T stands for Tag Tuesday and more

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we start another challenge at Tag Tuesday,

and this time our lovely Wendy is our host and has chosen 

TEXTURE 

as her theme. Tags of all formats are allowed,

as long as there's texture on them, which you can create any way

you like. Hope to see you there!

Karen of Lunagirl chose a winner from last week' entries,

but you'll have to go to Tag Tuesday to see who the

winner is!

I was not feeling good over the weekend, so had to make a 

rather quick tag today. I painted a 10" tag with blue/green metallic

 paint, which shimmers in all shades of purple, blue and green. 

The peacock feather was stenciled with pearl structure paste. I added

 flowers and pearls to give more texture. The quote (when

feathers appear angels are near) was

written by hand. I added 2 acetate butterflies with

pearls. I sewed the tag onto  a white corrugated background
I am also linking to 'touchy feely' at Simon Monday Challenge

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so I would

like to extend  a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies

of the T gang. Today I have some yummy muffins with

chocolate chips for you, so help yourselves:

And my drink is cappuccino:

 At the farm/petting zoo/museum they had a lot of antique

farm implements,  old household items etc:

I remember being bathed in a tub like that as a kid!

Some rooms were furnished as they were in the

good old days:

The attics were full of cobwebs:

And this little chappy was hopping around by the chickens - I will

show you their photos tomorrow:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Pigs and goats like eating oats

Hi Everybody!

Today I have the second of the masculine tags I started some 

weeks back. The first one went off to a friend, but I don't yet know 

who will be getting this one. I started out with a 10" tag

which I gessoed, painted with gold & brown metallics,

and collaged with various scraps. I stenciled the numbers

and the diamonds with structure paste, and added more

collaged scraps in between when it was dry. I used lots of 

gilding flakes to give more colour. 'My' man was drawn with

charcoal. I sewed it onto 2 layers of recycled card.

I used a ball-chain and paper clip instead of ribbon

or twine for the hanger.

I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge, masculine and to 

 Mixed media monthly, a year of choices - I chose # 32

For Sandra's Go tag Thursday I made a digital 

tag for her theme of fruit. Having recently seen the wonderful

Lucas Cranach exhibition here, I was inspired to use one of his works.

The quote is from Martin Luther, who was painted

frequently by Cranach. As there are animals on it, I am also 

linking it to our challenge at Tag Tuesday

and to Digitally made, where I made the Top 3 last month:

And last but not least, I made a hybrid piece for Rosie's

circles theme at Art Journal Journey.

I was just having fun making colourful circle doodles in

'my' head and using my own painted backgrounds:

The post title is the beginning of a little verse I learned as a child:

Pigs and goats like eating oats,

Goats and pigs like doing jigs.

Well, the ones I met in Neuss on Thursday weren't doing jigs,

but they looked happy and contented. 

This pig sat looking at me and grunted each time

I said something to him, too funny!

And here the second one:

The goats and rams were very funny to watch:

This one was very curious and liked being fed by G, which

gave me the opportunity to take the pics:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Tags and peacocks

Hi Everybody!

For Michele's challenge at our Tag Tuesday, with the 

theme of animals, I made a triptych of animal

themed mixed media tags with an African feel.

I found this painted background under many layers

on my table, which I  cleared off this week. (Yes!)  I chopped it into

3, added the motives with stencils and black paint,

and highlights with my sakura pen. The middle one got

some added rusty diamonds so I could play with my new

goodies again. They each measure 9 1/2 x 4 1/2"

I sewed them onto some recycled black card.

And you still have till Monday evening to join

the challenge, for which a prize is being given.

Yesterday I visited a children's farm in Neuss - an old farm, made into a

petting zoo/ museum/park. A friend was kind enough to drive me there,

the weather was good, and we spent several hours meeting all

the animals. The peacock was the first one we saw. He lives with his

 'harem' in an enclosure, which they share with a few very pretty ducks.

It was hard to get photos as the wire fences blocked the view a bit,

and I had to poke my camera through the holes:

Isn't this duck gorgeous?

And I even got a feather that was on the floor!

More photos of the animals and the rusty, old implements and

toys and household goods etc

will follow in the coming days, so watch this space!

Needless to say, I had a wonderful time,

and big thanks to G for taking me there.

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thank a lot for coming by!