Autumn creeping towards Halloween

Hi Everybody!

We are still enjoying warm and summery weather, but the temps should soon be slowly returning to normal. It is still much too dry, some places the Rhine has a depth of less than 1 meter, and this is an all time record, which can lead to serious consequences. The climate is changing!

Last week I spent a lot of time trying to recreate a card I first made many years back, and I think I have managed it, and even like it better than first time around. I didn't have the original anymore, but I did have a photo.

The card has now reached my good friend Sarah, who also loves the spooky time of year, so I can show it here. The background is paper from the DCWV Fairy tale block, matted with gold and blue card. The ghostly lady and the golden masonry  (stamps from LaBlanche) were stamped with embossing ink and  embossed with perfect pearls in interference blue and gold respectively. The Gothic arch was cut from some embossed and distressed gold card. The bat is a Sizzix die cut, which I edged with a gold pen, and the little sand-clock was in my stash:

I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge, starry night, TIOT and Paperbabe challenges, anything goes.

These are the remaining photos from my trip to Baldeney Lake last Saturday.

There is a weir in the middle of the lake, with a bridge to cross over, and an information centre, showing the lake and surroundings:

The building hidden in the trees is Villa Hügel, the mansion of the family Krupp, now a museum:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!