ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC24 - Week 51

Welcome to Week 51 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week had some have to do items, some want to do items, and some unexpected items on the list.

Was scrap sewing involved, Joyful???  Read on to find out...

SUNDAY - Weekly Morning Art Zoom and creations from Roll the Dice...

Prompt Set One - Stripes, water-soluble crayon or pencil & activate it, "ransom note" title or word on your page/spread, collage AND Prompt Set Two - blind contour drawing, stencil, cross

hatching, fabric & add a tag:

I'm really glad that Britt and I chatted for a while when everyone else had gone about their day, as she solved the mystery of my missing paint brushes.  They are are her house!  We smiled for the camera:

After lunch and a brief nap, I went upstairs to Zoom with Knittingsuek:

Later, I signed up for the Declutter Challenge 2025 with Karen @ Just Get It Done Quilts:

#declutterchallenge2025

#jgidqdeclutterchallenge2025

#reclaimingmyspace2025​

MONDAY - Work

Zoom with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color:

TUESDAY - Work

With a side trip to Tracy's house afterward to pick up a special pair of slippers, but more on that later in the week:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off WORK

What?!?!

Things are crazy busy and I offered yesterday afternoon.  My manager responded with a resounding "Yes, please."  So here I am at my desk ready for the onslaught of calls:

 My manager offered a heartfelt, "Thank you for coming in." at the end of the day and there were donuts for everyone in the breakroom: 

THURSDAY - Day Off

(Weekly) Quilt Group with the following quilters in attendance:

Britt gifted me this tiny journal that she made from a Mild Duds box from Halloween.  Thank, B, it's adorable!  She's the one who is talented in working with miniature collage, so I'm not sure how I will do the book justice:

I rushed home, as this was waiting in our driveway:

My SIL is visiting so...

I was able to present those small slippers that Tracy made for this special bear:

FRIDAY - Knit Group?  Nope!  I'm headed to WORK the doctor today.  After stomach pain for 3 days, it's well past time to figure out what's going on and this was the first step.  Perhaps, the referral for the gastroenterologist will shed some light on the subject (in not too many months.)

In neighborhood construction news, ANOTHER house sold this week.  This will be occupied house number four once this one and the previous one close:

At my Weekly Evening Art Zoom I worked on the journal page that I wasn't able to continue yesterday afternoon during the Get Messy Winging It hangout.  Our host offered 4 prompt cards (journaling, color, technique, and medium cards) for attendees to work from and the following page is where I went - without completely obliterating my notes:

SATURDAY - Work

It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you were able to visit Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.  Catch ya later, quilty peeps!

Thanks to Britt, who made the sleeve for me when I found that I couldn't cut a straight line with this broken finger, I had some scrap sewing to do.  Look for more on this in an upcoming post:

It wasn't easy and my finger was VERY ANGRY with me by the time I was done!!

Might it have something to do with next week's TABLE SCRAPS Challenge Link Party?  Could be, but you will have to wait and see.  My apologies for the suspense.  All will be revealed in good time.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC24 - Week 50

Welcome to Week 50 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week was filled with rest and naps with a few days of work thrown in.  Apparently, just because you don't have a concussion it doesn't mean that your brain hasn't been traumatized.  Your nose might also be traumatized, even though it wasn't broken.  (At least, that's my experience.)

Here's how the week went...

SUNDAY - At my Weekly Morning Art Bee, this page...

AND a big mess was the extent of my arting.  You see, I spilled pink ink all over the table:

Day One of recovery, unable to smile due to the cuts/abrasions inside and outside my top lip:

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After my nap and an early dinner, I attended the Collage Club Zoom:

I went straight back to bed afterwards!

MONDAY - "Sick Day"

I took a quick nap after an early lunch, but still had time to drag myself up to the Curiosity Collective Art Zoom...

Day Two of Recovery,  it appears that black eyes are beginning to surface:

Since I was already up in the studio, I worked on Day 9 of Care December using a cut out from my Get Messy Art Journal...

Before chatting with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color during our Weekly Zoom call:

That smile hurt, but I was determined to catch a moment of normalcy!

TUESDAY - Work

Day Three of recovery.  Notice, the smile is still not very smiley:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off

Day Four of recovery... Apparently, work took more out of me yesterday than I anticipated.  I needed a nap after breakfast!  Chilling, napping, and a little arting were on the agenda:

THURSDAY - Day Off

It's Day Five of recovery.  I thought I might attend my (Weekly) Morning Quilt Bee.  I got two exits up the interstate and almost turned around.  (It felt like an eternity driving there, but I made it only a few minutes late!)  Here are the quilters who were in attendance:

FRIDAY - Work

Afterwards, I had a few things to pickup at the store.  Recovery Day Six and my forehead looks to be Grinch GREEN:

After dinner, I headed up to the studio for my Weekly Evening Art Zoom where I merged a couple of gel printing techniques for today's Care December journal spread:

SATURDAY - Work

It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I'll have to catch up with Angela @ So Scrappy and the RSC Quilters later on.  While I couldn't join in "on time", I was thinking of my RSC Quilter friends, as evidenced by my rainbow scarf that I wore today on Day Seven of recovery.  Not exactly back to normal, but it doesn't hurt so much to smile:

FYI... My fingertip is still blue (and the splint is a royal pain to wear!)

As far as sewing goes, there may not be any of that (or knitting, either) for another five to seven weeks.  Ugh!

In neighborhood news...

Another house sold this week.  That makes three:

Before dinner (and after a quick nap), I went upstairs to work on today's journal spread.  It's not quite done, as it seems like it needs a couple of finishing touches:

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC24 - Week 49

Welcome to Week 49 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  This week was filled with full days of work and little time for anything else.  :o((

Here's the run down...

We'll start with yesterday afternoon's Zoom call with Knittingsuek.  It worked out that she was available when I got home from work:

Before moving to the events of this week...

SUNDAY - The day began with my Weekly Morning Art Zoom.  I added the final image to my collage from Treasure Trovember:

MONDAY - Work

After work, I checked in with LeeAnna @ Not Afraid of Color to see if she was up to meeting for our Weekly Zoom call.  It turned out to be a good time for us both:

TUESDAY - Work

Here's the first page in my Care December altered book/accordion journal:

WEDNESDAY - Day Off!!

After dinner, I went up to the studio to work on the day's entry for my Care December journal challenge.  I'm having fun playing with a variety of art supplies:

THURSDAY - Throwback Thursday

Work

I looked out the front window just in time to catch this glorious sunrise:

FRIDAY - Knit Group

It was BRR! cold outside, but these knitters gathered:

During the afternoon hours, I added layer after layer of paint to this journal page for Care December.  It was inspired by the latest video from Brooke Henry.  Later, I added a word to the page, but didn't get a chance to take another photo:

Once dinner was done, I enjoyed spending time with Get Messy friends during my Weekly Evening Zoom.  I worked on adding gesso to the last few pages of my new altered book journal:

SATURDAY - It's LINK PARTY day for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!  I hope you will join me in visiting Angela @ So Scrappy to see what the RSC Quilters have been up to this week.

Was there any sewing this week, Joyful???

Well... I had intended to get out my RAINBOW Quilted Scrap Basket, but I spent the majority of the day in bed, after spending the majority of the night in the ER:

Now, I'm going to be limited on the handwork that I can do in the next 6 - 8 weeks, as I fractured a finger... On my dominant hand.  It's the FIRST bone ever broken in body!  The fall on our tile floor also resulted in a number of cuts and bruises, as well as a huge "goose egg" on my forehead.  With the extent of the damage, I have to say that I feel extremely fortunate to have escaped a broken nose or a knocked out tooth!

I managed a shot phone call with Knittingsuek, but no Zoom call today.  All my energy was spent during the Get Messy Opening of the Season of Possibility right after lunch.  I stamped out a title on my page, along with a few short notes and then I was ready for a nap.

Until next time...

Get SCRAPPY!!

Throwback Thursday - A Funny Thing About Art Supplies & other stories

Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday!!  It's has been months since my last post in this series.  If you are here for the quilting, thanks for stopping by.  Come back this weekend for more about that.  Today, I'm here to share some overdue stories that I had intended to share closer to the time these items came to be in my possession.  Alas, time got away from me, so let's roll back the clock.

We'll begin with a funny story about art supplies...

Last week's Mail Call Monday post shared a box of art supplies that Quilt Diva Julie sent.  The funny thing is that when Julie's box arrived, I had just been to The Scrap Exchange (an artist reuse center in Durham, NC) and had brought home...

A bag of art supplies that included the following items:

And this little stamp set was out of frame in the photo shown above:

That, in itself is not so funny, in the comical sense of the word.  However, Julie sent another box at the beginning of the year.  That box also came on the heels of...

DRUM ROLL, PLEASE...

A trip to The Scrap Exchange!!!

The timing was remarkable... BOTH times.

A few Quilt Guild meetings ago...

A quilting friend was cleaning out her yarn and brought FOUR Target bags of fancy yarn:

Thank you, Laura!!  There are so many wonderful yarn choices in these bags.  I can't wait to share some of them with my knitting friends.

Finally, a couple of months ago I got a very special package in the mail...

It contained the following... 

This lovely postcard accompanied...

By the artist's kind words on the reverse side:

Jana's business card...

Along with her postcard sized print went into my Happy Mail journal:

This 5 x 7" print will need to be framed:

Those are all very nice, Joyful, but what was the star of the show???

That would be this beautiful piece of art by Jana Clinard Harris:

My contribution to your fundraiser was worth every penny!  Thank you for the extra goodies, Jana!  I love your work and your kind heart for a good cause.

Until next time...

I'll try to share sooner next time!!!