits today. For my cut and paste postcards I´ve used her Textured Collage Papers and the Heart Wide Open kit (plus rubber stamps from PaperArtsy for "By the Stars and Moonlight" and from VivaLasVegaStamps for "Feel the Rain"), and for the cut and paste mail art envelope the background is from the Artist Papers kit.
These kits come with png images for digital use as well as jpgs on printable collage sheets for your cut and paste projects. As you can see in my samples, you don´t have to use them as they are - collage is all about constructing and deconstructing, overpainting, and making your own marks!

Crows and Ravens in Gothic Arches

Crows and Ravens are among my favourite birds, and they fit in Gothic Arches perfectly, so I had much fun making my six arch shaped ATCs for a group swap. I´ve used rubber stamps from Cherry Pie, A Capella, Green Pepper Press, Scrollswork, Tim Holtz/ Stampers Anonymous, Red Lead, Carabelle, Viva Las Vegas, MadRat, The Old Island Stamp Company, Artistic Outpost and others here. My favourite one of these is the "Tower of the Blue Ravens", inspired by Franz Marc´s "Tower of the Blue Horses" that you probably know ...

Sisters

Sisters are important for my life as I have two of them, and both are very close to me though they are five and eight years older than me. For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Sisters I´ve used images from Hidden Vintage Studio, Marta van Eck, Holliewood Studios and Tumble Fish Studio, all available from Mischief Circus, to make my postcard.

Me as Queen Bee

Marta van Eck has posted a Bee challenge in the Mischief Circus forum, asking us to make ourselves a bee - fun! For my layout, I´ve used elements from Finecrafted Designs, Holliewood Studios and Marta´s own challenge freebie.

Halloween Pocket Tags

I´ve been busy this weekend, making my tags for this year´s Red Lead Halloween Swap themed "Halloween Pocket Tags". You can see the whole package on the picture above, and the scans below show the five tags inside the pocket; the last scan shows the pocket itself. I only show the fronts here, but the backs are also decorated. All stamps, stencils and images and most embellishments used are from Red Lead, I´ve only added a few tapes and embellishments from other sources.