Spooky Friday

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday already, time just vanished again. I had a busy week and was out and about most of the time. Today I am meeting up with a friend to visit a Chinese restaurant, and then I'm hoping for a quiet weekend with some crafty time!

Today I am re-showing my fave Halloween canvas, made a couple of years back:

I am linking to Paint Party Friday

I made another Halloween card, which I can now show as it has reached its destination. It's  a 6" x 6" collaged piece, using  paper from DCWV, leaves cut from painted and crackled paper, and some leftover leaves that were flying about my table. The owl is from Gecko Galz::

This is the envelope made to send it:

Two weeks back I won a challenge at Paperbabe Challenge blog, and received this gorgeous stamp sent to me by Kim - thanks so much, I am really looking forward to using it. It's a large stamp, and great quality rubber. I am also linking the spooky card to their newest challenge, anything goes. I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, Spook - Halloween.

And I have some more photos from my trip to the Botanical Garden  in Düsseldorf. We started in the domed glass house for tropical plants:

The pomegranate is a bit fuzzy, sorry:

Fresh figs:

 Cork-oak:

Loved this black tree:

I thought this log looked like a crocodile:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Spooky and more

Hi Everybody!

The weather has changed now, and instead of blue skies and sunshine we had rain, wind and chilly temps, but I'm not complaining - we need the rain so badly.

But bad weather is also good crafting weather!

I made a spread in my journal. The BG was painted with acrylics in a mix of blue and purple, with some red drips and splatters. The shadowy ladies were added with a stencil, the pumpkins and witches are vintage German scrap. I added some cheese-cloth coloured with ink and some washi tape. The book is a sticker. I am linking to Simon Monday challenge, Spooky/Halloween and Simon Wednesday challenge, as well as to Paint Party Friday:

For Michele's Edgar Allan Poe challenge at Tag Tuesday

The images are from Gecko Galz and Serif:

These photos were taken on my walks in the past days:

I always love the views of the Altstadt and Rhine when I walk over the bridge to Oberkassel:

These photos were taken at the Botanical Garden of the University:

More photos to follow in the next post!

have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for Tag Tuesday and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was as good as mine! I was out and about most of the time, making the best of the last fine and sunny autumn days before the rainy, misty weather gets to us.

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and our lovely Michele is hosting. She has chosen Edgar Allen Poe as her theme, so hope to see lots of creepy and chilling tags! I shaped my tag like a tombstone. The background papers are from Gecko Galz, the images from my stash and Serif:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang. I like to drink my coffee at the market place:

Last week the days all started off fine and sunny:

I haven't finished processing the many photos I took this weekend, so here are those I took the week before, when N and I visited the beautiful Lantzche Park near here. I love the little chapel there, and this time an organist was playing , so we were able to enjoy some beautiful music:

After leaving the park we walked down to the Rhine and then along the river back home:

 It's quite a long walk, and we were very hungry by the time we got back to our little town and rewarded ourselves with a grilled chicken meal at the snack bar:

 

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!