My gothic arch.

Wishing you all a lovely summer!

Take care, out there...

Lena

It all begins in your mind!

 

Positiv thoughts make less space for negativ thoughts !

Keep feeding your mind with beauty!

xxx

Lena

SKYNDA LANGSAMT...

 

A journal page for my mum - skynda langsamt = hurry slowly.

Hurrying around to please others and to prove that she still can do things.. just like my grandma.

Instead it is better to "touch a few" and let them " touch" you to .

Gelli plate background with stamps from Carabele studios .

Take care out there!

Lena

Talking to yourself.

 

...be kind to yourself!

An art journal page using a rhubarber leaf as background .

Stamps from Stampotique (Daniel Torrente) ,  Carabelle studios and Catsonappletrees.

xxx

Lena

the right exit?

 

Another page in my journal  - this time about finding the right exit.

The background is a collage, painted with gesso and later with Neocolors II.

The stamps are all from Carabelle studios and Catsonappletrees and the dies are from Provo Craft.

Wishing you all the best!

Take care out there!

Lena

Don`t stop - keep going!

 

A motivation card using distress crayons, posca pens, the stamps "les corbeaux de Poe" and "dutch tulips"  - both from Carabelle studios. 

Take care out there!

Lena

Listen

 

The last one (4/4) - listen to your body.

My body is trying to tell me something - I have to learn to listen and to understand this magic language.

The last collage with images (stamps) from Carabelle studio.

xxx

Lena

Valentine -22

 ,

... a bit late but still...!

My valentine cards for this year:

Watercolor background , decorated with posca pens and stamps from Altenew and Carabelle studios.

Sending hugs !

xxx

Lena

Art journal page - stop overthinking!

 

This page is made with a lot of inspiration from France Papillon , even the background stamp French journal page is her creation. The front image is an old Dina Wakley  stamp - still one of my favorites...

Take care - out there!

Lena

Celina turning 31 - happy b-day!

 A tag for my dear daughter in law turning 31.

Here I have used Daniel Torrentes Muffin, Manuelas " libre expression" les poupettes  and the lovely plants from catsonappletrees . 

Take care out there!

Lena

February - please, be kind!

 Please February - be kind!

We need light and happiness. We need signs of spring and sleepthrough nights. We need hope and kindness.

Please be gentle - please be kind!

This is my 3rd page (out of 4) where the background is a collage and the focus is a stamped image.

Here I`ve used Mela (Stampotique) , Funky Ducks (Carabelle studio) and Rainbow is my favorite color (Carabelle studio). 

I love using "old" scrap pieces - here I even found paper from SODAlicious ! LONG way back!

Let us hope that February will be nice!

Lena

JANUARY - blues

Thirty days has September, April , June and November.

Unless leap year is its fate, 

February has twenty-eight.

But all the rest have tree days more,

...

...

...

excepting January, wich has six thousand one hundred and eighty-four.

This spread is about all these wonderful things to expect and look forward to, once January has passed.

More colours, a brighter sun .... all these "things" waiting for their time to shine.

I `ve used acrylics , posca-pens,  templates (Kate crane and Birgit Koopsen) from Carabelle Studio , a lovely stamp from Gummiapan and different die-cuts from Elisabeth Craft Design. 

Take care, out there!

Lena

Thoughts in a journal.

 Reading Magnus Fridhs book about calmness I started filling this page with "the essence" of his words.

The background is acrylic, rub-ons and Birgit Koopsens stamp "rainbow is my favorite color". 

Lena

We need to have faith!

 Another page (no 2 out of 4) where I have used painted elements in a collage. I love to put it all together and use my sewingmachine to finish it of.

This one is called "have faith" because we all need to have faith in something;

It could be having faith in God, in your body, recovery, friendship, succes, good times coming... anything!  

Take care out there!

Lena

It is ok to feel sad.

 

An art journal page inpired by France Papillon and our January weather in Luxembourg.

And I do think it is important to allow ourselves to feel sad once in a while.

Here I`ve used the stamps Daniel Torrentes "Friend" and Birgit Koopsens "rainbow is my favorite color" .

The background is inspired by France Papillon as she shows her "a layer a day" on You-tube.

Wishing you a lovely January - time for happiness as well as for sadness ( if needed).

Take care out there!

Lena

Be patient...

 

 

... easy to say - difficult to achieve.

I love to color stamped images with neocolors, cutting apart and then putting it all together. 

My first "mantra" in 2022.

It is hard to be patient. I try.

xxx 

Stay safe out there!

Lena