Blue skies, birds and sunshine

Hi everybody!

Here was another day filled with sunshine, bird-song and a loud, if not melodical, duck chorus.

This is a mixed media piece I have been working on. The background has been painted with metallic blues and greens and some spots of gold ink, and the rest has been collaged. The Hebrew verse is Psalm 91, verse 4, 'He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge'. The raindrops/bubbles have been stamped with embossing ink and white EP. The stamp is from from Rhyn Designs, and was a present from Sandy - thanks again!

I am linking to AJJ, fantasy scene, and to the Cheerful Stamp Pad, anything goes, and to Crafty Cardmakers, slap it on

The blue skies were really an intense blue, and the temps went up to over 23°, and I was able to walk around without a jacket, just unbelievable.

The ducks and geese were really loud today, I think they were happy, too.

And these 2 were evidently practising for the next synchronised swimming olympics:

 I took this photo this afternoon, it really was like an abstract painting, with a stripe painted by a plane and the moon at just the right angle.

Here's wishing you all a good start in the new week. Take care, and thanks for coming by!

Spring has sprung

Hi everybody!

We had a wonderful, warm spring day again, so lovely. The sun was shining, the skies and river were blue, and I really enjoyed being outside.

This card is another DT piece for Gecko Galz, using an image from the 'beautiful March' collage sheet. I mounted the image onto bronze mirri-card, and matted it with paper 8b from Nature's Garden Paper Pack. I used a blue metallic card, and some butterflies as embellishments.

Here are a few impressions of my walk along the Rhine today. The farmer was busy on his fields:

The water was blue and sparkly

 

I love peeking through gaps in trees:

 

The trees get cut back every couple of years, and will soon be branching out and full of leaves again

 

Thanks to all who asked about my eye. It has healed well, and I can see much better, but still need to have a lot more examinations and treatments for other problems, and have drops to keep the pressure in my eyes down.

Have a great day, and hope the sun is shining for you, too. 

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Abstract in blue

Hi everybody!

Here we had a sunny and almost cloudless day, which was just beautiful for walking through the park and along the Rhine. I am sorry for those who are still suffering with ice and snow, and hope your weather will soon be much better.

At Mix it monthly the theme this month is 'abstract', and this is my attempt. I painted the background with acrylics and metallic paints, and added some 'built in' texture by bubbling the paint with my heat tool. The swirls in the background were stamped and white embossed, and the diamond pattern has been stenciled with rust coloured paint. I preferred rust to orange here. I kept the rest simple, as I liked the background and didn't want to cover it up, so just did some floating shapes, numerals and Hebrew alphas. I have called it 'Blue abstraction of words, forms and numbers' - very original! I had fun making this one. I am also linking to Paint Party Friday and AJJ, Fantasy, and to Paper Saturdays.

The details show the texture better:

I walked through the sculpture park and was happy to see the magnolias flowering:

The last picture I took of this sculpture showed it covered with frost.

And the ducks and gulls were happy, as always

Have a great day, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Morning mist and blue skies

Hi everybody!

Today I am showing a journal I made as one of my DT pieces for Gecko Galz. Their images are digital, and I like it best when I can use them together with painting and/or stamping to add a little more handwork. The images I used are both from the Dance Jewl it collage sheet. I painted the journal covers with a layer of gesso, and then worked with metallic paints in purple and blue tones, adding ina little green and bronze. I wanted it to be similar in style to the background of the image, without copying it. If you are making something like this you don't need to paint the part under the image.

Material list:  I used a journal with chipboard covers, metallic paints, the GG images, glitter, ribbon, a textile flower and designer paper for the inside covers.

Back view - here I added some gold and stamped swirls to pick up the patterning in the image.

The inside covers have been lined with a coordinating, striped paper, and have pockets for bookmarks.

I am also linking to Artful Times, anything goes, and Cheerful Stamp pad, anything goes

The journal page is part 2 of the London one I showed yesterday. I always have fun making things which remind me of home, so was pleased to see that Moo Mania has this theme. The text has been doodled, the London skyline has been printed onto a foil. I am also linking to AJJ - fantasy scene. London is real, but definitely fantastic!

And here are both sides for those who missed yesterday's offering:

I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always, by Eva and Kristin.

Yesterday morning I woke up and saw a thick, white mist covering the landscape. In the course of the morning it got less and less, but the sun didn't come out till the afternoon. But I love the views of the landscape fading away into the mist, and swallowing colours and sounds.

Have a great day, take care, and thanks a lot for coming by, 

your visits and encouraging comments are always very welcome.

Blue skies, alligators and Horlicks

Hi everybody!

We had another wonderful and sunny day today, which I really enjoyed. Sorry for all of you on the other side of the big pond who are still snowed in and iced up, and hope it soon goes by.

For the Moo Mania 'London' challenge I have made a journal page. The background has been painted with blue metallic and then stamped. The guardsmen are cut outs, and the heart has been made from a postcard cut to shape. I printed the London skyline onto transparent foil, and placed Winston Churchill in front of it, as he really deserves his place there. The Beatles came from Liverpool, I know, but they did have their studios in Abbey Road, and I like that Ringo and Churchill are making the same hand sign. I am also linking to AJJ -Fantasy.

 The skies here today were as blue as the skies in my journal page:

On my afternoon walk through a little lane near here, I saw this strange sight in a front garden:

Well, the owners seem to have a sense of humour anyway!

And I got happy mail today from Suze In Bonny Scotland:

A beautiful card:

And Horlicks for a hug mug in the evening - she knows I am almost addicted to this stuff, so she has made me very happy! There is something similar here, but it just does not have the taste of home!

Thanks a lot, Suze, your kindness is much appreciated!

Double Tuesday

Hi everybody!

Today was changeable  weather, sunny in the morning and a sky full of scudding, black clouds in the afternoon, but I just love those dramatic skies!

Today is double Tuesday - a new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and a new theme at Tag Tuesday.

At tag Tuesday our theme is maps, charts and diagrams. I used a map of London for my tag, so I can also link it to Moo Mania. I added some bunting in the form of little Union Jacks. 'Travel' has been written with a stencil, maker unknown, and outlined with a gel-pen. The quote is from Samuel Johnson. Tea Time and the Telephone box have been stamped with Stazon onto foil, I wanted to use red, but somebody forgot to put the lid on it and now it has dried out....Both stamps are from the Artemio Vintage London Set.

I made a second tag for Tag Tuesday, I am not sure whether it's supposed to be a chart

or a diagram. Words like that always make me feel lost....I think my black humour has come through again....

 

 

 At Try it on Tuesday our them for the next 2 weeks is 'Birthdays with a twist', and you have to use a mask or a stencil. Bee, one of our DT memebers is celebrating a special birthday, and is offering a prize, so if you would like to win it, pop over to her blog and leave a comment!

I was not really happy with my giant tag, it was one of those pieces which I had to do in a big hurry before going into hospital, and did not turn out quite as I wanted, but that's life. I distressed the background and the kitchen counter with DIs and then sprayed it with water to get the colours moving. When it was dry, I used some turquoise metallic paint for the leaves. The hearts and sentiment are TH stamps. The die-cuts are from a Sizzix strip.

I saw this beautiful yellow lichen on a tree today

And in the afternoon I enjoyed the clouds along the Rhine

One of these days I want to paint some of 'my' skies

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