Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 8

Simply Neutrals Tuesday is already up to

its 8th week and today I'm sharing

a couple of cards which I

have just finished creating and are listed in my Etsy shop.

There is always something so special when creating with angels

and this Vintage angel is one I've had in my collection

now for sometime.

 

 

 

The winged angel is partially hidden beneath

a layer of silk organza

bearing a stencil of a cherub angel

which has been plastered onto the silk. 

 

 

 This second one is of a vintage child on her knees on her bed praying!

 

 

 The look in her eyes stole my heart!

 Thank you dear Wen for being our host for this party once again.

Take care, rest and recover soon so you can pickup

your artwork again where you last left off!

Wen is sharing some beautiful lace and linen journal pages

as well as some other beautiful Christmas cards 

and creations there!

Go here if you would like to see them all.

Enjoy!

Suzy xox

 

Creating for Christmas already???????

 It seems no time at all since I was creating for Christmas

last season and here we are again!

Something to do with the older we get the faster time flies!!!

but at least I have been having fun

and

to show what I have been up to in my studio 

here are

some new cards to celebrate the occasion once again.

 There is a mix of vintage angel images and cherub angels

like this one where I have used a beautiful stencil

with plaster onto silk organza.

These pieces have been sewn on to oval cards.

 

 

 With this first one I created a type of crazy patchwork

of vintage and antique laces and embroidered linen in the background and then embellished with

some lace applique

and

this one has a background of felted bamboo cotton with layers

of felted chiffon and then embellished with lace fabrics.

 

 The next one shows a very sweet winged angel from

 The Graphics Fairy

(thank you Karen!)

 

 on layers of vintage fabrics and felted chiffon.

 

 and this last one of a praying child

on her knees on her bed

which I simply could not resist sharing!

 

These are now in my Etsy Shop!

Click on the link and it will take you to the shop

with more images and info.

Many thanks for your kind visits as always and for

always continuing to leave such sweet comments.

Love and hugs,

Suzy xox

Simply (Nearly) Neutrals Tuesday No.7 In the Garden

Well most of my readers know that I live

in Australia where we are now into

the season of Spring

and

 I wanted to share some white flowers from my garden

to be part of Simply Neutrals Tuesday

 Even though everything is looking so very green at the moment

I see lots of white and neutrals in and around the garden -

in fact, to the right in the picture in one part of the

garden is a large white Weigelia.

It is finally now time to store away our baskets and tubs

for gathering and storing kindling for fire lighting!

 

These have been just outside our kitchen for past few months.

 This is the beautiful Weigelia flower up close!

 

The next one shows a sea of Lychnis

(it is more commonly seen with a bright magenta coloured flower)

with its bluish green leaves which just loves to spread 

 

Of course, no country garden would be complete without

some of these tall standing foxgloves which

continue to self seed from one year

to the next.

They are so delicate in their bell shapes hanging 

so gracefully.  We have these in many

different colours which I hope

to share in a future post.

 

 

 I am sure many of you are familiar with the Abutalon

(more commonly known as Chinese Lantern)

We have these in different shades including white, red,

lemon and orange.

 

There are also some other friends that we have

in, as well as, just outside our garden fence  -

 

 

Thank you for sharing this little time with me and if you

would like to see more neutrals of a different type

then hop over to Wen's blog - link above. 

 Thank you so much Wen for hosting another party for us!

 Enjoy and thanks for dropping by!

Love and hugs,

Suzyxxx

Wool Sheds on the Monaro - Inland South East Australia

This week I'm joining in again at

Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 6

with a number of wool shearing

sheds which I photographed last January

on a trip to Canberra (Australia's capital city).

 

This part of Australia is inland from the south-east coast

where I live (about 200k) which is in steep contrast to this

very dry, rocky landscape.

 

It consists of miles and miles of sheep grazing land

which has gentle slopes and gullies. 

It is a harsh land where the winds are lazy,

burning hot in Summer and freezing cold

in Winter and the rain you can never count on.

This land was, and is, populated by people with courage and

perseverance. 

 

Many of these sheds are still being used while many

 

 

 

have now been abandoned like this one below!

 

 

 

Even these shearer's quarters were amazing to see.

They were virtually used purely for eating and sleeping. 

 

 Most of these photos were taken as we drove along the

highway

 

 

and then there were some odd amazing buildings still

being used as sheds and homes like these

beautiful hand built stone ones! 

 

 

 

I'm sure this building below was abandoned many moons ago

 

being protected by a high barb wired fence to preserve

what is left of this two story home

and then on the same property was this old slab hut 

 

which may have housed a hard working family

 most likely many years ago 

but there is something so special in these buildings

which we treasure, not just as being part of

our pastoral past and our Australian heritage but also

because of the fact that the materials that our decendants

used were meant to last!!! 

♥♥♥♥ 

Thanks Wen for being our wonderful and much appreciated

host once again this week!

 

Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 5 - New Journal with vintage image transfers

Whilst working with my new journal incorporating

some new stencils, some plaster, 

vintage transfer images, vintage laces, sari ribbon,

silk organza and some mica pigment powders

I thought some of the resulting pages could be included

in Wen's

 Simply Neutrals Tuesday 

So in keeping with the theme of neutrals I am sharing just some

of the pages here:

 

 The pages hold some beautiful images of a famous British photographer of the late 1800's, Julia Margaret Cameron.

 

You will notice also some recycled white

lace clothing on some pages here

such as this ribbon lace 

 

and part of a cotton lace, pin tucked and gathered lace blouse here.

 

 

 Understated roses on silk organza

 

and the same fabric incorporated into some silk chiffon

underlying some dyed scrim.  This page has been

felted onto bamboo cotton.

 

I love the pure simplicity of this rose over white cotton lace

 

 

with a touch of dusty pink unspun mohair!

Please go and visit Wen's blog (link above)

for some exquisite artwork and

photography.

 

This Journal will be for sale so if there is any interest

just email me at suziqu@tpg.com.au.

Enjoy dear friends,

Love, Suzy