Is creating always easy for me? Does it always go well? Do I always feel happy about what I create? Is it always easy to say Oops? Heavens NO! Here is what happened in my art journal on a particularly challenging day. Nothing serious or anything, just one of those days when everyday stress collided [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
I love creating big pieces of color and play. It’s my happy time when I am just letting the pattern and color build up. But what do I do with all those papers? One thing I do is die cut them. Here’s the paper I made with paints and spray inks and my Connected Eyes [...]
“Can I go over to Christi’s house?” “Can Maria come over?” As a kid, I was always asking to go to a friends house or to have a friend or two come over. Now I am an adult and I still want to play! So I am interrupting my grown up day for a little play! [...]
The way a piece of art play starts does not always give me an hint as to where it will go. As was the case with this piece of cardboard and paint…who knew this would end up being Marie Antoinette on a gameshow? I was playing around with my Arched Aqueduct stencil with absolutely no idea [...]
It takes courage to raise your hand and ask a question. No matter if you are asking a teacher, a public speaker, or yourself, it takes courage to ask. What question was I asking today? Can I make something without color? Could I go black and white and love it as much as I love creating [...]
“What can do you do with all the prints you make with a Gelli Plate®?” is something I get asked often. Anything that I use paper for I can use Gelli prints®. That is just what I did as I created some fun library pocket holders with a new Sizzix die. I grabbed a whole bunch [...]
I have been relatively quiet of late…lots of very unglamorous behind the scenes things. Things like servers, migrations, and bears oh my! All this has been so that I can make the blog the best experience possible for you! If you’re reading this, you know my attitude about mistakes…OOPS! A mistake is simply an Outstanding [...]
I have lots and lots of cardboard all around the studio. Why? Because I have been using it as I prepare for an upcoming workshop. This new free workshop has sprung out of my love of play and a conversation with an artist who didn’t know how to let herself play. If you’d like to know when the [...]
What happens in my life influences what I create in art…and seeing a David Cassidy concert last weekend had a big influence on this canvas! I adore the tone of his voice and the happy pop sound of his Partridge Family music. It’s infectious! So much that it is one of favorite playlists in [...]
I was under the influence of the 70’s while I made this art journal spread. The music was blaring and my muse stopped by to spark my play by making this floral Gelli print® call to me from a stack of prints. If you’ve ever used a Gelli Plate®, you know how easy it is to [...]
