This n That

Hi Everybody!

We had a wet and windy day here, so I didn't stay out longer

than necessary, and had lots of crafty time😉

I altered a little wannabe Moleskine notebook,

they have them on special offer from time to time,

and 2 A6 ones cost 2,99. That's good!

I painted the background with Pentart soft paint in cream 

and Vivadecor metallic paint in olive. I stamped into the wet paint,

added some Frantage EP, heat dried it, and then let the 

napkin dragonflies fly onto the book. I gave it 2 coats of binder

to make it durable. Quick and easy, less that 15 minutes.

I am linking to Altered Eclectics, anything goes, and 

Stamps and Stencils, texture, crackle and paint.

Back on a fine October Sunday I visited Benrath,

in the south of Düsseldorf, with a Baroque Castle and

a wonderful park. I put the photos on the wrong file and have

just rediscovered them, so here is the first installment:

The castle is in a very good condition:

 A guard house:

Another guard:

A wedding was taking place while I was there, so I will show some

photos tomorrow.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

All the Ts for Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

There's lots going on again today. It's Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday;

it's time to remind you that you still have a week to 

join in the 'hearts and flowers' challenge at TIOT ,

and at Tag Tuesday we are starting again

as a challenge blog, where everybody is welcome to join

in. Our first theme is 'Bookworm', chosen by Chrissie.

The first challenge will hopefully go live on Tuesday at 6 am GMT.

My tag is a little book-tag, 4"x3". The front and back were made 

with images from a collage sheet - sorry, 

don't know who they were from -, 

and glued together to make a cover. I added some Frantage 

distressed copper EP to make them look nice and sort of oldy-moldy.

The inside covers were covered with DP, and the pages were cut from 

an 18th century book. I was once given a huge box of rather moldy 

religious books from this time, complete with 

worm holes, corners nibbled by mice and lots of moldy pages. 

I threw out the bits that were too ghastly to use, had the rest

treated to make them hygienic

and now have a life-long supply of  18th century pages....

I sewed the book together and wrote a quote on each

page, adding a couple of vintage images from CI. I rubbed 

some cream coloured soft paint from Pentart 

onto the pages with a soft cloth, to give a 

usable surface. I sewed in a bookmark, too:

There will be a giveaway at Tag Tuesday, and all who join in with a

tag come into the hat,and have a chance of winning this little book

 and some crafty stash.

I am also linking to More mixed media, anything goes.

This piece is meant as a reminder for TIOT, and for Linda's

'50 shades of red' challenge at Art Journal Journey. I drew the grid in my new journal,

painted some squares red and stamped some hearts and flowers.

And last but not least, a hearty welcome to all of the T Gang.

Today there's lemon cake, so zingy and fluffy, and

cappuccino, so help yourselves Ladies!

Elizabeth is allowed 2 slices as she organises everything!

And just 2 sunrise pics today, this post is already tooooooo long!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Cardboard play and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I am having a lazy day, crafting,  drinking coffee

and not much more!

I have another mixed media tag to show today. I started off with a piece of cardboard, which I partly peeled and painted. Cardboard picking while watching TV is the new knitting! Then I stick every thing which is 

within my reach onto it - scraps of paper and paper napkins. 

Here it is almost finished:

And after some sewing and adding some words and

flowers it was done!

I am linking to 'More Mixed Media', anything goes and optional red, and Stamps and Stencils, texture, crackle and paint, and

Country view challenges, under 30 minutes 

( I had 1 1/2 minutes left over!) ,

altered eclectics, anything goes, 

and  Simon Monday Challenge,

young at heart, as this is how playtime makes me feel!

This morning got off to a good start:

In the other direction by the stream there was lots of mist:

The sun decided to hang out with us today:

Here a photo taken yesterday when I was stamping and painting

coffee-pod papers for use in various projects:

Have a good day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Rusty horses

Hi Everybody!

It's chilly and windy here again. The sun stuck it's

head out this morning and then bogged off,

probably gone somewhere else where it

can shine brightly.

 I am sharing a hybrid page made with some elements from

Itkupilli. I think I'm in a bird phase just now.

I am linking to Art Journal Journey, Linda's lovely theme

of '50 shades of red'

And I have a mixed media tag, 11", made from various layers of

dictionary paper, corrugated cardboard and packing paper, with collaged bits and bobs, and sewed together:

This morning's sunny half hour:

My amaryllis got top heavy and fell over, so I had to cut it off and put it into a heavy, crystal vase, so it won't topple again:

These photos were made especially for dear Elizabeth. They are on

the edge of an industrial 'park' as it is euphemistically being called,

I hope the poor horses on the meadow don't get too

disturbed by it. I love how the old horse shoes have been used:

And some more photos from my sunny walk on Friday:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!