A winner, a face and a tag

Hi Everybody!

I have been enjoying the cooler weather here very much, and hope that your weather is good, too. Today I picked a name out of the hat to win the Jane Davenport stamp set. And the winner is........

Erika from BioArtGal

Congratulations Erika, and please contact me with your postal address so I can send you the stamps. I'm sorry I can't send a stamp set to each of the ladies who entered. But thanks for joining in!

Today I have another journal spread. I painted the face in shades of blue with some green, using Gelatos, Mermaid Markers and sharpies.  She looks like a mermaid again! The background was painted with water-colours, sprayed, spritzed, sprinkled and splattered. The stars were stenciled. I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge, sprinkled and splattered, and to Paint Party Friday:

And I have a digital tag for our landmarks challenge at Tag Tuesday. You can see Big Ben again and Nelson's Column, but for me the guards, buses and beefeaters are walking (rolling) landmarks! You still have plenty of time to join our challenge. I used elements from Serif:

There were more people and booths at the market now it's not so hot:

Some photos from my balcony. A lot of plants have started to recover and are enjoying the cooler and rainy weather:

And some sunrise photos:

 

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for a liTTle Giveaway

Hi Everybody!

As I sit here writing this post I'm listening to the sound of the rain and the wind in the trees - wonderful. So pleased we have some rain for the parched earth and dried up plants and trees. I'm very much enjoying these cooler, respite days after the harsh heat wave. Yesterday night I went onto my balcony and watched the night sky, and saw not only a lot of stars but a shooting star from the Perseid meteor shower, and made a wish....

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at Tag Tuesday. Our lovely Wendy chose the theme this time - landmarks. That gives you a lot of choice! My fave landmarks are, of course in London, my home town, so I chose Big Ben for my tag. I stamped onto a scrap of painted paper for the BG, adding some other paper scraps as mats. I did some crazy sewing to hold it all together:

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang.

Last weekend, when we visited Venekoten Lake, we started off with a visit to a lovely little pub/restaurant in the little village of Overhetfeld, near the border to Holland. The pubs and eateries are all strategically placed around the village green, a wonderful place with rows of trees for shadow, and an ancient chapel in the middle. This fun chef welcomed us as we arrived:

We had some breakfast - for G a pot of coffee and some delicious cakes:

I had cappuccino, served with a delicious cookie, but almost forgot to take the photo....

The chapel of St Maria an der Heiden is very tiny, but beautiful:

There are beautiful baroque elements inside:

You have to stand behind the screen to take photos:

This is one of the other pubs around the green, complete with 'horse' waiting in the yard outside:

I have  a stamp set from Jane Davenport to give away. I evidently ordered the same set twice! I will send anywhere in the world, so if you would like it, please say so in your comment and I will pick a name out of the hat:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Weekend

Hi Everybody!

I've been enjoying some cooler air here. It will probably get warm again in the next days, but one thing at a time - I just want this to last!

Some colourful ladies drawn with water-colours:

I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge, tape it up

Some of the trees are looking really like autumn already:

Thursday was very cloudy, storms chased the clouds and the hot air away:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!