Thursday/Friday Post - FFO and AFFF

Hi Everybody! 

Today I am showing 2 pieces I made for Lifebook. I am not doing all of the lessons, I don't have the energy for that, I'm just doing those that are fun for me.

The first one was from a lesson by Andrea Gomoll:

I used soft oil crayons and smoothed it down with water:

Then I decided to use another version of the face in this painting, she is now a rather scary looking night sprite:

And something for Nicole:

The heads were made with molds:

A set of gold rimmed tags:

And some funnies/thinkies:

This was me as a baby:

I am linking to Nicole's  FFO and to Gillena's AFF.

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Midweek Post - Steampunk and autumn colours

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and this time the beautiful Valerie is hosting, That's me! My theme is 'The colours of Autumn'  I hope lots of you will join me in this celebration of autumn colour at Tag Tuesday. I have posted several tags on the TT post, but will show them here one at a time. This was made with a tag which I painted. The leaves were stamped, first the leaves and then the veins. The other embellishments were added digitally:

And I have another steampunk piece for Neet's lovely challenge at AJJ. I used a background I had and added some pieces digitally. The moon is one of my photos, the man on the cog is my great grandfather, and the girl was cut from a magazine and collaged. I like the contrast between 'ancient' and modern here:

Sorry, that's all for today, my hands are very shaky and typing is not easy to say the least.

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for Tuesday on Monday once again

Hi Everybody!

Time flies, and October is here already - have a great month. We had a great first of the month, warm and sunny, and I was out nearly all day with Heike, we sort of wandered from one restaurant to the next, and enjoyed ourselves very much. I forgot to take my smartphone so have no photos, But I do have some from our visit last week. This evening we will begin celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday drink meeting, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang who visit here.

I love this photos, it just makes me happy!

This week there was an article in our local newspaper about coffee, and it explained why sometimes a pinch of salt or some sugar makes the coffee taste better. I've never tried it with salt!

And after my x-rays I sat here and enjoyed a large cappuccino to revive me:

And on Wednesday Heike and I went to our fave Pizzeriaa Roma for some food:

Heike ate a spinach and broccoli cheese-bake:

And I had Penne with salmon in creamy tomato sauce:

As always we drank our non-alcoholic wheat beer:

Some funnies:

Another coffee cup:

Early morning from my balcony - always so beautiful:

And early morning at the Rhine:

Have a happy T Day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

In Gear

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at AJJ and this time the lovely
 Neet  from Hickydorums is hosting. Welcome Neet, I am looking forward to seeing what delights you will be showing us this month in your journal pages.

Her challenge is  'In Gear', and although she has started off with a steampunk page, on the AJJ Blog, she explains all of the other possible meanings and ideas for this topic, which makes it very versatile.

I love steampunking, so have started off with this topic. I used various images and  photos to create my image, which I assembled in my graphics programme. The strange, rusty machinery on the left is at our tram stop. But I don't know its purpose:

On Friday I had to go for x-rays at our local hospital. This was part of the waiting area and the doors you go through  to get to the various machines. I think I had the privilege of trying them all in the past couple of years!

And some thinkies / funnies:

Have a great Sunday, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!