Friday This and That

Hi Everybody!

Hello from sunny and warm Kaiserswerth, where we have

been enjoying blue skies and sunshine for almost a 

whole week - a wonder!

For Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin, I have a

journal I altered. The cover was plain craft paper, useful

but boring. I painted it with gesso, and then added the

robin image using a paper napkin from my lovely friend

Yvonne. I added some extra colour with gelatos, and stenciled

the diamond pattern using Archival forest green. The stamp used

is from TH. I rubbed some white chalk into some of the little

cracks and folds to give more texture. 

I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, Gill's theme

of elegance and grunge, to Simon Monday Challenge,
little critters, and to altered eclectics.

Before the alteration:

For Go Tag Thursday, where the theme is a country,

I chose France and landed in Paris. I made a digital tag

using elements from Serif, Mischief Circus, Astrid and me. 

Astrid often offers wonderful freebies on her blog, thanks!

I am also linking to Tag Tuesday, anything goes:

Some photos from my walks:

In the hospital gardens:

I love to see plants growing in the cracks and crevices

of walls:

The horses always look happy and relaxed:

The rusty arches sculpture in the castle ruins:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Summer is on its way

Hi Everybody!

Today is a public holiday here for Ascension Day,

so I'm planning a restful day at home.

For Tag Tuesday and Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin,

I have a 10" mixed media tag. The background was painted

with gesso and then with Vivacolor metallic paint

in blue. I collaged it with scraps of old letters. The alphas

 and numerals were applied through a stencil using some

textured embossing paste. The next layer was some

gilding flakes. The lady was cut from a copy of a Victorian 

magazine and mounted onto double foam squares to give 

her depth. The wings were cut from a TH die. For the top 

layer I used one of my old calendars with some added 

gilding flakes, the underneath layer was cut from an

old exercise book. I mounted it all onto more recycled

calendar pages.

Here is another 8x8" page for my family scrap book, 

the second one I re-created after giving the original away.

Once again I have used corrugated card and various scraps

as a background for the photo of my elder brother

and sister with me in the middle. I sewed the layers together.

The beads were home made 

from rolled, painted paper wrapped with wire. I am linking to

Art Journal Journey, Gill's theme of Elegance and grunge

Roses and other flowers are blooming everywhere, here

some photos from my walk through our little

town:

This heron is always on the meadow where the

horses are:

I wonder what he's seen?

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Some digital play

Hi Everybody!

Today I have had a fun, digital playtime, so no

extra mess to clear up in the kitchen - it's so full just

now that I must tidy up before starting something new!

For Tag Tuesday, our theme of anything goes,

I made a bird tag. These are the little birds that wake

me day for day at 4 AM when I would like to sleep!

I am also linking to Digitally made challenges.

It also fits our new theme at TIOT, feathered friends.

The digital elements are from Mischief Circus, Serif and me.

For Art Journal Journey I have another completely digital piece, 

using digis from Mischief Circus, Gill and me

These are the photos taken on top of the gasometer in

Oberhausen:

And some more photos taken inside:

The gorgeous owl was opposite the table we sat at

to drink a much needed cup of cappuccino:

The sunrise has been wonderful each day, I don't miss

a thing as the birds wake me....

I was very sad to see the news about the terrible attack on a
concert for kids and young people yesterday evening
in Manchester. My heart goes out to all those affected
by this tragedy.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!