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my eco art studio


My 'studio' is tucked into a nook in our living room.  It is very organized due to the fact that I have extremely generous people in my life as well as having an awesome Thrift Store in our neighbourhood that often sells crafters' cast offs.
 
I suppose that my 'style' has always been in line with the saying that 
"one person's trash is another person's treasure".
I believe that I learned this from my parents who over the years have made many treasures from other peoples' cast offs.  (One day I will do a post on the beautiful quilts and children's clothes that my Mom sews for charities!)

I have a love of (gulp . . . ok let's be honest)
an obsession with paper products! 
My drawers and cupboards are currently bursting so last week I decided to use up some supplies by making a big batch of cards.

These are just a few of the designs. 
 During this project I really felt the need to put as much Peace, Love, Joy and Hugs out into the universe that I could.

All of the cards, papers, embellishments and transfers used were from someone elses cast offs!  Love that!


When the package of blank cards were used up but there were still paper scraps, I made tags.
And then with the scraps of the scraps, I made mini mosaic cards. 

Now onto the next pile of paper!
~ joey ~

weekly challenges

I am home with a head cold, sniff sniff.  The first cold of the season hit our family early, my daughter first and now me.  
Crossing my fingers that the guys stay healthy.
But looking for the silver lining, I was able to complete my weekly challenge!
 It definitely looks like a piece of a puzzle, here it is . . . 


 And how the tile looks with the others . . .


I hope that you are staying healthy as the Autumn (or Spring) season starts off.
We have about 3 days of almost summer-like weather to enjoy,
the rain is expected to return by the weekend (it must be soccer season! lol)

My cup of Chocolate Panda tea awaits, 
isn't that a cozy name for a tea?
~ joey ~ 

joey's weekly tangle challenge #184

We are up to Week #7 of the 9 tile challenge!
For those of you that are just joining in,
 you can read about what we are doing here.
 
The tangle for Tile #1 was African Artist
The tangle for Tile #2 was Merryweather
The tangle for Tile #3 was Cruffle
The tangle for Tile #4 was Breach 
The tangle for Tile #5 was Muscari 
The tangle for Tile #6 was Ginili

Moving on to Tile #7 we are going to add some
An old favourite for many of us I'm sure!
Have fun with this tile, love seeing how each of your tiles joins the others!
~ joey ~
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Tile #6 on our 9 tile challenge
is now complete!

We have used the Ginili tangle on this tile
and I am so pleased that so many commented
on how much they enjoyed the tangle!
It's a fun tangle that can go as big and bold as you like,
which is what I have done here.


And here it is with the others...


It's coming along but I don't really know where it is headed next!?!
I suppose that is part of the fun though!

~ joey ~

joey's weekly tangle challenge #183

Welcome to Week #6 of the 9 tile challenge!
For those of you that are just joining in,
 you can read about what we are doing here.
 
  The tangle for Tile #1 was African Artist
The tangle for Tile #2 was Merryweather
The tangle for Tile #3 was Cruffle
The tangle for Tile #4 was Breach 
The tangle for Tile #5 was Muscari
 
For Tile #6 we are going to use the tangle
I think this is a pretty tangle and I'm sure that you will be able to use it in a very creative way in your composition!

It is starting to feel like Autumn here.  I have started to transition into wearing and decorating with more earthy colours.  I wonder if those colours will make their way in to my artwork as well?!
~ joey ~


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Hello!
 I have completed the 5th tile for the 9 tile challenge.


This week we added the tangle Muscari which totally threw me off!
(ugh why did I choose it? . . .  oh right, to challenge us of course!)
Also included are the tangles Breach, W2, and Merryweather.



The large amount of colouring has been the most work on this challenge.
SOO many layers, and to make each tile look like it blends seamlessly onto the next is far more challenging than I thought it would be!

There are a couple of mistakes in the W2 on this tile, never a good idea to tangle when you are still a bit tense from the weekly grind! ;o)

Also the white Uniball pen on the Muscari tangle bled into the purple Prismacolor and is really bothering me.  I will try to figure out a way to camouflage it.

 Have a great week, I look forward to seeing how your challenges are coming along!
~ joey ~
 

joey's weekly tangle challenge #182

Note:  more Blogger font size problems, I hope that you can read this post ok!?!

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A sneak peak at an Eco-Art project that I have been working on lately.
I love to create new, beautiful things from other people's scraps and cast offs!
"one woman's trash is another woman's treasure"!
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Welcome to
Week #5 of the 9 tile challenge!
For those of you that are just joining in,
 you can read about what we are doing here.
 
 
The tangle for Tile #1 was African Artist
The tangle for Tile #2 was Merryweather
The tangle for Tile #3 was Cruffle
The tangle for Tile #4 was Breach 

For Tile #5 we are going to use the tangle




I think that adding this tangle will really challenge you!
We are half way through now, looking great!

~ joey ~
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Thanks so much for the kind comments about my kids' Fair entries.
I am very proud of their creativity and
am so grateful that I was able to stay home
with them for so many of their early years
 and nurture those skills.
 
I had some time to sit down with my 9 tile challenge this weekend (#181)
and play around with it and dream about
 how it will all (hopefully!) come together in the end.
The time was part mathematical and part creative
and I found myself completely absorbed.
I can tell that I am "in the zone" when my kids say something to me
and I totally don't hear what they say!

Here is Tile #4
  Tangles:  Breach, African Artist, W2, Merryweather
Prismacolor pencil, white Signo Uniball

And this is how it looks with the other tiles
 

Wishing you a great week!
~ joey ~

joey's weekly tangle challenge #181

Welcome back!
Today is Labour Day in Canada,
which to many of us means that
school starts tomorrow!

It's been a great summer and so nice to have an opportunity to recharge. 

We live near the world famous Butchart Gardens so every weekend is a blast (of fireworks!)  We watch the high ones from our dock and I love the reflection in the water!

Labour Day weekend also means the annual Country Fair.
Here are few of the creative projects that my kids entered.

 my son sewed his bear - Dudley a new outfit

my daughter baked 'hamburger' cupcakes with a brownie patty, coconut lettuce, red icing ketchup and swiss cheese made with edible sugar paper.

 Faber-Castell White Pitt Pastel                               Prismacolor pencil

My daughter also entered 2 of her drawings.
The fellow in the right photo is Shawn Mendes.

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Well, I cannot believe that it is already
Week #4 of the 9 tile challenge!

For those of you that are just joining in,
you can read about what we are doing here.
 


The tangle for Tile #1 was African Artist
The tangle for Tile #2 was Merryweather
The tangle for Tile #3 was Cruffle

Today on Tile #4 we are going to use the tangle

  I have really enjoyed watching your tiles take shape,
thanks for participating!
~ joey ~
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