texture & pattern

My art class assignment was to explore the concepts of texture & balance and create a 9x12 sample board composed of 48  1½" squares. The pieces needed to function individually and as part of a whole.

As you can see, the color wheel inspired my project.

I started off thinking I was going to focus on food patterns and texture, but was drawn to a couple of the rainbow images - especially the watch face and the colored chopstcks.

I struggled with how to create a color wheel out of a an 8x6 grid until I realized that if I used the rainbow images in the center 4 blocks, I would have an outer rim of twelve squares. Twelve squares are perfect for highlighting the primary, secondary and tertiary colors.

By using the two outside columns to highlight neutral colors, I have a 6x6 square of color in the middle that feels anchored and in balance.

The biggest struggle was finding the four rainbow images for the center panels. I loved the "Mexico" image and finally decided to manipulate it to fit my 1½" square space - it replaced an image of multiple balloons that just didn't feel right.

thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

you can't win if you don't play

And, no, I'm not talking about the MegaMillions jackpot that is sitting at half a hundred kachillion dollars right now. Dear husband was thinking about buying a ticket or two today, but the line was too deep so he left the store. Should I send him back?

The lottery would be just icing on the cake for me, because I have already won something this week. Did you see the big grin on my face yesterday when I went to check out the sketch for this week's MFTWSC at Splitcoast Stampers and saw this

The winner of last week's challenge is Jacquie J! You can see her fabulous entry HERE!

I go by Jacquie J at SCS because Jacquie was already taken when I registered and I had to quickly come up with an alternate. Let's be honest - it had to be something I'd remember and, unlike my children who never use their real names in their online identities and have a couple of great, creative aliases, I usually stick to a variation of my name. In real life no one ever calls me "Jacquie J", but there might have been a stern "Jacqueline Jean" directed at me once or twice in the very, very, very distant past.

Take a look at my last post to see both the MFTWSC sketch and my interpretation that was the prize winner from last week. You truly just have to play along to have a chance to win, as the winner is selected randomly.

The best thing about winning is the generous prize - a $20 gift voucher at My Favorite Things - for some of us that really is better than winning the lottery {grin}.

Thank you My Favorite Things for the weekly chance to win!

I'll be back to show off what I have been doing in my art class and the card under construction for this week's challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Loopy Bloom

This week I had some time visiting with my crafty friends, which meant I was able to play with stamp sets I covet like the Who's That Girl Lovin' from the Oven from My Favorite Things.

I fought my attraction to paper piecing with these stamp sets for a long time. If I gave in to this desire, I knew it would be the beginning of a downward spiral into collecting 6x6 designer paper pads - the smaller prints are just too perfect for paper piecing the small stamp images. If I gave into this desire, who knew where it would end? Would it end??!!!

Alas, I am weak. It started out so innocently with just a paper pad here, a paper pad there. Then there was the gluttonous evening where it made sense to fill my cart with enough paper pads to qualify for free shipping. Oh, the joy when the box arrived on my doorstep!

So far I've managed to keep myself happy with borrowed stamp sets, but I know the time is coming when it will not be enough. I am agonizing over which sets to start with - ones that I already know & love, or something new?

With my new Authentique Loyal and Echo Park Victoria Gardens 6x6 designer paper pads and a borrowed WTG Lovin' from the Oven stamp set, I created a card for the MFTWSC64 sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.




Here is my card:

I used the Loopy Bloom die from MFT and Melissa Francis crepe paper to create the flower. I'm loving this flower die and the crepe paper cut like a dream!

I've rearranged the office a little to make it easier to pull out my Big Shot and this has made a huge difference in how often I die cut. For just this card I used the MFT Scalloped Scallop and Loopy Bloom dies and the Reverse Wonky Rectangle and Labels Twenty-One from Spellbinders Nestabilities. 

I didn't like the Label die after I cut it, but it had my sentiment stamped on it  already (and the stamp set is with it's owner), so I trimmed the piece down to a ticket shape.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie