A collage (with a cow from Zillertal, Austria)

Soo tired of fake news  - not beeing able to belive in what I thought would be facts. 

What happend to morality and reability?

I made this collage thinking of our friend ,Günther, who sadly passed away yesterday. He was one of the first persons in Vienna who made me feel at home when I moved there 31(!!!) years ago. A good man.

A man to remember with a smile in our eyes. The cow is from Zillertal in Austria and I think he would have a smile in his eyes if he could see it.

xxx

Lena

Christmas card -25

 A Christmas card doesn`t have to be red, green or even blue. My cards this year all turned out pastell. 

A change - yes, and I like it.

BUT - tradition is tradition - I just HAD to add some christmasy red. 

The words written are from an old Christmas song in swedish " nu har vi ljus, här i vart hus..." - something like "now we have candles/light in our house..."

And then , of course, I had to add some sewing. I found this wonderful thread in Creafil, a nice store here in Luxemburg. It has 2 colours - christmasy red and beige. Loved that combination! Perfect for framing my cards.

Take care out there!

Lena

Hannas DIY Postcard Swap Autumn 2026

 Some years ago I joined  iHannas postcardswap and this year I decided to do so once again.

 

My postcards are ready to be sent and I hope someone will be happy to recieve one. 

It is nice to get an oldfashioned postcard in the letterbox...

I had fun making them and now I`m looking forward to get 10 handmade postcards in MY letterbox!

xxx

Lena

...the very last one `for the road...

 Experimenting with different medias - love this freedom...

" a profound awareness of the universe that triggers feelings too deep and mysterious for words"

Take care out there!

Lena

A collage - exciting!

 ...for you who has/have(?) become with forest🙏. 

xxx

Lena

More pages is my late summer booklet

 

2 new pages in my "tagbook".

Stay safe!

Lena

ICHI GO ICHI E

 A journal page about living in, enjoying and appreciating the actual moment. 

" ichi go ichi e"

Lena

Stencils for Stampotique

Another journal page - this time using different stencils for the Stampotique Fb group.

I used my beloved Dina Wakley stencils together with  "sunburst".

The stamps are all from Stampotique.

Lena

Journal page - more from China.

Another art journal page. Lots of texture and different medias.
Inspired by all the things we "get" from China lately.

Lena

Art journal page - secret.

This is my journal page, called "secret". Inspired by Jennifer Gallagher at the Artful Academy.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

Lena

Art Journal Page - Home

My take , following the course at Mixed Up creative Academy , where Jennifer Gallagher is tutor with this theme.

Nice to try different medias and just FOLLOW without thinking.

Lena

Getting started - a new Art Journal on its way.

Looking at Mixed Up Creative Academy and what they all "get done", I felt like starting art journaling again. Getting inspiration from Katy Leitch as well as having a lot of time for ME - I started with this page.
Digging through my old supplies, I found my "old" stencils, distress inks, blending and hej ho, here we go - my beloved rubbons!!! Sooo funny to use it all again!

Wishing you all a nice day, stay healthy and don`t forget to smile!

Lena

SDC 332

Another month, another page...

This September has been warm, but last week we did get some rain :-) .

The forest is filled with different mushrooms - all shapes and colors. Just love the smell of autumn in the early morning.

At work, the new children have arrived and school started here today. Let`s hope that this group of youngsters will get as excited and happy in the forest like the group last year...

Stampotiques latest challenge is about using die or stencil.
I used both so here we go.

Stamps from Stampotique ; two sticks
                                            giant shroom  and
                                            angel
   xxx

   Lena

HURT for the Q&L challenge

Another journal page for the Quote&Lyric challenge at the craft barn. I chose the word "hurt" and went with the quote  "It hurts to let go, but sometimes it hurts even more to hold on..."

I used one of my favorite stamps from Stampotique together with some of my favorite stamps from my good friend Jaine (she designs stamps for Sarah Hurley).

Other items to mention ;
Ledger stencil, arrow  stencil, colours from Faber Castell and distress inks.

Hope you like it!

Wish you all a nice week!

Lena

The new quote & lyric challenge at the craft barn

New year - new challenges. I enjoyed joining the dictionary challenge last year and it is nice to have "something to keep you going" - to  keep thinking in a creative way.

Craft barn started a new challenge called quote & lyric - this fortnight the words are "smile" and/or "up".
So here we are - my journal page including a quote with the word "up".

I used gesso and modelling paste with different stencils. The colours are my beloved neocolorsII  - the stamps are from Paperartsy (wings - plate 4), Christy Tomlinson (CT-944A) and Traci Bautista (T1005).

In the end I embellished the page with some washitape to add some contrast. The quote is from an old book -  wake up and be awesome!

Hope you like it!

Lena

Loneliness

Using SODAlicous products (stencil, paper, stamps) I finished my entry to SODAlicious' 30th art journal challenge about loneliness. Weird pink, but why not...? Love their wodden stencils - the smell of wood has always been one of my favorites!

Take care out there!

Lena

Hidden for SODAlicious

This is my journal page "hidden" for the 24th art journal challenge at http://sodaliciousshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/no24-art-journal.html">SODAlicious
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Had great fun here!

Lena

Stars for PanPastel

Late, but not too late!

This is the canvas I've been working on lately and with this, I enter the challenge at Pan Pastel. I tried to build up an almost "fluffy, ice-creamy" background and the stars are, of course(!), Panpastel on modelling paste through  a stencil.

Wish you all avery nice wekkend!

Lena

My shelter for SODAlicious

Challenge no 13 at SODAlicious "shelter".

Lena