Tuesday This and ThaT

Hi Everybody!

It's Tuesday again, so lots to do here!

At Tag Tuesday we are starting a new challenge, I am hosting,

and this time it's 'anything goes', so hope to see

you linking to us. Projects of all formats are

welcome!

I made a 12"mixed media tag with many

layers, and, what a surprise, I chose coffee for 

my first theme, as it also fits to Elizabeth's
T Stands for Tuesday, and I would like to extend
a warm welcome to all of the T Gang.

I used stencils to make the cups, and painted them

with blue/green metallic paint from Vivacolor. The
colour changes depending on the light.

I sewed the various layers together. 

The text is from a coffee stamp set, 

the highlights were added with a Sakura pen:

The table cloth also fits to TSFT. It's one of the many I embroidered

as a kid for my Great Aunt. After she died, I got them back,

and they have been in a box for years, where I rediscovered

them yesterday. It's much too large for my table, so I had to 

spread it out on the floor.

I would also like to remind you that you still have a week to

join in our 'Little things mean a lot' challenge at

TIOT.

The paintings were taken at the museum here in our

little town, all painted by women who live here:

Here the artist, Helga Stender, allowed me to take
pictures of her with her paintings, which I liked very much:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Mother' Day

Hi Everybody!

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so I'm wishing a

great day to all you Mums out there! Hope you will be

suitably celebrated by your families.

I have a mixed media piece showing a photo of my

Mum with my sister Ruth, taken in 1939.

I still have the brooch my Mum is wearing.

For this piece I cased a similar one made a couple

of years back and given to my sister. The corrugated cardboard

has been peeled, painted and inked. Some parts were embossed

and others embellished with gold leaf- I am linking to

Creative Artiste Mixed Media, anything goes.

This was the very first card I made back in 1951 at the

tender age of 4 1/2:

I drew this face a couple of weeks back using pastel chalks

and added the flowers with a stencil:

Then I did some digital additions (Serif, Mischief Circus):

I am linking to Gill's challenge of elegance and grunge at

Art Journal Journey.

Some more photos from my walks:

These steampunky objects are at the tram stop:

 Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Light and dark, grunge and elegance

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy!

For Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Journey, elegance and grunge.

I have an A3 mixed media piece, using an image cut from

a magazine. I used a quote from Harry Potter and the Order

of the Phoenix,  'We've all got both light and dark inside us. What

matters is the part we chose to act on. That's who we

really are.'

And I have some more pictures from the Japanese

Culture Centre and Eko House:

 In the beautiful Buddhist Temple:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!