New challenge at More Mixed Media

Hi Everybody!

At More Mixed Media we are starting a new challenge on Wednesday. As always, our challenges are anything goes, this time with optional brown. You have 4 weeks to join us, so hope to see you there. I made a double spread in my journal. The background was painted with a mix of gesso and Titan Buff. The deer images were added with a serviette. I used a sponge to dab some colours - green-gold, titan buff and sienna onto the background. When it was dry I stamped some plants using Adirondack espresso to look like bushes. The hearts were stenciled and the sentiment was hand written. I will also be linking to Paint Party Friday:

On Sunday there was a wonderful sunrise:

As we drove into Neviges on Sunday morning we had a great view of the towers and walls of Hardenberg Castle:

This used to be the station, now it's a restaurant:

Some images of the picturesque streets and houses:

Lots more photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for a Flea-markeT cafe

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was good. We had a wonderful day out yesterday. G drove us to a little town called Neviges where there is a huge Church where pilgrimages to Mary are made. The Church was built in the 60s/70s in brutalist architecture, made completely from cement, and even when this is not my fave style, it is extremely impressive, inside and out. Photos will be shown soon! We also visited the rest of the lovely town with lots of 'fachwerk' (half-timbered) houses,  steep little streets and some fun cafes. After that we went to a little lake nearby, which was most beautiful, and to a small 'Heimat' (home) museum, and it was good to see all the things from bygone days. I will be showing the photos I took over the next couple of weeks.

First I would like to remind you that we still have a week to join in the clock challenge at

Tag Tuesday

I made another tag, which I am also linking to Simon Monday Challenge, autumn / Fall:

The image is from LaBlanche. The leaves are natural leaves, embossed with Frantage old gold. The BG is a piece of left-over paper from another project.

Time is flying - I have arranged the leaves like wings, too. As (almost) always, I added some sewing, just for the fun of it!

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T gang. Our first coffee yesterday when we got to Neviges was in the Pilgrim's cafe. A friendly, old lady served us with delicious home-made cake and really good coffee. There are no prices, you just donate what you can:

Our second coffee break, was in a cafe set in a flea market. The tables and chairs are set among the artifacts of days  long gone. The weather was wonderful, warm and sunny without being too hot, and we enjoyed our stay there:

Every table is decorated with old crockery:

'oll ist toll' = old is great. This was where we sat:

I had my fave cappuccino: 

G had a huge cup of coffee:

More pictures to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

September 1st - autumn is coming nearer

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a great September.

I have an autumn tag to share today, which I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge,  fall/autumn. I used a scrap of painted paper to make the background, which was then sewn onto some gold corrugated card. I added leaves picked up on my walks - we already have lots of brown ones due to the hot summer - and glazed and glittered them. I added more scraps and some mini fabric leaves and found feathers. The image is from TH, the broom is from my stash. Is the broom to sweep up the leaves or to remind us that it's not long till Halloween now?

Tomorrow is Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd, so here are 2 paintings made three years back. The first was inspired by Van Gogh, with 2 of my fave figures placed in the picture:

And this one was an attempt to copy a Modigliani portrait:

The photos were taken on a walk at the same time as the above paintings were made:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!