The spooky forest and more....

Hi everybody!

We had a cold, wet and windy day here, lovely weather for 

wellies and raincoats! The sun showed itself for a few minutes in between showers, but not much. The clouds left some gaps this evening, so I was able to enjoy the view of the moon glowing in the dark sky, just wonderful.

Last week I made a spooky forest scene for Art Journal Journey, deep in the forest. My picture shows a ghostly, white forest which can only be seen during the month of October, when it slowly comes to life; during the rest of the year, it just seems to be a collection of dead and dreary trees. It wakes up when it hears the raucous laughter and festivities from the pumpkin field - the pumpkins there are notorious party animals. If you are ever nearby, take my advice - go in the other direction!

I used an A3 sheet of paper, painted the background with some black and white acrylics left over from another project, and then had fun putting it all together, The pumpkins are part of a paper napkin that Jeannette sent me recently, together with other fun Halloween stuff. I sketched the trees with a white pen, and coloured them with white oil pastels to give a chalky look. The witch and the trees are die cuts. I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, Falling in love with - Halloween!

The clouds were fascinating to watch today: 

There was an abundance of fungi in the park:

Autumn is a wonderful time, even in the rain!

And the crowning glory was once again the moon.

Here's wishing you all a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

All the colours of the rainbow

Hi everybody!

Today is a new theme at Tag Tuesday, 'All the colours of the rainbow'.

I used a rainbow coloured background, onto which I placed Mary Poppins, (Loast Coast Designs), stamped with archival black and embossed with extra fine EP. I drew the houses and clouds with a stencil in white, and outlined Miss Mary, too. I added a few stars and the sentiment. I matted the tag with black scrap card, and mounted it onto some partly peeled and white-painted corrugated cardboard.

Today was cold, wet and windy, but I enjoyed my walks just the same.

I love the autumn veggies at the market:

 I walked to Schloss Kalkum, this is the village street behind the castle walls:

The ghost was spooking around again:

 The cormorant keeps watch on his post whatever the weather:

This evening the skies cleared enough to watch the moon rising:

And the clouds were blowing across the moon:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sunday with no sun

Hi everybody!

Today was a no-sun Sunday, but I still enjoyed my walks along the Rhine and through the fields. It is quieter when there's no sun, a lot of people stay home, and I always have the feeling that I have he world just for me.

I made a new page for Art Journal Journey yesterday. I had used the paper for trying out leaf printing and some home made sprays, and I think the leafy prints in the background look like trees. I drew the large tree on the right, and the small one on the left, and glued on a TH die-cut branch tree. The magpie on the pumpkin is a stamp from Gecko Galz. I glued on an image of Hänsel and Gretel, who are frightened of being alone in the forest, as it's getting dark. The witch is flying over and has seen them, but the big tree has seen what's going on, and has told the butterfly to fly off and get help, so let's hope the kids get saved on time. I used water colours, prismalo pencils and oil pastels. The leaves are die-cuts, and the toadstool has been painted.

I am linking to Art Journal Journey, deep in the forest.

The trees here are not deep in the forest but in the park of Schloss Kalkum

This little beauty fluttered onto the path for a rest this afternoon

I saw the heron again this morning, and crept up very slowly so as not to frighten him off. He looked rather cold and hugry

Have a good start in the new week, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

More autumn colours

Hi everybody!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

We had great weather again today, but have been promised clouds and rain tomorrow. But we have to take the weather as it comes, and I still enjoy my walks in bad weather!

This 10" tag is one of my DT projects for Gecko Galz this month. The image is from the Fall Colours jewel it collage sheet. I matted it with a scrap of card painted with Viva color rust paint, and then with a piece of my antique linen, and sewed it all with 2 rows of zick-zack stitching to a corrugated card background. The leaves and seed pods were embossed with Frantage aged gold EP, and  I added a small textile flower. I like the effect of the stitching to give texture, and am happy that I can now see well enough to sew without all too many problems (except for threading the needle!)

I am linking to Moo Mania, autumnal colouring; and to Artist Trading post, anything mixed media goes, and Craftroom Challenge, seasonal colours

Here some impressions from my walks this week:

Beautiful reflections

Light and shadow

Always keeping watch

ancient and modern roof add-ons

Beautiful angles and textures

The lion holding his nose in the sun

The spires of Kaiserswerth

The town walls

A beautiful building from the middle ages

Autumn mushrooms/toadstools, growing high on the bark of a tree.

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