A Duo-Challenge and some Travelling Tangles Adventures

Duo-Challenge

Joey's Weekly Challenge #222/ It's a String Thing #249

featuring Maryhill, Diva Dance Rock and Roll and Abeko

This weeks Duo-Challenge marks the end of the Joey/IAST combos as Joey has sadly announced that she's hanging up her challenge hat. I just want to give a huge shout-out to Joey, Laura and Adele for all of the challenge inspiration they've managed to put together week after week. I can't begin to imagine the work that goes into all of it and I'm so thankful for what they have meant to me and my art. So, many thanks to you Joey. You will be missed.

I had a lot of fun with the Duo-challenge. I love Maryhill! Those repetitive lines are so zen to draw. I drew the whole thing before I even knew what the IAST challenge was going to be. As I was working through the IAST portion yesterday I saw that Lily Moon had just posted a gorgeous gallery of her month in art and as always I'm mesmerized by her work. One of her pieces featured black Pokeleaf.  Pokeleaf is one of my Mac 'n Cheese patterns and I've never done it in black...so I had to give it a go. I love it! Thanks Lily!

The Diva is on a much needed hiatus right now, so I'm thinking about ways to keep up with my own tangling practice and stay connected.

I always have the Travelling Tangles...

My finishes...

...to this fun bundle of starts from Saf Patel

travelling all the way from the UK;-)

My finishes...

...to these super cool starts from Lin Laidler

I'm always happily overwhelmed by the generosity of my Travelling Tangles peeps and the abundance of happy mail I receive from each one.

My collection as of last week
This pile is only from the past two months

I finally got started on my Travelling Tangles Mixed-Media Junk Journal or the TTMMJJ as it shall be known from here on out. Ohmigosh!This is so much fun and a complete time-drain;-)

I've started with a couple of sets of hand-sewn signatures comprising of a mish-mash of textured cardstock, maps, ledger paper dyed with coffee and stamped with coffee rings, hotel stationary, old Christmas card envelopes that I've painted and stamped and stenciled...well...junk!

This is the above page with the envelope flipped out. All of the cards, notes and envelopes are collaged or sewn into the signatures. Ultimately, I'll attach the signatures and bind them into a book.

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Two Duo Challenges and other artsy endeavors

Duo-Challenge

Joey's Weekly Challenge #221

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It's a String Thing #248

I've got both this and last weeks duo challenges here. Last week was a total bust creatively as well as mentally. I was dog sitting for some friends who have a 1 year old labradoodle. This was uncharted territory for me. I sat for their older dogs for years, but they eventually passed on and because I had Aimee, I hadn't done any dog sitting for them in well over a year. Aimee has gone back to live with my sister. I miss her like crazy but I know she's happy and she's back with the family she's known since she was a baby. I'll bet she misses the peace and quiet though;-)

Anyhoo, the dog was a maniac and the week had me so stressed out not being at home and off my routine. Drawing just did not happen. Things are back to normal. For now.

Duo Challenge

Joey's Weekly Challenge #220

&

It's a String Thing #247

Multi Media Art Journal

in an altered book

I'm still plonking my way through the mixed media journaling thing. I have a lot of fun with the backgrounds but I get so stuck trying to finish them. This one sat for weeks with the Klimt image and the dried flowers until I finally finished it this morning. Yay!

Travelling Tangles completed this past week:

My finishes...

...to these starts from Barb Mavraganis

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A Duo-challenge and my Travelling Tangles Journey continues

Duo-Challenge

Joey #219 and IAST #246
featuring: Pokeroot & String Grid
additionally Pokeleaf and Miff

This was a fun one!  Like Joey, I'm not a fan of Pokeroot, yet I love Pokeleaf. Go figure;-) I started a little cluster giving myself the option to extend it out later. Or not.

I had actually started noodling around with Helen Williams' "String Grid" when I saw Adele's String Challenge on Tuesday night. Helen makes it look so easy. I'm not gonna lie. I drew it in pencil first. I did some erasing too. I'm a rebel like that and I'm very happy with the results.

I had extended some of the curling lines into the Joey space, not knowing then what I'd do with them until I saw Jem's (aka The Ragged Ray) post introducing her new pattern "Miff". Perfect.

Travelling Tangles completed this week:

My finishes...

...to these super cute starters from Leitha Hunt

that bird is my favorite thing ever!

My finishes...

...to these sweet starters by Margaret Blank

from my DIY watercolor sketchbook

inspired by this YouTube video from CreationsCeecee 

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