Olympus

My digital "Olympus" collage was made with the new "Celestial" kits (papers, elements, and transparents) from Songbirdy at MischiefCircus.com.

Imagine

 "Out and About" is a cut and paste collage in my moleskine journal.

"I´ll keep an Eye on you" is a cut and paste 4 x 6 postcard.

I´ve been surprised lately to feel the need to make some cut and paste collages again after quite a long time ... and Nancy Baumiller´s Zetti inspired image kits always come handy then, and her new large kits called "Imagine" (images and papers) gave me the excuse to PLAY and have fun! It comes with six printable collage sheets, so I had to stop myself playing when the weekend was over ;-) 

We are like Butterflies

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever - these words by Carl Sagan match with Lynne Perrella´s lovely butterfly lady stamp and the transparent wings. What is your idea for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Butterfly Wings"?

Renewal

When I saw Nancy Baumiller´s new image and collage sheets kit called "Renewal", I immediately wanted to pull out my scissors and glue and PLAY! So this cut and paste collage in my Moleskine journal came together quite quickly, and I´ve had so much fun with it.

Freedom

I´ve always loved these words by Jean-Paul Sartre, and when I decided to use the wolf and the bird from Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB kits "Evolving" images and papers, they came to my mind immediately. Fly away, little yellow bird!

Dogs

No, I´ve never had a dog or a cat, just canaries when I was very young ... But haven´t you ever thought about what our pets think about this world and mankind? I´ve had much fun watching the first "Pets" movie and am looking forward to the second one - who knows if the moths and spiders in my apartment celebrate a heavy metal party when I´m off to work?!
The quote I´ve used for my card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Dogs" is from Mme de Stael (born in the 18th century, and I fear that she wouldn´t have changed her mind if she lived nowadays).

Dragonfly

Dragonflies are very elegant and lightweight animals, and I tried to keep that in mind when I made my card for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Dragonflies".

Thingymabob

 I´ve been really happy when my friend Beth told me that her new digital image kit would be colourful, and when I saw it I immediately fell in love with the funny and quirky images of "Thingymabob". What came out first when I worked with it wasn´t so funny (see my collage "Another Toy" above) but that´s just another quality of this kit. With my second collage "Time for a Rest" below I came back to a funnier style, playing with size, exaggeration and artificial style.

Follow Your Inner Compass

My sister Sabine is hosting this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and she has chosen the theme "Travel/Maps". My 4 x 6 postcard was made using rubber stamps from Art Specially and Unity Stamps.

Chaos

Have you ever asked a book lover for her/his favourite quote? Well, Mandy from Sunday Postcard Art Challenge blog and her guest host Deann did it this week ... and of course I couldn´t decide which quote to use, so I ended using a line from the wonderful Kinks song "Lola" (published in 1973, an important year in my own life by the way). I´ve used rubber stamps from The Stamping Cottage, Paperbag Studios, Silvercrow and Visible Image for my card, and as this is one of my favourite themes, I can´t wait to see your own creation using your personal favourite quote! (And now I should spend some time reading more of Ray Davies´ great lyrics ...)

Coins and Seaside

I´ve had a week off work recently and have made my first ATC coins (not my favourite format) for a swap and some seaside themed ATCs just for fun.

My Home is my Castle

When you think of a chair, what is your first thought? For me, a chair means coziness, a place to read books or to talk to guests, a sort of nest inside your home - and that´s how this card came together.
It´s my entry for this week´s  Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Chair".

Zetti Coins

If you´re a stamper, you´ve already noticed that ATC coins are in vogue for a while now. Well, they won´t be my favourite shape, but at least I´ve tried them ... because I couldn´t resist the Zetti Coins theme.

Crow Girl and Friends

It´s party time ín the forum over at Mischief Circus with some really great challenges. Marta asked us which bird depicts our character, and I´ve chosen Crow Girl as my alter ego.
Then Hollie gave us a free kit with some heads to use with any modern photos to show "where are they now" - I´ve picked two photos from my own stash to make "In the Gallery" and "Rivals". Hope you´ll come over to the forum and show us your own creations!

Houses

I´ve told you before that I´m a city girl - I need theatres and museums and cinemas and shopping malls that I can reach by bike to feel comfortable where I live. But if you ask people why they like the place they live, I think that most people would tell you that they like their hometown because of their friends that live there (and I am no exception). Every house stands for the people that live in it, and that´s what makes a city loveable.
I´ve found the words for my card in a magazine and combined them with rubber stamps from IndigoBlu and Visible Image.
Oh, and I should mention that this card was made for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed Houses - one of my all time favourite themes (houses, home etc.).

Art has no Rules

I haven´t made any ATCs for quite a while now, but as my sister is hosting an art themed ATC swap in one of our groups, I sat down to stamp some cards this afternoon. They don´t really make a "set", but hey - art has no rules!

Expand Your Mind

This week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, Einstein, inspired me so much that I couldn´t decide if I´d prefer to make a digital or a stamped postcard - so I made both.
For my digital card I used images from Itkupilli, Finecrafted Designs, Krysty Scrap, TumbleFish Studio and Jen Maddocks.
And for my stamped card I´ve used a gelli plate background combined with stamps from Stempelbar, VLVS, Visible Image and AALL & Create.

Gothica/Books

 When I saw the book elements in Beth´s new digital image kits "Gothica", I immediately knew that I´d use them - so here are two collages using the Gothica elements and papers.

You are a Piece of this World

As a German, when you read this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge "Puzzle", your first thought is a jigsaw puzzle, because in German these are synonyms (in English, there are lots of other puzzles of course, but these have different names in the German language - I especially love the term "looking puzzled" in English!).
Though I do own some jigsaw tile rubber stamps and even some real tiles I could have used, I decided to make a digital card this week, using a photo I´ve taken in a science museum (yes, I am the person on the right), a jigsaw background and a scanned world map.

Newspaper

There are a few things that I need in the morning before I start the day - a cup of coffee, something with calories, and a newspaper. And it has to be real paper and not digital - and then when I enter the bus that takes me to work, I need a book made of paper and not an e-book. Maybe it´s because I´m not a digital native, but I believe that there are a lot of other reasons ... what about you?
For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, I´ve picked Newspaper as my theme, and my card combines actual torn newspaper, a newspaper rubber stamp in red on the background, and of course the newspaper boy, one of my favourite rubber stamps.
I hope you´ll feel inspired by this theme to recycle your daily newspaper and make a 4 x 6 postcard with it - but of course you can also use digital newspaper elements ;-)
(For my card, I´ve used stamps from Tin Can Mail, Impression Obsession, Hampton Arts, Catslife, Stampington and LaBlanche.)