My Mondays Mixed Media Journal Page #9 on 14 Sept 2026

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

who: Hello, I'm Becca S, a 60+ year old artsy-craftsy blogger! I've lived in the U.S. Midwest for most of my life, specifically Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. I did my undergrad college work in Chattanooga, TN and then spent two years in Texas after college graduation. It's been a wonderful roller coaster life journey thus far! 

where: this is a non- design team related post; I'll be sharing this with crafting challenges owned by other bloggers

when: Monday, September 14, 2026

why: this is a just for fun project for me; my thoughts need to clear for a short time of the themes connected to my challenge blogs and to scramble onto other creative avenues

what: MMMMJP #9 or My Mondays Mixed Media Journal Page = 

"Fall Harvest Blessings on a windy day!"

how-to &/or vendor product details:

1. sketch pad; light-medium weight paper = Tree House Pad and Paper

2. washable markers = Jot and Crayola = green, red, orange, purple, brown, purple

3. permanent ink marker = black fine tip Sharpie

4. alcohol ink markers = Pea Green + Canary Yellow = Arteza

5. stamp pad inks = gray/Narwhal, orange/Pumpkin Spice = Lawn Fawn

6. colored pencils = used to fill in most of the small shapes + the little curves and x's 

7. crayons = very old Crayola crayons (Apricot, Melon, red) for filling in the background

8. four forest animals stamp set = Recollections

9. alphabet stencil ruler = unknown; found at my mom's house

10. shapes stencil ruler (small sizes) = unknown; found at my mom's house

11. mid-size square/center stencil = school supply shapes stencils by Trends (very old)

LINK-UPs:

1A. Mix It Up Challenges; new on Sept 1- open to Oct 15th; theme of A.G. mixed media; My art journal page has three types of markers + crayons + colored pencils + stamp ink 

link = https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/miucb-85-anything-goes-optional.html

1B. Dream Valley; new on Mon Sept 7; theme of Autumn Colors; My art journal page has lots of autumn tones ranging from browns, oranges, reds, yellows, greens, purples

link = https://dreamvalleychallenge2.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-368-autumn-colours.html

1C. Little Red Wagon; new on Wed Sept 9; theme = use a stamp; My art journal page has 4 stamps used: fox, hedgehog, deer and rabbit

link = https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/little-red-wagon-875-use-stamp.html  

1D. The Outlawz Anything But A Card; new on Sept 1; theme is part of the blog title; My entry is this art journal page focused on autumn mixed media: three types of markers + crayons + colored pencils + stamp ink 

link = https://tolanythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-outlawz-anything-but-card-september.html

1E. Creative Aunts; new on Sept 2; theme of Forest; My mixed media art journal page has 4 forest animals stamped and filled with colored pencil(s): fox, hedgehog, deer and rabbit

link = https://kreativtanten-challenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/117-wald-forest.html

1F. Creative Artiste; new on Sept 4 ; theme of Anything Goes Mixed Media; My art journal page has three types of markers + crayons + colored pencils + stamp ink; I used stencils/templates and 4 forest animal stamps

link = https://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com/2026/09/welcome-to-creative-artiste-challenge.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

***this is a non-design team related project...just for fun

*DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational owned by Deanne

*owner/DT = CCC; ConBC; AA; HQCB, HQCOLCB, HQFCB, HQFSCAT, and HQLQCB; plus FQCB, FQCCCB, FQGS, FQGGCB, FQHCB. & new on Sept 15th = HQPIPC or Heart's Quest Pretty in Pink Challenges

 

My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #34 on 6 April 2026

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

who: I'm Becca S, who is a 60+ year artsy-craftsy mish-mesh style of maker most of the time. Sometimes I restrain my impulses to do 'more is more'!!! Ha-ha! It is so hard for me to Clean and Simple style! For this next Mondrian-influenced geometric design, I had a difficult time deciding what to do. How much of his compositions do I try to bring in? And how do I go about it? My last entry that I loved, had my brain cells urging me to do something very similar. But I did resist. Read on for more insights....

where: This is a non- design team related project so there is not a specific 'where' that this journal page design is tied. If you go back in my previous posts, maybe 3 or 4 entries ago, I did share a few cropped pics of Mondrian's geometric paintings and several of mine scattered during the past year.

when: Monday, April 6, 2026

why: In late August, it will be 2 years since my mom passed. My husband and I had been her caregivers/helpers for 5-6 years before she died up until her last 3 months when she needed skilled nursing care. Her needs changed over time as different falling injuries intensified her needs and started altering how often she needed assistance. I didn't realize until about her last 8 months that I developed caregivers fatigue. My crafting and blogging were my stress relievers but even that precious time was being affected. So I decided to pick a day of the week to alliterate and have a creative muse. Mondrian Mondays grew out of a mental need to do something different. 

what: My Mondrian Mondays #34

how: using black straight lines and white spaces with the design for Mondrian's takeaways; the color palette, circles and dots were my tweaks.

1. an index card and decorative cardboard spool were my tracing templates

2. the colored pencils (8) = Marvy Uchida

3. a fine tip & extra fine tip black markers = Sharpies

4. journaling notebook with 80 peach tone graph paper sheets = bought at Dollar General

5. mechanical pencil was used first to create the grid layout

6, note: I did messed up on my rotation of the colors and even wanting to reverse the direction go from left to right and then right to left. So the color placements ended up being unpredictable...which I guess is a good thing. 

LINK-UPs:

a. Kleuren met Potloden; still open until ; theme is usage of colored pencils; all my applied colors for the design spaces is with colored pencils; markers were applied to my pencil-traced lines and curves.

link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2026/03/challenge-maart-alles-mag.html

b. Allsorts Challenge; new on Apr 4th/open; theme is 'it's springtime' or anything goes; My chosen color palette is springy how because it's a journal page, I'll indicate it as A.G.

link = https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/03/challenge-846.html

c. A Place to Start; Monday April 6; anything goes or option of ombre; My color palette is analogous tones but not applied in a ombre approach...so A.G.

link = https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-202604-april-2026-anything.html

d. Creative Aunts Challenge; new on Mon April 6; theme of circles

link = https://kreativtanten-challenge.blogspot.com/2026/04/112-kreise-circles.html

e. 613 Avenue Create; new on Sunday Apr 5; theme of anything goes or opt of April showers; MY journal page is A.G.

link = https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/04/april-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

** this is a non-design team related creation

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

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