TGIF

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already! This has been a busy week with lots

of appointments, so I'm looking forward to some

rest over the weekend.

For Go Tag Thursday, in the garden,  for Mixed Media Monthly, 

altered embellishments and Stamps and stencils I made a large Mixed Media tag. 

The substrate is recycled mdf from the back of an old 

drawer. It was grounded with 

gesso and then painted with Titan Buff. I added some

stenciling using clear paste. The edges were distressed with

oxide inks ancient linen and wild honey. The Paris image is

a paper napkin. The Rose was made with plaster

of Paris in a silicone biscuit mold from the Euro shop,

as was the wing. They were both painted and distressed with DIs

and then given a coat of crackle glaze. The feathers, leaves

lace and small rose are all from my stash. I spritzed it all

with some white acrylic paint to finish it off.

I am also linking to Rhedd's creative spirit

For Paint Party Friday, and Simon Monday Challenge

red, white and/or blue

I have an A3 mixed media journal page, made using acrylic

sprays on a gessoed BG with Dina Wakley stencils. I collaged

them onto the page to make a positive/negative effect:

And I have the penultimate installment of photos from Zons:

The shops were mostly selling 'quaint' stuff: 

But I did like these frogs, and the stone sculpture with the fossils:

Medieval street art!

I loved the rugged bricks and stones in the walls:

Lots of plants and grasses were growing there:

And the arches made a good place for the garbage bins -

brown is for things which can be composted, yellow for plastic and tin, 

and green for paper and cardboard:

Have a great weekend you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Thursday This and That

Hi Everybody!

This week is flying faster than I can move!

For Elizabeth's 'Summertime love' theme at Art Journal Journey

I made a quick mixed media journal page:

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin

For Joan's 'beach' theme at Tag Tuesday I have a 9"

mixed media tag. The images were stamped onto a scrap of

painted paper and coloured with gelatos. The water and bulls-eyes of

the ships were glazed with liquid glass.

The beach was sewed,

and the bathing belle is an image from Gecko Galz. I sewed various mats together to complete the background:

And I have more photos of Zons.

These little watch-towers along the walls are called 'pepper-pots'.

The sign on the wall tells about the well that was a 

necessity in the days before plumbing and water-pipes:

Sabine braved the steps to the pepper-pot:

This little shop had some interesting things outside:

'Fall down, get up, straighten your crown, carry on'

 The Judde Tower, used as a prison for many years:

The Mill Tower:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Pastels, wheels and more

Hi Everybody!

Our new challenges at 

More Mixed media 

always begin on the fifth of the month.

As always, we have an anything goes theme, this time

with the option of using pastel shades. You have four full weeks

to dream up your creations and link to us - 

hope to see YOU there!

For my DT piece I used a 10" manila tag which I painted with 

pastel pinks and a touch of turquoise.I collaged the right half 

with paper napkin pieces in pastel 

colours, and used iron paste (Pentart) through a stencil for the right half 

to give a good contrast, as I find that pastel alone can sometimes look a bit 

insipid.  I joined the 2 halves with some TH tissue tape,

and added a die cut sentiment and some flowers from my stash. 

I sewed the tag onto a dark grey background.

This tag was made last week just for fun, as I wanted to try out my new

motor bike die, but then I saw that 'wheels' is the theme at

Moo Mania and More

so I am linking to their challenge. I used 2 coordinating papers as background, and sewed them together. Then I took 2 smaller tags, on one of which

a motorbike was already stamped. I added more stamping, and

gave them some colour with peacock feather DI. Then I placed my 

lovely motor bike in the centre, and it was done.

Last week in Zons we met this cheery lady out  shopping with her cat -

not a sight we see every day!

And some more views from the little streets, houses and shops:

The bunting is hanging because it is 'Schützenfest' - Marksmen's

festival, which takes place in all villages, town and districts 

at this time of year.

Sabine and I are busy taking photos. The tote in the window says,

'Das Essen steht im Kochbuch, Schatz' - The food is in the cookery book,

darling!

This little alcove would have been used by the watch soldiers

in past centuries:

More photos to follow tomorrow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!