I wish I could tell you I planned this background carefully, meticulously adding each layer. Nope. It was from a Gelli printing session. My addiction to that plate is becoming undeniable. It is a constant source of joy so I have no intention of giving it up! So much joy that it is the basis [...]
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This journal page brought out my inner child which led to the lost teeth memories. Granted, my inner child is not buried too deeply. Especially since my inner child has been playing around getting everything ready for A Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing! It starts April 1st. Lots are signed up to play. Are you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10z492Oh_AE [...]
“No one thinks like you, talks like you, or makes art like you, and that is an extraordinary thing.” Alena Hennessy just stopped me in my tracks with this sentence from her book, Cultivating Your Creative Life. Every time any of us creates anything it is an extraordinary thing! Yes, every time and every one- [...]
Who knew when I started playing I would end up in Outer Mongolia! I’ve been secretly working on a new free workshop, A Colorful Workshop: Use Your Words and the “stuff” from that is all over my counters. So are Gelli Plate papers from the February Gelli party. Okay, confession time, there is stuff all [...]
Welcome to the latest Stencil Test Drive! I’m working with Jessica Sporn’s Random Squares stencil. The first time I saw this stencil, I knew I had to have it! So many possibilities! Be sure to stop by and check out what everyone did with this stencil! Diana Trout Seth Apter Corrine Gillman Kristin [...]
A Gelli Plate is just like having your own private paper store. Using old scrapbook papers and dictionary pages with the Gelli Plate I unintentionally created a coordinating set of papers! These papers sparked my art journal page for Artsy Fartsy. Why did I have my Gelli Plate out? Because it is time for another [...]
Nathalie Kalbach is the guest artist for the last Fall Fearless and Fly! Her work is inspiring! I have had an absolute blast co-hosting this with Jessica Sporn! Thank you to every person who has participated from guest artists to artists who linked up to the people who stopped by to taken in all [...]
Oops has become my favorite word! As I create I make all sorts of mistakes but I don’t like how harsh “mistake” sounds so I call them “oops”. A silly word that I can’t take too seriously because really, are any of my art mistakes something to worry about? NO! Does worrying about them help [...]
I was stuck in my head. When I am in my head it means I judge harshly. I criticize unrelentingly. I try to make it perfect the first time. Do you ever do that? Not a surprise that when I am only in my head my creativity is blocked. Below is the process of how [...]
Happy Holidays! Hard to believe it is here already! On Christmas morning, I am unwrapping a jumbo Gelli Plate. I’ve seen its shiny red wrapping. I feel like a I am 5 years old again thinking about the day! That gift is what sparked A Colorful Gelli Print Party that begins on January 1st. Hope [...]
