A mermaid’s story
I can’t believe it: 3 posts in 3 days. Either I have too much time or get organised. Hope for the latter being true.
After watching the movie “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” I wanted to create my own pocket imaginarium. This is my second attempt which I called “A mermaid’s story”. I made it yesterday after I found out that the theme of the current Saturday Spotlight Challenge is “teeny tiny time”. I think that the mermaid’s face is the tiniest face I’ve ever drawn.
For the outside I used some used wrapping paper and my smallest hearts and flowers of my stash.
The matchbox meassures 5.2 cm in length and 3.5 cm in width.
I hope you’ll like my dilletantish attempt in drawing.
Feel free to comment – and don’t spare your critical thoughts. It’s about learning and so some help is always appreciated.
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Purple Violett Lilac Lavender…
I always mix them up, even in my mother tongue I am not sure when to say “violett” and when to use “lila”. In medieval times “purple” did not refer to a special colour but more to the pigment or better the sea snail it was made from. I just did a bit research in wikipedia to find out which colour is which but at the end I was more confused than before.
Well, so I decided to make a violet-purple-lilac-or-whatever card using as much things of these colours as possible. It is not very ” dark, Gothic, or Halloween” as stated in the Macabre Monday Rules, but I hope it still counts. I coloured the candles in black to make it at least a bit gothic 
I used the sketch from the current “Just Christmas and Birthday Cards” challenge. The first time I made a card for this challenge and the first time I enter a card into two challenges.
The stamp is from a stamping set I bought some days ago. The purple paper in the background is a nice part from used wrapping paper (one of the best wrapping papers I ever got ). The smal flowers are punched out of some left overs from the wrapping of a bottle of sparkling wine (you know this aluminium foil around the cork?).
I always love to read your opinions – so feel free to leave a comment, and if you think there is something I can improve, please please, tell me *smile*
thank you for hopping over
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bigger is better
that’s this weeks theme at Saturday Spotlight. I really love this challenge because the themes inspire me very much. This time I thought I didn’t do something totally silly like my dressed up tree but something more down to earth. Well… I used an old CD as a template for the circle piece which much too big for the card.
If you like, you can help me: Leave me a comment and tell me what you think of the stripe of red corrugated cardboard: Should I leave it as it is or should I cut it. If cutting – which lenght and shape are you suggesting? I thougt of rounding the end or just cutting the ends shorter or making some arrow-shaped things …
Well, I’ll love to read your opinion.
Ohh- jpg fooled me again. There are a lot of artefacts in the scan. Please, don’t look too close…
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Last minute post
Angels are not supposed to fall in love. But sometimes the unthinkable happens and an angel falls. Even demons can fail in hating and fall in love. But this is a very rare accident in demons’ history. An Angel and a demon, who fall in love with each other? This happens only once per eternity.
Macabre Monday has the theme “Fallen Angels”. So I imagined the child of a demon and a fallen angel and drew it this morning. I colored it with water-soluble pencils, which I got as a christmas present. I still have to learn how to use them but I think I am improving.
I got almost mad because I was not able to draw human feet, today. Totally impossible. So it got two demonic feet.
I used this pic to alter an empty candy-box.
I also used: self-adhesive foil in black and violet and left-overs of wallpaper which I inked black.
Sorry, the scan is not very good, but I had not much time.
Thank you for looking. Feel free to leave a comment. I love to read what you think about it, especially when you have ideas how I can improve or if you know how to draw human feet
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So ein (B)engel!
The german word “Bengel” can be translated as “rascal” while “Engel” means “angel”. And that’s this week’s theme at the Three Muses challenge.
I drew this little one before christmas but I never finished the card. Now, we have some snow and I enjoyed finishing the card. I am not totally happy with the corrugated cardboard (the white rectangles) but I wanted to include some. If you have an idea how I could have included the corrugated cardboard in a better way, feel free to leave a comment.
Thanks for looking.
Jaja, wenn Petrus mal nicht hinsieht, dann toben die kleinen Engel ausgelassen im Schnee. Diesen kleinen habe ich zwar schon vor Weihnachten gezeichnet, die Karte wurde aber erst jetzt fertig, als es zu schneien anfing. Und als ich das Thema der Three Muses Challenge sah. Ganz glücklich bin ich mit ihr nicht: Ich wollte unbedingt weiße Wellpappe einbauen, aber das gelang mir nur so mittelprächtig. Wer eine Idee hat, wie ich das besser hätte machen können: Ich freue mich über Kommentare.
Danke fürs Vorbeischneien!
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I can’t throw away …
… beautiful wrapping paper.
Therefore, I love recycling projects. For this card I cut some flowers out of shreds of christmas wrapping papers – some were left overs from other recycling projects. I did not used my scissors because I wanted to train my skills with a crafting knife. I am not very good in using knives or cutters so this was a great chance to improve my skills. I am going to enter this card in the One Stop Craft Challenge (Number 60 -Recycling).
What was your latest recycling project?
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This clever girl
knows how to make Santa Claus bring exactly the presents she wants: Just use a little bit of black magic, some voodoo.
I do not know where she’s got the puppet and the needle nor whether she will be successful. Perhaps her grand-grandmother was a dark witch?
Well, I have drawn her because this image came directly into my mind when I read this weeks challenge at Macabre Mondays: Sinister Smirks.
I have to admit that I did a poor drawing and coloring job (don’t forget the glue which you can spot everywhere!), but perhaps I can get extra points for my idea? Or do you think that torturing Santa Claus is out of fashion since Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas?
The handwritten words say: “This year, Santa Claus brings me what I wish for”
Thank you very much for looking.
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This looks like
” .. ohh I know. This looks like – you know. like these bottles where you keep perfume?”
” Ehm. No. This is a christmas tree ornament.”
“Oh, since when do you hang little bottles in your christmas tree. Hey, that’s a great idea. perhaps I can alter some small bottles and hang in my tree.”
“No, this should look like a christmas bauble.”
“Oh. It’s not round. So I thought it’s one of these little bottles.”
“Ok, I see. But it’s not only an ornament which you can hang in your tree, it’s also a creeting card. So it has a flat edge where you can fold it open. I glued some white paper inside, so someone can write on it.”
“Does ANYbody need this?”
Well, after a little quarrel with my critical self I decided that these cards are kind of useful: You can send them to a friend and your friend can hang them in her or his christmas tree or where ever s/he wants.
I made this ornament card according to the Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential! – challenge. I hope you’ll like it.
Perhaps you can give me your opinion – which side do you like most?
(Click on the images if you want to enlarge them)
hut in snowy landscape
shiny stars
Thanks for having a look.
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eine von vielen
Diese Dose ist nur eine von vielen, die ich vor gut einem Jahr bekommen habe. Etwa ein Dutzend stabile Dosen mit Deckel. Was man damit alles anstellen kann!!
Naja, ich habe bisher drei dieser Dosen in irgendetwas Brauchbares verwandelt: zwei Geschenkverpackungen und eine Sparbüchse.
Da kam mir das Thema von Saturday’s Workout gerade Recht: Wellpappe. (Ich wollte diese Dose eigentlich schon vor einem Weilchen machen, habe das aber immer wieder vor mir hergeschoben. Da war das der perfekte Tritt in den Hintern. Danke, Sandy )
Heute bin ich dann auch endlich zum Fotografieren gekommen, aber wirklich zufrieden bin ich mit den Fotos nicht. Ist halt nicht meine Kamera.
Was das schiefe silberne Band angeht, bitte ich das zu entschuldigen, ich war am Wochenende krank und da hatte sich das Band beim Kleben *hatschi* verschoben.
Danke fürs Gucken.
This can is one of many I got some time ago. I like them but I’ve managed to alter only 3 ones, yet.
So this weeks challenge at Saturday’s Workout was perfect for me: Corrugated Cardboard.
I took the pictures today, we had a nice sunny day. Not very warm, but warm enough to go outdoors. I am not satisfied how the pictures have come out, but it was not my camera.
Thanks for looking.
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The master of disaster
Saturday Spotlight has the challenge of using a masterboard or selfmade designer paper.
I do this regularly, but I had no idea that there is such a cool name like “masterboard” for it. I use selfmade pattern paper not only for making cards but also for wrapping small gifts. I just use plain white paper, some simple stamps like small butterflies and one or two colored inkpads. I just add a nice ribbon – finished. Very easy.
For the “masterboards” of my cards, I stamped the images. Then, I made a christmas-tree stencil by using a small punch on a piece of old card board. With the stencil I brushed golden acrylic paint on the paper. So far, anything went acording to my plan. But then I became the master of disaster: I spilled acrylic paint over one of my sheets, some water dripped on an other and some of the stamps came out very strange with lost lines and angles.
But you won’t see this on my cards, because I just used the better parts of my “masterboards”.
It’s the first time I faked ribbon by using a paper strip. I am still not sure whether I like this or not…
I think I will add theses cards to the present for my mother.
Thanks for looking!
I think my mother will love this one, so she can thank her friends for christmas cards
(The friend of mine who scanned this card cut the right edge. I am sorry for not controlling the scans when I got them ...
Bei Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potiential gibt es diese Woche folgendes Thema: “Create A Masterboard”.
Ein wirklich tolles Thema, finde ich. Ich benutze sehr häufig selbst bestempeltes Papier – nicht nur für Karten, sondern z.B. auch zum Geschenke verpacken. Einfach ein oder zwei Bögen weißes Schreibmaschinen Papier, einen einfachen Stempel, wie z.B. ein kleiner Schmetterling und ein oder zwei bunte Stempelkissen. Dann um das eingewickelte Papier eine schöne Schleife – fertig. Super einfach und trotzdem immer ein Hingucker. Besonders, wenn andere mit großen Augen fragen: ” Das Papier, hast du das selbst gemacht????” 
Zur Gestaltung des Papiers für meine Karten habe ich Stempel benutzt und eine kleine Tannenbaum-Schblone, die ich aus Karton ausgestanzt habe. Mit der Schablone und einem breiten Pinsel habe ich dann goldene Acrylfarbe aufgtragen. So weit so gut. Allerdings habe ich dann doch wieder wild rumgesaut: Einen Teil der Bögen kann ich nicht mehr benutzen, weil entweder die Stempel nicht so wollten wie ich oder ich nicht nur durch die Schablone gepinselt habe. Noch gestern habe ich Acrylfarbe im Waschbecken entdeckt. Aber alles nicht soooo schlimm – schließlich konnte ich mir für die Karten die besten Stücke aussuchen.
Merci fürs Herüberlugen
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