T stands for Tag Tuesday and More

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at

Tag Tuesday.

My lovely friend Chrissie is hosting, and has chosen the theme of

💗My 💚favourite 💛colour 💙combination.💜

You are free to pick the colour and style you like,

just show us your faves. You can enter as often as you like,

and tags of all formats are allowed.

so hope to see your colourful tags there.

And Chrissie is offering a great prize, so pop on over to our blog

when the challenge starts and learn all about it!

I made a chunky tag  made from wood which Sandie sent me 

some time back. Aqua and white, accompanied by some glitter,

is one of my fave summer colour combos.

I  painted the tag with gesso, pressed the molded

rose into the wet paint, and gave it a coat of hologram

varnish when it was dry. The feathers were also coloured

with some peacock feather distress oxide ink.

At Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday some of us did an

ATC swap last week for the fourth anniversary. I made this

set of 4 ATCs with a holder for Bleubeard and Elizabeth, and

as it has already arrived I can show it now. I used lots of sewing

again. And I would like to welcome all of the nice ladies of

the T gang:

I am linking to Simon Monday challenge, you've got the edge - sewn edges.

I baked a nut and vanilla cream cake at the weekend, and

there's plenty for everybody, so grab your forks

and help yourselves!

My drink was, as always, coffee, and here some photos of the

Market Square:

And some photos of my corner of the world:

On Saturday evening the farmer baled the hay on the field

behind the house, I took these photos from my balcony. It was

fun to watch!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend, fresh air and sunshine

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy!

For Elizabeth's summertime love theme at Art Journal Journey I found

one more page in my folder - I thought I had shown them all

already. The mermaid is trying to photo-bomb the lady on

the yacht and get in on her selfie.

Images used are from Serif and Mischief Circus.

For Wilma's cake theme at Tag Tuesday I have another

coffee and cake tag. I have visitors coming this weekend

so will be baking a chocolate cream cake, yummy!

Yesterday I was out rather early for my walk, before the sun got too hot. 

I love this time of day when not too many people are

about. The stream is looking rather murky after the recent storms:

I enjoy the beautiful gardens on my way down to the Rhine:

The butterfly bush is growing by the road:

The fields and willows are lush and green:

The tourist buses were parked at a cool spot:

The farmers were busy trying to bring in the hay before

it rains or storms again:

It was beautiful by the Rhine:

The succulents are growing in the walls of the castle ruins:

A few other early risers enjoying the peace and quiet:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Gift bags

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, enjoy!

We got through the storms here without too much damage,

some places it was really bad, but this time we were lucky here, 

for which I am very thankful.

A couple of weeks back I went to IKEA with a friend. I didn't need

to buy any furniture, but I found some pretty, curly bamboo plants

and some craft paper bags, one packet with stripes and one with spots.

I decided to alter them a bit to make them into gift bags. I added rose rub ons to these 2, and then did some stamping and stenciling with archival black.

I collaged  paper napkins to these 2.

I added some more splodges of white, and doodled round the spots before

adding the sentiment:

On this one I added more splodges and then stenciled some black spots.

This was a a quick and easy way to make some pretty gift bags,

which will be useful for cookies or tags or whatever I put in them.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday

 Some more impressions from my walks:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!