Lunagirl Blog Challenge: LADY BLUE

The theme for my new Lunagirl blog challenge starting today is LADY BLUE.

In choosing this theme I was originally inspired by the Bluet blue-tinted postcards that were popular in the early 1920s.  I have quite a few in my collection, and sometimes tint other photo postcards to resemble them!

So that is one style of Lady Blue -- vintage blue-tinted postcards.  But "Lady Blue" could also be a lady dressed in blue, or a lady in a blue mood. You'll see that I have collage sheets that suit either of those interpretations...Then there are blue fairies, and blue angels, and blue birds, and ladies who sing the blues...   Wander wherever your imagination takes you inspired by the theme!

The Design Team will be sharing their visions of Lady Blue to get your creative juices flowing (see some of them below). 

GUIDELINES:
This challenge (#12) will end at 11:55 AM on October 20.

The winner will be selected randomly to win two free Lunagirl digital collage sheets of your choice!

Any craft or medium is OK,
No more than 3 entries from one person in each challenge, 

Vintage style is encouraged but not required, and
Please link to my blog and Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.
 
Of course I love if you use at least one Lunagirl product, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collection... but that's not a requirement!  Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

Here is an assortment of collage sheets that suit the Lady Blue theme, including some backgrounds.  (The lady I used for the challenge badge above is from Blue.)  

LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM
Find out more about the Moonbeams DT and visit their blogs! 

Here are some lovely interpretations of "Lady Blue" from the Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team ~ a beautiful start to our challenge.  The DT are using images from these Lunagirl digital collage sheets:
Vintage Blue
Blue Belles
Sultry Blue

by Michele Storms

by Mandy Chilvers

Mandy Chilvers

Mandy Chilvers (closeup)

Petra Berendsen

Vicki Romaine

About Vicki's pretty lady blue tag:

"Since Lunagirl is sponsoring the Tag challenge on my blog.  I have created a tag with the theme "Lady Blue"  I took two images from one of the collage sheets and used one of her blue backgrounds.  I made part of the background a little darker by doing a repeat printing of  a strip of the background.    I think the diecut is from Memory Box.  It is one a friend gave me to show what she had ordered recently."

Don't forget to visit The Cheerful Stamppad this week and enter Vicki's "TAG" blog challenge as well!

Winners of the Lunagirl Blog Challenge AUTUMN Theme

OK, I told my randomizer (www.randomizer.org) to give me two numbers, and it came back with #16 and #28... So that means the two lucky winners of the Lunagirl "Autumn" blog challenge are

Tina G. and

Trollkatta!

Congratulations to both!  Click the pictures to see their entries in more detail on their blogs.

And again a giant THANK YOU to everyone who entered!  I hope to see you back again for our next challenge...

Tina G. and Trollkatta, please email me at info@lunagirl.com to find out how to claim your prize of two Lunagirl digital collage sheets of your choice for each of you!

Thank you for your Autumnal entries!

Thank you so much to EVERYONE who joined in my AUTUMN blog challenge the past two weeks.  It was great to see all of your beautiful autumnal creations. So much variety!

I will be posting two winners in just a little while... 

Please be sure to come back for my next challenge.  The theme will be LADY BLUE and you can link up your entry starting early tomorrow morning! Here are some "blue" collage sheets to get you started dreaming... as always the Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team will be sending inspiration...

Lunagirl and MajaDesign Papers

I'm excited that Marie Janson of MajaDesign is going to be using some Lunagirl images in her beautiful designs for her vintage Christmas papers collection. 

MajaDesign sells scrapbooking/crafts papers inspired by romantic vintage style, in Sweden.  They are lovely, and I'm pleased and flattered that Marie has chosen to work with some of my images!

Autumn Inspiration from the DT

 I'm happy to share some more autumn inspiration from the Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team...aren't these both lovely?  And they look nice together, even.

<<< Vicki Romaine created the Owl card at left:
"I took a striped piece of cardstock and embossed it and then highlighted the embossing with two shades of distressed inks.  I cut the Lunagirl image out and by placing it on the embossed mat, it gives the appearance of being inside the trees.  The sentiment is made from letter tags."

I really like the way she did the background, and the colors are perfect.

Michele Storms sent this pretty card >>> with vintage style flowers and botanicals perfect for autumn.  Beautiful!

Don't forget you still have until noon Central Time on Sunday to link up your Autumn creations for the blog challenge!

I'll be drawing two winners by random number generator to receive a prize of two Lunagirl digital collage sheets of your choice.  (A great chance to get some Lunagirl images for the Lady Blue challenge coming up -- hint, hint -- or Halloween or anything else you like!)

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.