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 - H

This week at ABC Wednesday, H gets the spotlight.

H is for Dianna Hardy, whose words hit the right note for speaking out.

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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 - F

This week at ABC Wednesday , F gets the nod.

F is for Benjamin Franklin - with words of wisdom we all need to hear and follow.

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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 - 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: