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. 

 

My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #35 on 13 April 2026

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

who: I'm Becca S, a mish-mesh merger of old and new stash products using her mostly artsy-craftsy approach to papercrafting and hybrids with digital elements. I'm a wife, a dog-parent, sister, aunt, great aunt, honorary grandmother, former teacher and passionate blogger. 

where: this is a non-design team project

when: Monday, April 13, 2026

why: It's Mondrian Monday!! I started this journaling notebook with famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian serving as my muse for geometric designs. That was 13 months ago and I'm now on my 35th notebook entry! Go to the bottom of the post to see some cropped painting photos of Piet Mondrian's paintings. 

what: MMMJP #35 = reddish brown, reddish purples to blue purple to navy blues to a light blue plus gray-filled, black-filled and some areas left blank/white spaces

how:

1. journaling notebook; 80 sheets of peach grid/graph lines = bought at Dollar General store

2. brown and gray retractable marker pens; non-smudge = Zebra Clickart; brown was used for the circles and gray for the squares perimeters

3. mechanical pencil, dual-side tape roll for the large circles stenciling shapes and a small decorative tape roll for the small circles stenciling = stash

4. square stencil template = part of a box of basic shape stencils; --- Schaeffer teacher resource learning products

5. colored pencils = Marvy Uchida/ stash box

LINK-UPs:

A. A Place To Start; new on first Monday of April; theme of Anything Goes w/ option of OMBRE; that's what I've tried to do with the color palette = reddish brown to purple tones to blues + brown, gray, black and white/blank spaces

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

B. Creative Aunts; started on the first Monday of April; theme of CIRCLES; two different sizes of circles used for my #35 geometric design

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

C. Kleuren met Potloden; new on April 10th; theme = usage of colored pencils; My journal page #35 spaces in the geometric design are filled using colored pencils. 

link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-april-alles-mag.html

D. Creative Fingers; new on April 10th; theme of anything goes

link = https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/challenge-320.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

***this is a non- design team affiliated project

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

* DT member only commitments: CIP ; PRS & Pin-spirational 

FROM: www.piet_mondrian.org

1919 /\

and

1913 \/ = Composition Number 7

1930 \/ = Piers and Ocean Composition Number 10

1919 \/ = Lozenges...

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FROM: my Mondrian Mondays Journal notebook 2025--

*#33 from March 23, 2026

* #27 from November 24, 2025

 

* #14 from July 14, 2025

My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #30 + January 2026 Scripture Writing Page 4

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

why: This posting shares two different personal projects: My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #30 and my January 2026 Scripture Writing Plan page 4. For my Mondrian influence, I did the little blocks of colors while leaving some blank/white like he did in his geometric block/grid acrylic paintings. (Piet Mondrian, Dutch artist in late 1800s and into the first four decades or so in 1900s.) See  two of his paintings in cropped photos from the website = pietmondrian.org

when: Monday, February 16, 2026

what: Project #1 = MMMJP #30 

how-to & vendor notes for #1 =

1. journal notebook; 80 sheet of graph paper; has elastic band closure = bought at Dollar General store in March 2025

2. four color gel pens = Paper Mate's Ink Joy

3. a variety of diff. companies' colored pencils = stash (Marvy Uchida, Crayola, Crazy Art, Liqui-Mark, 

4. mechanical pencil, cardstock heart shape to trace around, ruler = more stash items

where #1 will be linked =

1A. Kleuren met Pot loden or Coloring with Pencils; new on Feb 10; must use colored pencils for the majority of filling in of digi image, stamped image, or own sketch/design

link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2026/02/challenge-februari-alles-mag.html

1B. The Outlawz Anything But A Card; Jan 31/new on February 1; still open; theme is the title; MY project #1 is a journal page with a geometric design that I composed

link = https://tolanythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-outlawz-anything-but-card-february.html

1C. Creative Fingers; new on Feb 13; theme of anything goes

link = https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/challenge-316.html

1D. Crafty Catz; new on Feb 13; theme of anything goes

link = https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/02/crafty-catz-707.html

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what: Project #2 = page 4 cursive handwritten verses for Jan 8, 9 & 10 =

how-to & vendor notes for #2 =

21. three of the four colors gel pens = Paper Mate's Ink Joy

22. my childhood KJV Bible using II Corinthians, I Peter and Mark; all New Testament books

23. thin depth journal notebook = Crownz Jewelz from Ashford, OH; bought at Dollar Tree store 

24. the Scripture Writing Plan for January came in an image photo prompt shared in the Facebook group; don't know where the group administrator received it = Christian Card Makers Women's Fellowship

where #2 will be linked =

2A. Word Art Wednesday; new on Feb 4/nearing the end of week 2; anything goes that is not contrary to the Bible; family friendly = My journal page shares my handwritten copying of verses from 3 different books of the Bible.

link = https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2026/02/anything-goes-weeks-738-739.html

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Piet Mondrian's geometric compositions in selected cropped areas of his paintings = www.pietmondrian.org

above is from 1919 /\

below is from 1920 \/

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*** these projects are non- design team related

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

* DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational 

My Mondrian Mondays Journal Page #29 on 12 Jan 2026

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

why: This posting shares another My Mondrian Mondays Journal Notebook entries after about 3 weeks or so holiday break. We've done some traveling and I've done some reading. Taking time away from the craft table and computer. I took time on Sunday to get the design made in pencil and then early this morning after letting our Mister Bennett out for a break, I did the gray marker pen overlay over all the design lines. Mandalas are something that artisan blogger friend Lauren Bergold does on Mondays. She's done these for years in journals, cards, index cards, etc. She's always experimenting to create new variations. And this time, I was trying to give a nod to Mandalas plus keep a bit of famous artist Piet Mondrian straight lines and color blocking from his famous compositions into today's design. (geometric design) 

when: #29 will be published on Monday, January 12, 2026

what: Project #1 = MMMJP #29 page

how-to & vendor notes for #1 =

1. journal notebook with elastic band closure; 80 peach grid/graph lined sheets; bought at Dollar General store

2. used a scallop top tag for my overlapped traced shapes; 1 from a pack; Crafter's Square

3. colored pencils = different vendors in my stash box = Crazy Art, Crayola and Marvy Uchida

4. mechanical pencil, purple marker for dots = also stash

5. gray retractable marker pen = Zebra Clickart

where #1 will be linked =

1A. Kleuren met Potloden or Coloring with Pencils; new on Jan 10th; anything goes using colored pencils; lots of blues and purple tones

link = https://kleurenmetpotloden.blogspot.com/2026/01/challenge-januari-alles-mag.html

1B. APTS or A Place To Start; new on Jan 5; anything goes theme or twist of rainbow/lots of colors; My journal entry is for anything goes

link = https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/01/challenge202601-january-anything-goes.html

1C. Path of Positivity; new on Jan 5; anything goes positive (not the twist; this journal of geometric designs has been a series of projects since March 2025)

link = https://pathofpositivitychallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/ch-137-anything-goes-positive-with-opt.html

1D. Love To Craft; new on Jan 1; anything goes

link = https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ltccb-90-anything-goes-and-ltccb-89.html

1E. The Outlawz Anything But A Card; new on Jan 1; theme is the blog name; My project is a geometric design page in a journaling notebook

link = https://tolanythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-outlawz-anything-but-card-january.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*** this is a non-design team member project

* owner/DT = new with previews in January and #1 challenge coming on Feb 5, 2026 is Heart's Quest Lovable Quotables Challenges Blog; HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB and HQFSCAT; plus FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB; AA; CCC; and ConBC.

* DT member only = PRS and Pin-spirational