Hi Everybody!
Today we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday and this time the lovely and talented Wendy is our host. For her theme she has chosen 'windows, doors and arches'. She has made some fantastic and inspiring examples on our blog, hop over and have a look! As always, you have 2 weeks to join us and tags of all formats are welcome. I made a tag which takes me back to picture books i my childhood:
Fot Chris's challenge at AJJ, all kinds of weather, I have a hybrid piece, put together out of a face painting and a photo of a bird on a branch with some added digital elements:
Today is also Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd, so I am sharing some posts from previous years. These were all made for the AJJ masculine/feminine challenge back in 2014:
Some photos:
And some funnies/ thinkies:
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
That's an adorable tag for Tag Tuesday. I love the little waving gnome. He's cute. And your latest page for AJJ is so full of warm sunshine. It's a beauty. Your look back is great too. You have some wonderful masculine and feminine pieces. That is a good challenge idea too. I haven't heard of this one for quite some time. And your golden autumn photos are beautiful. This was a great post. I hope you are having a good new month. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika, sometimes it's fun to go back to childhood days! Yes, it was a great challenge, sometimes I have good ideas! Have a wonderful day! Hugs!
DeleteBeautiful art and photos today, you know I love your leaves. Good memes.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, the leaves are always a delight! Have a great day!
DeleteFabulous post loving your art and photos. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, have a great day!
DeleteLeaves are interesting.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
So glad you like the leaves!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! Hope you are well and have less pain today after your rest! Wonderful photos, too! All is well here. Have a great day, hugs from us all! Sarah
ReplyDeleteGood morning Sarah. I feel a tad better, thanks. This morning I'm off to get the shopping with Wolfgang. Have a lovely day, hugs to all!
DeleteBeautiful work a very welcoming tag. V xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Vee, have a wonderful day, hugs!
DeleteSome fabulous art, love the door in the fungi with the little gnomes. All your figure paintings are wonderful, something I avoid doing.
ReplyDeleteHugs Wendy.
Thanks Wendy, it reminds me of Little Noddy and Big Ears! Have a great day, take care, hugs, Valerie
DeleteLove the whimsical tag Valerie. Your page for AJJ is wonderful- I do love it when you use your own photos in your pages. That's a lovely look back at some of your pages. Your photos really are celebrating Autumn- beautiful! Hugs, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris. I love putting bits and pieces of photos, paintings etc together and making something new from them. Have a great day, take care, hugs, Valerie
DeleteYour tag is so clever and playful. I like the almost childlike way you presented it. Of course, I love your autumn sunshine inspired journal page you gave us for Chris's theme at AJJ, too. Thanks for another wonderful entry.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great look back. That was a great theme at AJJ from years past. It was a great second look and I absolutely adore your beautiful paintings, as well as your ingenious collage art. Thanks for this wonderful second look on the 2nd, dear.
Thanks Elizabeth! Sometimes it's nice to step back to times when life was les complicated. Have a wonderful day, take care, hugs!
DeleteGood morning Artiste Extraordinaire Valerie: I am filled with admiration and appreciation for all your art today, especially the mushroom house at the beginning. It looks so inviting, and that page would not look out of place as an illustration in the finest of children's books. Perhaps I will be developing an even greater love for it as I slide inexorably towards my second childhood and will be anxious to enter a world of fantasy and make believe - just like most of our politicians. As for the male/female challenge I am happy to see some decidedly feminine derrières there! I am old but I am not dead! A bird on a branch is also right up my alley too, as you know. So let's summarize this, I am presented with a beautiful woman, my bird friends to keep me company and a house in the woods. If a day can start much better than this, I am not quite sure how. As long as there is a coffee maker in the house! It is quite cold this morning - minus three - but clear skies and sun are forecast for our regular Tuesday walk. I say cold, but it's really not. Minus three in January will be a warm day. Take care, stay warm, drink coffee, each cinnamon raisin trees, walk sprightly and breathe deeply! Hugs and kisses. David
ReplyDeleteHI David, Master of Birds and wanderings! Have a wonderful bird walk today. It's 8° here today, and that is VERY cold for me! Sometimes I like to make childish stuff, it's always fun to think back on simpler joys. And as you say, the 2nd childhood will be coming sooner or later. I'm going to behave really badly like a spoiled brat, I think that would be fun! Glad you like my paintings from long ago, and that your, err, feelings are still all there! I always enjoyed painting backsides! You have gien me the idea to go into the kitchen and see if my coffee maker is still working well, I test it regularly in the course of the day. Enjoy your walk, take lots of pics, and wrap up nice and warm! Hugs!
DeleteCool paintings and adorable tag.
ReplyDeleteThanks Teresa! Have a wonderful day, hugs!
DeleteSweet tag and all the delicious eye candy. The yellow jumped out of your photos such a bright way to start the day. Happy 2nd Time Around
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ, yellow and sunny colours are important when the weather is cold and bleak! Have a wonderful day!
DeleteBeautiful art. My favourite is the first one. Great photos. Have a happy day.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy, the first one take us back to childhood times! Have a great day!
DeleteWow Valerie, what fabulous artwork today, I really like your Autumn golden lady. What a great quote from John Lennon too, I can just hear him saying this in his deadpan voice. Take care and have a great week, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, glad you like it! Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteCute tag and beautiful art Valerie! Wonderful photos and quotes too, I love the John Lennon one.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Alison
Thanks Alison. The John Lennon quote is really good. Have a great day!
DeleteWow some awesome art works on display ! Thanks for sharing VJ
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashok, much appreciated! Have a great day!
DeleteBeautiful tags and words of wisdom. Luv the whimsical tag. Hope she does go in
ReplyDeleteMuch💛love
Thanks, let's hope so, sometimes it's hard to take the first step! Hugs!
DeleteGorgeous and very cute tag Valarie,I would go in, love the happy whimsical vibe..
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
Thanks Chrissy, I Just wanted to try something different! Hugs!
Deleteyour art are amazing:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy! Take care!
DeleteI just love your tag ...
ReplyDeleteI do like John Lennon's quote.
Happy November Wishes.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, happy November to you, too!
DeleteBeautiful art Valerie and photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, have a great day!
DeleteYour opening image is just the happiest thing! I love it. I'm a real sucker for the kind of illustrative art that uses red and white mushrooms. I've loved it forever, even felt some for my tree. This makes me smile so big!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it Jeanie, sometimes it's fun to 'go back'! Hugs!
DeleteLove the leaves.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful artwork as always, Valerie!
Thanks Veronica. The leaves are beautiful, but soon they will all be gone!
DeleteOh Valerie, I love the tag. How delightful is that! Imagine that scene painted on a child's bedroom wall - wouldn't it be a delight. As it is I think it is wonderful and to me it has a German influence which I love.
ReplyDeleteGreat hybrid journal page for Chris' challenge on AJJ. I do like the lovely autumnal glow it has, so lovely and warm.
Fab photos as always, you really should make calendars from some of your work.
Hugs, Neet xx
Thanks Neet, sometimes it's good to step back to childhood days and see the world as we perhaps imagined it then. Have a wonderful day, take care, hugs!
DeleteWhat a brilliant tag Valerie! Like a little story book!
ReplyDeleteLove the little toadstool house, that's so sweet, and your AJJ piece is fab too. Thanks for sharing the mas/fem pieces for 2nd on the 2nd as I never saw them the first time around. Elle/EOTC xx
ReplyDeleteThere are so many interesting things in your post, Valerie, that it is hard to know where to begin! Your door tag is cheerful and welcoming. Your face with the bird has a warm and rich palette. I enjoyed your masculine and feminine challenge, but now I've got "We are stardust ..." stuck in my mind. Perhaps that's because I am reading Neil DeGrasse Tyson's "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry." I remember how full of shivers I was when I first realized we are literally stardust, born from the explosion of supernovas. That makes us very special! Thank you Woodstock and CSN&Y! Your colored maple leaves are breathtaking. I always enjoy your photos. John Lennon had it figured out at a young age. It's tragic that he was shot down. Have a good one, my friend!
ReplyDeleteA fantastic post and art Valerie. I love the magical tag and the beautiful warm sunny colours of your page you linked for AJJ. Have a good rest of the week.
ReplyDeleteYvonne xx
Thanks so much Yvonne! Take care of yourself, hugs!
DeleteI love the color of the hair! And you used a beautiful picture from your balcony for your other piece. I enjoyed seeing your creative space. I use my kitchen and dining room area as well. I am a messy creator, but I love every minute of working on my art!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
~Jess
Glad to hear that you are messy, too! Have a great week!
DeleteWow Valerie, your blog post is awesome,beautiful artwork and such wonderful photography, I so love the colours of autumn, a feast for the eyes with so many lovely colours.
ReplyDeleteLoving your Tag too..xx
Thanks Sandie! Have a great day!
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