Hi Everybody!
It's Friday, the weekend is coming, and that's always good, even for those of us who are retired and have weekend all week - it still feels different!
Today I am sharing another piece inspired by a taster session from Eris Klein. Her piece was a beautiful wreath, mine is rather different to put it mildly. I wasn't happy with it, but it is as it is - my new mantra! As it is full of the colours of October I am also linking to Tracey's challenge at AJJ:
Then I magicked it into my graphics programme again and added a few embellishments:
These cards were inspired by the 'encouragement cards lesson from Shay Michelle. Mine are very simple, water-colour cards with washi tapes from Jane Davenport and some words from a freebie sheet by Autumn Clark:
I am also linking to Paint Party Friday:
Some autumn views:
And a few funnies:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
wow what a brilliant post today, all those arty farty colours and photos....love it xxxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, have a lovely day! Hugs!
DeleteI love your blue sky wreath. It's joyous.
ReplyDeleteAhhh the horses.
Love those memes:)
Hugs
Thanks Sandra. I love looking at the horses every day! Hugs!
DeleteBeautiful wreath 'as it is'! Enjoyed your autumn colours and the meme!
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, have a wonderful day!
DeleteI like your abstract wreath. It looks like the sun is shining through the center opening. Your digital additions make quite a happy autumn page. Fall is beautiful. I like your uplifting cards too. Your taking some good classes. And your fall photos are wonderful. Your mushrooms are fantastic. We have so many here this year; the variety is amazing. Happy Friday! Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika. We also have an enormous amount of mushrooms here, I always love to see them Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteSure looks like happy little kitty Cat. Those mushroom look like shaggy mane.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Thanks Dora, the cat seems to like TV. Have a happy Friday!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! Hope you slept well and are feeling better today. LOVE all of your beautiful art, so colourful and pretty, and the photos are gorgeous, too. Hugs from us all, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah! Hope you are all well, I'm sure you're looking forward to the weekend, too! Hugs to all!
DeleteWhat a brilliant post. I love your wreath and find it uplifting. Your cards and pics are great too. V xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Vee, have a great day!
DeleteLovely wreath and cards. Beautiful autumn colours. Pretty mushrooms and beautiful horses. I need coffee to focus too. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy. We all need our coffee! Hugs!
DeleteLovely page, I prefer your version. You have far more Autumn colours, my garden is only just thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend. Hugs Wendy.
Thanks Wendy, happy PPF, have a great day!
Deletewonderful piece of art, love the kitties. Great cards as well. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Life is so busy with a new kitten in the house. Hugs Anesha x
ReplyDeleteThanks Anesha! Fur babies are always a lot of work, I hope yours is settling in well! Hugs!
DeleteHoorah for the weekend.. mine will starts from 6pm then the weekend is mine YAY!!
ReplyDeleteLove your take on Eris's wreath, i've seen her create these before and always amazed how each drop seems to drip in just the right area, she's an incredible artist. I'm hoping to create my own this month, it's pencilled in. Love your painted toadstools, it's a very happy scene held within it.
Beautiful photo's again, you always show the best of each season.. but now work calls, catch up with you over the weekend. Happy PPF Tracey xx
Happy weekend, have BIG fun! Eris is really great, my drips land everywhere everywhere except where they should! Hope our day flies by till it's 6 p.m. Hugs!
DeleteThere is a lot of colour in your piece this morning, Valerie. I think you gave free rein to your kaleidoscopic dreams with this one. Yesterday was warm and sunny here, an amazing 21.5 degrees, and when we went for a walk the fall colours were stunning. I am sure that you would have been inspired in a thousand different ways. There were lots of fungi in the forests here too, much of it looking similar to those you show above. My ability to identify them has improved somewhat of late, but it is still a difficult taxon for the uninitiated. You have to know the gill structure and other esoteric features. But, I am happy to be able to put a name to some of them. There were birds everywhere and chipmunks were scurrying, gathering winter stores. It was a lovely day to be outside sharing a delightful fall day with other creatures. I hope your weekend will be balmy and pleasant. Hugs and kisses. David
ReplyDeleteHi David. Hmm, kaleidoscopic dreams sound nice! Glad you had some good weather yesterday and were able to enjoy a great walk. Our weather was bad yesterday, but today it's cold and sunny, and I enjoyed a lovely walk along the Rhine and through our town and market, too. I am always amazed at how quickly fungi grow. I only know the names of a few, that's enough. I would never rely on my judgement to pick and eat them! They look better where they are! How lovely to see chipmunks, we don't have them here. Perhaps you can send some over with the geese? I hope I can get out for another walk this afternoon if the weather stays so pleasant. Have a great Friday, hugs, Valerie
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ReplyDeleteThose mushrooms! They’re fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI love the blues and greens in your wreath. Lovely! Thanks for showing photos of horses. I rarely see horses in Hawaii, although there are plenty on the ranches here.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I always visit the horses when I go out, it's so calming to watch them.
DeleteVery happy art this week. I love all the fall photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole, have a great weekend!
DeleteSo pretty. I especially like the toadstools.
ReplyDeleteYour Autumn nature is colorful! The colors make for wonderful walks.
Thanks a lot, have a wonderful day!
DeleteHi Val, Bill here. Lovely art and photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill, have a great weekend!
DeleteYour piece looks like a portal to another world. Love the kitties and the blue. Lovely autumn photos such a variety of fungi. Had to laugh at the kitty watching Tom and Jerry. Enjoy your day.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ, that's a lovely idea, wouldn't it be great to have a portal like that? That TV watching kitty is fun!
DeleteBeautiful 😍
ReplyDeleteThanks Regine, take care! Hugs!
DeleteI like your enchanted garden version of the wreath especially with the added digital embellishments. Great encouragement cards with the washi tapes- perfect for the cards! And how lovely and colorful are your autumn photos... happy PPF and happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. Happy PPF and have a great weekend, hugs!
DeleteYour wreath creation is awesome ~ beautiful and whimsical at the same time ~ beautiful autumn photos and love the humor of the kitty watching the aquarium ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteLiving in the moment,
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Thanks Carol. Autumn is such a wonderful time! Have a lovely weekend! Hugs!
DeleteBeautiful wreath, I think I like the first option without the embellishments the most.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lin, I can't decide which version I like better. Happy weekend!
DeleteBeautiful page Valerie, love how colorful it is and the cats are so cute! Fantastic cards and great use of the washi tape, gorgeous fall photos too! Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Tammy
Thanks Tammy, cats are always cute! Have a wonderful weekend, hugs!
DeleteOMG the computer ate my comment...grrr.... lets see, I said it all... love horses and watch freesian horses on video weekly, the street view is so cool, those mushrooms are inspirational... you are too
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Thanks, isn't it annoying when that happens? Have a great weekend, hugs!
DeleteLovely art and photography Valerie, and thanks for the funnies!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Thanks Alison. have a great weekend!
DeleteOh dear I can so relate to that last funny!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteLove the toadstools in your art work Valerie. Lovely autumn photos.
Thanks Sue. It's strange how our brains work, huh?! have a great weekend! Hugs!
DeleteWell, I love your wreath.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed seeing your Autumn photographs.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, have a great weekend, take care!
DeleteWell Valerie, I think your journal page is delightful. I love the colours, I like the images and the composition is lovely. The addition of the cute cats is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful photographs too. Have a lovely weekend.
Hugs, Neet xx
Thanks Neet, have a wonderful weekend, Take Care.
DeleteI like your artwork. It is a happy piece and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAlso the fall images are in my liking. I also have lots of shots of those mushrooms. :)
Thanks Monica, this is a beautiful tim of year! Have a good weekend!
DeleteIt's a fabulous page Valerie- I can't see anything here that's not to like. Love the Autumn photos too. I'm still smiling at the funnies- love that cat. Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, have a great, new week!
DeleteI've watched both lessons but not going around to the doing of them yet lol. I love your wreath and the purple cats, and your encouragement cards. And the horses are so pretty. Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Elle. There are still a lot of lessons I haven't done yet!
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