Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 36 Egypt

Xui is on a trade mission to the new democratic Egypt.  Roland Poland is still haunted by black dogs and has been medicated.

He writes to his half-brother Malcolm in Carlisle.

Hi Malcolm,
We are staying at a really nice hotel in Alexandria,
called the Montaza Palace.
I have had my Valium and everything is lovelly.
I am watching the rainbow clouds as they drift
across the sky.
I love everybody Malcolm,
especially you.

RP

Here are the pages in his travel book

We have included a Nile River scene at Aswan, the sphinx and pyramids at Giza and a snap of the Montaza Palace hotel in Alexandria.  The black basalt statue is of Anubis, a God of the Dead.  Roland Poland just sees him as another black dog that is causing such mayhem in his life.  Xui just thinks he is paranoid.

The postcard is from a drawing in a children's colouring book.  I have printed the outline and coloured it with Copic Markers and gold metallic pen.  The background colour is Pan Pastels.

Thank you for stopping by this week and I do hope you will visit the other travellers (see sidebar for link).
Thank you to Darcy at Art and Soul for organizing this challenge and for allowing us to accompany her on this year long journey.

Dragonsdream TIO #121 - Alice and the Rabbit Situation

This tag represents the situation at Redmoss right now - we have had a huge explosion in the rabbit population and I wish I had a wand like Alice to make them go away!  There are dozens of tiny little bunnies hopping about in the evening and early morning eating all my flowers.

The large rabbit and the smaller bunnies are digis from FreeVintageDigiStamps (see sidebar)and I have played with them in Craft Artist.  Alice and the wording are from Clear Art Stamps.  Alice has been stamped, coloured with Copics, cut out and added to the scene.

Thanks for stopping by and do feel free to leave a comment.

CD Sunday Challenge - Seaside Treasures

I have used a variety of stamps for my seaside scene this week.  The sunburnt granny is from I Brake for Stamps and the children and scenery from a couple of sets from Rubadubbado.  The images have been coloured with Copics and then matted onto a Glimmer Misted panel  which has been embossed with sail boats from Forever Friends.  The cloud backing paper is from Messy Rabbit CD by Joanna Sheen.

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.  I enjoyed making this card as it was pouring down,  yet again, with rain and lifted my spirits and made me laugh.

Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 22 Thailand

Xui is gambling again on the Thai Boxing Finals in Bangkok and Roland Poland learns a fascinating fact.

He writes to his half-brother Malcolm

Hi Malcolm,
Do you know that the dog 
on the stamp was a stray 
that was adopted by H.M. The King of Thailand.  
Talk about falling off the Co-Op roof and landing
in the Divvie!  
Wouldn't have minded being rehomed with the
Queen when I was at Manchester Dogs Home.
Some folk live the life of Riley!
R.P.

The dog to which our hero refers is Khun Tongdaeng - The Royal Dog.  She was adopted by the King as a tiny puppy in 1998 and raised  with a litter belonging to another of the King's dogs.  In 2000 she had a litter of 9 puppies of her own and they all live with H.M. The King of Thailand.  A First Day Cover was produced in 2006 to illustrate the activities of Khun Tongdaeng and her family.  I have included a picture of this in Roland Poland's travel book.

My postcard of Thai boxing is inspired by a photograph I saw on The Lonely Planet site.  I have coloured the background with Distress Stains Shabby Shutters and drawn the figures with grey Copic Markers.  The travel book shows scenes of great beauty around Thailand.  I should love to visit myself one day.

Do please visit the other travellers on this fascinating journey (see sidebar for link) and thank you for the lovely comments you leave - they are most uplifting.

Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 19 Bulgaria

Roland Poland, half asleep under the table, hears Xui say "We must go and see Bulgaria".
When he wakes, they are gone so he makes his way immediately to Wimbledon Common, where he meets
up with Great Uncle Bulgaria and the other Wombles.
Great Uncle Bulgaria tells him of the beauty of his homeland and lets our hero look at The Atlas.  He then explains how Wombles, when they reach a certain age, choose their own names from The Atlas.

Roland writes to his brother Malcolm,

Hi Malcolm,
Am helping the Wombles with their recycling.  Just found
some fish and chips and recycled them myself.
They never touched the sides!
I must be related as I chose Poland from the Great Atlas.
Uncle Bulgaria mentioned our family tree, but I
can't tell which one it is.
RP
Here are the travel pages I made for his book.

There is a photo of the Bulgarian countryside, a page from a newspaper printed in the Cyrillic alphabet, the flag and a very nice set of dog stamps released by BulgarPost. The postcard was made with Stampscapes stamps and copic markers.
I thank you for all your lovely comments and suggest that you go and see all the other travellers and their stories on Darcy's Post Card Challenge (link in sidebar)

Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 15 Iceland

The Xong family are in Iceland for the Easter holidays.  Xui has tickets for the ALDREI FOR EG SUDUR Rock Festival (transl. I  Never Went South), which is taking place this weekend.
Roland Poland is down at the harbour, having made the acquaintance of two sailors, when he overhears one say to the other. "Time we went to the Gig".
He writes to his half-brother Malcolm, in Carlisle.

Hi Malcolm,
I should be at a rock concert but I am on a supply ship in the North Sea.
I got confused by the sailors' foreign accent and instead of a GIG, I am on my way
to an OIL RIG instead.
It's disappointing but from the deck of the ship I can see the laser lights in the sky.
RP

Here is the page I made in his travel book.

I have incorporated his rock festival ticket, the flag, dog sled and the lovely knitted textiles made with Icelandic wool.  The wonderful Icelandic horses performing the unique tolt pace (the one on the right looks very like my Fell Pony Finn) and a typical Icelandic church.  I found it very interesting whilst researching this country that the architecture is very similar to the north east of Scotland where I live (Moray Firth) and the church is actually one that overlooks Macduff harbour, just along the coast from my house.  It would not look out of place in Iceland at all.
My postcard is coloured with PanPastels, copic markers and white gel pen.
Thanks for all your lovely comments and I look forward to visiting you all over the coming week.

Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 14 - Singapore

Xui Xong, our hero's benefactor, has travelled to Singapore to meet up with his millionaire friends and spend some time enjoying all that Singapore's nightlife has to offer.  Naturally he has taken his little canine friend  Roland Poland with him.

Young Poland writes to his half-brother Malcolm,

Hi Malcolm,
Went with Xui to the casino.  They have a game called roulette where they whizz a ball around
a circle.  Everytime I caught it before it had stopped.  They got upset and threw me out.
But, Malcolm, I was very good at catching it.
RP

Here are the pages I made in his travel book.

It has been lovely making these today as it has been snowing outside!  My postcard is hand drawn and coloured with Copic markers.  The Marina Bay Hotel in Singapore is a 5 star hotel with commanding views over the sea.  It also has a very prestigious casino - entrance to non residents S$100.  Thank you for all your encouraging comments and I look forward to visiting you over the next week.