Owls, a tag and a ferry.

Hi Everybody!

After the lovely sunshine of yesterday it was disappointing to wake up to a misty, white world again this morning, but I am sure the sun will come out again sooner or later.

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings I have made a journal page with owls today. I think the stamps were from My tattered angels, but I am not sure. The background was painted with gesso, blue water colour and Gelatos. I stamped the circles with my stamp from Hein Design, and the squares directly with the ink pads. The owls were stamped with archival black and embossed with EP extra fine. I made them glow with white and yellow Gelatos, and added some colour to their feathers with twinkling H2Os. For the quote and outlining I used a white pen.

At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'Framed'. I used a TH metal frame and glass slides to frame a photo from Erika, a distant relation, taken about 100 years ago. I added a muse token, and mounted the frame onto a tag made from a scrap of card leftover from some book covers made last year. It is cardboard, textured with tissue paper, painted, and covered with scraps of old letters and gold leafing.

Yesterday we used the good weather to cross the Rhine on our beautiful ferry.

Lots of people, bikes, cars etc were also out and about to enjoy the sunshine.

 The captain was sitting on the bridge

We had nice views of the basilica, castle ruins and mill from the ferry:

We walked a long way along the shore on the other side and saw an UFO!

It came nearer, and we saw there was really a man sitting in it, who waved to us all:

 Rather him than me up there!

Is that  a crocodile in the Rhine....

The captain brought us safely back across the river again, and it was an enjoyable afternoon.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by.

Birds, Sun and Mary Poppins

Hi Everybody!

We had a sunny and warm weekend here, which was very pleasant. I walked a long way today, and enjoyed being out and about. Hope the weather was kind to you, too.

Today I have another journal page for Art Journal Journey, things with wings, to share. I used a painted background, to which I added more colour with Gelatos. I dug out lots of bird stamps - from Catherine Moore, Tim Holtz and LaBlanche, and stamped them with archival black, embossed with black EP extra fine. The plant stamps are from Artemio, and the sun from Hein Design. I love the circle stamp, as it can be used for so many things. Mary Poppins is from Lost Coast Designs. Here they have all joined together for a happy flight, perhaps over the rooftops of London. I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, blackbirds, Simon Monday challenge, B is for... Birds in my case, and Mixed Media World, anything goes.

The day started off again with a wonderful sunrise:

I walked to Schloss Kalkum, and saw some sheep on the way:

The wild geese were everywhere today:

The castle looked nice in the sunshine

This afternoon I went out with a friend, and the sky over the Rhine was wonderful:

We came back home as the sun was just beginning to set, and ate masses of chocolate biscuits washed down with coffee - an enjoyable Sunday. I will show the the rest of today's pictures tomorrow, it's late and I want to sleep!

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sun, moon and birds

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

We had a wonderful, sunny day after a cold and frosty night.

I enjoyed my walks, it was good not to freeze!

I have also been busy at home these past few days sorting, tidying, trying to bring order into my chaos, not easy for me, but necessary.

For my journal page for Art Journal Journey, things with wings, I used a photo from 2002 as background, taken in Capernaum by the Sea of Galilee  when the late afternoon sun was covered in clouds. I love this sort of atmospheric sky. I printed it out in A4 and used Dina Wakley's bird stencil for the birds. This time I used white highlighter and VivaColor Moonstone glitter. The quote is from Hamlet.

The day started well with a beautiful sunrise over frosty fields:

The weather was mils and sunny:

And the moon this evening had a golden halo, and was very spooky!

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

More Blackbirds

Hi Everybody!

Just a short post today, it's late and I need to sleep, been working hard again!

For Art Journal Journey,  things with wings, I have made a journal page with a crow. The crow is an engraving in one of my old books, which I scanned, and then printed onto one of my backgrounds. I added more colour to the background with Gelatos, and coloured the bird and the trees with water colours. I added patterning with various stencils (home made and CWS) and the birds are from Dina Wakley. The quote is from William Blake. I am also linking to Simon Monday Challenge, a hint of clover. and Moo Mania and More, black birds.

Just 2 photos today, the moon is shining down on me this evening:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!