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"Make a trophy or another Award for yourself" (Yes, more clip art...I'm tired!) Finally! The final project! It's done! I was unable to complete the CS projects once a day after the first two weeks,  then I took a hiatus,  and then I took my time finishing the rest of them;  so I feel a Certificate of Completion is a fitting award this time around. (As opposed to my triumphant Mantispid trophy last time) There were a lot of things that made it difficult to stay on track. Maybe during the next CS Challenge I can keep up :) [July 3, 2016]

"Ask someone you respect to look through your past month's work and select their favorite one. Revise or refine the work they selected for today's task" I asked my friend L to choose one, and being as indecisive as I am, she gave me a choice of two. So I did both of them, since they were relatively reasonable demands. "I think you should either color Day 16 (because I love it) or add a background to Day 26 (to give more of an idea of what's going on)" Re-do Day 16: Something that makes you LOL This one was also inspired by L's text. Fiery searchers are metallic-colored. Hopefully I pulled that off. "They can take away our flag, but they can never take away our freedom!" Re-do Day 26: This Day in History  "Run Miris!" I imagined a screaming horde, outraged at the new flag decree,  demanding the freedom to choose their own flag,  and cheering on the rebel Miris as it runs off with an ill...

"Call someone you haven't spoken to in a long time.Tell them what you are doing and ask them to give you an assignment for what to make today." Cicada Greeting Card I haven't spoken to my friend Moth in ages (beyond a quick "how are you, are you still alive?")  She lives across the pond and our schedules are difficult to coordinate. When asked to give me a bug-related assignment for today, Moth commanded: "CICADA!" So here is a periodical cicada made of colored paper, specifically chosen so I could use Moth's favorite wine red color. Also wik origami paper and gold ink on a 3" x 3" card, ready to mail and greet distant shores. Bumbles says hello. [July 3, 2016]

"Create something in collaboration with another CreativeSprinter Today" One of the Spa's clients For the 27th project, I consulted with my friend and fellow artist AS in New England. She works in a greenhouse and when asked via email what insect first came to mind, she wrote: "I think of BEES because I have been working in beeswax and I love what bees do and produce. Also, my coworker and I made a "Bee Spa" for all the fuzzy bumble bees that pass out on the ground (I think the colder temps make them sluggish?)...and we also have a "Bee Necropolis" where we lovingly put all the bees that have died." I was intrigued by both ideas - the spa and the necropolis, but decided I might have a better chance at depicting the spa. I asked AS what the Bee Spa looked like: "...[it] is a selection of lovely cut flowers with pollen offerings plus potted plants in a protected area where the bumbles will not be disturbed a...

"Take your inspiration from something that happened today in history" Miris striatus running off with a flag it is not supposed to have. On June 22, 1906 Sweden adopted its current rectangular blue flag design with the yellow cross as the Official Flag and made personal use of the three-tailed Royal version (and other designs) illegal. This is why the Miris,  a true bug (hemiptera) native to Sweden, runs so quickly :) [June 22, 2016]

"Teach us how to do something" "I Can't Hide...My Larva for You!" This is how to make a pretty simple pop-up greeting card. Mine features a green lacewing larva and super cheesy pun, but your design can be whatever you want. *Materials* card stock glue stick scissors pencil images pens/markers/colored pencils (optional) colored paper/origami paper (optional) Cheesy pun or sentiment (optional) 1. First, gather your cardstock. You will have an outer and inner card. My outer card is the white one. It is 3" x 3", but yours can be any size. The kraft colored cardstock is the inner card. It is slightly smaller than the outer card. For comparison 2. Next, decorate the front of the outer card any way you like and set it aside. Mine is pretty simple - I glued on some origami and kraft card stock and  wrote on it with a sharpie and gelly roll pen. Next, I'm going to start working wi...

"Take something that you made with you wherever you go today. Take pictures of it in different places or with different people throughout the day" Arriving at Work This is actually something I've done before - taking an object, photographing it in different places, and putting it together into a little book for someone. Usually, there is a loose narrative behind it. No deeper meaning here though. I brought the paper mantispid (my very first Creative Sprint project) with me to work on Friday. It is unfortunate that my camera battery died early, as I was in the field and could have got pics around Lake Hart. The Breakroom My Cube The Zen Corner in my cube In the work truck And the battery died! [June 24, 2016] So I took a few pics at Lake Mills since I missed out on Lake Hart: [June 25, 2016]