Friday, 7 September 2018

Weekend this and that

Hi Everybody!

Another week has sped by and it's Friday already - where did the time go? I ask this question every week, and never have an answer!
I am showing another spread in my journal, made this week at art group. I used a Jane Davenport tissue, adding colourful splatters, splodges and spots with water colours to the opposite page to coordinate. The birds were stenciled with a Diane Reavley stencil. I am linking to Paint Party Friday:






And I have an autumn tag. The image is from Gecko Galz and printed onto canvas. I used some natural dried plants and some fabric leaves embossed with Frantage white. The feather was picked up on one of my walks:




And I have more of the old houses from Neviges which I visited last Sunday. You can see the other photos here and here:










The space between the houses is about 2 feet wide:



I will show more photos next week.
Have a great weekend, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

42 comments:

  1. wow,fantastische seiten und ein tolles tag,gefällt mir mega gut.
    wo bekommt man diese tollen jane davenport tissues??
    schöne bilder wieder,toll die häuser mit den schönen blumenkästen.
    ein wunderschönes we,liebe valerie.

    hugs jenny

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  2. I love both pieces. The journal pages are so happy and colourful, just the thing on this grey, damp morning. And the nature tag is fabulous, love the owls, and the natural additions, you always do that so well. Makes sense to use what you find outside instead of buying stuff, and it looks so good! Have a great weekend, we're off to visit my sister and her family. Hugs, Sarah

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  3. Valerie I admire your interesting photos, they are just interesting and amazing to my kind of living and open my eyes as the homes and building are something I have not seen here. I guess they are around somewhere here.
    I adore your mixed media pieces and love the Jane Davenport tissue and the spats going on. She has some fabulous gear to use.xx

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  4. Your journal pages are amazing Valerie and I love the pops of colour and the face is fabulous x I adore your sweet owls and of course your photographs are amazing xx
    Have a lovely weekend and thank you for your visit and comment xxxx
    Annie xx

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  5. Love your pages and the mixed media creation is great. Lovely photos.

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  6. Both your journal spread and your tag were amazing. Loved the way you used the flowers, leaves, and feather.

    Those home are out of this world. I was most interested in the homes that had the flower boxes in their windows, especially the ones that had them on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

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  7. What a beautiful place to visit. I love the flower boxes and the colorful blooms growing in them. It feels so "old world" as we would say over here in the "new world". And gorgeous art today. Jane Davenport has some great images and color tissue, doesn't she? I haven't really seen her things here. And I adore the owls. Perfect for fall. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Hugs-Erika

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  8. Wonderful journal page - vibrant, full of life. I adore your tag. The Autumnal colours are great. Love seeing your photographs. Foreign lands always seem so much more interesting compared to views we see day in day out.

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    1. Strange, I always think that when I go somewhere else, too!

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  9. I do love those collage papers, so addictive. Your journal pages are beautiful Valerie just as the tag is, the print on the fabric is superb.
    Those little houses are like something out of a fairy tale, i'd love to own the smallest of them all and live in it on my own hee hee!
    Have a super weekend & Thank you for all your precious comments.
    Hugs Tracey xx

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  10. Gorgeous spread and canvas tag, love the photos of the town, so artistic and full of colour.

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  11. beautiful journal spread, love your sweet owl art, and enjoyed all the wonderful photos too! Happy PPF!

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  12. What a wonderful page spread with such vivid colour contrasts and dreamy images. The little owls are adorable, in great earthy autumn colours. I love seeing the pictures of the old houses and, also, how blue is that sky?! Glorious!
    Alison x

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  13. Love your use of color. The pages are very well done. One flows into the other effortlessly. Perfect design. The tag is amazing. Love the fact you used canvas. The design and subject matter are perfect. What can I say that has not already been said about your photography. It is a subject close to my heart. Beautiful.

    Love, Hugs and Blessings
    Jim

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  14. How beautiful she is Valerie...gorgeous!
    The owl piece is stunning! I love the earth tones and the woodsy feeling that I get...wonderful!
    Your fantastic and lovely photos remind me of a storybook town...I would feel like I lived in a place of magic with all of these beautiful buildings~

    Happy PPF and Big Hugsxxx

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    1. It really is a great place, and I love the tradition here of having window boxes full of flowers everywhere.

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  15. What fabulous pieces Valerie, I love the Jane Davenport tissue lady and the gorgeous background you've given her. Your tag is fabulous too, I always like a bit of Frantage. Your photographs are amazing, what a beautiful place and those blue skies are awesome. Have a very happy weekend, Sue xx

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  16. Wonderful pieces. I like the sentiment and the hair color of the woman. The owl tags looks very Autumn. The window boxes on the houses are so pretty and the sky is just so blue. Ausgezeichnet!

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  17. Beautiful art creation ~ dynamic tag and awesome photos!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores

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  18. I love your Autumn owls and the 3-dimensional texture. Those window boxes are eye-catching, aren't they!

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  19. Love the journal spread Valerie, great words too. How cute are those owls on your Autumnal Tag! Wonderful photos, looks such a lovely place.
    Have a great weekend.
    Avril xx

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  20. I loved your journal page using the tissue, she is a beautiful image to use and the words you added were super.
    The tag with the owls printed on canvas looked fabulous with the natural embellishments you used.
    I enjoyed seeing more of your photos, the flowers in the boxes looked lovely and make the houses look very welcoming.
    Have a good weekend Valerie
    Yvonne xx

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  21. Lovely journal page! I like how you did the background behind those birds. And I love how you used the cardboard for your mini canvas. Happy PPF!

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  22. I love the photos of Neviges. And both your pieces for different reasons (and the same!) The colors are wonderful on both and the texture, especially for the autumn is lovely.

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  23. I like your journal page, and I love your Autumn tag...
    Great selection of photographs of Neviges too …

    Enjoy your weekend.

    All the best Jan

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  24. Your art pieces are always so amazing! They make me happy! Love your girl and love your owl! Gorgeous homes!! 2 feet wide? Don't think I would fit! LOL! Big Hugs!

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  25. Firstly, your new blog header of that colourful single leaf floating in the water looks so magical! Your pages are beautiful, I love your ladies hair design and colour and the wording really speak to me 😁. Then there is your fabulous tag, those little owls are adorable! Wow, your photos are glorious too, I love the houses against the bright blue sky, it looks very picturesque! I hope you have had a lovely week, we've been busy getting ready for visitors that are staying with us,they arrive today. Happy weekend! J 😊 x

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  26. It's a beautiful spread, and I love your Autumn tag Valerie! Lovely photos of the houses also.
    Alison xxx

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  27. Your autumn tag looks very festive!

    Love the eyes in the first TAG. Plus- such inspirational quotes! :)

    Beautiful house photos. Happy weekend to you.
    ~Jess

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  28. Oh I love those pieces. The young woman is so winsome and pretty AND the owls and their flowers are purrfect:)
    Enjoy your weekend.
    Hugs

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  29. Hello dear Valerie!
    Wow!!Such fabulous creations!Love your journal piece and adore your Autumn tag!!
    Superb photos from your walk at this beautiful town!Thank you for sharing this beauty with us!
    Wishing you a happy day and a lovely September month!Hugs! ❤️
    Dimi...

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  30. Hi Valerie wow love your lovely colourful pages and your tag is amazing,love them all,well done my friend xx

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  31. Hi Valerie! I say the same thing every week, too! Where does the time go? But it just keeps marching by, doesn't it? First, I want to thank you so much for always stopping by my blog. Your comments are very much appreciated by me, my dear friend. Secondly, your art journal spread is fabulous. It's so creative and cool! And I love the sentiment. Thirdly, your autumn tag is spectacular. I love the way you stamped on canvas - it gives it such an organic feel along with your dried flowers. Wow! And last but not least, I absolutely loved the photos you posted of theold houses from Neviges! They are so beautiful. Now I am off to check out the rest of the photos! HUGS!!!!

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  32. Valerie your work is always So consistently beautiful, always a treat to see, even though my eyesight has taken painting from me I feel I still can enjoy painting through your work, does that make sense, I can imagine the process you go through with each piece, I thank you for that, and for the lovely places you bring us each post

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  33. That´s a gorgeous Art journal page Valerie, I really like very much the happy and bright colours, Great ! The tag from Autumn is fantastique too, the leaves are wonderful, absolutelly lovely.
    Thank you very much for sharing the so beautiful photographs from the houses, they are fabulous and interesting.
    I wish you a very nice new week, big hugs, Caty

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  34. Oh my goodness, both your journal page and the tag are amazing!!! Love them both so much! The JD image looks fabulous and I love on the tag how you printed the image on fabric. Looks super cool! The photos today look fabulous too with that blue, blue sky!!
    Sorry I have not visited for so long, but as you know I have had issues with blogger and have not been able to comment, but it is finally sorted now it seems, pfew…. (I had to use a different browser for some reason, very weird...

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  35. You are just bursting with creativity and talent! I really enjoyed this post and as for the photos I can't get over how blue the sky is. I couldn't take my eyes off it.
    I'm glad I stopped in!
    Saimi

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  36. beautiful art, both the journal page and the tag -- and each is such a different style! awesome. xo

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  37. Wow, I love your art. So beautiful. And all the photos. The narrow cobbled-streets look like the ones I saw in Italy.

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  38. Beautiful photos, Valerie.
    I LLLLLLOVE your tag. It is such an inspiration for me.
    And your page is GORGEOUS. Lovely colours and design.
    Hugs, my friend.

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