T stands for Snowmen

Hi Everybody!

Today is Elizabeth's

T stands for Tuesday, so here a big

welcome to all the nice ladies of

the T Gang.

My drink is in a huge Snowman mug filled

 with a delicious mix of cappuccino and

hot chocolate - just the thing in this cold weather!

For Tag Tuesday, Joan's lovely 'Christmas memories'

 challenge I made a couple of quick snowman

tags. The first one was made with scraps of

DCWV Christmas cardstock and a die-cut snowman

with Stickles. I grew up in London, and was 7 the
first time I saw snow, so building a snowman
was a big thrill, but my Auntie was very cross because
my shoes got soaked.....

The 2nd one was made with scraps from one of my bit-boxes:

 

 On Saturday we had a nice sunset down by the Rhine:

The Rhine is still very full:

The Nativity in the Basilica is beautiful, as always:

 Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

It's party time at Simon Monday Challenge

Hi Everybody!

It's time for a new challenge at

Simon Says Monday blog

and our theme this time is

🎇 Party🎇

This is my third and last week as Guest DT

there, and the challenge will be running

for 2 weeks, which gives you plenty

of time to party in real life and to

join in! Thanks again to the great team

there for asking me, and  especially to Lols for her help
and patience showing me how to get the links etc done
correctly!

 One entry is chosen each week and wins a fabulous

gift voucher!

I  made an A3 journal page. For the background I painted a layer of Gesso and textured it using a swirl design stamp. The figures were made with a home-made stencil and a Faber Castell Big Brush Pen. I used home made acrylic paint sprays to colour the background, and diverse small stencils for the 'confetti'. The lettering was done by hand. I added some ribbon scraps for my dancers to wave.

I'm looking forward to seeing YOUR entry at the challenge!

Some photos from this weekend -

Light and shadow:

The Rhine is full to the brim, but it was good

to see some blue skies:

The St Swidbert basilica:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Saturday This and That and Happy Mail

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend is going well.

We are enjoying some (relatively) mild

weather and sunshine today, a real treat

after the strident winds, snow, rain and frosty

temps of the past days.

Some time back my buddy H gifted me this colouring

canvas, (in black and white) and the cold weather outside

gave me enough indoor time to colour it.

I used spectrum noir pens in a limited

colour palette, and am quite happy with the results:

I digitally cut out the image and placed it onto a 

water-colour background, this will make a nice 

card. The quote is from William Blake:

I like to sit in my armchair and watch the 

birds outside - and sometimes they seem

to be watching me:

I went round the market on Friday:

The ice parlour is closed in December and January:

Always good to see flowers and plants:

This stall was offering wooden boxes of clementines

for just 1€, so I had to take some home with me:

Yummy!

And this beautiful purse arrived in a parcel from

Sandra - thanks so much, I will enjoying using it

and thinking about you!

Apart from that, nothing new. I'm having an easy 

weekend, and need to do some baking next week,

so I will be thumbing through some recipes.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

TGIF

Hi Everybody!

This has been a busy week, so I'm ready for the

weekend - TGIF!

For Tag Tuesday, Joan's lovely theme of Christmas memories,

I made a tag  with various scraps of paper from DCWV. 

The 'lights' are red gemstones, and I used a red pearl-pen

for the red noses. As a kid I was always hoping to see a
real reindeer, especially one with a red nose,
but alas, it never happened!

Some early morning photos:

My balcony visitors - a flock of

hungry starlings:

Down by the Rhine:

Mr Heron, looking grumpy, as usual:

Bad hair day?

And a little robin I captured on my phone:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!