Mid-week this and that

Hi Everybody!

Today is cold, wet, wild and windy, and so I arrived back home

wet and tired, and plan on having an easy

afternoon with my feet up.

For Art Journal Journey, Yvonne's wonderful 'out and about' challenge,

 I have a hybrid piece using my fave bears again (Serif). The background is a photo of the plastic lid I use as my palette. Family bear are

having a picnic for Dad's birthday, and he forgot to bring goodies for the kids

and has already emptied nearly all the bottles. Mother Bear

is not amused

:

For Paint Party Friday I have a double mixed media spread

in my 2nd 'new' journal, using a painted background, paper napkins

and stenciling. The quote is from Dylusions. I am also linking to Simon
Monday Challenge, make your own background:

We had some incredible skies again this week:

I discovered this strange, rusty fire hydrant on my walks,

I think it will be good for a steampunk piece sooner

or later:

Have a good week you all,

take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by

Tuesday post

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at

Tag Tuesday -

Hats and headgear.

Michele has a surprise for you this week, so be sure to look!

I made a mixed media tag, with a partly 

peeled cardboard base which was painted and collaged.

You have two weeks to join us there, and conventional hats

are also very welcome, I just couldn't

resist these birdies:

Today is also T stands for Tuesday at Elizabeth's blog,

so a hearty welcome to all of the nice

ladies of the T Gang. The ice parlour has opened it's doors

again and the cappuccino tastes as good as I remembered:

I baked a chocolate chip cake, the photo was taken

before I added the frosting - help yourselves:

My Sunday walk was sunny:

Have a great day you all, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Mixed media tags and more

Hi Everybody!

Today we are beginning a new challenge at 

More Mixed Media

and the theme is anything goes, with optional green.

You have 4 weeks to link your mixed media creations, so

hope to see you there. For my DT piece I made a pair of

8" tags. The background was painted with Vivadecor metallic

paints in olive and blue. Then I collage them with some scraps and

one of the paper napkins Sandy sent recently. The diamonds were

stenciled with bronze structure paste and then embossed with Frantage.

I added some scraps of gold leafing, and 2 figures cut from a recycled

calendar. And I love this Dylusions quote, 'If the young only knew, if the old only could' - too true! Some ribbon and paper and glass beads

were used as embellishments.

I am also linking to destination inspiration, anything goes

For Yvonne's lovely challenge 'Out and About'

at Art Journal Journey I made a hybrid piece, mixing some

digital embellishments (Daisytrail) with some old family photos and 

a photo taken in an old village street near here. Bernie bear

is not riding carefully, I hope he doesn't hit those geese:

Saturday morning got off to a fine start:

The restaurants, shops and houses are all decorated

ready for spring:

The gulls are probably looking for spring:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!