Paper dolls and memories

Hi Everybody!

For Tag Tuesday, Sandie's lovely book-print challenge,

I have a tag made from recycled materials. I cut the little

dolls free-hand from book paper, and then sewed the 

layers together. The ribbon was affixed 

with some fancy staples.

  

For Chris'  lovely '101 ways to keep warm' challenge

 at Art Journal Journey

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

The photos show my Mum on the 

right and me on the left. Memories make my heart warm!

 Some photos from the Rhine:

Misty mornings:

Ducks and geese in Hofgarten:

Sunrise in Technicolor:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for Home Sweet Home

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT -

💖Home Sweet Home💜

As always, projects of all formats are allowed and you

 have 2 weeks to link your creations to us -

 hope to see you there!

I have a hybrid piece to share today.

I am also linking to Chris' '101 ways to keep warm' 

challenge at Art Journal Journey - 

a place to call home keeps your heart warm!

Tuesday is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here 

I would like to welcome all of the nice ladies of the

 T Gang.  My fave drink is, as always,   

cappuccino:

Recently I visited 'Fischer's Lagerhaus' with G. This is

a place that imports furniture, cloth and decorative items 

from the Far East. The furniture is often made of 

old doors or other antique wood, there is always 

incense burning there, and it's a great place to 

wander around:

I love the hand-made tiles:

The Buddha head is a huge fountain:

And these are the last survivors on my balcony:

A lonely little petunia....

Once again we had a spooky moon show in the evening:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Colourful or black?

Hi Everybody!

On the 5th of each month we begin a new challenge at

More Mixed Media. As always, the challenge are 

anything goes, this time with optional black.

You have 4 weeks to enter.

For my A3 piece I used black as a contrast to the colours 

of the rainbow, which I used here in the reverse order. 

The face was stamped with the stamp I recently cut. The BG was 

gessoed, and the halo of colours was added with blended

gelatos. The stamped face was then sewn to the BG,

and I added some lines of sewing in the halo.

I am also linking to Chris' '101 ways to keep warm'

challenge at Art Journal Journey, as colours always make

me feel warm.

For Simon Monday Challenge, 'all creatures great and small', and

Tag Tuesday, Sandie's challenge of 'book-print', I have

a tag. The book-print BG was coloured with distress oxide inks

in spiced marmalade, abandoned coral and frayed burlap, 

and sewn onto matting in black and coordinating stripes.

The hedgies were die cut, I imagined them looking for a place

under the leaves to hibernate. The quote is from 

Ecclesiastes chapter 3. 

I didn't go walking yesterday as I was not feeling so good,

but was able to take photos from my balcony. The raven, up at

the top of the tree in the field behind the house, was busy

with his morning toilet:

And I was treated to a front seat to watch the moon rise up through

the tries, making a very spooky glow in the sky:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!