Tuesday This and That.

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well.

It's Tuesday, so time for a new tag at Tag Tuesday, and our theme this week is 'Symmetry'. I chose an arch diecut with a symmetric gate . I layered 2, one over the other, so that I could cut out some parts on the top one and make an open window.  The Butterfly is also symmetric, and I have tried to make a contrast by placing the other items asymmetrically. And the shadow which the sun gave me this morning is also asymmetrical. The butterfly got a layer of crackle glaze and was distressed with DI, the rest was somehow flying about my table again. I am also linking to Moo Mania and More 'Flowers'. And just for your info, check back tomorrow to learn about the new challenge for Moo Mania and More for the next 2 weeks. .

At Mixed Media Mojo the theme is Tic-tac-toe, and I chose the line with chipboard, gesso and stencil. I started off with a chipboard bird-house which dear Sandy sent me last year. I used a CWS stencil and structure paste to make the 'bricks' on the house, and gave it 2 coats of gesso and some glitter while it was still wet. The birds, cat and fence are also chipboard, and have been painted, crackle glazed and distressed. I added flowers and lace and some grass to make it homey. The crest on the roof has been antiqued with patina and crackle glaze, although the crackle glaze is hardly visible. I think my balcony birds have inspired this one!

The wind blew the clouds across the sky all day, but it stayed dry, so I was able to enjoy my walks.

I enjoyed watching the work on the roof of one of the old houses by the Rhine near the basilica:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Stormy seas and quiet paths

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, the sea, I have made another page. I used an underlay page on which I had distressed a lot of edges, This gave a shape like peaks, which made me think of a stormy sea.  I swiped some blue, green and purple paint over it and spritzed some white onto it. There were also some little squares of mosaic stuck on it from a piece I made recently, I left them, as here they have become things flying around in the stormy wind.  The image with the sailor is a vintage cigar label, I just cut out the text, so it looked as if he is standing on his ship steering. I used a sponge to put some white paint round him to look like spraying water.

The quote is from a hymn we used to sing at school, written by William Cowper  in 1774.

And some photos from my walks today:

 Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Vintage flowers and hungry birds

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

Today I have another mixed media piece to share. I used another of the round Camembert-cheese boxes. This time I gave it a quick coat of gesso, and then used a small diamond stencil to add some texture with structure paste over part of the top and sides. It was  then painted  with Vivacolour rust paint. I sprinkled Frantage vintage EPs in gold and copper over it and heat dried it. I used some patina cream from Deco Art to add more definition.

I recently got given a bag of dried flowers and seed pods to use as a decoration. I took a few out of the bowl and gave them some blobs of acrylic paint and then dipped them into Frantage gold EP:

The butterfly was crackled, distressed with the Deco Art patina and also dipped into Frantage gold. It curled a little when I heated it, which gave a wonderful effect:

Then I used my heat gun to put it together to make a little vintage garden.

I am linking to  Mixed Media Monthly, May flowers; Anything but cute, vintage garden, and to Moo Mania and More, Flowers

We saw the sun for a few minutes this morning, but that was it; the rest of the day was cold and wet.

Chocolate Chip muffins are good as a sunshine substitute, so I baked some today, as my neighbour was celebrating her birthday.

(Sandy, you wanted to see food again!)

And today the female Jay came and got food for her brood, but not before she had had a big row with her husband and sent him back to the nest!  She is darker than her Mr, a little larger and can eat much quicker than he can! She also has a crest of feathers on the back of her head, looks a bit like a punk!

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!