Midweek Post

Hi Everybody!

I have been having fun this past week with the course from Laly Mille. In the first lesson we made a collage, which was just loosely stuck down so that we could have a mood board as inspiration and still use some of the pieces in our third lesson:

Our second lesson was to make a series of small paintings. Laly's were all abstract, I added 'my' eye to each of them. They are each 6" x 6":

The third lesson was to make a collage on a painted canvas. My canvas is 18" x 18".  I did not paint over the top of the canvas as Laly did, but added lots of hidden pieces between the canvas and the upper layer,  And I had great fun making it!

I am linking to Chris' 'hold the line' challenge at AJJ.

And I have the rest of the photos from my recent visit to Südpark and the Botanical Gardens:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for a new Challenge aT TioT

 Hi Everybody!

The Corona numbers are rising and rising, so life is getting a bit scary again. Most people seem to keep to the rules, but there are always a few who think they only apply to others....

Today we are starting  a new challenge at TIOT - embossed. This can be heat embossing, or embossing using folders, pastes etc. As always, you have 2 weeks to join us, and projects of all formats are welcome. Please take a look at the projects my teamies have made on our blog. The background of the 18" square canvas I made  was painted, and then embossed by adding powders into the wet paint and heat embossing it. I added some pearls into the wet paint to add more texture, and glued on some metal keys. Then I collaged the autumn leaves and embellishments:

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.

I drank a coffee at the self-service coffee shop:

Cups and table ware in the window of the thrift shop:

Beautiful cups in a shop window:

I visited 2 different castles - Schloss Kalkum:

And then I walked on to the next village, Angermund:

This is part of the old castle from the Middle Ages. The war memorial was, of course, added later::

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!