WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR !

With these two angels I wish you all the Peace , good Health

and Happiness, for the next year.

I hope you all have had beautiful Christmas days ,

with your loved ones, and enjoyed the time together, as I did  . 

Blessings 

Love 

and Hugs

for your 2020 

Dorthe 

Just wishing you a Happy December

Not here so much anymore I know,, but today a greeting from me 

with this card .

I used different snowflake stamps, and the big die cut  one is from

Søstrene Grene, here in DK  .

Also one of Tim Holz acrylic tiles on top of madonna and child ,- 

white flowers and berries , glittering fabric, not to see so much  here, I`m sorry ,

The die cut wreath is a Sizzix  die and star I don`t remember

from where it came . The words are from a stencil , and made with 

texture paste . I used Infusions to spray the card .

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I hope you enjoy the festive months, - we all have so much to do,

and stress is always around the corner , but hopefully it stays there!!

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

NEW PAGES IN MY KHADI CONCERTINA BOOK !

Hello friends , already reached the middle of November 

and Christmas is fast approaching .

All the same I had joy, playing for myself today , creating two pages in

the wonderful khadi paper concertina book, my dear friend Lynne , gifted

me earlier this year ,

Difficult to see the golden touches here , but they are there,

the leaf is a diecut , and the stamped ones,from a fairly new Tim Holz

stamp set. I love the bird sitting on the branch,which is a Paper Artsy

stamp set  from where the text comes, too.

Here a bit of the second page , using embossing text folder ,tulle 

and eco dyed paper . The beautiful WISH piece, was put on a paper bag

with lovelies inside, also from my dear Lynne.

And here below you see two pieces of tree bark, I have saved from a

tour in the wood , it has a lovely soft blue tone . 

I wish you a lovely rest of the week, and have fun with  Christmas

preparations , whenever you start them . I have most cards finished :-)

Sending you 

hugs and love

Dorthe 

HAPPY AUTUMN FROM DENMARK

Autumn yes , but also started to create my Christmas cards 

this one in blue and brown colors , a mix I love.

And here a beautiful spot, we visited last week 

and in all autumns glory !!

Last a little collection of pumpkins ,

two real ones, inside my home, and two in

concrete making it cozy outside .

Almost October gone , and only two months till Christmas ,

time is flying so fast , here we have days with lovely weather,

but also rainy grey ones , I guess it is like it has to be . 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

MAKING A BREAK IN VISITING YOU

Tonight my daughter and grandchild arrives with the ferry

to visit and stay for some days, so I know I will not

be here , looking for news from you . 

So thought I would tell you and show this collage ,

together with some white beauties from the garden.

Yes a few are still blooming ,

but most of them starts looking a bit miserable ,

so I wanted to have some lovely memories over

winter , until next spring and summer.

Wishing you all, a wonderful weekend, 

and sending you big hugs 

and love.

OCTOBER GREETING

A short HELLO , from me , hoping you are all doing

fine, and have a good start on this for me Autumn months .

This collage, is embroidered by me,  and I also

added a paper birg  , and a postmark. It is not yet finished .

And here boundaries from my autumn garden, and green house . 

We had so many tomatoes this year , and as you can see

the roses and other flowers also gave us lots of beauty .

The wreath is made with hops , I`m lucky they grow on

a paths not far from where I live . 

I wish you all a happy October  

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

A FEW THINGS TO SHOW YOU !

Hello dear friends, 

I wonder how you are all ? 

Already first week of September has gone, and I wanted

to show you this heart created for a dear Danish friend ,

for her birthday . 

A little story told , of the love between the

two beautiful people , here taken from a 

paper napkin , and adhered to the fabric.

The rest is old embroideries, all hold together with slow stitching 

and buttons .

I was so lucky to find this old English piece for

almost nothing , I love it.

One of the last  hollyhock flowers this year ,

And a most adorable and beautiful tiny book 

I was gifted for my birthday , from a dear friend , in USA .

I hope you are all doing good, and wish you a lovely weekend.

Hugs and love 

Dorthe 

Hello dear friends

Thought I better post something before August is all gone ,

and have just finished this piece using  one of Tim Holz pressed leaf,

-the bird is from an old book , and it is all mounted on an

envelope I once was gifted from Anni , my dear Danish friend .

Also used eco-dyed papers , and gifts from dear Lynne ,

stamps and fabric. 

It is so hot here the last days, more than my head and body

likes to deal with , - but also lovely with a sunny end of August.

I hope you are all enjoying the last weeks of summer , or what period you are

in,  winter ,autumn , fall , all beautiful in each their way .

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

Hello from a warm Friday

This card uses a page of my Eco-dyed leaf - added to a brown 

craft paper,  together with different papers,-

stamps , laces, and an image which I crumpled first to give it

wear and tear . 

I kind of like how it turned out .

Some of my roses are blooming again, for the second time, which is 

a beautiful gift , especially in this dry summer we have here where I live.

Today is another beautiful day, with blue sky and sun- not a cloud up there,

and around 27 Degrees C , so not too hot , but still very much enough for me  :-)

Sending you all wishes of a lovely weekend,

hugs and love

Dorthe 

SO LONG AGO

I didn`t realize it was so long ago I posted last!!

I guess summer, FB and Instagram came in between , and sometimes

I wonder if to stop using my blog.... 

But here is a card made for a dear friends birthday .

I love the new leaf stampsets created by Lynne https://lynnesbowsandbelles.wordpress.com/

and used one of them here- together with an old bird image ,an embossed leaf , laces 

and old papers- all the things I love creating with !!

You can buy the stamp here : https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/thats-crafty-clear-stamp-set-lynnes-carved-leaves-set-2.html

We had a warm day today , and my husband and I had a lovely walk around a lake, near by 

A lovely place to move your body :-)

I hope your Sunday is or was a good one, and send you

love and hugs 

Dorthe 

A CARD AND ECO-DYING RESULTS

Hello dear friends , I thought I wanted to show you some of my 

Eco-dye results , and first a card ,where I used two leaves dyed onto

paper . Put together with laces, old book page, scraps and embossed papers.

This beautiful leaf is dyes onto a piece of cotton ,

I used vinegar, and rusty pieces in the boiling water ,

and also the rust was sitting maybe a week in the pot ,

before using it to dye, so there were a lot of rust dust !!

They comes up as little spots onto some of the pieces.

These leaves are also on cotton fabric .....

And these and the one below..... as you can see they comes out 

very differently, -surely because of the different leaves I have used

are giving different colors and strength of print !!

The two last pieces are both onto paper, and from the same bath 

as the ones above , I love this whitish leaf where the veins came

out a little yellow . If you click the photos, you can see more details.

I hope you are not bored , this new area is really giving

much excitement  and joy , even it can be difficult to keep

patient , and wait overnight , before opening the bunch up .

Here we celebrate Christ`s Ascension today, so

the world outside is quiet , --and I thought I better make 

a new blog posts. 

A lovely day to all of you ,-

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

Collaged card , I think !!

Yes still not totally finished, so maybe it will be framed and

used as a card , along the way :-) 

I used the lovely image from  Nicie Ibarra : https://www.etsy.com/dk-en/shop/IbarraCreations4U

The stenciled detail is from a wonderful stencil from https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/

and the rest lovely old and new fabrics and papers from my stash .

The paper was Eco-dyed , and stamped a tiny bit and the

butterfly is an old punch from Martha Steward .

Here we have a Holiday tomorrow , so the working people

mostly have a day off, making it a long weekend .

I hope you are all well, and feeling good, dear friends. 

Sending you 

hugs and love

Dorthe 

A SHORT HELLO

Dear friends , a short hello , and a card newly created 

now send off , after have been pressed more flat and 

straight  :-) . 

The rose is rolled from soft cotton, and I love the

That`s Crafty stencil, and their Sand texture paste .

Leaves and postage mark is from a new PaperArtsy stampset,

which I at once fell in love with , and also found at https://www.thatscrafty.co.uk/ .

I hope you are all well, and wishing you a lovely spring or autumn ,

where ever you are ,on this wonderful earth.

Hugs and love

Dorthe 

ANOTHER CARD SEND , - DAHLIA

This is another make for a friend- trying to use pieces laying around, and adding it all in  layers.

I would like to add this one to Aprils Simply Neutrals #55 

which sweet Wendy has just blogged :

ttp://appleapricot.blogspot.com/2019/04/simply-neutrals-55-taking-break.html

This lady ,as you see ,have long left this earth , but still she is looking out for

loved ones traveling it. 

Many of you know that I always add laces to my creations, and 

also here , a bit . 

I used stencil, stamps, papers , die cut and paper flowers

onto music paper , a little crackle , and my sewing machine . 

I hope you visit Wendy, as there is much more to see over there, both

from her, and from other artists , and maybe you would like to link

your own SIMPLY NEUTRALS to her blog . 

Here we had sun for 3 days now, and it always raise the spirit .

I hope your week is lovely!!

Hugs and love 

Dorthe 

FREE - a collaged card !!

How are you all ? Since I was away last long weekend, I might have missed
some of your postings, but I hope to visit and see all your creations , soon.

For this card I used bits of a Tim Holz diecut , an old German train ticket ,

and the flower is also diecuts  mixed together.

The stamped heads I embossed with gold ,and

also wiped gold paint over the diecut fence .

There is dry embossed paper under the flower, and

I couldn`t resist to sew here and there on the mashine,

and leave hanging threads.

Tomorrow is already Friday again, so I wish you all dear friends,

a lovely weekend. 

Hugs and love

Dorthe