Hi Everybody!
Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT and our theme is 'winter wonderland', so time to get creative, perhaps with wintry sparkles or glittering snow. As always, projects of all formats are welcome, 'real' and digital, and you have 2 weeks to link to us. On our blog you can see the lovely, inspirational examples my Teamies made. I made a hybrid piece, using a snowy photo taken from my balcony with the addition of some elements from Serif:
I am also linking to AJJ, Wendy's bird challenge.
And I have another tag for my pets challenge at Tag Tuesday - a hand painted background with a photo and a digital element:
Sunrise:
And sunset by the Rhine:
May your day be filled with sunshine!
Have a great one, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
Beautiful art and lovely sunrise and sunsets today Valerie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, stay safe!
DeleteI love your winter wonderland and your tag too! Gorgeous photos today as well :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Martha, have a great day!
DeleteBeautiful verse on your first post and most gorgeous photos and all. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, take care!
Deletedas ist wundervoll dein Winterlandschaft kompiniert mit dienen Ausblick auf deinem Balkon und deine Tierbeitrag wie goldig.
ReplyDeleteWas für schöne Fotos vom Sonnenuntergang, toll!!!
Hab einen guten Tag und pass auf dich auf!
Lieben Gruss Elke
Danke, liebe Elke, freuet mich dass es dir gefallen hat, bleib gesund!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! Hope you slept well, that always helps. Love your winter landscape, and the tag is beautiful. This is a good theme for you! Hope you manage to get everything sorted before your treatment starts. Have a great day, hugs, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, I did indeed sleep well, and that is always good. Have a wonderful day, hugs to all!
DeleteHave a great day
ReplyDeleteI just love your hybrid piece today. The sunrise and sunsets are amazing.
ReplyDeleteStay safe, hugs, Deb
Beautiful little fairy in your Winter Wonderland!!! And gorgeous sunsets!!! ... and cats! Have a super week Valerie!! ((HUGS)) Helen
ReplyDeleteA fabulous hybrid piece Valerie! It's a truly beautiful scene! I have my pet stamp ready - samples in the post now so I can play! I love those sunsets - I've forgotten the last sunset I saw - probably at the caravan last year. We don't get much of a sunset these days, since they built houses on the waste ground at the back and the little bit we get in the Summer is through the trees at the side! Take care, Chrisxx
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing example of Winter Wonderland. It is not just beautiful, it's special because you also included a bird for Wendy's theme at Art Journal Journey. And of course, your tag is wonderful, too.
ReplyDeleteLovely sunset photos. They seem to glow in the setting sun.
Such a magical winter wonderland scene! Loving how you faded the white around the edges and the images are gorgeous 😁. The quotes perfect too, so heartwarming! Wow, those sunrises and sunsets are stunning too. Take care and wishing you a wonderful week! Hugs, Jo
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DeleteThanks so much Jo. Have a good and safe day!
DeleteYour hybrid snow piece is just gorgeous. I love how you used that particular photo and the fairy-they really go together. And nice tag too. Our last dog was a German shepard and he didn't like our orange cat so much but he did like our little brown lady cat. I am sure they are together now.Beautiful sunrise photos too. Hope you're having a good day. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika! Our dog liked all cats, but they didn't always like her! But she got on very well with our Kitty, they were a funny pair!
DeleteYou have just one challenge after another, both physical and from a crafting standpoint, but you rise to the occasion always. Miriam might tell you that I am a little challenged, or challenging perhaps, but that is another tale entirely! And don't you go there, Valerie! A friend of ours, a farmer, has had an Eastern Screech Owl in one of his barns for a few days, and we might go down to see it today. He is going to check whether it is still there before we drive out and we will not be able to visit as we customarily would. If it has a sheltered place to roost, and an abundance of food it is likely to remain all winter. It will have rodent de jour for dinner every night, fresh too, not previously frozen, Miriam has a new camera and is anxious to try it out, get used to the settings and all of that. And any sighting of an owl is always delightful. I hope your day is wonderful, Valerie, the weather calm, the views good, the fingers well behaved, the coffee hot, the geese elegant, the ducks quacking and you feel the warmth of the hugs wafting all the way from Canada. David
ReplyDeleteThanks David. Just got back. Had to go into town on the tram, had appointments to get my hearing aid repaired and at the optometrist's for a new pair of glasses, so that was the whole morning gone! So, you are a bit challenging, huh - I would never have guessed it. And Miriam has a new camera, sounds wonderful, I hope she is able to have a good play later when you visit the screech owl, and am looking forward to seeing the photos. Rodent de jour sounds appetizing, I've got a chicken and veggie stir fry planned, but first I need to drink a coffee to recover from the journey! I walked trough the Hofgarten and saw lots of birds, swans and geese, they said to say hello to you! Have a great day, take care, hugs to you both!
DeleteLovely page and tag, and wonderful sunset photos. Hope all is well with you.
ReplyDeleteHugs Wendy
Thanks Wendy! Stay safe!
Deleteluv your Gibran snow quote. I also posted again this week
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much love...
Thanks Gillena, much appreciated!
DeleteBeautiful winter page Valerie, I love how you used your own photo and what a fabulous quote! And your tag is so cute, that cat is gorgeous. Love your sunrise photos, so pretty. Take care & stay safe.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Tammy
Thanks Tamm, it's fun altering Photos! Have a good and safe day, hugs!
DeleteA fabulous page Valerie, love the cute images against your own background photo, and the pet tag is so sweet. The sunrise and sunset photos are stunning.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week, Avril xx
Thanks Avril, have a great week, stay safe!
Deleteso magic sunset...
ReplyDeleteThanks, it is indeed a magic time!
DeleteSuch beautiful sunrise and sunset photos Valerie, and I love your art!
ReplyDeleteHave a good evening,
Alison xx
Thanks Alison, stay safe!
DeleteHi Valerie, Bill here, lovely post. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, stay safe!
DeleteI don't want to see snow said the Grinch. Your sunrise photos are just glorious! Take care.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. I like to see snow, as long as I can stay in a warm room!
DeleteBeautiful cat :) Have a nice day :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Martyna! Stay safe!
DeleteYour art is always so lovely to look at and enjoy the beauty of the design creation.
ReplyDeleteValerie your photos are extremely gorgeous!!!
Such detail and composition...wow!!!
Hugs ☕
Thanks Jan, much appreciated! Stay safe!
DeleteBeautiful sunrise and sunset photos Valerie, and your art is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI hope your fingers are feeling better. Keep safe.
Thanks so much. Have a good and safe day!
DeleteAmazing sunrises and sunsets, the colours are so lovely.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thanks Jan!
DeleteShe's ready for the season with her wooly socks and gloves, wrapped up for winter against a fabulous background, love the shape of those trees. Beautiful words and another fabulous TioT theme. May your day also be greeted with sunshine Hugs Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteYes, she's ready for the season, and we all need to read now! Have a good and safe day!
DeleteYour sunrise and sunset colors are stunning! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!
DeleteBeautiful winter wonderland scene.
ReplyDeleteI like your sunrises and sunsets photos too.
Have a nice week.
Thanks Marjut, you have a great week, too!
DeleteLove your wintry scene, great photo for the background too
ReplyDeleteJoan
Thanks Joan!
Deletebeautiful winter card and i adore the swet kitty. missing my own kitty... xo
ReplyDeleteThanks Michele!
DeleteValerie, your Winter Wonderland is beautiful! I agree with the quote - snow is cleaning and adds much beauty. Your background picture is lovely and the extra digital elements make it magical. Fun, fun! Super cute tag and lots and lots of pretty pictures. Love it all. Hugz
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Nancy, much appreciated! I'm not a big snow fan but it makes everything look soooo good! Have a great day, hugs!
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