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 [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
“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 [...]
I loved it…then I hated it…my mood toward this art journal page was swinging from one extreme to another with each layer. Wild extremes that happened in a second. I love when this happens because it was such a fun ride my muse took me on today! It started with a layer I loved. I [...]
When I was invited to try out the Groove from Art-C for the blog hop with StencilGirl, I didn’t know what to expect. I must admit I was a bit skeptical and wondered if it was something for me. Turns out, it is exactly the kind of thing I like to use. It’s easy to [...]
A stencil is a tool, just like a paint brush is a tool. That is one of the many reasons why I love stencils more and more each time I play with them. How you hold a paintbrush influences the type of mark you make on your paper. How you position your stencil influences the [...]
It was just going to be a few prints. That’s what I told myself. And then it happened. I couldn’t stop. I didn’t want to stop! All I had planned to do was get things packed for my upcoming workshop, Gelli® Printing Easy as 1-2-3 in Mason, Ohio. Just thinking about the 3 steps to making [...]
