Cleaning. It’s a bad word in my world. I will do just about anything to avoid doing it and for good reason. Sometimes inspiration strikes from the messes of other projects, like it did here! These bits and pieces have been floating around here for a while and instead of tossing them into the trash, [...]
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Studying the masters is a great way to learn. Who are the masters that I study? Kids! For this week’s Let’s Play video, I am going to act like a kid by getting my fingers in the paint. I’m going to dip my hands right into the jar of paint and some sparkling goodness too! [...]
One of my favorite ways to let myself play is to act like a kid. After all, kids are the masters of play so it is no surprise that they are the inspiration for this month’s Let’s Play theme. This miscellaneous box of inexpensive oil pastels created a scribbled background in my art journal. The [...]
My imagination ran away with the idea of another world while I was art journaling. Perhaps all those sci-fi shows I love like Stargate, Star Trek, and Dr. Who have had a bit of an impact on this page. But in true sci-fi fashion, I didn’t start out thinking I would find another language or [...]
“Ordinary” things, like a kiwi, can lead to colorful play. That average kiwi was the start of this colorful pattern which clearly is not a hyper realistic pattern that I’ve made. It’s more like gum ball kiwis for this week’s Let’s Play video. What is Let’s Play? It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play. Each month I share a [...]
Ever try to stencil something round and smooth like a glass ornament? It can be tough to stencil on the outside, so I found an easier way – put the pattern on the inside! Why Christmas now? I’m playing in the Christmas in July blog hop with StencilGirl Products and Imagine Crafts with a $100 giveaway [...]
I had a plan that was inspired by a pattern on the sidewalk I noticed when I was on a bike ride. It was a crazy crazy plan. It involved precision. Straight lines and measuring. If this was a movie, you’d hear the ominous music playing. But this isn’t a scary movie, it’s play inspired by the everyday, this month’s Let’s [...]
Precious paralysis struck while I was making this art journal page. I was between a rock and a hard place. I loved this background so much that I didn’t want to ruin it. But I wanted to add more to the page. Was it a bad thing that I had a bit of paralysis? Not at all! One could [...]
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 [...]
What’s always been the hardest part of creating for me? Starting. Especially when there is a blank page involved. I used to be stopped by thoughts such as, “Will it be good enough?” or “I don’t have a good plan” or “I don’t have the right supplies” or “It won’t be good enough anyway”. I [...]
