Birds, cats and more

Hi Everybody!

The weekend has flown by, and a new week is here - have a good one!

For Art Journal Journey I have a water-coloured tree with white birds. I made this at the beginning of the month, and discovered it today hiding under a pile of other bits and bobs, so here it is.

Gabi took these lovely pictures of  Lucky and Lilly:

Nature is definitely getting greener:

Here at the stream near where I live I saw a Kingfisher today, which made me really happy. He flew off before I could take a photo.

I found this photo on Wikipedia

The wonderful photo was taken by Andreas Trepte

 Thanks to Andreas and all those who share their wonderful pics over Wikipedia.

The Heron was out fishing this morning:

And a few yards further these two were doing the same:

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Things with wings again

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying the weekend.

I had another very busy day, with lots of hard work, so 

this will once again be a short post - my bed is calling to me!

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings,  I have a fairy page again. I used one of the painted backgrounds that I scanned and printed. I added more colour with Gelatos, and some stenciling. I coloured the small leaves and flowers with gel-pens, and added lot of white highlights and Stickles to her wings The flower fairy seems to be out enjoying her Sunday walk.

The day started off misty and dripping wet. In the course of the day we had sleet, hail-stones, torrential rain, heavy winds and lots of black clouds. Good weather to stay home....

Lucky didn't care about the weather!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

50 shades of grey....

Hi Everybody!

I was so looking forward to the solar eclipse today. Those who visit my blog regularly know that I am (slightly) obsessed with the sun, moon and stars, and I very much wanted to see the eclipse. I have had my special glasses ready for weeks, a filter to put on my camera, and then all we could see was mist and fog - fifty shades of grey! Perhaps the weather will be better when the next eclipse happens....

For Art Journal Journey I have made an A3 page using a scan of a beautiful old engraving of a pigeon, taken from one of my old books from the 19th century. I coloured the pigeon with Gelatos and fussy cut it. The head was drawn using a home made stencil, and the 'hair' is a stamp from Artemio. The 'tears' are from Designs by Ryn. I used various stencils to liven up the background, which was painted with sky blue acrylics. The winged 'ear' is a Sizzix die cut, which covered up a nasty black oops. 

I am also linking to Simons Monday Challenge, animals

And now for the fifty shades of grey....

Hope you had some sun today!

Have a great weekend, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

TGIF

Hi Everybody!

This has somehow been a very busy week, so I am happy that the weekend

is nearly here. I have been busy all week -and the week before - trying to tidy my stash and get organised, move furniture round, hang new curtains and pictures etc. I am planning to rest over the weekend!

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings and Paint Party Friday I have once again used my fave dragonfly stamp. The background was painted with acrylics onto textured water colour paper. The dragon flies and plants were stamped with archival black and embossed with fine EP. I added colour to the wings with twinkling H2Os and Stickles. The quote is from Harry Potter.

Today we visited a little neighbouring town, and this donkey, called Friedel, was right by the spot where we parked. There was a sign telling kids that he likes it when they climb on his back and ride him. No, I didn't try. Perhaps I would have done so if nobody had been looking!

Some more impressions from the town and the market:

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Angels and feathers

Hi Everybody!

Just  a short post today, need to get to bed and sleep!

For Art Journal Journey, things with wings I have made another journal page using Dina Wakley's moon faces stencil. The background was  a smear and wipe page which I gave a sprinkle of Brushos and some sprays and let it drip a bit. I stenciled the faces with gesso. I gave them wings made with feathers, bodies cut from scraps of silver material and halos drawn with a silver gel pen. I am also linking to Mix it Monthly, angels.

Sunrise:

Afternoon sun over the Rhine

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!