ABC Wednesday - and WOYWW

A brand new round of ABC Wednesday starts this week.  Please join the fun! So many possibilities to choose from.

I have decided to once again carve a stamp and create an art tag with a quote for each letter.


A is for angel

I have collected angels for years - both angel ornaments (which now overflow on a tree) and statues. Here are just a few from my collection:

I carved a stamp of angel wings when I found the quote about angels' Wings.

Be sure to check here to see what others around the world did for A and just what theme they are planning for this new round.



WOYWW

Each week Julia Dunnit of Stamping Ground encourages us to share what we are working on and what the state of our work spaces are.

When I had finished the tag above, my dining room table or art table looked like this:

Here is a look inside my new stamping journal as I keep track of the stamps I carve and the tags I create.

WOYWW

I've been absent from WOYWW for a while but with May and new challenges, I knew I needed to return

WOYWW is the weekly meme hosted by Julia Dunnit at "Stamping Ground" - where we are all encouraged to share what we are working on and the state of our work spaces.

I have started the Miniature May challenge - creating small pieces of art  (less than 5x5). I am creating 5x5 mini collages.

Yesterday I created this one:

Here's today's collage:

Once I finished the collage, here's what my dining room table looked like:

ABC Wednesday - E and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, E gets centre stage.

E is for Exercise - something we all should be doing, at least 3 times a week.

Here are the two cards I made for E - the first I really have to start doing!

Be sure to check here to see what others around the world did for E.



WOYWW

Each week at Stamping Ground, Julia Dunnit encourages us all to share our workspaces and what we are working on.

Making the cards above, involves several steps.
First I painted the background  in my art room.  I used the same colours for both (2 shades of blue and orange) but the colours sure were different.

Then I added some stencil highlights.

Finishing the cards by adding the quote/phrase/ pictures was done at my dining room table.

ABC Wednesday - D and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, D is the letter of focus.

D is for Dance.

Continuing with my "More" series, focusing on what I want to have more in my life, DANCE  is definitely something I want to do more of. In my twenties, my exercise of choice was dance - I would put on a tape I made and just dance, for 30 or 40 minutes each night. (It was certainly a great way to lose weight!)
There are so many great dance songs - many by lady Gaga and the BeeGees. How freeing it is to just feel the music and dance.

I had to give it up a few years ago when arthritis made it painful to dance. But I have decided I need to start again, with baby steps, to recapture the joy of dancing.

Here are the art cards I created to remind to just dance.

Be sure to check here to see what others around the world do for D.

WOYWW

Each week at Stamping Ground, Julia Dunnit encourages us to share our work spaces and what we we are working on.

I created the backgrounds for the cards above at my art table. Right now it is needing a major clean up. I need to reorganize the whole room - beginning first with finding new homes for my teaching books (well over a hundred books)

Then I finished the cards with the quotes at my dining room table.

ABC Wednesday - C and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, our letter of focus is C.

C is for create - something I wish to do more of.

My OLW (One Little Word) this year is MORE - and so I created this card to remind myself that I must "Create More".

be sure to check here to see what others around the world did for C.



WOYWW

Each week, Julia Dunnit of "Stamping Ground", encourages us to share our work spaces and what we are creating.

This was my dining room table after I had finished the cards I was working on.You can see a box of letter stencils, bags of stamps, glue, cards and scraps.

ABC Wednesday - B and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, B is the star.

B is for Buddha, whose wise words still resonate.

B is also for "Be Bold" -or living life  large.

Check here to see what others around the world did for B.



WOYWW

Each week, Julia Dunnit of "Stamping Ground" asks to share what our work spaces look like, and what we are working on.
I created the backgrounds with paint and stamps in my basement craft room, which has still not been reorganized. (A must do this year!)

Once done, I worked on the quotes at the dining room table.

ABC Wednesday - A and WOYWW

Here it is - the start of the 22nd round of ABC Wednesday.

For this new round I aim to create a set of quote cards that relate to achieving more this year. MORE is my ONE Little Word and will guide me this year. (check here to see why I chose it)
I received a giant deck of cards for Christmas and my first thought was that they would make sturdy canvases.

A is for Amy - Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Amy is still inspiring me, even though she passed away too soon last March. Her picture books are amazing, her videos inspirational, especially her Ted talk. 
Check here and here for more information about this exceptional woman..

Here is Amy's advice - to start this new year.

Check here to see how others around the world are accepting this new challenge.





WOYWW
I am once again taking part in Julia's weekly meme at "Stamping Ground" - where she encourages us to share our work spaces and what we are working on.
As I finished the card above, I snapped a pix of my dining room table, where I was working.

WOYWW

Here we have a brand new year and the first WOYWW of 2018.

I have nor joined in for some time - but since my word of the year is MORE - I need to create more and take part in challenges and memes more.

WOYWW is hosted at Stamping Ground by Julia - who encourages us all to share what is on our work tables and what we are working on.

I have not used my new large gelli plate much at all, so I decided to create some backgrounds for a new project I am starting for ABC Wednesday next week - large quote cards.

Here is my art table: (please forgive the mess - I had been piling stuff in this room to prepare for Christmas.

Here's some of the papers I created:

Happy New Year everyone - happy creating as well!

ABC Wednesday - W and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, W is the letter of focus.

W is for:

Elie Wiesel

and

Alice Walker

Be sure to check here to see what others around the world did for W.            

WOYWW

                             

Each week, Julia Dunnit of Stamping Ground, asks us to share our work spaces and what we are working on.

Here is my dining room table where I had just finished the cards above.

Here is my art table after finishing my latest journal spread.

ABC Wednesday - V and WOYWW

We have marched through most of the alphabet and have landed on V.

V is for Voltaire - the French philosopher and writer whose words still resonant today.

Be sure to check here to see what others around the world have done with V.





WOYWW

Each week at Stamping Ground, Julia Dunnit encourages us to share our work spaces and what we are working on.

I was working on a number of projects on my dining room/collage table and this was just after I finished the card above. It feels good to be back at creating.