365somethings2018

In January I started a new challenge: 365somethings2018. For me this is playing with paint, markers, pencils, (hand carved) stamps, clippings, etc on paper. This can be collaging in an altered book, drawing on index cards, doodling or drawing in a Moleskine, painting on watercolour paper, etc. Sometimes I’ll share a few of my365somethings2018 here, but you can follow my challenge on my Facebook blog or Instagram. These are a few examples of the last months.

137/365 One of the many mandalas I made in my square journal.

164/365 & 166/365 The finish of my alphabet series.

195/365 A zetti art inspired collage.

260/365 A collage in my altered book.

270/365 & 271/365 Face doodles in my Moleskine, I made a lot of those!

305/365 A mandala variation in a series of mandalas inspired by Kathleen’s mandala.

317/365 And yesterday’s face doodle in my altered book. I used brushmarkers on a gesso background.

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Mini journal

More than 20 years ago I made a mini journal with pages from printer paper.

I didn’t like the old pages, so I changed them and made a video flip through, which you can see here.

These are the old pages.

Then it was time to add to my tiny pages. Page 1 has one of my handcarved stamps from Carve December 2017.

Page 2 has a quote I cut from a magazine and on page 3 I doodled an owl.

Lines on page 4 and Dutch words on page 5.

A doodle flower on page 6 with an acrylic background and a face doodle on page 7. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you know I made a lot of face doodles in the last few weeks!

Altering lines on page 8 and a male face doodle on page 9.

Another face doodle on page 10 and a Yogi tea label with a quote on page 11.

One of my handcarved house stamps from Carve December 2017 on page 12 and a clipping on page 13.

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Australia sampler

Years ago my mother started this Australia sampler for my father. She got a poor eyesight over the years, so now I’m going to finish it for my parents. I share an update from time to time to keep me going.

Yesterday I finished the Mimi Spirit on the left side of the sampler. There are 4 more items to stitch.

And this is how my sampler looks now. There are bigger/better photos at my Facebook blog.

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Christmas Stars

I patched this quilt in 2007, but never finished it. Last week I added batting and a backing, so now it’s ready to quilt. The centre star is part of the quiltpattern Aurora Stars, designed by Shelley Swanland.

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ATC

I made another selvage ATC for a swap. The lace flower is attached with French knots.

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Crocheted bear

A few weeks ago I crocheted this little bear, I found the Dutch pattern here.

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ICAD 2018

This year I participated in ICAD (Index Card A Day) for the third time. There was a weekly theme with daily prompts. I shared my cards on my Facebook blog and Instagram. You can find the theme and prompts at Daisy Yellow.

61 index cards

I made collages,

one staple collages,

mandalas,

a mandala in Daisy Yellow style

and doodles.

a doodled pretzel

Of course there was some embroidery, like the fringe of this altered woman.

And an experiment with tie dye fabric and embroidery floss.

I made this card on the day our dear Cindy passed away, we miss her!

For the last week I took Ihanna’s challenge to start every index card with the same paper in the same spot.

7 index cards with the same striped paper in the upper left corner, waiting for decoration

It resulted in 7 very different collages.

Now I’m working on a box for my index cards. I stitched this label in cross stitch and backstitch on Aida.

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