Tea O´Clock

"Tea Time" is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and the main stamps for my card are from Viva Las Vegas and Crafty Individuals.

Hipster Gallery

I´ve been playing with Tim Holtz´ Hipsters lately, using backgrounds dyed with Easter egg dyes leftovers and Brushos, and several text stamps. My album with ATCs for trade really needed to be filled up after the stamping convention in Nijkerk.

The Deep Sea

This 4 x 6 postcard was made using the new Ranger Distress Oxide stamp pads and new rubber stamps from Tim Holtz.

Dear One

During my short Easter vacation, I´ve had fun making these two samples for Nancy Baumiller´s fabulous new Crowabout StudioB kit "Dear One" - hope you´ll like them!

Maps

This set of three hand stamped and collaged ATCs was made for a Maps themed swap in a German Yahoo group.

Soul Play

Nancy Baumiller came out with a new Crowabout StudioB kit named "Soul Play" at MischiefCircus.com, and as you can see, I just couldn´t stop playing with it ...

Retro Housewife

What a fun challenge theme it is for this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge - Retro Housewife! All images that I´ve used for my sample card here are from Tumble Fish Studio at MischiefCircus.com.

Love The Self

These two collages have been made with Nancy Baumiller´s new Crowabout StudioB kit "Love The Self", and I´ve surprised myself with the fact that I´ve used such a bright and cheerful kit to make two serious and pensive collages - but that only shows the versatility of Nancy´s very inspiring kit!

Shine On

Today the new Monthly Mischief Collection "Shine On" debuted at MischiefCircus.com, and these are two collages made with Marsha´s Tumble Fish Studio part of it.

Einstein

I´m hosting this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge, and I´ve picked Einstein as the theme - but then I couldn´t decide if I wanted to make a digital or a stamped sample, so I´ve made both, and then I couldn´t decide which of them I wanted to use as a sample - so here they are both ... Which one do you prefer? I hope you´ll show me YOUR version made with one of those great Einstein images and maybe one of his witty quotes.
For my rubber stamped card above, I´ve used stamps from A Capella, Invoke Art, Character Constructions, Red Lead, Cavallini, Darkroom Door, and Anne´s Stempel Design.
And my digital card below combines images from Holliewood Studios, Rucola Designs, Pink Lotty, Tumble Fish Studio, and Finecrafted Designs, all from Mischief Circus.

New Egg Heads

On Sunday, I´ve had fun again with our annual Easter Egg Painting event. Three of my best friends visited me, and we´ve been painting eggs from 3 p.m. until midnight. The little nest above shows the three egg heads that I´ve made for my growing egg head collection (see the egg heads from previous years below).

Fun with Mixed Parts!

There´s a new kit in the Mischief Circus shop today from Tumble Fish Circus, called "Mixed Parts". Both samples here have been made with this kit exclusively. Though these are digital, you can also use the printable collage sheets from the kit to have fun with cut and paste collages.

Animal People and More

"Animal People" is this week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge (chosen by my sister Sabine). When I made this sample for Nancy Baumiller´s wonderful new Crowabout StudioB kit "Steadfast", I immediately knew that I´d use it as my entry tonight. The words I´ve used here are some of my favourite verses from Virginia Woolf.
[P. S.: I´ve just found out that my bear card was picked as a GSO on March 28 - thanks!]

For those of you who prefer rubber stamped postcards, here´s another card using brand new Hipster stamps from Stempelbar and word strips from Tim Holtz:

To show the versatility of Nancy´s "Steadfast" kit, here´s another (not animal people themed) sample illustrating more favourite verses, this time by B. K. Cline.

Steampunk Man

For this week´s Sunday Postcard Art challenge themed "Vintage Gentlemen", I´ve used a cabinet card from the flea market and combined it with images from Lynne Anzelc, Finecrafted Designs, Holliewood Studios and Marta van Eck to make this guy a Steampunk Man.

Twilight Magic

Nancy from Crowabout StudioB has a new kit out now called "Twilight Magic", and her images often tempt me to go a bit snarky ... My samples are digital, but as always, this kit includes printable collage sheets that you can use for your cut and paste artwork.

Renew!

Marsha from Tumble Fish Studio came out with her parts of the Monthly Mischief collection "Renew" today at MischiefCircus.com. My first two collages have been made exclusively with her first kit "Renew", and the third and forth collage have been made with "Renew 2". If you prefer cut and paste collages, you can use the printable collage sheets that come with both kits. Time for a little play with Spring colours!

One of a Kind

This week´s theme for the Sunday Postcard Art challenge is Poetry, and I`ve had a hard time to decide which poem I wanted to use for my card. Finally I went with some verses from Anne Sexton, illustrated with images from Miles Beyond the Moon.

Welcome, Songbirdy!

Today´s the day for the wonderful Beth Todd who opened her Songbirdy shop at Mischief Circus!
I´ve had so much fun playing with her first kits, they are very inspiring and easy to work with. My first three collages here have been made with "Attitude", a very versatile image collection as you can see when you look at "My Private Room" above, "Party Chat" below, and the third one called "London Nights".

My next two collages "Rest" and "The Look" have been made with Beth´s Songbirdy kit "Orientalism" only, the other two collages called "Bazaar" and "The Lost Snakes" combine that kit with the add-on kit "Orientalism The Men". 

But wait, there´s more! Beth even has a free kit for you called "Debut", so have a look at her shop and grab it, and you´ll get an impression of how beautiful the new Songbirdy kits are. My collage below has been made with that free kit only.

Can´t wait for the next Songbirdy kits!

Transformation

I´ve recently read the first and second part of Ransom Riggs´ Miss Peregrine novel series. So when I played with Mary Bailey´s new and absolutely wonderful kit "Miss Finch", I´ve been inspired by these books of course. I still haven´t seen Tim Burton´s film version but will catch up soon ...

Healing Place

Nancy Baumiller aka Crowabout StudioB came out with her new kit "Healing Place" tonight. Both my samples have been made exclusively with that kit, and there are soooo many more possibilities to play with it - including cut and paste work using the printable collage sheets that come with this kit.