This and that and the neighbour's cat

Hi you all! Today I am sharing the altered paper-clips I made for the challenge over at Out of a Hat Creations. The typewriter is from crafty emblies, and the hearts are made from embossed die-cuts (thanks Carolyn!) and will make a nice book-mark for people who like romantic stories. The wooden floral heart is also from C.E. and has been treated with Inka gold; the bow is from a chocolate box. And of course, I needed to put an umbrella man in my collection - one side painted and stamped, the reverse plain white.

And as it's time for Tag Tuesday already, here my tags. Our letter this week is 'O', so I chose o for owl. The tag has been made from cardstock covered with craft paper. The owl is from LaBlanche, and the other bits and bobs from my stash.

The second tag shows a drawing I made of the Lesser Spotted Owl, (Strix Spottica Minor) a bird often seen here in Rhineland. There is also a Greater Spotted Owl, (Strix Spottica Major) which is, of course,  larger, and  has bigger spots. It also has a jazzy head feather, brown-white in males and pink-white with sparkles in females.

That's all for today! Have a good one, take care, and thanks for visiting!

PS: The neighbour hasn't got a cat, but it rhymed so nicely with 'this and that'

Moos on Mo(o)nday and other stuff

Hi you all! Over at Moo-Mania the theme is numbers. When I was standing in my bathroom this morning, I saw the little perfume bottles on the shelf - all empty, unfortunately - and decided to take my inspiration from Chanel, a perfume I love and which I would love to be able to buy again. I used some of the old advertisements, and my perfume bottles as props.  My printer is not behaving itself just now, and printing everything with stripes, sorry about that. 

Chanel No 19

Chanel No 5

Chanel Love Potion No 5

And sometimes Carolyn sends out an 'art-spark' - a little piece of a painting to play with. Here is what she sent out:

I turned it and doodled on it and this is what came out:

The colour difference is probably because of printing it out and taking a new photo.

Have a sweet-smelling day, take care, and thanks for coming by!

The face of the night

Hi you all! It's hard to believe, but today the temps soared to 15°, and we saw the sun. Tomorrow should be even better, so I am really hoping that the loooong winter is over and that spring is springing.

I have made another journal page today. I started this a couple of years back. I used half of the painted sheet then, and decided to finish the second half today. I did my usual dripology outlining, this time with a silver Edding pen, which I also used for my profile, the stars and to outline the silhouette.The black parts have been given some sparkle with soot black stickles, but you can't see it here.

I am linking to   Art Journal Journey, the landscape within me.

I baked a lemon cake yesterday, onto which I squeezed more juice while it was hot, so had to spend some time eating cake and drinking coffee. Sorry, it didn't survive long enough to have its picture taken!

I saw this beautiful rainbow yesterday evening and had to take a picture through the trees. I did my best to damage the table while diving to the balcony, but don't worry - no damage done; wish I could say the same for me toe!

Have a good weekend, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Journal pages and a pink owl

Hi you all, hope the weekend will bring you time to rest and relax and have fun!

Here are some journal pages I am linking to the challenge at Fashionable Stamping. I started off by painting the background with some blue left over from another project. and then it got sprayed and dripped, as usual. When it was dry I added the second layer, using stencils from CWS - chicken wire, numbers and peacock feathers. Then I stamped in the stars and the sprays of leaves with clear embossing ink and embossed it with gold perfect pearls. The next step was to outline some of the drips and shapes with a gold gel-pen before adding the quote with a stencil. Here I wrote the words with gold and outlined them in black. The picture is a photo of my great Auntie Fanny, taken in 1918. I just added a small strip of lace and gave her a flower in her hair,  which was something she loved.

And this little piece is an owl bag topper. I found the instructions on the internet, it's quick to print out and colour. It should have been attached to a bag with a present that I want to give tomorrow, but I have mislaid it  - hope I find it on time! I coloured the eyes with pink and black glitter gel-pens, added an extra beak and some lace 'feathers'.

I am  linking to Manon's 'Paper Saturdays'

Have a good weekend, take care and thanks for coming by!

My land of fantasy

Another week is done and dusted, and it's time for Paint Party Friday again, hosted, as always, by Eva and Kristin.

This painting started life as a squirt page - I had mixed some new inks and was trying them out. I quite liked what 'happened', so added a few splodges of gold ink before drying it. Then I had fun playing. It reminded me somehow of a landscape, so I made a lake and added colour here and there with pastel chalks. I outlined some of the drips with gold gel-pen, and then I had a magic castle. I drew in the bird with silver and blue gel pens, and drew a half circle for a full moon, which I coloured with pastels again. It had to be a full moon, as magical landscapes just need full moons. Then a neighbour came in, and said my head was always full of fantastic thoughts and dreams. So I added my head and the quote. I wanted the quote to form a half circle, so I laid a dinner plate onto the picture, and used it as a guide for the writing.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday,  Simon Says Stamp and Show (fly, soar), and Art Journal Journey (the landscape within me)

Have a good day you all, take care, and thanks for coming by!

Alpha Challenge 'R'

Hi everybody! I  needed a long time to decide which word I should choose for 'R', but now I have chosen and my page is finished. I chose Rabbi as my word. The background has been painted light blue and then sprayed with a darker blue and allowed to drip. I splodged a bit of gold ink onto it before spraying. I made the three dancing rabbis as templates, so I can use them again, and just had to draw round them with a gold gel-pen and fill in the figures with a felt-tip. The scroll  has been fussy cut, and the definition written there, to give it a central position. I used a stencil and gold gel-pen for the title.

I am linking to the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge

Hope you are having a good day. Take care, have fun and thanks for coming by!

Tag Tuesday, Letter 'N'

Time is flying by and we are already more than half way through our ABC tags at Tag Tuesday.

I was thinking about my word all the way home in the car today, and then decided to take a word that was right in front of me - nose!

I can't remember where I got the image, it was in one of my boxes, and I cut out the silhouette on one side and left it straight on the other. I wanted to keep it simple, so I wrote 'Nose' with white paint marker using my stencil, added an arrow to show the general direction, and a daisy and ribbon as contrast.

That's all for today! Have a good day, whatever you are up to, keep your nose out of trouble, take care  and thanks for coming by!