Heavy metal and more....

Hi Everybody!

Thanks for all the kind wishes yesterday. I have bronchitis

and need to take antibiotics, but I'm hoping it will

soon go way and leave me! I am spending a lot of time in my

bed with my tablet for company, and am happy that I have

several ready crafted pieces, as I will not be doing anything

this week except reading and listening to music.

For Yvonne's 'Colour in my world' challenge at 

Art Journal Journey I have an A4 mixed media piece, using lots

of recycled materials, sewing, and a gold skin made from acrylic 

gel and gold metallic paint. When it was dry I stamped it

with Da Vinci's Leda (Lost Coast Designs), and sewed it to the 

various layers. The gold/white metallic layer was recycled

from a chocolate box. I also added some cheese cloth and

a white feather as 'headdress'. Some metallic ribbons and

pearls were added as embellishments. I am also linking to

Simon Monday Challenge, heavy metal:

For Tag Tuesday, Joan's steampunk challenge, I have another  tag, once 

again made with recycled card and stamps from Paper Artsy:

Some photos taken on my walk last Friday - Autumn

is coming:

And a bird's nest I found:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for Clocks and Time

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT -
Clocks and time.
Projects of all formats are welcome, and as always, you have 2
weeks to link up to us. I made a digital piece using photos:

Sorry I have not been around these past couple of days, but I have 

been feeling very under the weather. It started with fever and  

soar throat, which got worse, took away my voice, 

and has left me feeling pretty groggy. I just have to 

stay home for a couple ofdays till it clears up.

Last week we visited the Ships and River museum in the Altstadt.

The Rhine has been the centre of life for the little towns

along it for many centuries. We started in the basement, and worked 

our way up to the 'lantern' at the top.

There are lots of fantastic models of the types of ships

through the ages:

You can also learn how to make a fisherman's net:

The vault is under the level of the Rhine:

This shows the location of  an ancient ship found

by the Rhine here - it is now being restored in a museum:

There are great views to the Rhine, too:

You can practice steering various ships via a film - I crashed 

both of mine!

This is the lantern at the top, now a restaurant:

Great views to the other side:

And the views of the food and drink we had are not bad either.

I am linking to Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday -

my drink was water, but I did have coffee later!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!