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Hi Everybody!

Tomorrow is Paint Party Friday, so I have some African themed work to share.
The first piece was made recently to use up an odd piece of paper with some stenciling on it. I added the African scene with a paper napkin, stenciled the words, and the leaves are die-cuts left over from another project. As I used stencils and die-cuts, I would like to invite you to join our challenge at TIOT,
stencils, die-cuts or both:

I made 2 new stamps this week, and I have inked them up here for the first time:

This painted,stenciled and doodled piece was made a couple of years back, but fits nicely to the theme:

These photos were taken on my walk:

Along the tracks:

Spring window-boxes:

The flower shop:

Along the stream:

The front garden:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

2nd on the 2nd

Hi Everybody!

Today is Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd where we share something which we have posted at a previous time. This A3 mixed media page was made in 2015 using acrylic paints, brushos, stamps and stencils

The photos were taken on various days along the Rhine and in our little town:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for This and ThaT

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at TIOT - Stencils and or die-cuts.

As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to our blog. Hope to see you there.

I used both stencils and die cuts on my A3 mixed media piece.  The background was painted using a mixture of gesso and cream and pink coloured paint used through a floral stencil. The birds were added with a Dina Wakley stencil, and the cat was made with a hand-made stencil. The embellishments are all die cuts cut from recycled calendar pages. The cat was painted with acrylics using a white marker pen for the details:

We are also half way through our  steampunk / mechanical challenge at 

Tag Tuesday. I made a hybrid tag, with a painted and collaged background and some digital additions from Mischief Circus. 'All time is precious' is a great quote, and we need to remember that time is a very precious commodity which cannot be recycled:

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Group.

Last week I went for a meal at the Chinese restaurant with G & N, and afterwards we drove over to the other Rhine side. We discovered a nice cafe in the Yacht Club where we drank our afternoon coffee. N had a latte macchiato, G had an apple juice and I had cappuccino:

The view out of the window:

A lady was selling lilacs freshly cut in her allotment, and G bought N and me each a bunch of them to take home - they have such a heavenly perfume. Thanks G!

The coffee bike at the Wednesday market - I take my coffee down to the Rhine and drink it there:

 I made this lemon cheese cake a couple of weeks back when we had a get together:

And I couldn't resist this dandelion, shining like a little sun:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!