This and That on Wednesday

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all well and fit. We are still enjoying warm, spring

days with blue skies and blossoms bursting out everywhere,

a beautiful season indeed.

This A3 mixed media piece was made at my art group. I painted the BG with gesso and sand coloured paint, which I textured with a brayer. The tulips were added with a napkin, and the dots and spots with a stencil and crapp red. 

The German text means: The two  things which give 

the soul the most strength  are trust in the truth and trust in one's self.  

I am linking to Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Journey, 

Yvonne's lovely theme of out and about.

Blue skies along the Rhine:

Flowers everywhere:

We had some great sunrise scenes this week, and my fave is

always the half hour before the sun goes up -a great time

to drink a cup of coffee and watch the beauty unfold:

 Being outside is really a joy just now:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot f!or coming by

TSFT, Tiot and more....

Hi Everybody!

Tuesday is Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party,

and we are beginning a new challenge

at TIOT - Botanical.

As always, projects of all formats are welcome

and you have 2 weeks to link up your creations -

Hope to see lots of you there!

At Tag Tuesday - birds and nests - you still have a week

to join us!

For TIOT I made a mixed media spread in my 2nd new journal. 

The background was gessoed, and the rest stenciled 

and collaged. I added more colour with oil pastels

and a Dyelusions quote:

I am also linking to Simon Monday Challenge, things with wings.

Here I would like to welcome all the nice ladies of the

T Gang.

Last Tuesday I went on a little outing to a chocolate

shop in the old town. They serve drinking

chocolate in all variations in a Paris-type

bistro-cafe, and there is a second room where they

sell delicious chocolate specialities to take home -

truly a little paradise on earth!

A chocolate fountain:

'Give in to your longing for chocolate without complexes

or false shame. Remember, no sensible human being is

without a spark of madness'

I had a white chocolate flavoured with espresso:

My neighbour had milk chocolate with peppermint:

'Chocolate is a feeling of happiness which is touchable, 

understandable and above all edible'

Hope you enjoyed your little outing with me!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

It's weekend

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, the sun is shining, flowers are

blooming and the trees are starting to turn green -

who needs more? 

For Tag Tuesday, Wendy's lovely challenge of Birds and nests,

I made a second mixed media 10" tag, using partly peeled 

corrugated cardboard, painted with gesso and collaged with

 a beautiful Japanese napkin that

I was given, stitching, some art-grass and some natural bits.

I added some mother of pearl flowers, glued on with

silicone glue, and gave them centres of

liquid pearls.

I made this card for a friend, using mirri-card for the 

background, so had to take the photo from a strange

angle so as to avoid reflections:

And last but not least. a large, mixed media tag with

some digital mermaid additions for Go Tag Thursday,

where the theme is nautical

A wonderful sunrise:

More photos from my walks to and from the clinic:

Love these flowers spilling through the fence onto

the pavement:

Have a great weekend you all,

take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!