A Little Messenger to Remind You...

The Angels challenge continues until December 31, so you still have time... Enter up to three creations, and you may win the drawing for $15 store credit at Lunagirl.com!

See the beautiful angels created by my readers and the Lunagirl Design Team so far, and link up your own, HERE.

And here to share with you is a lovely little snow angel with pink wings, helping a little bird friend by protecting her nest. Snow angels are among my favorites, especially this time of year... find many vintage angels ~ majestic messengers, sweet snow angel children, bright holiday angels, and more ~ at Lunagirl!

Freebie: Little Angel with Peace Dove

Don't forget to link up your creations for the Angels challenge!

Here is a little angel and white dove to inspire you.

A poem to greet the short days & long nights of December

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

"We are nearer to Spring
Then we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.

- Oliver Herford

Put A Bird On It Challenge Winner: Corinne Marie

Hello all! It's the third-in-a-row rainy day here in my corner of Tennessee. And the weatherfolks say there are at least three more days like this to come! But the damp grey autumn day is brightened by the beautiful array of entries in my Put A Bird On It challenge.

There were plenty of beautiful, colorful entries, quite a few owls for October... and I like that there were different kinds of creations, some of them three-dimensional, altered objects, from the DT and also from the players. That's always fun.

So, I've completed the random drawing, and this challenge's lucky winner is #24, submitted by Corinne Marie, shown at left (click to see the larger version in her Flickr photostream, it's gorgeous!)

Congratulations to Corinne! She has won a $10 shopping credit to enjoy at Lunagirl.com for some new digitals to play with!

Don't miss my next challenge, which starts tomorrow. 

My new theme will be MOON GODDESS. 

Autumn Goddess with Birds by Michele

I love love love this autumn goddess with her birds! This is an altered, repurposed 3x4 composition book by Michele Storms of the Design Team. Isn't this gorgeous?

Scroll through my previous posts to see more creative and beautiful inspiration from the DT. And check out my current challenge theme PUT A BIRD ON IT to see the gallery of lovely entries so far and enter your own creation for a chance to win!

Put A Spooky Bird On It

It is October and that means Halloween is on its way and things will start to get spooky... Mandy Chilvers created this spooky bird ATC for our Put A Bird On It challenge which continues this week!

Hoooot -- Little Owl Card by Michele for the Bird challenge

Michele Storms of the Moonbeams DT has been busy creating an altered card deck -- check out her gorgeous work so far -- and this one is perfect for our ongoing Put A Bird On It challenge theme. And also perfect for the Fall weather we're finally having where I am! Lovely texture she has on this card, and isn't that little Victorian Lunagirl owl wonderful, enjoying the autumn leaves.
He wants to remind you to put a bird on something and enter my challenge this week!

Free Vintage Hummingbird Image

The entries for my Put A Bird On It challenge are coming in and they are looking great!

To inspire you and maybe give you a little nudge to enter, I thought I would share some free bird images in vintage style.

For today, here is a little hummingbird. I originally found him on a Victorian Christmas card of all things. Now he lives on my Lunagirl Victorian Birds CD!

I love all kinds of birds, but hummingbirds are among my favorites -- who could resist them. We get them by the dozens during the summer.

Download this little guy and create something wonderful -- Put a BIRD on it!

Creative Challenge Theme: Put a BIRD On It!

I had a great time creating the badge for this new challenge, and I hope you will have great fun creating up to three entries!

My theme this time is "Put a Bird On It."  You KNOW that everything is cuter and prettier when you add one of our feathered friends...
so create a card, an ATC, some digital art, an altered book or tin, a scrapbooking layout, some fabric art, a assemblage or altar or some fabulous jewelry, anything mixed media, creative, and preferably (although not necessarily) vintage, and then ... put a bird on it! And enter our challenge.

You'll find plenty of vintage birds at Lunagirl!

<<< I created my challenge badge at left with a "briars" frame from my Vintage Style Blank Labels collection, in green version, a lady from my Victorian Edwardian Vintage Ladies Photos CD Vol 1, which I tinted with autumn colors, and assorted birds!

Below are the challenge guidelines and some samples by the Moonbeams Design Team (don't miss them!)

GUIDELINES:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $10 credit at Lunagirl.com!

Challenge ends at noon CST on October 12.

I love it you use Lunagirl images, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collections... but that's not a requirement!  But do remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I welcome everyone and every style but also want to give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

An InLinkz Link-up

LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM SAMPLES

Tag by MICHELE STORMS featuring the Bluebird of Happiness!
(Bluebird from Lunagirl Birds 4 digital collage sheet.)

MANDY CHILVERS created this sweet card
(featuring "lovebirds" from Lunagirl Birds 1 digital collage sheet
and azalea flowers from Summer Garden).

VICKI ROMAINE surprises us this time with
something different but oh so perfect for this theme -- a birdhouse!
Beautiful!

I hope the Moonbeams Design Team has inspired you
to "put a bird on it" and show us what you create!

Four More Days of Vintage Red

Here is a beautiful reminder from DT member Vicki Romaine, that you still have time to enter the Vintage Red blog challenge!

Any medium is welcome, on the theme of Vintage Red, and linking up your piece enters you in the drawing to win $10 gift credit at Lunagirl.com.
(Use at least one Lunagirl image and receive two entries in the drawing!)


Vicki: "I made a red collage card using a number of Lunagirl images as well as the red background image. Trims were made with border punches."

Beautiful work, Vicki -- see more sample pieces from the Lunagirl Moonbeams DT and link up your own work here.

Autumn Printable Prints

Can you believe it's October?  It is hard for me to fathom.  It seems like Summer was just here; where did she go?  Here are some beautiful illustrations appropriate for October, for you to use in your projects:
Lovely, detailed art of fall apples from a Victorian botanical print,
and this charming little barn owl, also from an antique nature print.

Birds: Inspiration from Michele Storm & free bird image

Another gorgeous submission from Michele Storms of the Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team!   This reminds me of a goddess of Springtime, surrounded by her birds and flowers.  So pretty! Love the warm oranges throughout.

I hope you'll be inspired to enter my BIRDS blog challenge/contest.  You have until next Monday night to enter, and the winner chosen at random will get a free Lunagirl digital collage sheet of their choice!  More challenges to come, so stay tuned.

To further inspire you, I'd like to share another free bird image you can download for personal use.  Who could resist this little housewren?  He is adapted from one of a set of antique "bird cards" I was lucky to find ~ each card features a different bird, a few facts, and a little verse!