Cue the noisemakers! Throw the confetti! It’s 2014 and time for January’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! 2013 was an amazing year and 2014 will be even better! New to the party? You can see all of the Colorful Gelli Print Parties here. I’m playing with the brayer on the Gelli Plate for the Party [...]
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A bit of Dylusions spray inks and a stencil, Use Your Words, brought a touch color to my art journal. In the video, you’ll see how I used the back of the stencil to get these words onto my page. One of the great things about Dylusions is how it reacts to water and did [...]
This little stenciled ornament should be called Oops. Why? Because there was one after the other while I was making this using Sue Pelletier’s Loose Dress stencil over at StencilGirl. This was supposed to be a little purse/bag to give as a gift…then an Oops happened so that wasn’t possible…My carefully thought out plan [...]
When Kiala Givehand invited me to join her hop announcing the Mixed Media Inspiration Deck I was honored. This is such a fun and creative deck to play with and it even helped me get unstuck in a jiffy! I only had a few minutes to play and guess what – that is all I needed [...]
December already? Time sure does fly when I’m having fun…especially this time of year! This month’s Gelli Plate tutorial is all about using hot glue and circles. You can find the round Gelli Plate here. When I have used found lids in the past they made very thin lines on the Gelli Plate- and [...]
I’d heard about the high flow paint from Golden. I wondered was it really that different from all my other paints? I lucked into a sample of it and wow, was I hooked! So ordered a few more colors. Turns out it is different from my other paints. Why? Because it is like an [...]
Life has been busy. So busy it has been tough to get my dose of studio time. I have learned that if don’t get my art time I become a bit cranky… and I don’t want cranky heading into the holidays. Corrine Gilman reminded me that art can fit even in the busiest of days. She [...]
It takes courage to play. Kids have it mastered. But as an adult I had to relearn how to do it. The place where I play the most? My art journal. The camera was running as I made this page while I was thinking about how much courage it can take to play (and how [...]
Stencils, a round Gelli Plate, and my art journal made for a perfect afternoon of play! I usually like layer upon layer but this page just felt right to me with the open space. http://youtu.be/fydxF4OcXU4 You can watch Using a round Gelli Plate with Silks and a Stencil on YouTube here. [...]
November’s Colorful Gelli Print Party has a very special guest -the round Gelli Plate! Let’s just say I was a bit excited when the post man arrived with this box with not 1 but 2 round Gelli Plates! You guessed it – I am giving away a round Gelli Plate! [...]
