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 [...]
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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! [...]
I adore using words in my art and art journaling so it is no surprise I designed Use Your Words for StencilGirl Products. This is not one stencil but really many stencils that can be used alone or together. I use this as one big stencil in my play but I also use just [...]
I had a piece of messy playful stencil paper that I had just made that was calling to me. Before you ask, yes, the paper did talk to me. When the paint and paper talk I have learned to listen! I captured how I made this paper and how I used it to [...]
StencilGirl Products and Xyron are playing together with a hop filled to brim with ideas for both stencils and adhesives! While playing around in my art journal with Xyron’s adhesive dots I found Kleenex gave me just the look I wanted. http://youtu.be/-uMdckmIdtk You can watch Xyron Adhesives and Kleenex on YouTube here. [...]
Words have become an important part of my life both personally and as a part of my art. I chose words and phrases for this stencil that captured the feelings that are important in my art and my life. No surprise this one is called Words to Live By. [...]
Let the fun begin a bit early for this month’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! I am making texture plates on leftover cardboard for my playtime on the Gelli Plate this month. The magic texture maker is Tulip Dimensional Paint. Those butterflies are so consistent thanks to a great Judikins stamp. As the [...]
Need a helping hand? How about a round of applause because these hands are handy! Okay, I promise, no more puns…I’m hopping with Jessica Sporn’s new Hands stencil from StencilGirl Products. I had this tag on my counter that has taken all sorts of paint and mess over [...]
Apparently, I only buy gift wrap for Christmas, baby showers, and weddings. I needed to wrap a gift and could not find an appropriate wrapping paper so I made some! This award ribbon, celebrating friendship, was supposed to go on a gift bag…after making this, I just wanted to put into my art journal or [...]
