My Mondrians Monday Journal Page #37 on 27 April 2026

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity, a personal crafting blog!

who: I'm Becca S, a 60+ year old artsy-craftsy blogger, former teacher of home economics (FACS) and ECE as well as a college adjunct for elementary/ECE courses. 

where & why & when: this is a non- design team related project and is for a personal journaling notebook series that I started 13 months ago. MMMJP #37 was made on Monday April 27, 2026 and will be blogged late on Monday. 

what: Project #1 = a bit of Piet Mondrian's geometric composition paintings but tweaked by including green with red and blue as well as stenciling the letters of my nickname =

how for Project #1=

1. journaling notebook = 80 sheets of peach graph/grid blocks; bought at Dollar General store; has an elastic band closure

2. lowercase alpha stencil template= my 35-40+ year old Tupperware product!!!

3. black fine tip marker for dividing lines = Sharpie

4. red, blue and green ink/gel pens = Paper Mate's Ink Joy gel set

5. red, blue, dark green colored pencils = Marvy Uchida/stash box

6. green dual-tip marker for the letters = Art Skills

LINK-UPs for Project #1 =

1A. Stencil Fun; still open for a few more days; anything goes stencils (or opt of rainbow colors); My journal page is for A.G. stencil usage; I kept my letters all colored green

link = https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-stencil-fun-challenge.html

1B. Creative Fingers; still open; anything goes

link = https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-321.html

1C. Just Us Girls; week 4 of anything goes stencils; My journal page is for A.G. stencil usage; I used a template for the lettering

link = https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/just-us-girls-challenge-820-stencil-week.html

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1D. Fab N Funky; closes in 15 hours!!!; theme of clean and simple; My journal page geometric design has 3 colors + 2 neutrals; mostly straight lines; no embellishments; used markers and colored pencils for the design composition

link = https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-635-clean-and-simple.html 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**this is a non-DT related creation

owner/DT commitments = FQCB, FQCCCB, FQGS, FQGGCB, FQHCB; HQCB, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT, HQFCB, HQLQCB; CCC; ConBC; and AA. 

DT member only = CIP owned by Marlene; PRS and Pin-spirational owned by Deanne

My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #36 on 20 April 2026

 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. 

 

Scrapbook Layout #4 for 2026 featuring Myself

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity, a personal crafting blog!

who: Hey there! I'm Becca S from north central Illinois! I've lived in 5 states (IL, IN, TN, TX & MO)!!! I've had the awesome travel opportunities to visit a small part of Canada around the north side of several great lakes and a year or so later to spend 10 days of Christmas school break in Haiti. Both of those were during my teen years! My USA travels from childhood to now have covered 20 additional states to those that I've lived in! (OH, MI, PA, NY, MD, VA, WV, KY, NC, GA, FL, AL, AR, AZ, CO, KS, NE, IA, MN, WI) --lots of road trips!!

where: this is not for a specific design team and/or owner of challenge blog commitment

when: layout and blog post started on Wed night April 15; finishing touches on Thurs Apr 16; photo was taken on March 18, 2026

why: As much card/tag/bookmark-making that I'm doing, I find the mental and creative need to do different 'things' and/or return back to formats that I've neglected for many months. Last month, I made a decision to create a small binder to hold 2026 family and friend moments preserved on layout pages. 

what: Myself; pic taken March 18, 2026

how: 

1. from kit = white CS = Tonic Studios

2. from kit = pale blue and pale lavender CS = Colorbok; used for center square areas shown on the sketch

3. from kit = light blue paper = Colorbok

4. from kit = blue-purple tone butterfly stickers = Crafter's Square

5.  from kit = yellow butterfly stickers & 1 yellow/gold strip sticker with tiny flowers pulled from the sticker book = K & Company's Antique Garden

6. from kit = Heidi Swapp's journaling/documenting stamps

7. yellow flower stickers = Market Square sticker book

8. gray non-smudge retractable marker = Zebra Clickart

9. colored pencils = Marvy Uchida (stash box)

10. some old planner stickers = maybe Pen + Gear (at least 5 or more years old)

11. black extra fine tip marker = Sharpie

12. Guava (coral) mini stamp pad = Lawn Fawn

LINK-UPs: Special note: Challenge YOUrself gave my 'friends since kindergarten' layout a shout-out for their previous challenge involving friends/friendship!!!! Sweet!! 

a. Challenge YOUrself; new on April ; scrapping challenge using spring color palette + feature a pic that includes you = I'm using mostly blue and purple; some pinks/coral, some yellow/cream

link = https://scrap-challenge-yourself.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-yourself-148-color-palette.html

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b. One More Page #2; new on April 1st; theme: create a scrapbook/journal page; for my 2026 notebook-- yes, notebook binder size, using a card sketch layout tweaked on sizing to fit a 8.5" x 11" sheet

link = https://onemorepagechallenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/one-more-page-in-april.html

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c. Sweet Sketch Wednesday; new on Wed April 15th; sketches 324 or 325 or a retro sketch (#180 from April 2020) ===> I've picked #180!!

link = https://sweetsketchwednesday2.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-sketches-with-ssw2-324-and-325.html

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d. Alphabet Challenge; closes in about 7 hours from 10:50pm central time when I looked at their posting!!! Theme is Y for yellow flowers; I've used yellow floral stickers to complement the lavender/purple & blue tones for this layout

link = https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/y-is-for-yellow-flowers.html

e. Lisa & Lori's Great Stash Bash; new on April 1st; this is my 3rd project using my April kit that I put together using L & L's formula:

link = https://createdbylisa.blogspot.com/2026/04/lisa-loris-great-stash-bash-adventure.html

kit formula = 

my 2 kit photos: 

main  kit elements: ribbon, prints, solid color CS, ephemera & gems & ribbon for embellishments, documenting stamps, alphas, 

and

with stickers (bash item) added to the top of the pile: partial remaining butterflies from 4 different packages, embossed flower stickers from 2 different packages, a sticker book from K & Company's Antique Garden

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

**this is NOT a design-team related commitment

* owner/DT = HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT, and HQLQCB; plus FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB; plus CCC; plus AA; and ConBC.

** DT member only = CIP; plus PRS and Pin-spirational