Inspiration can come from anywhere, including the everyday. I have walked by the tree below for weeks noticing the abundance of seed pods but it wasn’t until I was hit in the head by one of the branches that I realized how much fun they would be Gelli printing®! Yes, my muse literally hit me in [...]
Let’s Play
Congrats to Margaret Price- the winner of the Let’s Play $50 gift certificate to Dick Blick! Margaret, send me your information (carolyn at acolorfuljourney dot com) and I’ll get you your gift certificate pronto! What is the theme for next month’s Play? It’s all about being inspired by the everyday! Stop back and see what [...]
Cheap plastic balls are becoming pattern making tools for Gelli printing® in this week’s Let’s Play video! These balls are meant for kiddie ball pits but just because they aren’t supposed to be an art supply doesn’t mean they can’t be one! Be sure to get entered into the Let’s Play $50 gift certificate giveaway by [...]
Art play doesn’t have to follow the rules. If something looks like a stencil to me it doesn’t matter if it was intended to be a stencil or not. This art journal page fit perfectly with this month’s Let’s Play theme of turning non art supplies into art supplies! While cleaning out a closet, I found this [...]
It turns out that I have been using a cleaning product without even realizing it! Compressed air is sold as a way of removing dust. Never fear, I am not going to use it for cleaning. I am going to use it for art journaling in this week’s Let’s Play video. Once again, an Oops (Outstanding Opportunity [...]
What happened when I put a round Gelli Plate® on a rotating cake stand? Hypnotic colors spinning round and round that resulted in a stack of playful prints for this week’s Let’s Play video! How does this help me play? There is no wrong way to do this so the pressure is off! After all there is [...]
This month’s Let’s Play was all about do overs and permission to change your mind. I worked on 4 art journal pages that I thought were all finished long ago, but when I flipped through the pages and saw them now, I didn’t feel the same way. So I added more to them. The links [...]
This page was fine. It was okay. But it could be more fun so I gave myself a do over! I’m allowed to do that and so are you! It’s an art journal page not a legal contract! What is Let’s Play? It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play. Each month I share a specific [...]
Is everything always pretty when I play? Nope! This week’s Let’s Play video is proof of that! It all started when I gave myself permission to change my mind about this page. I thought it was finished when I made it long ago, but it didn’t feel that way any more. So I added to it…and [...]
Did I have fun making this page the first time? You bet! Did I think it was all finished then? Yes! Can I change my mind and redo this page? Absolutely! I give myself permission to do over any art journal page I want. There was a time when I was overly judgmental about going back [...]
