Postcard from Iceland

 We're off to Iceland with Darcy's postcard challenge

Oddly enough it was this time two years ago almost to the day,

that my flight home to NZ was cancelled because of the 

ash cloud from Iceland's Mount Eyjafjallajokull 

covering Europe 

 I took this week's inspiration from the many eerie photos

 of the countryside covered in ash 

 I had ideas about missing puzzle pieces and wotnot

but my characters have gone AWOL this week

they're resting just as I am (reclining with large Easter egg filled stomachs)

I'll attempt to rescue them next week, possibly...

I started with a puzzle card which I

 coloured with Neocolour watercolour crayons,

 I added the water and the colour slid off

 as I hadn't Gessoed or sanded the surface!

then I added a layer of Acrylic which held 

then more Neocolour, for the house I used a white Sharpie.  

Postcard from Singapore

Darcy's postcard challenge takes us to Singapore this week. 

 I visited this fab city many years ago

 and it's still my transit stop whenever I manage to get home to NZ   

There's an amazing walk-in butterfly enclosure at the airport

a must see if you're ever passing through!

 I made my card using a butterfly punch

 and an assortment of Asian scrapbooking papers 

 Here's Gloria's card to Jayne, it reads:

I think I've landed in a winged wonderland

full of fanciful flutterers including

The Dot Dash Sergeant, The Chequered Lancer,

 Jacintha Eggfly and Spotted Judy

They could be characters in a book, superb!

Gx

p.s has Bagman found his wallet yet?

I'm getting worried

I struggled a bit this week, I had loads of ideas 

but seemed incapable of doing anything with them.

I blame excessive choccie consumption for my woes!

Happy weekend!