Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity!, a personal crafting blog!
who: Hi, I'm Becca S. My crafting style tends to be a mish-mesh of old and newer products as well as a blend of artsy-craftsy style. I like to recycle packaging, business envelopes' security lining as patterned paper and save ribbons from gifts to reuse.
where: this is a non-design team related commitment; instead it is a personal creative series that I've been doing on Mondays for the past 13 months.
when: Monday April 20, 2026; blog writing and link-ups completed early on April 21st
why: I've been noticing that after the craziness and weariness of Christmas & New Year holidays with wacky north central Illinois weather, my mind and soul need a spring refresh earlier than the actual first day of spring. I wanted an alliteration with Mondays and thought I'd adopt my muse from famous artist Piet Mondrian. Most school kids grow up only thinking Mondrian did his grid primary color block paintings however he did do other palettes and compositions, even some landscapes. Last week, I shared a few cropped pics of his paintings from a website devoted to him. I also shared some of my favorites from my interpretations/twists.
what: Release the Arrows geometric design for MMMJP #36 (think of cell phone game apps such as moving buses or arrows)
how:
1. muse= Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian who lived from 1872-1944.
2. journaling notebook with elastic closure; 80 sheets of peach grid/graph lines = bought at Dollar General store; I've got enough sheets left for 2 more entries. I skip a page in between entries. I won't finish with 40 geometric designs but with 38.
3. mechanical pencil to do initial sketching; also ruler for perimeter = stash
4. colored pencils = Marvy Uchida (4 tones of green used 2 or 3 times each; 3 honey/caramel brown areas; 3 light gray areas; and the rest are varying layered tones to try to get coral/salmon/guava (for the Color Hues Challenge); on the opposite page, I did 13 different test samples sometimes with 2-4 tones: two peach/beige, orange, red-orange, rust orange, light pink and a medium pink
5. neutral toned non-smudge retractable markers (gray, brown, black) = Zebra Clickart
6. block shape inspiration= cell phone game apps like having to move buses towards an exit or arrows to the outer perimeter; I didn't want to use arrowheads/points so I used irregular/bent shapes or straight ones with blank space between each one
LINK-UPs:
1A. Color Hues Challenge; new on April ; required color duo of coral and green; neutrals allowed; My geometric design uses
link = https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/color-hues-color-challenge-131-coral.html
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1B. Kleuren met Potloden; new on April 10th; use of colored pencils; My journal page's geometric design shapes are filled with colored pencils; markers for perimeter and perimeter lines for each shape (using neutral colors)
link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-april-alles-mag.html
1C. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends; new on Sun April 19th; anything goes theme
link = https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2026/04/276-april-19-star-stampz.html
1D. 613 Avenue Create; April/still open; anything goes (not the option)
link = https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html
1E. Crafty Catz; week 2 of 2; anything goes
link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/crafty-catz-challenge-711.html
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Crafting in the USA heartland,
Becca S
*DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational owned by Deanne; CIP owned by Marlene
*owner/DT = CCC; ConBC; AA; HQCB, HQCOLCB, HQFCB, HQFSCAT, and HQLQCB; plus FQCB, FQCCCB, FQGS, FQGGCB, FQHCB.
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