New Challenge at Art Journal Journey and More....

Hi Everybody!

Today we are beginning a new challenge at 

Art Journal Journey:

-In my garden there is-

and our lovely Yvonne is hostess. 

She says: 

'I leave how you interpret this up to yourselves. How does your garden look, what would you wish to see in the garden, is it a small space, a pot plant... These are some of my thoughts that I jotted down when thinking of ideas.'

This leaves you a lot of freedom in your journaling, so put your thinking caps on,
get creative, and we hope to see you linking to us at AJJ.

I made a hybrid piece using a painted, dripped and textured background with a doodled bird, digitally altered and placed on the background. Birds belong in every garden!

Last week I showed my finished big, fat journal.

This week I made a cover to dress it up a bit.

I used craft paper, and after cutting it to size I cut and folded it before painting it with metallic blues and gold, which was heat dried and bubbled.

After fitting it over the book, I used some rub-ons to decorate it:

The edges have been folded and fixed with double sided sticky tape in the time honoured manner of covering school books, and it is possible to remove the cover if I want without damaging the book:

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin.

Today got off to a good start again, but soon clouded over:

The Rhine is slowly dropping, but still too high for the time of year:

I peered through the undergrowth and discovered these nice, fat ducks snoozing on a fallen tree:

I always love hollyhocks:

 This shows the old fortification walls of the town, taken from what used to be the moat, now a playground and park:

Looking up to the buildings on the bridge:

This ancient stone stands on the bridge:

This is an old stable  down the road, they give rides for

handicapped people there- you can see the lift in the background:

My quote for today is from Mae West:

'Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before'

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!