Steampunk and sunrise

Hi Everybody!

Today I have a large, mixed media tag made for Joan's

Steampunk theme at Tag Tuesday. It was once again made from 

recycled craft card from an Amazon shipping envelope

and from an old calendar. The BG was stamped with Paper-Artsy 

and TH stamps using distress oxide in Peacock feathers. The die 

cuts were fixed with foam squares to give dimension. The top-hat

was cut free hand from calendar paper. As usual I sewed

the edges together. I am also linking to Simon

Wednesday challenge, pop it up:

This morning I was up before dawn:

Venus is twinkling in the tree:

Venus beginning to fade:

A plane coming in to land:

The precious moments as the sun slips up above

the horizon:

 Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Her heart was full of music....

Hi Everybody!

For Paint Party Friday, Simon Monday Challenge, shimmer and 

shine and Yvonne's 'colour in my world' challenge at 

Art Journal JourneyI have another A3 mixed media piece. 

This is the last of my doll pieces. The background 

was painted with acrylics, and then stamped and stenciled 

with various BG stamps using white paint. The round spots 

were stamped with the rubber on a pencil. I splashed some 

gold ink onto it to give it more shine. The alphas are from LaBlanche.

Her hair was made with strips of vintage music paper, dipped

into my vintage brown ink and curled around a pencil. The 

heart/body was cut from a graphic from the Graphics Fairy. 

I added gem stones to the notes. I sewed the paper to a 

background of cardstock to give it

more stability. The chipboard heart was painted with soft gold, and 

the ribbon has a gold edge:

Before the embellishments:

For Tag Tuesday, Joan's lovely 'Steampunk' theme, I made another

tag from recycled materials. The BG was stamped with distress oxides

peacock feathers using a stamp from Paper Artsy:

And I got some happy mail from a giveaway on Jenn's blog - thanks Jenn, 

the bookmark and stickers are gorgeous! It's so nice to get mail from

friends!

Today was a really nice day, and quite warm, which was a real

treat after the cold and wet days we had lately:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Halloween is coming nearer....

Hi Everybody!

Today I have an A4 mixed media piece to share. I used an old 

calendar page, and collaged various layers in purple, gold and black, 

which I sewed together. The windows and arch were stamped with

archival black, and the arch was coloured with gold and black.

Bony, the bat, and the hat and broom are die cuts.

 I added more gold accents to the hinges on the shutters.

Bony Mahoney has woken up and  realised that the fun time of

year is coming nearer, and is waving to the witch Woodunnit on the

roof. They're happy to be back in business again!
I added some hologram paint over the gold card to

make it sparkle. The skellie and the hello are die cuts. The 

wall has been doodled with flowers. I am linking to 

Art Journal Journey, Yvonne's lovely theme of 'colour

in my world', Simon Monday Challenge, shimmer  and shine and

Paint Party Friday.

Some more photos of the Altstadt in Düsseldorf:

The museum we visited is in the tower next to the Church

with the crooked spire:

Here you are invited to sit down and take a selfie:

This 'clock' measures the height of the water in the Rhine:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!