It's weekend.

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy!

For Elizabeth's summertime love theme at

Art Journal Journey I have a hybrid piece using 'my' head

which was been filled with summer dreams....

For Go Tag Thursday, button, I made a sewing themed tag

using a vintage bone button. The image was printed onto canvas,

fringed and sewn.:

And for Wilma's delicious cake theme at Tag Tuesday 

I have another  tag, this time

featuring the unfortunate Marie Antoinette

and a muffin. And there is a button on it, so it is also suitable for

Go Tag Thursday :

Last but not least I have some more views of the botanical gardens:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Thursday This and That

Hi Everybody!

We had a really cool and splishy-splashy wet day here - 

it poured non stop, and it was so good to feel some cooler

air and listen to the sound of the wind in the trees and the

rain-drops on the leaves. I am sure the plants will also

be grateful for their water, too!

For Elizabeth's summertime love theme at Art Journal Journey

I have a digital creation, using elements from me and 

Mischief Circus. The words are part of a great song from

Joe Cocker. I made the figures partly transparent to show

them melting in the summer sun in the city,

and the girls look like they need a cool drink. I am

also linking to Paint Party Friday, and Digitally made:

Last week I had fun making some embellishments from plaster

of Paris, and it was even more fun playing with them

afterwards:

I recycled a triangular canvas, which I smeared with

grainy structure paste, pressing  2 roses into it before letting it dry.

Then it got 2 coats of gesso before I could distress it.

I gave it 2 coats of Royal Flash metallic paint in black, and sprinkled

iron powder over it while still wet. When it was dry I used various

rust patinas from Pentart and Ranger to add colour. Some parts were

glazed to make a contrast to the rough textures, and here I used

some metallic waxes from Pentart to give colour.

I am linking my rusty roses to Simon Monday Challenge, distress; 

Rhedd's creative Spirit,

Altered eclectics,  both anything goes, and Mixed Media Monthly, altered embellishments.

And I have more photos from my visit to the botanical garden:

I haven't seen snapdragons for years, so was glad to find this

childhood favourite again:

There were also plenty of bees and other insects buzzing happily around:

And an insect hotel:

 These wild artichokes were huge, and looked a bit like

over-sized thistles:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

In the garden

Hi Everybody!

Time is flying, it's the middle of the week already.

I have more tags to share today. The first mixed media tag

is for Go Tag Thursday, in the garden. I used a paper

napkin on an 8" manila tag. I added Stickles and tiny gemstones 

to the feathers, and rubbed some iridescent wax over the top half

to make Mr Peacock shine. I stitched the tag to a 

green backing, and added a flower and some leaves:

For Wilma's cake theme at Tag Tuesday I have a digital

tag today - a nice cup of coffee and some strawberry cream

cake, yummy! Hope to see YOU joining us with cake there!

   

Last Friday I visited the botanical garden with Gunter. It is part of

the Heinrich-Heine-University. This is the huge,  glass-domed

tropical house. Strangely enough, as it was so hot outside, it felt

pleasantly cool inside! The garden round about the dome is filled with 

tropical plants, including palm trees - my first opportunity to

be under palms this year. The garden has sections for flowers,

veggies, medicinal plants and herb, rare flowers and trees as

well as those 'normal' to our habitat:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!