T sTands for a new challenge aT TioT

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week got off to a good start. Have a good one, and stay safe!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT and our theme is

Lovely Ladies.

Projects of all formats, including  digital, are welcome, and must have a female image.

 I made a mixed media canvas (12" x 9") using an image of my great Auntie Fanny, which was taken in 1918 on her 18th birthday. I used an old canvas which I recycled. I added layers of colours, lots of texture with texture paste and micro-beads, and some collaged scraps of paper and napkins. The diamonds were stenciled. The image was covered with a transparent 'glass' with a gold frame:

Sorry about the reflections on these last 2 pics:

I am also linking to Mia's flowers challenge at AJJ

Today is also Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link parTy if she is well enough to host again, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang.

This was made with my self carved stamps:

This was taken in the good old days:

And this one, too! Cafes and restaurants are allowed to open again, with huge spaces between the tables, but I think I will wait a bit longer till I eat or drink out again:

I went shopping with Nathalie last week and this container of Bailey's coffee ice must have jumped into my basket, sigh! And it was sooooooooo good:

The baker had a new sort of bread roll:

And it is filled with cream cheese - delicious:

I baked the lemon muffins for Nathalie:

There was some  mixture left over so I made myself some lemon cookies with it - yummy!

This handsome Canada goose looking after his young asked me to give his best wishes to David in Canada and to tell him that the weather is much better over here....

The meadows by the Rhine have had their first haircut this year:

These pics were taken in our little park, which is allowed to flourish as a natural meadow:

Lots of shops are trying to sell off things by reducing the prices:

I often sit here for a rest:

White wisteria:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Haberdashery and flowers

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Have a great, new week and stay safe!

I have another tag for Michele's haberdashery challenge at Tag Tuesday

It's a rather surreal scene, and looks like the dress forms are having a conversation, with the couple outside watching them through the window....You still have a week to join in the challenge!

And I have a hybrid page for Mia's challenge at AJJ.

The flowers were a quick water colour study made at art group several years back, placed onto a hand-painted background. I put it together using various elements from Serif:

We had lots of beautiful sunrise scenes, even with clouds it looks wonderful:

And I find lots of beautiful flowers wherever I walk:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend post

Hi Everybody!

We had another warm and sunny day here, but some cold and nasty weather has been predicted for the next couple of days. Okay, I have enough new books to read, and bad weather is always good crafting weather, so it shouldn't be too bad, and it could be really enjoyable!

For Michele's haberdashery challenge at Tag Tuesday I have a hybrid tag, using some altered photos and some digital elements, all put together in Serif:

And I have a digital entry for Mia's flowers challenge at AJJ.

I used my vase and shadow photo for the background, and added elements from Mischief Circus (Face, lady) and from Serif (flowers). I think we have all felt like this in recent weeks, captured behind glass and longing to be out and free again:

And I have the rest of the photos of my visit to the castle and village of Kalkum last week:

It's interesting to see all the elements of the coat of arms:

When one door closes another opens:

Looking round the corner:

A window in a window:

The village street:

The mill stream:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!