Tuesday, 17 August 2021

New Challenge at TIOT

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at  TIOT -

🌺🌻 summer blooms 🌻🌺

As always, you have 2 weeks to join us and projects of all formats are allowed and welcome, including digital ones. Have a look at the great creations of my teamies on our blog!

I made a mixed media piece, 10 x 14". First I painted the flowers very loosely on black water colour paper, and cut them out when they were dry. I used the left over paint to brayer the background, which I mounted onto grey cardstock. I arranged the flowers along 2 sides, and collaged the lady in green in the middle. The title is also from a magazine and means 'Take courage'. I think the title is meant to encourage myself today, as I have an appointment by a neurologist for various tests. I will be round to visit your blogs later in the day when I get back! I am also linking to Neet's type challenge at AJJ:


The flowers I painted:












And some summer blooms from the Botanical Gardens at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf:
















Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

53 comments:

  1. Wow! Wow! Wow!
    Your mixed media piece is WONDERFUL :)

    I enjoyed all of your photographs too, beautiful blooms from the botanical gardens.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Thanks Jan, glad you like it! Flowers are always so beautiful to see.

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  2. Your flowers sure look happy.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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  3. Hi Val, good morning! Hope you slept well. LOVE your beautiful journal page. Have a great day, good luck at the doc's. Hugs from us all, Sarah

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  4. Beautiful journal pages , rather cleverly designed too. xx

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  5. First of all, Good Luck with the tests, hope all goes well for you.
    Lovely flowers you took photographs of at the Botanical Gardens, thanks for sharing, the sunflowers are magnificent.
    Your page is beautiful. I have never seen black watercolour paper, I did not even know such a thing existed but what lovely flowers you have painted on it. Especially the close ups where we see the texture you have got. They really are lovely flowers and contrast so beautifully with the silkiness of what the lady is wearing.
    A favourite technique of mine is to use a border across the short edge and down the long one as you have done. I think it adds so much to a picture.
    Thanks for another super entry to my theme at Art Journal Journey.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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    1. Hi Neet. Just got back from the doc's. I had no idea that you could get black watercolour paper, a friend bought it for me as a present, and I'm in love with it! Glad you liked my page! Have a great day, take care, hugs!

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  6. Hi Valerie: I have to leave shortly to meet up with the Tuesday birding group. I will leave a real comment later. David xo

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    1. Thanks for the short and sweet tweet, have fun birding! Hugs!

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  7. Nice page and cool painted flowers. It was a neat idea to cut them out like that. Very inventive. I hope your appointment goes well. Hugs, Teresa

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    1. Hi Teresa, thanks! The appt went well, have to go back again next week! Hugs!

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  8. Beautiful page! Your Design looks wonderful and I love the texture from the paint on the flowers 😁. So many beautiful summer bloom photos too! All the best for your appointment today ❤️. Thanks for the inspiration and wishing you a wonderful new week! Hugs Jo x

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    1. Thanks Jo! the University gardens are wonderful, I love walking there. Have a great week!

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  9. Wishing you good news at the doctor's office, Valerie. Great pages to encourage yourself - super words and GORGEOUS flowers. Love how you painted them up and then cut them out and spinkled them around the girl. Powerful page and super pretty.

    Great flower pictures too - each is beautiful! TFS. Hugz

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    1. Thanks Nancy. The tests at the doc's went well, but now I have to go for an MRT. Glad you liked the flowers, they were an experiment, but it was fun, so perhaps I will do some more as embellishments. Have a great day, Nancy, stay safe!

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  10. Wowsers! I LOVE those painted flowers.. so much yummy texture! And your art journal spread is gorgeous with the painted flowers outlining the page! And ... Good luck at the Dr's Valerie! ((HUGS)) Helen

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    1. Thanks so much Helen, glad you like the flowers. Have a great day, take care, hugs!

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  11. Gorgeous page Valerie. I especially love those hand painted flowers. They are beautiful and make such an eye catching border on your page. Beautiful work. And all your flower photos are so inspiring too. It is time for me to visit to the botanical garden I think.Happy Tuesday. Hugs-Erika

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    1. Thanks Erika, glad you like the flowers. Botanical gardens are great, I like that everything is named and with lots of infos about the plants. When it stops raining I will go again, it must stop raining sooner or later!

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  12. Hello Valerie: We got rained out and had to curtail our walk so I am back at home quite a bit earlier than I had expected to be. Your wildflowers are quite gorgeous, bright, bold, wonderful to behold. As for your message, I think we all need to take courage now and then. Life is not always kind, but we have to find a way to deal with what it serves up and make the best of it. Easier said than done, I know, and I suspect that you needed to gather your courage often these past months. I hope that the tests with the neurologist went well and that the diagnosis is reason for optimism. Lots of beauty in the botanic gardens, enough to add a touch of light to even the darkest mood. Until the next time, hugs and kisses. David

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    1. Hi David! Sorry you got rained out, you seem to have the same weather as we have here! Yes, sometimes we need courage. I hope to get some results from the test in the next days, but still have to go for an MRT on Sep.3rd, that was the earliest appt. I could get. The botanic gardens are always wonderful, on the next dry day I will get on the tram and visit there again, it's such a beautiful place to be. Have a good rest this afternoon, take care, hugs!

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  13. Hi Val, Bill here. Lovely art and flowers, great place to visit.

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  14. A beautiful page Valerie! I love your painted flowers, and the real ones too.
    Alison

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  15. I truly adore this flowery art;)

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  16. Love those beautiful hand painted flowers.
    And your flower photos are stunning!

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  17. Fabulous page Valerie the flowers look stunning with the texture of the brush strokes showing, must have take ages to fussy cut them, but worth the effort. Gorgeous photos of the summer blooms, some real beauties. Hope all went well at the doctors.
    Hugs, Avril xx

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  18. Botanical Gardens are the best. Per usual, you got some great shots.
    I love this piece. You did such a great job on the flowers and the young woman is so elegant.
    Have a day filled with energy.
    Hugs

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    1. Thanks Sandra, botanical gardens are fabulous places indeed.

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  19. What a stunning page Valerie, your flowers are absolutely beautiful with the paint colors and strokes! Gorgeous photos of the flowers and I hope all went well with your appointment.
    Sending hugs, Tammy

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    1. Thanks Tammy, glad you like the flowers! The appointment went well, but I still have to go to another procedure. Have a great day!

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  20. What a gorgeous mixed media piece Valerie, those flowers are absolutely beautiful! I hope all went well at the doctors today. Sorry I've not been around much lately, real life just gets in the way sometimes. Take care and have a happy, crafty week, Sue xx

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    1. Thanks Sue! I still have another appt to get through before I get any results from the doc! I know how life gets in the way, don't worry! Have a great week! Hugs!

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  21. I love the green blouse and your painted flowers. The photos of flowers are just gorgeous.

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  22. A gorgeous page and beautiful flowers Valerie. I hope all went well for your doctors appointment.
    Stay safe.
    Yvonne xx

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  23. I trust the dr appointment goes well. That botanic gardens has a lovely variety of flowers. I'll bet it's interesting in every season.

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    1. Thanks, it's really beautiful, my fave season there is autumn!

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  24. Your journal page is stunning. I love the flowers you painted around the lady. This is a lovely entry for Neet's theme at AJJ, dear.

    I hope your neurology tests went well. Lovely flowers, too. Running behind but hopefully blogger will be kind and let me publish my comment.

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    1. Thanks, Elizabeth. I still have more tests before I get results!

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  25. Such pretty flowers, lovely art


    Joan x

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  26. Absolutely wonderful Valerie - great post all round. Love the flowers on your page! Chrisxx

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  27. Such a beautiful post!
    Loving your painted flowers and loving the garden flowers!
    My friend, where do you have the time, to create and blog all the time? LOL! You are a wonder woman! LOL! Big Hugs!

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