Frida, flowers and more

Hi Everybody!

Here it was  wet and drippy today, but  I'm trying not

to complain as we need the rain. To add insult to

injury I was feeling sick and dizzy all day -

it can only get better!

Today I have another tag to share for Tag Tuesday,

hosted by dear Chrissie this time, with the theme of faces. I used 

a print out of a Frida face drawn with charcoal a couple of years back,

and digitally altered to give the lace effect. I mounted the tag on 

various coordinating papers and added 2 rows of sewing.

The gold lace scrap was sent to me by my lovely friend 

Jackie - thanks again, and I added 

the textile flowers to her crown. The bird is one of my 

balcony visitors. I added the Frida quote on a stamped

TH ticket. I am also linking to Go Tag Thursday, tickets:

At Digitally Made Challenges the theme is anything goes,

and at Art Journal Journey, our lovely Gill has chosen the theme

of 'grunge and elegance'. I made a digital journal page

using images from Mischief Circus, Serif and me:

The photos were from my morning walks at the weekend:

 The water rescue speeding along:

A pretty corner near the basilica:

In the grounds of the hospital:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for loTs of This and ThaT for Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Tuesday is always a busy blog day, and this one will be no exception!

We are celebrating a new challenge at Tag Tuesday,

Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday and also her

2nd on the 2nd, so I am trying to pack it

all under one hat today.

At Tag Tuesday our host this week is my lovely friend Chrissie,

and her theme is faces.

I made a mixed media tag, using a corrugated cardboard

substrate, which was gessoed, inked and

embossed with Frantage EPs. The image is my version of 

Modigliani's painting of Max Jacobs.  I  'cased' a whole

row of his wonderful portraits a couple of years back.

Here the image was digitally cut out, and placed onto

a grungy background - a piece of an old wall by the

castle ruins, onto which I superimposed some

Hebrew lettering. I sewed all the layers together, and added

some studs and a Ticket made with 2 TH stamps.

If you look  closely you can see I stamped it 

upside down, perhaps so that Max can read it?! I am also

linking to Go Tag Thursday, where the theme is tickets.

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Here I would like to welcome all the nice ladies

of the T Gang.

For Elizabeth's TSFT and for 2nd on the 2nd I have a

hybrid piece made a year or two back. The sunshine in my cup has to

be coffee!

Last Tuesday we were given a tour of the old buildings of the

Diakonie. Florence Nightingale was a student nurse here.

The old Chapel has been modernised inside, which makes it 

very light and airy. I love the contrast between the old, wooden fixtures

and the white simplicity:

The gardens were beautiful, too:

The tour was a little (lot!) longer than anticipated,

so some of us skived off and went to the ice parlour....

This time I'm showing the mug of tea one of the others 

was drinking:

And before I forget, a quick reminder that you still have a 

week to join our 'transport' challenge

at TIOT.

Have a great day you all, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sunday post

Hi Everybody!

It's been a sunny day here, albeit very windy, but I enjoy

wind, so it was fine with me.

I made this mixed media tag using recycled 

cardboard last week. I used various scraps of paper

napkins and old letters/ books. The background was painted

 and embossed with Frantage, and everything was sewed together:

There's a new challenge starting at digitally made.

Thanks for the tip, Annie!

I didn't think I would manage to get something done, bit I did, so here it is.

Everything needs to be completely digital.

The Digis are from Mischief Circus, serif and me:

The pictures were taken on my walk yesterday:

I spied a heron on the field when I was going down

to the Rhine. It was good 50 yards away, but I hauled it

in with my zoom:

This bird had grey feathers and a rose-pink breast, I have

no idea what it is. I waited some minutes,

but it would not turn round:

I love hawthorn:

This little cutie didn't mind having his

photo taken:

Have a good week, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!