T stands for Clocks and Time

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT -
Clocks and time.
Projects of all formats are welcome, and as always, you have 2
weeks to link up to us. I made a digital piece using photos:

Sorry I have not been around these past couple of days, but I have 

been feeling very under the weather. It started with fever and  

soar throat, which got worse, took away my voice, 

and has left me feeling pretty groggy. I just have to 

stay home for a couple ofdays till it clears up.

Last week we visited the Ships and River museum in the Altstadt.

The Rhine has been the centre of life for the little towns

along it for many centuries. We started in the basement, and worked 

our way up to the 'lantern' at the top.

There are lots of fantastic models of the types of ships

through the ages:

You can also learn how to make a fisherman's net:

The vault is under the level of the Rhine:

This shows the location of  an ancient ship found

by the Rhine here - it is now being restored in a museum:

There are great views to the Rhine, too:

You can practice steering various ships via a film - I crashed 

both of mine!

This is the lantern at the top, now a restaurant:

Great views to the other side:

And the views of the food and drink we had are not bad either.

I am linking to Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday -

my drink was water, but I did have coffee later!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Steampunk and sunrise

Hi Everybody!

Today I have a large, mixed media tag made for Joan's

Steampunk theme at Tag Tuesday. It was once again made from 

recycled craft card from an Amazon shipping envelope

and from an old calendar. The BG was stamped with Paper-Artsy 

and TH stamps using distress oxide in Peacock feathers. The die 

cuts were fixed with foam squares to give dimension. The top-hat

was cut free hand from calendar paper. As usual I sewed

the edges together. I am also linking to Simon

Wednesday challenge, pop it up:

This morning I was up before dawn:

Venus is twinkling in the tree:

Venus beginning to fade:

A plane coming in to land:

The precious moments as the sun slips up above

the horizon:

 Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Her heart was full of music....

Hi Everybody!

For Paint Party Friday, Simon Monday Challenge, shimmer and 

shine and Yvonne's 'colour in my world' challenge at 

Art Journal JourneyI have another A3 mixed media piece. 

This is the last of my doll pieces. The background 

was painted with acrylics, and then stamped and stenciled 

with various BG stamps using white paint. The round spots 

were stamped with the rubber on a pencil. I splashed some 

gold ink onto it to give it more shine. The alphas are from LaBlanche.

Her hair was made with strips of vintage music paper, dipped

into my vintage brown ink and curled around a pencil. The 

heart/body was cut from a graphic from the Graphics Fairy. 

I added gem stones to the notes. I sewed the paper to a 

background of cardstock to give it

more stability. The chipboard heart was painted with soft gold, and 

the ribbon has a gold edge:

Before the embellishments:

For Tag Tuesday, Joan's lovely 'Steampunk' theme, I made another

tag from recycled materials. The BG was stamped with distress oxides

peacock feathers using a stamp from Paper Artsy:

And I got some happy mail from a giveaway on Jenn's blog - thanks Jenn, 

the bookmark and stickers are gorgeous! It's so nice to get mail from

friends!

Today was a really nice day, and quite warm, which was a real

treat after the cold and wet days we had lately:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!