Art Journaling for Friday

Hi Everybody!

It's almost Friday, so it's time for Paint Party Friday again, hosted, as always, by Eva and Kristin.

My first piece is for Art Journal Journey, maps. I used a painted, dripped and collaged background, which was digitally enhanced and placed over a map.

This week I finished the last page in my 'new journal', which has now become my old  and very fat journal. This page was made with scraps of paper napkins and dryer sheets which were used to mop up colours,  metallic paints, doodling and writing:

And here I used a lot of scraps and leftovers, paints and gelatos:

And here my big, fat journal, for which I will now make a cover:

In between heavy rain storms we had some dry hours for taking walks, and today, Thursday, seems to be summer, but I don't think it will last long, and more storms have been forecasted:

The horses are happy in the old moat:

I love this garden on top of the town walls:

Market day:

Hydrangeas by the bank:

And clouds and sunshine chasing each other all week:

And in these days when the weather changes faster than many people can think, a quote from George Carlin:

'Weather forecast for tonight: dark.'

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Girls just wanna have fun

Hi Everybody!

Just a quick post today, the day has run away again.

I made a piece today just for fun - we all need some fun from time to time!

I used a blurred photo as my background and some digital elements from a new set by Nancy Baumiller-Crowabout StudioB @ Mischief Circus.com. 

Once again it rained....

and rained....

 But the waters in the stream and Rhine do make for some wonderful atmospheric photos:

This huge mushroom on one of the fallen trees looks for me like a huge toad!

And this poor lady stands chained on one of the streets here:

Have a great day you all, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Mid week mix

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well!

For Art Journal Journey, maps,I have a hybrid page today, made by placing three pages on top of each other - a page of collaged images of Italy, a map, and an image of Leonardo da Vinci and his Vitruvian man.

Yesterday the sun came out for half an hour in the morning, and then went back to bed....

A neighbour down the road always plants lovely flowers in a tiny plot of land next to the house:

The water is rising again, and the meadows are starting to smell of decaying plants:

This Egyptian goose evidently wanted to keep her feet dry, and perched herself on one leg on the top of a tall tree:

This tree was looking at me:

The logs/branches that have fallen into the water look a bit like crocodiles! 

And my quote of the day:

'There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump a puddle for you!'

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks again for coming by!

Lots going on for Tuesday.

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT

and our theme is

'I believe I can fly'.

As always, you have 2 weeks to create something and projects of all types are welcome.

I made a hybrid piece, using a vintage sign as background, a freebie man from Foxey Squirrel and some freebie wings.

Today is also T stands for Tuesday at Elizabeth's  blog, so a big welcome to all the T Gang.  My photo shows a wonderful cappuccino on one of the outside  tables, complete with sugar with a zipper and the lovely cookie they serve with it. The weather has not been nice, but they hand out cushions and blankets if it's chilly:

The bell / clock-tower is on the other side of the square. Every hour the bells play a lovely melody, so it's nice to sit there and listen to it. I have my physiotherapy sessions in the house by the tower, on the second floor:.

I am taking part in a swap with a group of lovely ladies, and last week I received

my pages from Dianne, and they are really gorgeous. My theme is birds. She makes delightful water-colour paintings, and has used lots of fabric, too, with really pleasing results:

Isn't this quirky bird gorgeous?

And this page is really a masterpiece:

There is even cross-stitch embroidery on this piece:

The tag which accompanied the pages:

A beautiful Kandinsky card:

And last but not least, some goodies to use in my pages.

Thanks a lot for these beautiful pages which I will treasure, I am looking forward to seeing my finished book.

And for Art Journal Journey, maps, I made a journal page with Banksy's balloon girl (Stencil from Stencilry.Org, map from Wikipedia). Here I used the stencil to cut out the figure with a contrasting colour.

And I have a quote, which always consoles me:

Blessed are the cracked....for they are the ones who let in the light.'

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!