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 FQHCB #1D extra inspiration project on 19 Sept 2025

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

why: This is my personal blog post describing details for another bonus/extra inspiration project for the new FQHCB or FarmQuest Home Challenges Blog. The theme is anything home goes. My paternal grandmother received a teaching degree from Berea College in Berea, KY sometime in the 1920s. Her parents met and married in Berea (her maiden name of Hart) and then moved to east central Illinois sometime in the early 1900s. She was her parents' fifth and last child and tragically her dad died a few days before she was born in 1905. And then another tragic occurrence occurred to her husband, my grandpa, died in 1958, with her youngest of 4 children only being about 13 years old. As a little girl, Grandma Sadie had returned to teaching in a nearby elementary school and did have some apple trees on her small farm. So August and September brings thoughts of my teaching grandma and her apple trees!!

when: #1D bonus inspiration post for FQHCB on September 19, 2025

what: Project #1 = An apple for the teacher

how-to &/or vendor notes for #1 =

1. digital image = Google search on Sept 19th; printed as black and white

2. black cardstock cut to 4.25" x 6.5" = Colorbok

3. red with black dot paper scrap = old stash item

4. red and white; old = The Paper Studio

5. red and white geometric patterned = ?/stash; separated from the original paper pad

6. red copy paper used behind image = Pen + Gear

7. red heart gems and green round gems = different packs = Crafter's Square

8. ladybug sticker = Little Birdie Handmade Embellishments (1 of the package)

9. gold foil 'thanks' = from a multi word pack = Crafter's Square

where #1 will be linked/shared:

1A. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie; started Sept 1st; back to school theme image prompt; I pulled the apple cookie for inspiration and instead of as BTS for a student, this card was made in memory of my paternal grandma who was a teacher and lived on a small farm with a few apple trees. 

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/09/cookie-challenge-208-september-back-to.html

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1B. Pin-spirational; started Sept 1st; back to school theme image prompt; I pulled inspiration from the wood and distant barn for this card made in memory of my paternal grandma who was a trained teacher and taught school when I was growing up; grandpa died unexpectedly leaving her a widow with a small farm that included a few apple trees.

link= https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/pinspirational-challenge-329-september.html

image = 

1C. Just Us Girls; new on Sept 18; mood board/see image; finding a porch scene like in the photo was the inspiration I pulled for the direction of my bonus DT inspiration card

link = https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/just-us-girls-challenge-793-mood-board.html

image = 

1D. Word Power; still open for Sept; theme is power of the word/focal--eye-catching; MY card says thanks and will be sent to my dad's only surviving sibling, my aunt Rachel. She was 13 years old in 1958 when her dad died and left her mom widowed and the situation forced my grandma to go back to work, teaching 4th grade. "Thanks"/in memory of...

link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/word-power-september-2025-challenge.html

1E. Time Out Challenges; started last week/still open; see image for theme of favorite season; I love autumn season weather and living in the USA Midwest where I can enjoy different seasons, especially the changing colors of leaves of the maples, oaks, birches, etc. Growing to Grandma Sadie's to pick apples was one of the childhood activities I remember doing at least 1 or 2x after a new school year had started. 

link = https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-297.html

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where to find  HQFCB #1D bonus/extra blog post link =

https://farmquesthomechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/fqhcb-bonus-project-1d-on-19-sept-2025.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

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