Hi Everybody!
Hope you all enjoyed your Easter / Passover weekend - now have a great week. Just a short post from me today, time has run away from me! The background of the page was made a long time back, but their was no focal image. So I printed Leda onto an old dictionary page - I still have loads of pages - and added the lace and embellishments, which have all been used before, too. I am linking to Elizabeth's recycling challenge at AJJ:
And I recycled yesterday's dinner and made it into today's lunch, and it tasted very good!
Heike gave me this beautiful basket with lots of eggs - real and chocolate - and a rabbit:
I don't know if you can see it, but the bunny is wearing a bow tie made from a 50€ bank note. Now that's a great nest egg! Thanks Heike!
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
What a fabulous piece of art Valerie, I needed to print onto printed paper the other day and my printer ate it..I forgot to add some stabilizing paper on the back, never mind, love this it is gorgeous and a lovely basket of Easter treats, lucky you..have a good week..
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
Oh dear, things like that happen! Have a great day!
DeleteLovely page and so nice of Heike! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine, it was a lovely surprise!
DeleteIt must be great to be creative daily.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe.
It is indeed!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! I hope you are feeling well and fit this morning. Got a busy day today, the kids have their yearly check ups this afternoon. Main thing they are fit and healthy! Love your art with Leda again, great repurposing! Hugs, SaRAH
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, much appreciated, have a great day!
DeleteGood morning, Valerie: I wish to hereby register on Heike's Easter list for next year. We don't usually give Easter a passing thought, but if baskets with chocolates and money are in the offing sign me up! She is a very generous friend and no doubt would love to extend her benevolence to Canada. I am equally sure that Leonardo would approve of having Leda's image superimposed on a dictionary page, much more than on an Amazon shopping bag. At this stage in life I would like to be like DaVinci and be able to start a project and then have a corps of students and acolytes, waiting on my every word, to finish the job. Yesterday Josh and I took Roddy, a twelve-year old friend, and his mom, Vashti, to Long Point down on the shore of Lake Erie, to get a taste of spring migration, and to visit the bird observatory. They were thrilled and Roddy is determined to sign up for the Young Ornithologists programme - minimum age is thirteen. It is an absolute joy for me to encourage and stimulate an interest in nature. With hugs and kisses for Valerie and Heike, the coffee-quaffing, sausage-snacking, dessert-devouring fraus fatales of Lower Balconia - David
ReplyDeleteThe Frauen of Balconia greet you, too! You certainly give me a good laugh every morning! I'm not sure you will be able to register on this list, you're probably over the age! Glad Roddy has such a great interest in birds, ornithologistsnd he's lucky that you can show him so much. I am sure he will be a good member of the young ornthologists as soon as he is 13! Have a great day, nice birds to look at, lots of garbage to take out ad plenty of books to read! BIG hugs! xxxxx
DeleteLeda is beautiful. Love your Easter basket. mmmm, chocolate. Cute idea using the bank note as a bow.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ, I will be snacking on this basket for days to come!
DeleteFabulous journal page,love the image and lace.Brilliant Easter basket treat.
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Thanks Carol, Leda is one of my fave images. Have a lovely day, hugs, Valerie
DeleteEverything looks very nice. Good to have a friend like Heike.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it is indeed!
DeleteHi Val, love your art, as always. I'm still trying to get my blog back together again. Hugs, Martha
ReplyDeleteThanks Martha. So sorry you lost so much! Hugs
DeleteThat is a beautiful piece you've used for your focal image, it's perfect. What a kind gift from Heike too and loving the bunny in his kilt. Wishing you a very happy and creative week. Hugs, Angela xXx
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela, you have a great day! Hugs!
DeleteHappy midweek wishes.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a lovely basket of Easter goodies from Heike.
All the best Jan
yes, very lovely!
DeleteLovely art and amazing basket of chocolate! looks so amazing! Have a beautiful April!
ReplyDeleteThanks Maria, you, too!
DeleteI'm so glad you got an Easter basket:) Love Leda.
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Thanks Sandra, have a great day!
DeleteI love Leda printed on the printed paper. It makes her even more interesting than she already is. It ends up making a pretty page. And that is a yummy basket. We have a LIndt chocolate factory not too far away so I know how yummy their chocolate is. Enjoy. Hope you had a great Wednesday. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteLindt chocolate is always good. I try to avoid the Lindt shop in Düsseldorf!
DeleteI do like how you stamped Lida onto a text page, and great repurposed art. Also nice basket from Heike. Happy Evening! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks Aimeslee, have a great day!
DeleteThe candy made my mouth water.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe.
Thanks, the candy is yummy! Hugs!
DeleteSome bunny loves you and that bunny is Heike. Bless her!
ReplyDeleteYour journal page is brilliant. I am so impressed by how you incorporated the book page with the image. Including the feather and lace made it feel even softer and more fragile. Thanks so very much for sharing this awesome entry with us at Art Journal Journey using Bleubeard's and my theme.
True, nice that some bunny loves me! Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteTeż uważam, że wszystko co można należy wykorzystać ponownie. Cudny koszyczek i zajączek. Życzę dużo zdrowia i 7śmiechu😊
ReplyDeleteThaNKS SO MUCH Lucyna!
Deletethis art is truly amazing:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy!
DeleteWhat a thoughtful basket! It looks delicious and loads of fun. I like that image you chose for your focal point. That's always been a favorite of mine.
ReplyDeleteThanks , Leda is wonderful!
DeleteLuv your art and bunny joke😁
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter
Much💖love
Thanks Gillena! Hugs!
DeleteGreat post 😊 Have a nice day 😊
ReplyDeleteThanks Martyna!
DeleteFabulous art, Valerie.
ReplyDeleteLove your Easter basket.
Hugs and blessings
Thanks Veronica, have a great weekend!
DeleteI love this page, Valerie! It is beautiful and I really like the soft colors.
ReplyDeleteYour Easter basket looks wonderful - all that delicious Lindt chocolate! That Lindt bunny is my favorite, however, I didn't get one this year. Enjoy all these tasty chocolates!
Thanks Carola. Lindt chocolate is always wonderful! Hugs!
DeleteAlways creative art and photography here ~ fun Easter basket ~ delish!
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thanks so much Carol, happy weekend! Hugs!
DeleteI would never have thought of stamping a face onto a dictionary page but I love the effect you have achieved. it works! In fact it looks fabulous against that lovely background with the diamonds. One of my favourite stencils is called 'diamonds in the rough' and is sort of diamonds that are broken on some edges, I love it. Love the colours you have chosen for your diamond background and the fact that you echoed them with the lace, feather and flower. A perfect way to link.
ReplyDeleteI have basket envy - how lovely of your friend.
Hugs, Neet xx
I love diamond patterns, too and have three stencils with diamonds in different sizes. Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteYes, a busy week and with such a lovely outcome. Your journal page is delightful and deserves a comment from Leonardo. No basket for me this year ... just cards. I have given up on eating sugar as it causes desperate cravings that I can do without. But, I am enjoying spring as our garden is showing colors already (and sadly our yard has erupted in dandelions ... we must quickly spread the Preemergence and fertilizer ... seems time got away from us this year). I love the bowtie on your bunny ... I will suggest to my family that I get Bunny bowties instead of chocolate eggs next year ... a grand idea :) I love little Hopscotch with his little tongue sticking out :) Have a wonderful Spring week and enjoy even the rain as the air smells delicious after a good downpour.
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The face is beautiful! Wish I had some like that tu use.
ReplyDeleteThanks Monica, have a great day! Hugs!
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