Diva Challenge #237

This weeks challenge #237 at I am the Diva is an interesting one.

Charlotte Carpentier has challenged us to use something as a stencil and then tangle on the pattern.

Years ago, I was in Walmart and say these things that fit in the bottom of the sink to protect

the sink from getting dings or marks.  I bought it because I thought I could use it as a background one day.  

You can see it has a cute pattern.

So that is what I used for this week's challenge.

I have a background for that!

I have been entertaining myself doing backgrounds (what else is new).

So with the arrival of the Pope in the US, I had just the background to celebrate him

I cut lots of diamonds out with a vague idea in mind.

On completion, it reminded me of a quilt square.

Whatever...

Happy PPF

OOooops, I forgot to show you the results of the background I posted a couple of weeks ago

Here is the background

And here is my flower, still mounted on the cardboard I use to work on.
So now,
Happy PPF

Doodlin' dictionary revisited

I have repurposed a dictionary for doodling and and trying new ideas.

This just seemed to fit the Diva's challenge to tangle on something different.

I know fall is coming up north but here in Florida my orchids
are coming into their blooming season.
Here is one of the first ones.

They always brighten my day.  

I am loving "STRIPES"

Thanks Laura, I love stripes.

My"Tangle a Day" is full of them.

A couple of different yupo ideas

Water color yupo spiderweb.

I got some nice depth in this one.  It is two feet by three feet so it is quite large.

No plans for it yet but I had lots of fun doing it.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I love watching the colors mingle on yupo.

They have their own mind and their own plan, so the controller in me just has to let go.

That is a good exercise.

This was an acrylic dump on yupo paper.

Why the gears?  I have no idea.  I just think they are interesting looking.

So now when this dries, I want to add a dirty looking edge to it all...sort of like

my Dad's workbench or something.  Not sure how or why but I want it to look sort of sooty.

Any ideas?

Would love to hear.

In the meantime, thank you for your visit and Happy PPF!