Courageous Mother Nature

Today I wanted to show you a Mixed Media card I made inspired by this month's Challenge Inspiration Board over at Viva Las VegaStamps!

Beautiful isn't it? I got inspired by the nature elements and the green and purple colors.

Last week I showed you how the Mixed Media base  of the card was made.
I added a lot of paints on to the card to get the bold colors layered well.
Some detail shots below:





Please visit my blogpost over at VLVS! to see the details on how I made this card and which stamps I used. Hopefully this will inspire you to play along with this month's VLVS! challenge as well.

I would like to enter this card to
Craft Stamper March Take it Make it Challenge

Creative Artiste Anything Mixed Media goes challenge 

heARTful Stamping challenge for Spring+stamp

Stamping sensations - Close to Nature

Mixed Media World #23 Anything goes Challenge

And lastly the Rubber dance Theme Challenge Everything Spring

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Back from a well earned vacation :)

It's been a bit quiet on my blog the past 3 weeks in which I had a blissful vacay from the business of city-life and surrounded myself with the green of Sweden's forests and rolling hills. We go there every year now since 2008 and every year it's still breathtakingly beautiful. Also I think I fall in love with Stockholm a little more each year...

An impression of the sights this year:

view from the back yard at the summer stuga

a trip to Drottingholm by boat

berry picking and cheesecake making with our little bear

long walks in the forests

I also have been thrifting again at auktions and loppis stores and antique markets. Can't wait to show you my finds on my thriftfinds thursday section :) 

Hope you all had a great summer holiday too! 

namaste

The depth of a shallow puddle

To clear my mind and to hear my heart I love to take long walks in nature. 

It's always wonderful to see and hear spring come alive.

Really seeing and truly hearing,

flowers blooming and birds chirping,

without judgement.

Without preconception.

Insight came from the most ordinary sight. 

 A second glance turned this shallow dirty puddle,

into something quite extraordinary. 

Seeing the messy surroundings, 

decaying leafs and grit at the bottom

in harmony with

Still waters and mirror image 

that causes sharp reflection.

I would be grateful to be in this kind of harmony

from within and with-out. 

"But what is wisdom and where is it to be found? 

Wisdom comes from the ability to be still.

Just look and just listen. No more is needed."

- Eckhard Tolle

namaste