Haul ;-)

Hello all, my second post for today ...
I've been at my local and favorite scrapbook- and stamp shop today to fetch something I've ordered online.

When I arrived I was presented with this (and I think it's too funny and cute not to share ;-)):

I so LOVE this little shopping basket - I'd have loved nothing better than taking it with me, but I've been observed too closely LOL

Of course it couldn't be left at that ... more things magically started to hop in ... and in the end I left the shop with those goodies

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

backgrounds in process

Hi and good morning to you.
To keep my blog from looking abandoned :-)
I'm sharing two backgrounds in process today:

They are made on canvas, the first one with gesso and acrylic ink as a resist - plus Dylusion sprays, the second one was primed with gesso, sprayed with acrylic ink and gessoed again.
With the first one I got a few steps farther in the meantime, the second one is lying there, waiting for some more time and inspiration :-D

And in case you're interested - some things I purchased last week in order to alter at some point ;-)
(my box of stuff to alter is overflowing *sighs* but there are so many things I simply can't pass by ...)

Have a wonderful day and a quiet week everyone.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

the winner iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis ...

this morning my little one has drawn a winner.
Since I've been alone today I took the chance to make some minor changes as long as husband has been away *eg* i.e. ripping an ancient mini fridge (from the former owner of the house) out of its hole,  driving to the recycling depot to dump it, visiting a certain Swedish furniture shop and getting two small shelves to replace the fridge (came out of it with a cash slip of less than 100€ LOL), and have some room for my stamps :-D
That's why I'm posting this only now.

Okay, little redhaired devil in action

You didn't really think I'd show a full pic of my child, did you? :-D
(In case you're wondering why I asked her to draw a winner: I simply don't get this random org thing.)
She drew ..........................



tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

My heartfelt congratulations for the win, dear Carmen!!
I still have your address and will post it off on Monday.

a bonus pic of the little Perry fan ;-)

Have a wonderful weekend all of you and thanks so much for joining in.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Thank YOU

Hello to all my followers *waves*
Long promised, but only now I'm getting around to posting it:
a little giveaway containing this and that for one of my followers.

Looks more than it actually is :-)
Some bits of metal, two library cards, a few stamps, an altered domino, Art Anthology dimensional paint, twine, epoxy stickers, wooden numbers ...
If you're interested please leave a comment and my little redhaired devil will pick one of you out of her favorite Perry-the-platypus cap within the next 48 hours ...

Thanks to all of you who are following my efforts to create art and to do some self-therapy.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Secret Santa

Some time before Christmas I joined a Secret Santa swap that the wonderful Carmen of whoopidooings hosted.
My 'sender' - respectively the snailmail - kept me in suspense for months LOL, I feared my post got lost ...

But finally it arrived safely.
This is what I got:

A beautiful Christmas card, a lovely necklace and some gorgeous silver charms!!
Thank you so very much, Debi!

And many, many huuuuuge thanks to Carmen for hosting the swap.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Mr. Möbius

Hi all ...
This is what kept me busy for the last few days ... had to undo it twice.
Anyway, now it's done. A Möbius (loop) scarf:

Thanks for having a look.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

a Good Bye and legwarmers ;-)

But first of all a big thank you for your well wishes, I'm very grateful.
It's always those winters ....

I made a trishutter card for a coworker who decided to leave us. Not the worst decision, if you ask me, if you can afford it.
Flowers and violet were asked for.

The background is sprayed with dylusion sprays and the stamps I used are by darkroomdoor, art journey and Tim Holtz.

And these are some legwarmers my daughter 1 wished for - well, her wish is my command - sometimes :-)

She also wants a fitting cap (I haven't crocheted for many many years ...) and a scarf (that should be easy :-D)... oh my ... the things we do for our children :-)

Thanks a lot for stopping by, I hope you're all fine.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

on a personal note ...

just wanted to peek in to apologize again for not being present at the moment.
I had and have a tough time for a few weeks but nothing too dramatic and I'll be back soon.
Hope you are all well in the meantime and I wish you the very best.

See ya soon ...
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

... and now for my shopping bag ...

I used my visit to de craftorij to stock up with supplies :-D

Deco Art goodies

some stencils

a few stamps and some metal

two pots of inka gold, some glue, and ice raisin which I wanted to try for ages ... :-D

That's it ... LOL

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Book of Redemption

I've been lucky enough to get a place in Andy Skinner's 'Cracked Angel' workshop at De Craftorij in Ede/NL (if you ever have the chance to visit this shop - do so. It's absolutely great and run by very nice and generous ladies) - and what a terrific day it has been!!! It was so totally worth the trip I took far abroad (have been on my feet from 5 am to 10.30 pm *phew* - so very unusual for me...) LOL

I'm so very delighted to have met Lia - one of the nicest shop owners I ever met; I certainly will visit her shop again as soon as I get the chance to :-D (of course the other lady has been very nice, too - shame on me I don't even know her name :-()- Elly and Alie whose artwork I love. 
In a very relaxed and familiar atmosphere we (a group of 14 women - poor Andy LOL - whom I enjoyed very much meeting, too :-) ) were shown and told through various steps to alter a wooden book box - and this is my result:

front cover

back cover

details

the spine

and the drawer

To be honest I didn't think I'd be 'good enough', but I'm quite happy with the result. I certainly will do some more.
Thanks to all the parties involved for an extremely extraordinary day!!
(I also used the opportunity to stock up with stuff - my poor purse was aching - will show my sins later ...)

Hugs, Suzanne xxx

swap

Hi all, thank you so much for visiting my blog.

It's quite a while now since I asked one of my artistic idols, Patti Tolley Parrish from Inky Obsessions, if she'd swap one of her awesome gelli print journals with me. To my huge amazement and delight she agreed :-D
Without further ado, this is what I got:

An awesome piece of printed fabric with gorgeous colors. I really must give this another go. My first piece had hardly any color on it. Isn't it fabulous? Love the butterflies and the script, also the leaves of course. I wish you could touch it, it has a wonderful feel to it.

Some more absolutely stunning fabric, I so love these ... a feast for the eyes. I will treasure all those amazing pieces until something very special comes to my mind what I can do with them.
And please have a closer look at this marvelous necklace! Also an explosion of yummie colors, I love how they merge so beautifully ...

Fab envelopes with cards and a tool for the gelli plate - I don't know what it's called, but I'm eager to try it :-)

I asked for some black and white duct tape because here in G we only have the plain black and grey ones, so she send me some fantastic moustache tape - doesn't it look fab? Along with gorgeous little tags and a terrific foam flower stamp. Can't wait to try this either ...

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd - last but not least - the journal she made for me (and the moonshadow mist, I SO love these ... how could she possibly know?):

 Look at this fantastic closure and those terrific beads ... the colors, the touch ... *sigh* I could just sit and stroke it LOL

Here some random awesome pages:

I'm no person of exuberant words, but let me assure you I'm beyond delighted with those gifts! My heartfelt deepest thanks to you, Patti!
I hope I didn't leave out anything, that would be a shame. I kept all the things in the box they came in but with those many little curious hands you never know ...

And if you want to know what Patti got from me please have a look at this vid, from approximately 00:36 on ...

Thank you so very much for stopping by and admiring this heap of yummieness with me.
Hugs, Suzanne xxx

Sunday bits and pieces ...

I met up with fellow crafters today - thanks again for the invitation :-) - and (after about an hour of pondering finally) did something. Mainly experimenting with rust and gesso resp. paste.
I finished my unattractive pink notebook:

front

back

and two mini canvases

 

I finished the second one at home.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great week everyone.

Hugs, Suzanne xxx