Stampaway Workshops

I’ll be teaching 4 classes this August in Cincinnati, Ohio and then shopping at the preview party Friday night at Stampaway! This is the 25th year for Stampaway. The classes are held in the modern Sharonville Convention center and the hotel is brand new! Class descriptions can be found here & the registration form is here.

Here are the 4 classes I’m teaching and of course each is full of play and plenty of OOPSies!

Sneaky Art Journaling Friday, Aug. 11th

Class details: I used to struggle with letting go and creating loosely, but now I’ve found ways around that. That’s why I call this workshop Sneaky Art Journaling! It’s all about how to trick the controlling left brain into quieting down so play can happen! Once that left brain is settled down, I’ll be sharing how I keep it that way with techniques using heavy bottled paints, glazing liquid, stencils, and different ways to apply the color – we’re not
going to be only using brushes.

I’m bringing all the paints, Stencil Girl stencils, and more for you to create your art journal pages. Paper will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own journal to work with.

Bring: three to five small paint brushes (I like the ¼” flat brush), water container to clean your brushes, permanent black ink pad, and a variety of rubber stamps (15 or so: big, little, fine, and bolder and of course if you’re willing to share, I’ll have stamps too).

Jumping in to Gel Printing Friday, August 11th

Class details: Come play with color and pattern on a gel plate. We’ll start with a big stash of Stencil Girl stencils as I share how to get that fabulous Gel Press printing plate to give you magical ghost prints, how to combine multiple patterns in one printing, and most of all, how to avoid mud when working with the entire rainbow. New to gel printing? No experience is needed to create amazing prints when you know the secret! Not only will you get my shortcuts that were learned through hours of printing play, along with a fundamental understanding of gel printing, but you will walk out the door with a huge stack of amazing prints.

Bring: six to seven acrylic paint colors (including white) and an apron.

Stamping with PanPastels is back as it sold out quickly last year at Stampaway Wednesday, August 9th

Class details: Using rubber stamps, you will layer, blend, mix colors, and seal PanPastels while creating collages full of color. When you walk out the door, you will be able to confidently make cards, backgrounds, and more with PanPastels because Carolyn is sharing the whys and hows
of PanPastels so you will have a clear and strong understanding of the medium. Including an easy way to seal them completely indoors! So no stinky sprays! She is bringing the PanPastels, the supplies for sealing, and rubber stamps for those willing to share.

Bring: a variety of 10-12 rubber stamps (bold, fine, little, big, text), 15 cosmetic wedge sponges from the drugstore, glue stick, scissors, and permanent ink pad.

Using Rubber Stamps on a Gel Plate Friday, August 11th

Class details: Come play and use rubber stamps in new and colorful ways with a Gel Press monoprinting plate. If you have never used a gel printing plate, this is a great opportunity to try it out and see what all the excitement is about. You will make backgrounds that perfectly match your stamped images, and you will see how to get multiple looks from the same stamp. As we make these cards and patterned papers, you will use the entire rainbow of paint at one time without making mud, and you will also learn an easy shortcut for cleaning paint off of any rubber stamp.

Bring: scissors, a variety of eight to ten stamps, six to seven colors of paint including at least one color that is darker (e.g., dark blue, deep red), and an apron. Instructor will have stamps for sharing.

Looking forward to all the play at Stampaway! If you’d like to join me you can find the the registration form here.

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Women of the Rainbow with Scribble Sticks

Using Scribble Sticks by Dina Wakley in a stenciled and stamped art journal page tutorial by Carolyn Dube

Precision is not my middle name. Happily, not a drop of precision was needed to create this art journal page of rainbow women as I played with Dina Wakley’s Scribble Sticks, some stamps, and a stencil. And yes, there was an OOPS (an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly). Actually there was more than one.

Watch Scribble Sticks, Stamps, and Stencils with the Women of the Rainbow on YouTube.

Random stamping of the 3 women with Dina Wakley’s stamp filled the page. The ink is permanent, which is important to me because there is going to be water involved and I don’t want the images to run.

Adding the color was imprecise and loose with the Scribble Sticks. You can see more about what Scribble Sticks are in this video. There is absolutely no need to stay inside any of the lines!

Once the color is hit with the water, it reacts and behaves like a watercolor. Easy to move the color around without worries of precision.

All that white space between these women was an opportunity to journal. I scribble journaled whatever was on my mind and I was surprised to see what I began to think about. What did I write about? All the different parts of me through the years. It was like a walk down memory lane of how I became the person I am today. Many moons ago I had blue hair in the 80’s, and now I would so love to have this entire rainbow happening in my hair.

OOPS! There wasn’t much room left to put a big title, so I decided to make a zillion little titles. One for each woman. Using my Wall of Words stencil, I picked out the words that spoke to me for each of them. There are so many words on this one stencil, I easily found what I was looking for plus each one has a different word.

But alas, the paint used to stencil the words was just too dark. O.O.P.S! A failure? Nope. Just an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.

White Scribble Stick to the rescue! By just doing a sloppy scribble over the words, suddenly they were softened and blending into the page. Crisis averted. Okay…it never was a crisis but I am glad the words are blending in more. While I was doing that, I added bits of black here and there on the stamped images too.

The rainbow, a walk down memory lane, and play time. What more could I ask for?

Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and it helps keep the free tutorials coming!

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A Purple Bunny Hopped Right Into My Art Journal

Starting an art journal page with a free Spark of Art-spiration tutorial by Carolyn Dube

What do I do when I want to play but a blank page doesn’t inspire me? I grab a Spark of Art-spiration and see where it takes me. This Spark brought a purple bunny into the studio for another cardboard page in a Permission to Play journal.

Watch Starting an Art Journal Page with a Spark of Art-spiration on YouTube.

What is a Spark of Art-spiration and how do you get one? They’re free and are sent out with my weekly newsletters. If you missed this one when it went out, never fear! You can get it sent to you by going here.
Yes, I want the free download!

This purple bunny, that popped out of the Spark at me didn’t quite have long enough pink ears on the Spark but that wasn’t a problem. I just kept cutting into the white to create the ears. Did the same for a tail but all that hard work just didn’t fit on the page. Okay, it wasn’t really hard work.

Purple bunny rabbits are very happy bunny rabbits…so that is why I did the bright green background. Why the pink in the flowers? Because your ears should always match the flowers.

The Bunny has to have all sorts of adventures, all those eggs, all those baskets, all in one night! So travel seemed like just the right word for this page using my Are We There Yet stencil.

The background was the right color, but it was just too plain. It needed just a little touch of pattern. A bit of shimmering iridescent green with Pebeo and Arched Fountains stencil to the rescue.

Scribble sticks provided an easy and forgiving border since they react with water. New to Scribble Sticks? You can see more of what they do in an earlier video here.

What will I do with this cardboard page? I’m going to hop to it and bind it in a Permission to Play journal. (My apologies for the pun..just couldn’t resist!)

If you’re new to the Permission to Play journals you can find out how to make one in my free workshop here.

Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and it helps keep the free tutorials coming!