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!

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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.

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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".

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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 - I and WOYWW

This week at ABC Wednesday, I is the letter to focus on..

How appropriate that today, March 8th, is International Women's Day.
Here is a card I created with a telling quote by Malala Yousafzai in honour of IWD.

I is also for Washington Irving, who's words call out for the need for great minds - as never before.

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WOYWW

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

Here is my usual dining room table, cluttered with papers to the left, and the other tools I used to create the two cards.

ABC Wednesday

This week at ABC Wednesday, G is the star.

G is for Mahatma Gandhi - whose words have given millions hope and strength. (And can do the same for all of us now.)

Here are two of my favourite quotes by this amazing Indian statesman:

Here are a few more of his quotes:

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Action expresses priorities.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission  can alter the course of history.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

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ABC Wednesday - E

This week at ABC Wednesday , E is the star letter.

E is for:

Christina Engela

and

Marian Wright Edelman

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ABC Wednesday - D and WOYWW

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

For the speak out quotes this week I chose two -

Clarence Darrow

Darrow's words have direct meaning in these dark days.

Jennifer Donnelly

Yes, yes, yes. 


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WOYWW

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

Here is my art table where I was working on the backgrounds for my cards above.

and here is my dining room table where I finished the cards.

ABC Wednesday - C

This week at ABC Wednesday, C has centre stage.

I found 3 great quotes for speaking out.
So, C is for:

Tamoa Calsadilla

Catherine of Siena

Coco Chanel

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ART on Friday

Time for my weekly art share.

The Collage Workbook
I made a decision that this year I would pull some of my art books off the shelf and actually work through them. The first book  is "The Collage Workdbook" by Randel Plowman and so far I am enjoying the projects. The subtitle really describes the book - "how to get started and stay inspired".
My first project was to do 5 cards (I used 3x5 index cards), spending 5 minutes on each. A fun, quick project:

I also need to get rid of the many magazines I have - a vice I have! - so I used these to pull images and words and colours.

The next project was to create cards of one colour, in different tints and shades. I did 6:

Colour Me Positive
This week at LuLu Art, the theme is discipline.
I did a very random, inked background and then stamped some very regular borders, before adding the quote for the week.

Full Moon Dreamboard
Yesterday, was the full wolf moon and I have decided to take part once again, in the monthly creation of a dreamboard.
The question I focused on as I created it was "What am I hungry for?"

Art Quote Cards

A new round of ABC Wednesday began this week and I decided to create "Speak Out" cards as I feel we all must do our part in speaking out against racism, bigotry, homophobia, prejudice of any kind.

Here are the first two:

There's still time to join in with this fun weekly challenge - so many ways to take part - art, photography, stories, etc. Check here for more info.

365 Sketches

Here are the latest daily sketches for my 365 project - I decided to focus on flowers.

Linking as well with:

Paint Party Friday

Inspire Me Monday

Over the Moon Link Party

ABC Wednesday - New Round Starts and WOYWW

A new round starts this week - and the farewell one as well. This has been a most enjoyable challenge - I will be so sad to see its end.

For this round, I thought I would once again create an art piece with a quote. The focus though will be on speaking out - against bigotry, prejudice, hatred, bullying, I know I risk alienating people, but I cannot stay quiet.
Even though I live in Canada, the fallout from the American election will greatly effect Canada as well as the world. In my 65 years this seems to be the most divisive election I have observed. It scares me. Meryl Streep gave us all a call to use our voices in the years ahead.
I found this article online and found it very powerful - well worth the read.

A is for Sally Armstrong - an advocate for women and for human rights; a Canadian journalist

A is also for Anonymous

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WOYWW

Each week, Julia Dunnit of "Stamping Ground" encourages us to share what we are working on and what our work spaces look like.
Here is my dining room table/ work space after finishing the cards above.

I've also started a new challenge for myself - using the projects in "The Collage Workbook" by Randel Plowman to ignite my collage practice.
The first project was to create 5 quick collages - each in 5 minutes. I gathered papers - the central image was from Christmas wrapping paper that I couldn't throw out and then IO just played with scraps I had. A fun, quick project.

Here's my work space while working: