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Hi Everybody!
Hope you are having a good day!

Today is Tuesday, which means a new challenge at Tag Tuesday and at Try it on Tuesday.

 At Tag Tuesday out theme is Text. I made two word-bird tags, using scraps of DP with text to cut the birds, and wrote some sayings around the edge of the first one.
My visitors this afternoon liked the birds, and they have already flown the nest and found new homes.

At Try it on Tuesday our theme for the next two weeks is 'Tic tac toe'.

You can choose any line, horizontal, diagonal or vertical, from the selection and use the elements in your project.

I chose punches, bling and cardboard, although my card would also fit to the line beads, punches and flowers.

I made a 6x6" card with a Valentine theme. The centre part has been made from a tag cut from partly peeled cardboard. The images are from my stash. The patterns down both sides have been punched with a large border punch. I added some beads and a bling heart. The sentiment has been sprayed with paper softener (LaBlanche)  and formed; once it dries, the paper stays in form.

You have two weeks to enter the challenge, and all projects are welcome, so hope to see lots of you joining in!

Today I have some different 'wildlife' photos to show instead of the usual birds and ducks; the ladies in their carnival costumes. The first one shows the whole group. Each one represents a different decade. I made the Charleston dress from Karina and Gabi's wild pink punk outfit, complete with rat. I 'wiped' the faces of the other ladies as I didn't get a chance to ask them if they wanted to be posted. I don't think they would mind, but better safe than sorry! Don't they all look gorgeous?

I made a matching bag and rat for Gabi:

Lovely Luzi wanted to be like Disney's Snow Queen, with a long dress, hooded cape, long gloves, and a bustle at the back of the dress.

Here it was not quite finished, but coming along nicely:

Last changes to the sleeves and belt.

(The colours look a bit darker here because of the electric light)

It was fun making the costumes and doing something different instead of just patching my jeans or sewing cardboard!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot or coming by!

Birds and Humans

Hi Everybody!

Here in Rhineland 'Rosenmontag'  (Rose Monday) will be celebrated with parades and festivities in many towns, the biggest parades here being in Düsseldorf and Cologne. A lot of people will be waking up with big headaches and hangovers tomorrow!

I will go for my usual walk, and then perhaps watch the big procession in Düsseldorf on the TV, but not more! Although I sewed costumes for three friends this year, I didn't make one for myself!

For Art Journal Journey, Birds, beasts and humans, I made another Egyptian page. I find the old Egyptian history and mythology very interesting, and  their strange beings fascinating. Today's journal page shows Thoth, the god of knowledge, who appears sometimes in the form of a man with an Ibis head, and sometimes as the crowned Ibis. The quote is taken from ancient Egyptian writings. The background was painted with acrylics, and the figures were coloured with water colours and gel-pens, fussy cut, and glued to the background. I drew the hieroglyphics for 'Thoth'.

This is a canvas made some time back, showing him as the Ibis.

Today started off cool and frosty, with a beautiful sky and a marvelous sunrise:

I know some of you in the States and Canada are struggling with heavy snow storms, so I wish you sun in your hearts, and stay safe.

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by.

Birds and Beasts

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Here in Rhineland Carnival is still in full swing, and the main celebrations and parades will be on Monday.

I will not be going along, I do not like being in the middle

of big crowds!

For Art Journal Journey, Birds beasts and humans I have made another A4 journal page. The background has been painted with water colours and some sprays. The animals and trees were made with stencils using soot black DI and outlined in white. The quote is from Nelson Mandela.

Today started off with a clear sky:

The sunrise was beautiful again:

The usual visitors came to my balcony:

I enjoyed the blue sky over the fields and the Rhine:

The gulls and ducks were having fun:

All in all, a great day!

Have a wonderful day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!