Wings to fly

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well! We had a sunny one here, this afternoon it was even warm - so nice to feel the warmth of the sun!

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings, I have made a journal page with Frida Kahlo. I used the stamp on white paper with archival black, and then fussy cut it. I don't know who made the stamp as I got it second hand from EBAY. The background was made with Brushos on dry paper and then sprayed with water. When it was dry I added some more colour with Gelatos. The parrot images are from Itkupilli. I added some butterfly wings to Frida, and wrote part of her quote 'Feet, why do I need them, when I have wings to fly?'

Today the blue tits were frequent visitors to my balcony, they love the fat balls and nets with nuts. One of them is my 'watch-bird'

The coach and horses had to wait at the level crossing till the tram went by:

Then it carried on down the road to the Rhine

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Spring, hats and things with wings

Hi Everybody!

Today it's another double Tuesday with new challenges at Tag Tuesday and at Try it on Tuesday.

At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'spring is in the air'. I discovered some nice printed cardstock while cleaning and tidying my stash this past week, and have used it here for my tag. I inked the edges with DI Forest Moss, and threw on as much as I could find - flowers, leaves, die-cuts, ribbons a little metal bird and a sheep. For me spring has to be full of greens and delicate colours, so I have tried to use them here, as well as Stickles to add some sparkle.

At TIOT our theme is 'hats': I Recently read the quote about the woman's hat in an old novel from the beginning of the 20th century, and tried to show it in my journal page. The silhouette of the woman with hat is an image from Gecko Galz. I printed it out in A4, fussy cut it, and used it as a template, colouring round it with pan pastels. I then stamped all the small flowers I could find to make it into a garden, coloured them with gel-pens and twinkling H2Os, and added lots of winged creatures, which also got lots of Stickles. I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, things with wings, and to Fashionable Stamping challenges, Springtime

After a cold and frosty night, the sun rose in a hazy sky - just gorgeous. I love the delicate, muted colours.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by.

Geese and ducks

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was good! It was a cold and grey day here, but it did stay dry, so I was able to walk to Schloss Kalkum and visit the geese and ducks, which was very pleasant.

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings,  I have made a fitting journal page, this time with geese in love. The sentiment is short, and this time in German. 'Gans verliebt' (Goose in love) is a word play on 'Ganz verliebt' (Totally in love). I drew my  geese on a painted background, which was also stenciled with various patterns and birds. After drawing the geese, I painted them with gesso, and water colours, adding shading and details with Gelatos and gel-pens when it was dry. I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, poultry, and Simon Monday Challenge, animals

This duck was sitting on the bridge over the moat:

This beautiful chap tried to hide in the grass when he saw me:

This lovely grey goose was out for a walk in the park:

The northern wild geese always look rather snooty:

And this duck up on the turret was evidently aspiring to higher things:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by.

Things with wings and signs of spring

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Here is is still very cold, but we didn't get the forecasted snow and rain, so that was at least something!

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings, I have made another journal page. What else? For the background I used a water coloured, sprayed and dripped background from my ready made ones. I added more colour with Gelatos to bring in some light and sunshine, I like putting a layer of white under and over the colours to make them more luminous The fairy queen is under water, and surrounded by lots of little winged elves. The Fairy queen is a stamp from Geck Galz. I used gel-pens. white highlighter and Gelatos to add colour to the figures, and stickles for the wings, and  added some scribbling and doodling.

The sunrise today was rather hazy, but still lovely

Lots of trees are starting to sprout leaves:

The ducks were bathing, as usual

And this dandelion just needs a bit of sun before it opens up

The crow was looking for worms for breakfast

Have a nice weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by.