What can stop the play? Overthinking. It has the power to bring the play to a complete halt. Luckily, there are ways to slow the perfectionistic over thinking and bring back the play. In the video, you’ll those ways in action and be sure to check out the message I have for that over thinking voice at [...]
Oops!
Ever get excited when you make a mistake? I mean excited in a good way. That’s what happened as I made this art journal page. It took a few OOPSies for me to catch on to what the muse was telling me, but eventually I did as I played with the gel plate goodies Ranger [...]
Have you seen those letter boards or sign boards with the white plastic letters? They are a quick way to put a quote on the wall but there is a huge problem. The letters are all white. I had to do something about that. There needed to be some color. https://youtu.be/YrOuFQ5XpwI Watch Coloring Plastic Letters for Felt Letter [...]
What can you do when the inner supply hoarder flares up? Force yourself to use something sacred. I forced myself to “use up” my washi tape. And by use up I mean use just a little of it. Using the super special Van Gogh washi tape really freaked out that supply hoarder in me. Could there [...]
What can you do when you love a background but want to add an image on it? Use an image transfer because it will let some of the background peek through. But some techniques are wildly unpredictable and can be a lot of work. Granted, they look cool, but I prefer an easy no fail way to do it by [...]
Ever just see something in a store and you knew it was meant to be yours? Like love at first sight? That’s what happened with this huge ledger. Even though I had no rational idea of what I was going to do with it at the time, I had to bring it home! Thank you Kristin for [...]
You can put just about anything on an Impressable gel plate…including modeling paste! The texture these two create together is magnificent…can you tell that I love texture? What can you do with this flexible piece of colorful texture? I used it create a golden jeweled canvas. https://youtu.be/5boB4wdqJIk Watch Modeling Paste on an Impressable Gel Plate on YouTube. [...]
I had a quote by Elizabeth Gilbert that I was stenciling into my journal with a pen. I was looking at the words and was so lost in the moment that I lost track of the actual words.OOPS! Silly part is I didn’t notice until after I was coloring it in! Not only is this O.O.P.S., [...]
What’s a fast way to stencil when you’re working in a large art journal (or any thing else that is big)? A gel plate! Not surprisingly, there was an O.O.P.S., an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly while I played in this vintage journal. https://youtu.be/lHoP3NnvVqc Watch Gel printing in a vintage ledger as an art journal on YouTube. [...]
Just about anything can be used for pattern making on a gel plate including toys! Just ask Malcolm Reynolds, the action figure from Firefly that made the pattern walking across the paint. Why him? Because of his shoes. Why did I need that? You’ll see in the video! https://youtu.be/Egyk2hmcRmg Watch Making patterns on a gel plate with a [...]
