Playing tortoise and more....

Hi Everybody!

Time is flying, and it's mid-week already.

I made another tag which I am linking to Go Tag Thursday -

use pink and to Tag Tuesday -  heritage.

Some of you might be wondering what this tag has to 

do with heritage? Bread is a recognised part of our 

cultural heritage, and is a staple food of many world 

cultures. The Unesco has acknowledged German bread

as part of its 'intangible' cultural heritage.

My tag has many layers once again, and I used a vintage

image of a lady in pink proudly carrying a loaf of bread.

I once again sewed the various layers together:

For Art Journal Journey, Hazel's theme of a 

magical mystery tour, and Paint Party Friday, hosted by

Eva and Kristin, I have a mixed media A4 piece. The background was

gessoed,  and painted with a mix of grey and madder. The moon was painted with ivory and silver acrylics. I added the figures using a 

stencil. The eye stamp and  'Traumwelt' (dream world) stamps

are from LaBlanche. The town silhouette was also

stenciled. I added more colours with pastel chalks.

Here are more photos of the tropical room at the zoo:

The Strauss looked very indignant:

More birds:

The pigeons evidently also find rich pickings at the zoo:

The HUGE tortoise is 121 years old:

The empty shell outside the tortoise house was not only popular

with kids who wanted to play....and no, that is not my backside

sticking out there!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

All the Ts for Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT -

-TRANSPORT-

As always you have 2 weeks to link your creations

to us, and projects of all formats are welcome.

I'm looking forward to seeing YOU there.

I made a mixed media wall hanger using recycled cardboard and 

some brown burlap given to me by Chrissie. The vintage

photo was printed out onto canvas, which gives a great

added texture. I added a ticket, made using 2 TH 

stamps and some metal cogs. The cardboard was peeled, painted 

with gesso and partly embossed with Frantage. I used 2 rows 

of sewing to hold it all together:

And before I forget, you still have a week to 

join us at Tag Tuesday, where the theme is 'heritage'.

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a big welcome

to all the nice ladies of the T Gang. I didn't have time

to bake cake or cookies, as I am just exhausted when

I get back from the clinic each day, so I'll just share my

cappuccino with you!

I had a wonderful surprise on Saturday when a parcel from

Jackie came - thanks so much Sweetie, it made my day. Saturday

was a sad day for me as it was the anniversary

of the day my husband died and also our wedding anniversary, 

and this lovely present really cheered me up.

This wonderful Frida tag will have pride of place in

my arty kitchen:

Even the wrappings are wonderful, tissue, cheesecloth and fibres:

 Lots of gorgeous crafty goodies:

  This large and beautiful piece will be used on the next journal 

cover I make:

Thanks so much for your kindness Jackie!

And some photos taken on my Saturday walk:

 Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Monkey business and more

Hi Everybody!

Today the sun is shining, and it's a little less cold than it was

 this past week, even the leaves were frosted each

morning. Hope the sun is shining for you!

At Go Tag Thursday the theme this week is to use pink. I made

another many layered tag, using bits recycled from old cards

and calendars. The floral paper is from Gecko Galz, as is the

vintage image of the little girl. The embellies are all

from my stash. As fast as I use it, it seems to grow more

overnight - anybody else know this problem?

For Art Journal Journey, Hazel's theme of magical mystery tour,

I have an A3 mixed media collage, made in my art group

some weeks back. The background was painted with water colours

 and given extra colour with pastel chalks, the collage bits

were  cut from various magazines. I am also linking to

Simon Monday Challenge, make a splash.

I loved visiting our new relations, the chimps, gorillas and

Orangutans at the zoo. One big difference to some humans

was their social behaviour, which was exemplary:

 Food was thrown in through little windows at the top

of the room so they had to scamper about to grab it:

 The apes also get to make art:

I stood and watched this mother with her child for

some time:

Enjoying time together:

I will show more photos next time!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!