Nature Preserved

Somerset Studio Readers' Expressions

My copy has not arrived but I have been told page 104 is showing Bird With Broken Wing.

G'day

A series of photos taken during a weekend visit with my family in ‘the bush’.

Kangaroos on the horizon, we could not get any closer than this

aussie cows for my friend prolix

Merci - Thank You Friends

Thank you card to all my friends scattered about the globe who cheer me on to create.

Beginning

“With each sunrise it is a new beginning”

A cool morning on the boardwalk.

Brisbane

This was created as part of a challenge project to use a variety of patterned papers.

Heidi Grace series is an easy mix and match as they have some lovely things to choose from but then to up the challenge we went outside that range all the way to Rusty Pickles Ornate Tapestry a deeper shade of the tan colour in the background paper of Meadow Mini Flowers.

Cutting out the flourish was easy enough, bit of ink around the edges to help it all blend together and hey presto bingo it is as easy as all that.

Tomorrow

All the flowers of all the tomorrows

are the seeds of today

A piece from my favorite Altered Book that was featured in

Allyson Bright Meyer's Complete Idiot's Guide to Altered Art.

Courage

All your dreams can come true,
if you have
the courage
to pursue them.


Walt Disney

Altered Puzzle
as seen in Allyson Bright Meyer's Complete Idiot's Guide To Altered Art

Happiness

The happiness of the butterfly and the dolphin is to exist.
For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. Jacques Yves Cousteau

Recyled Wisdom

Teach us to number our days, so that we might apply our hearts to wisdom.
Psalms 90:12

An ‘Altered Book’ is when we take a discarded old unloved book and by alering with paint & paste, return it to that special state of being special & unreplaceable. The ultimate in recycling.

Fruit Tingle

Cut one medium sized pineapple in half
Chop out core and recycle
Leaving a 1 inch shell scoop out pineapple and chop into chunks, sprinkle with 4 tbps something yummy like Malibu or a coconut flavour syrup and leave for an hour to marinate.

Meringue, use very clean bowl to whip 3 egg whites till stiff (when you lift the beaters the peaks stay up) gradually add ¾ cup sugar and ½ tsp vanilla. Spoon meringue into a piping bag or plastic bag with corner cut off.

Pour pineapple pieces back into shell, spread 2 cups of the thickest richest full fat ice cream on top and seal with 1 inch slices of pound cake. Splash a little more Malibu if you like the taste. Pipe up meringue over the cake pieces. Bake 380F or 200C

for 5 or 6 mins to set the meringue and serve

Yummy sweet fruit tingle with ice cream and more.