Sunday post

Hi Everybody!

I don't like saying this too loud, but it's stopped raining -

perhaps this will really be a sun day Sunday?

For Jo's 'poetry in motion' theme at Art Journal Journey

I have a digital piece, made using elements from Serif and me.

The quote used is one of my faves:

At Tag Tuesday our theme is 'use your scraps'

I made a tag using a scrap of painted card, backed with other scraps

cut from old calendars/cards. I used my feather stamp to do

a random pattern and added a scrap of lace and some coloured

feathers. I am also linking to Go tag Thursday, anything goes:

 Today I am showing some of the pictures of people working

down at the Rhine - the water services of the fire brigade,

police, and the dredger boat, which keeps the channels

clear for the shipping:

And of course, the ferry, which works tirelessly day by day,

bringing people from one side to the other:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Birds and clouds

Hi Everybody!

Today I have a mixed media piece, 8" x 5 1/2". I used a postcard with

a blended paper background, using scraps of vintage papers

and stamps. The bird is from a sheet of Victorian scrap images. I 

added some stamping and various pieces of textiles for the

'nest'. The card was sewn onto a piece of canvas using various 

machine stitches and then sewed onto a distressed cardboard

background from recycled paper. The text was typed

and glued on.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday and to Jo's 'Poetry in

Motion' theme at Art Journal Journey.

For Tag Tuesday I have another scrappy tag. The BG was made with

pieces of washi tape, the window is a die cut, and the sheep

are from a sheet of Victorian scrap again. The tag itself was on my

jeans, and has been saved and given a new life here.  I am also 

linking to Go Tag Thursday, anything goes.

And some more photos of the blue herons and storks that have

been gathering their food on the meadows by the Rhine:

I can hear something....

I know it's there....

Poor mole!

The scent of lavender:

We had wonderful skies again this week:

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Rose thou art sick

Hi Everybody!

Time has flown by again today, I can't remember

really having done anything, but whatever it was,

I evidently had fun!

For Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Journey,

Jo's theme of 'Poetry in Motion' I made a mixed media piece

using lots of different techniques, and of course, 

lots of sewing.

 First I made a 'skin' from grey metallic paint and gel medium,

and let it dry for 2 days. Then I stamped it with my scrolls

and embossed it with bright red e.p. I sewed it to some

corrugated cardboard, catching some red gauze between the layers.

Then I stamped the Gibson Girl (LaBlanche) onto a scrap of canvas

pasted with some book paper, and fussy cut it. I mounted it onto

some cheese cloth and sewed it to the background. The roses

were cut from a scrap of cloth Donna sent me from Mexico many

moons ago. I sewed them on, and filled them with fibre-fill to make 

them more dimensional. The little paper scroll contains the text,

a verse from William Blake:

'O Rose thou art sick. 

The invisible worm, 

That flies in the night 

In the howling storm: 

Has found out thy bed 

Of crimson joy: 

And his dark secret love 

Does thy life destroy.'

For Tag Tuesday, 'use your scraps', I made a small tag

using lots of bits and bobs from one of my many

bit boxes. I am also linking to Go Tag Thursday, anything goes:

And some photos from my corner of the world.

Early morning:

Mr Heron, sitting on the drainage pipe across the little stream:

The Stork out for a walk:

Loved the names here:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!