Friday, October 12, 2018

Diva Challenge #371 & Inktober


"Onion Drops"
&
Inktober Day 10: Flowing


Zendala Monday
Inktober Day 8: the prompt was "Star"
loosely based on a Jupiter Star Hellebore


Other Inktober drawings:
The prompt was "Exhausted"
I was a bit exhausted by the detailed studies
so I went for relaxing

The prompt was "Spell"
how do you spell...


The prompt was "Chicken"


 Inktober fun in my Trainwreck Journal
This was inspired by something I saw on CeeCee's channel
31 Days of Botanicals
The prompt was "Precious" 
this is anything but...

This is a signature I created for another swap for the Facebook Group, "Trashy and Flowish Junk Journals". The task was to make a 2 sheet signature (8 1/2"x 11" folded in half to make an 8 page booklet) using black, white, red, tan & brown.
I'm not a scrapbooker or cardmaker so I don't have the decorative papers or packaged embellishments I see a lot of people using. I art my own and use stuff from my stash of costume and fashion history images, art, travel and museum books, catalogs, postcards, brochures and stuff I just tear out of magazines. 
Last week I shared some pictures of a Flowish Junk Journal I sent for another swap. My partner posted a flip-thru of it on her YouTube channel if you want to see it and here's a video of the one she made for me.

I had a lot of fun with this.
The background is a red paper place mat I stenciled
The two sheets of paper I used were from a book of historical folk patterns
I covered this one with sewing pattern tissue
I've been into making stamps out of fun foam. 
I stamped a bunch out onto some tea/coffee dyed paper.

The corner pockets for this and the one above were from a museum catalog of kimonos

various tags and journaling cards
The backsides of the tags and journaling cards
 and a little booklet for journaling

I have to share a little haul I found at a Ross store the other day. These Faber Castell Gelato sets were
$1.99 each! Crazy. In addition to the 4 sticks they included a brush and a little floral cling stamp or a dauber. There was only 1 of each and I bought them all. 


I've never used these before so I watched a couple of videos and when I got home I made this mixed media piece:

for the Facebook group
Mission Inspiration

Thanks so much for stopping by. Your thoughtful and generous comments delight and inspire me.






23 comments:

  1. So much creativity! I like your take on onion drops. The have a very deep sea vibe.

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  2. Such a lot of beautiful work! It's hard to take it all in. I came to see the Onion Drops, which you have given a very quirky and fun look! But I think my favorite is the feathers in response to the chicken prompt. Beautiful!

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  3. Do you ever have time for other things, I wonder? So much done and sooooo beautiful. The challenge tile is FUN, especially because of the coloring.

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    1. Thank you Annemarie! It's funny that when I sit down to start to write my blog post each week I feel like I haven't done that much;-)

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  4. It is a party coming to your page! So rich and so much to get inspiration from! Love the color you used for the Diva´s challenge! And your happy Onion Drops!

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  5. I came here to see what you did for the Diva Challenge, but am wowed by all your other work too. Your creativity oozes off the page/screen. Usually, I'm thankful for the world digital media opens up to me, but in this case, I'd love to see your work IRL (in real life).

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    1. Many thanks Suzanne! I always feel like my work looks better on screen than it does IRL but, if you ever want to do a swap let me know ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  6. Just love your beautiful mix of colours on your dIva's tile, your Mission Inspiration and the Precious work, absolutely fantastic but also the organic plants and flowers are made in a great way and I don't wanna forget to say that your journaling cards are very cool and special!

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    1. Many thanks Ria ๐Ÿ˜‰ the train wreck journal always starts me off on the right track ๐Ÿ˜

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  7. Your Zendala is stunning and your ongoing Inktober soothe me just to look at them. I imagine finding them tucked into the pages of an old favoured novel.

    Well done on your Gelatos haul too! Gotta love a bargain like that!

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    1. Thanks Jem! I'm having a lot of fun with those gelatos. What a find๐Ÿ˜‹

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  8. Your tile for the DIVA looks so wonderful oriental, like one thousand and one night! And the flower drawings are just gorgeous, Michele! I also like your beautiful journals!
    Congratulations on purchasing your gelatos. You can do a lot of nice things with it. I've done beautiful prints of autumn leaves, which I then combined with tangle patterns. I wish you a lot of fun with your new equipment!

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    1. Thank you Margarete ๐Ÿ˜‰ Inktober always pushes me out of my comfort zone.

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  9. Hello my friend! I missed seeing your work now that I don't do the weekly challenges anymore so I decided to stop in for a visit! Your work is as beautiful as ever! I especially love your flower drawings. You are so talented! I clicked on the link of the Flowish Junk Journal and was amazed at the package that you put together for your swap partner. I recently sorted through an interesting package of papers, calendar pics and clippings that I picked up at the Thrift Store. I was hoping that if I passed some back to the Thrift Store another artist would be inspired by them, but I am instead going to mail them to YOU! I know that you will put them to good use! So glad that I stopped in for a visit! Hugs, Joey <3

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    1. I'm so glad you stopped by! You are so sweet to pass along your goodies ๐Ÿ˜‹ thanks so much!

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  10. I really like the variety of your creativity. Your onion drop towers are so lively with that daring and flashing pink. Greetings. Kathariana

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  11. So much wonderful artwork this week! Especially I like the colourful tile with "onion drop". Your are very creative lady!

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