New stamp

Hi Everybody!

This week has gone by much too quickly again. I am happy to say that we have had a few days of cooler weather after the extreme heat and storms, and I'm enjoying being able to breathe again.

Today I am sharing my new hand carvedstamp, an owl, about 5 1/2" high, which I stamped onto various designer papers. I am linking to Paint Party Friday:

Here the owl has been stamped with various colours of distress oxides:

The journal page was a play-time with stencils and sprays:

And some photos taken on my walks in the last 2 weeks:

This was in the corner of a rather bare parking lot:

The tiny chapel in Lantz'sche Park:

I discovered the used beer glasses down by the Rhine - clearing up the mess doesn't seem to be very popular:

The hay bale was blown into the river by the storms:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for One for the boys

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are staring a new challenge at TIOT -

One for the boys.

I made a tag using an old stamp, I think it was from Lost Coast, but I'm not sure, showing three wise gentleman, stamped with Archival black. I layered it with mirri card and a remnant of DP, and sewed it all together. The moustache was fussy cut. Projects of all formats with a masculine theme are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to us.

You also still have a week to join in our 'Night at the movies' challenge at Tag Tuesday. I used one of my hand-carved stamps on a digital background. I was thinking of the film 'Out of Africa', but wrote the title in German - I'm blaming the extreme heat we've been having!

It's also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang. My photo was taken at the ice parlour on a market day:

We have had lots of beautiful sunrises, I usually wake up about an hour before sunrise, so like to drink my coffee on the balcony and watch the colours changing:

Some photos from my walks:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Mail

Hi Everybody!

Today I am sharing a beautiful package received in the mail from Mia of 

Craftartista

who recently sent out many beautiful gifts including handmade items that she gave away to celebrate her blogaversary. As well as the gifts and candies she included handmade items, such as the very unusual ring, the embroidered pendant and the hand sewn needle case, complete with contents.

Thanks for this beautiful and thoughtful gift, Mia!

And some photos from a walk along the Rhine.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!