Pastels at More Mixed Media

Hi Everybody!

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

More Mixed Media.

As always, the challenge is anything goes, this time with the option of using pastels.  I made a card for a friend. The background has been water-coloured, the circles, plants and dragonfly stamped with Archival black. The quote is from Tim Holtz:

I also played some more with a couple of my hand-carved stamps and made  2 more A2 sheets. I am linking to Paint Party Friday.

Odd man out:

Buddha with Om script:

And I would like to wish all bloggers on the other side of the big pond a happy Independence Day:

On Sunday I went for an outing with G and H. First we visited a botanical garden in Duisburg:

I was fascinated by the seed-heads:

There is a small aquarium there with some wooden statues in the hall at the front:

It was very peaceful to wander through the garden, admire the flowers and enjoy the shady paths and corners:

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for floral and more

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at

Tag Tuesday
As always, you have 2 weeks to join in, and tags of all formats are allowed.
It's my turn to host, and I have chosen 'floral' as our theme, inspired by all the wonderful summer flowers I see everyday. I used an 8" tag, which I covered with some hand-printed paper from Thailand before sewing it in place. The flowers were stamped using one of my hand-carved stamps and fussy cut before arranging them on the tag. Quick and simple!

My second tag is a digital one in summery pinks and yellows. The background was hand painted, the lady is one I drew some years back. Other elements are from Serif. This is also a reminder that you still have a week to join in the 'Things with wings' challenge at TIOT:

Today we're also celebrating  the 2nd on the 2nd and T stands for Tuesday

at Elizabeth's blog. I am reshowing some journal pages in my small journal (A5), which I originally showed 2 years back:

At the moment it is Schützenfest (Marksmen's Festival) in our little town, which means bunting, parades, a fair and a lot of activities which all somehow involve beer drinking....Here they were playing really well, so hadn't yet had (m)any 'refreshments'!

A band was playing at the square:

The refreshments are ready - a warm welcome to all of the T group, hope there is enough to go round:

I sat here on a quiet morning and enjoyed my coffee:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

It's weekend

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a happy weekend. It's scorching hot, so I will be going out early for my walk. I made a quick journal page using stencils and my hand-carved stamps over a brush-wipe page. I added more colour with pencils. The frame and quote were added digitally:

The pictures were taken last weekend on my Sunday walk. This is the end of our road:

I enjoyed walking through the fields to the Rhine:

The corn is taller than I am:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!