Monday, 8 May 2017

T sTands for This and ThaT on Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

This Tuesday sees the start of a new challenge at

- Little things mean a lot-

Projects of all formats are allowed, but must not be
larger than 4"x 4". They do not have to be square.
As always, you have 2 weeks to join in the fun and link to us.

I made a tiny, mixed media canvas:



For Go Tag Thursday, mechanical, I have a mixed media  clockwork
butterfly tag.  The background was made with crumpled tissue
over cardboard, which was painted and then embossed with gilding wax.
The butterfly was printed and cut out twice to give more body.





And please don't forget - you still have  a week to join Chrissie's 'faces'
challenge at Tag Tuesday.

Lat week I went to the little museum here in Kaiserswerth.
There is a wonderful model of the town as it was at the beginning
of the 18th century, before the castle and much of the town was
destroyed:



The castle must have been very magnificent:









The museum is beautifully housed in the rooms of the old school:







I will show more photos next time.

Today is also  Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday,
so here I would like to welcome all the nice ladies of
the T Gang. I'm drinking cappuccino, as always,
and that's cherry / cream cake....Help yourselves!


And to finish, the beautiful moon:


Have a great day you all, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Horses, flowers and ships

Hi Everybody!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I made this crazy, A3 mixed media piece a few weeks back when  we had days
where it was always cold and grey - perhaps I needed a little
colour? I am linking to Gill's theme of 'grunge and elegance' at
Art Journal Journey.






I was pleased to see the horses are back on their meadow,
enjoying being together and eating  lots of juicy, fresh grass:





The Nile goose was sitting up in a tall tree watching the horses:








This very long ship was filled with tractors and trucks:






Racing by:


I still love blowing the 'fairy clocks' of the dandelions:


These tiny flowers were just opening by the Rhine:



These flowers were near the ice parlour where I had my coffee:



Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday, 5 May 2017

Birds, flowers and a crafty tag

Hi Everybody!

Just a quick post today, it was a busy week and I need to rest!

I made a 12" mixed media tag for a friend, as inspiration I 
cased one of my old tags, using lots of layering, stitching,
collage, structure paste and stencils:







Media challenges, anything goes.

We had some wonderful clouds again:



I was surprised to see poppies already in spite of the
bad weather:







 Lots of hungry birds needing to be fed.

I am linking the bird photos to 2 crafty critter crazies








Have a great day and a great weekend,
take care, and thanks a lot
for coming by!