Love letter

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - have a good one!

I made this page for art journal journey a couple of weeks back, and then lost track of it because I had put the photos into the wrong file.  The lady with the letter background was scanned and digitally altered to a stamp again. I placed the large image onto an A3 background painted with green and  blue metallic paint, then  added an image of a  hand writing a letter. I think the lady is dreaming of getting a letter from her loved one. I added the stamp, and stenciled some  flourishes and text. As a final touch I added some stamping.

Some pictures of my hot and sunny walk today. The horses were all in a shady corner of the meadow, near their water trough.

We had some very loud thunder storms in the night and into the early morning hours, so in the end I got up and took some photos of the sky:

And the crow was waiting for his breakfast as always:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks for coming by!

Magritte and post

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already - where did the time go again?

For Art Journal Journey, post and postage, I have another journal page. I started out with some stamps showing René Magritte. I painted the A3 background with gesso and then gave it a colour wash with sky blue. I found some nice images in my stash with Magritte. The one at the bottom, showing him from the back, was applied as a transfer with mod-podge. The image on the right side should have been transferred with the same technique, but somebody (!?) pasted the mod-podge on the wrong side, so it had to be glued on as it was, which means the background script is the wrong way round. I must admit I quite like the effect. I used TH's Umbrella man to stand in for Mr Magritte, giving him Magritte's head with a stamp. I added some blue raindrops and a quote from Magritte.
I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

The farmer was plowing the field ready for the second planting, and was accompanied by a flock of seagulls looking for tidbits in the freshly turned earth.

The flowers, wild and cultivated, are beautiful at this time of year:

The bees are busy buzzing around collecting pollen:

Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

A Victorian letter

Hi Everybody!

Today I have another vintage piece for Art Journal Journey, post and postage.
The A3 background was painted again with a mix of gesso and DecoArt titan buff to match the colour of the antique letter, which is naturally just a copy. I added some background stenciling using vintage photo DI, and some washi tape. I added various stamps of pens, ink, post marks,  the typewriter etc, and a figure with a stamp head using a Penny Black stamp. The sentiment was handwritten - 'send love into the world - send someone a letter today'. This was another fun piece to make.

Today I walked along the shore:

This young thrush was sitting on the wall behind the Basilica, I love the 'scruffy' feathers.

The fire bugs seem to like to sit on a wall somewhere where it's warm:

Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

In the garden

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at Moo Mania and More,
 'In the garden'.

Projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link your creations to us, so I hope to see lots of you there. I made a journal page using a background made with a serviette. When it was finished I scanned it and digitally altered it to make it into a stamp, so that it also fits the post-postage challenge at Art Journal Journey. I printed the same background again in Moo format, mounted it onto card, and fixed it to the journal page with some foam squares.

Even spider's webs look beautiful sprinkled with rain drops:

A large flock of wild geese were having a fishing party by the Rhine today:

We had lots of clouds, grey skies and rain again, but here and there a glimpse of blue!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!