Last efforts

Hi Everybody!

The month is coming to a close, and I have 2 more pieces

I would like to link before the next challenge cycles begin.

The first piece is for my challenge at Tag Tuesday, 

autumn or Halloween. The three sweet little witches are

an image from Gecko Galz, printed onto canvas,

which was fringed and then sewn onto 2 coordinating

backing papers. The owl strip was punched out:

The second piece is for Elke's lovely challenge at

Art Journal Journey, 'Landscapes of the soul'.

Last week I cut a large face stamp. It took several days as the cutting 

hurts my hands so I couldn't do too much at one sitting. 

The A3 background here was brayered with some left over

autumn colours, and the stamp was used to 'ghost' stamp the page - 

it wasn't re-inked after using it on another page, so this is the faded,

second or 'ghost' print. I added more colour using Calligraphy

permanent markers from Lehmann and Weber. The birds were 

stenciled:

This is the stamp:

Some photos showing the very changeable weather

we had this week:

I was alone at the ice parlour drinking my coffee:

The evening sun lighting up the remaining leaves against

the dark clouds:

Lots of colourful leaves:

And a mix of sun, wind and clouds all week:

Here's wishing you all a good start in the new week!

Take care, and thanks for coming by!

This and That

Hi Everybody!

Today I have another tag to share for my
autumn/Halloween challenge at Tag Tuesday - you still have a
couple of days to join in! The image was sewn onto a
coordinating backing paper and I used some natural
leaves for decoration.

For the Simon Monday challenge, monochrome,

I have a card that I have made. It was stamped onto LaBlanche

speciality paper. The BG stamps are also from LaBlanche and

were stamped with vintage photo DI, the image of Leda

(Lost Coast Designs) was stamped with Adirondack

Espresso. The die-cut word is from Sizzix. I sewed all the

layers together again:

I fitted the card inside this 'window' card which is a 

recycled one which I didn't want to throw away:

And more photos of my walk in Südpark:

The 'washing' on the line is supposed to be art:

Crossing the bridge:

Have a great weekend, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

The face of autumn

Hi Everybody!

For Elke's  lovely 'landscapes of the soul' theme at

Art Journal Journey and for Paint Party Friday I have

an A3 mixed media piece using the last of the paper leaves

made a few weeks back. I have been working on this piece

bit by bit in Art group each Monday. Her hair was made with strips of

transparent material, eyelash yarn and the paper leaves. I glued

it all together with silicone glue.

An I have more sunrise pictures, we have had some spectacular

ones lately:

Venus is still visible in the dawn sky:

I always wonder where the planes are off to:

 The wild geese on their way down to the Rhine:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!