Welcome! I’m Carolyn Dube – This colorful journey is all about the freedom of play!
The response to this giveaway blew my mind! Thank you everyone for all the kind words!
Congrats Susan Schultheis – the winner of the full set of the 7 new stencils at StencilGirl! Your wish to have all 7 stencils is Random.org’s command so Susan, send me your information (carolyn at acolorfuljourney dot com) and I’ll get you your stencils in the mail to you pronto!
Paint Couture…fun to make and fun to wear! Turns out finding a rainbow colored pair of shoes isn’t as easy as you might think so I decided to make some rainbow shoes! Clearly, I did not cobble them myself but simply painted a cheap pair of canvas sneakers.
Even though you don’t see triangles all over the shoes, the triangle petite plate from Gel Press was used for the entire shoe, including stenciling the stars using the new Stars Inspired by Matisse stencil. You can see the whole process in the video including how I managed to keep the white rubber so white (hint baby wipes).
Watch Gel printing and stenciling sneakers on YouTube.
Want to win the stencils used in this video? One lucky reader will win all 7 of my new stencils. Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win. Want more chances? Leave a comment on each of the giveaway posts (Wednesday’s, Thursdays, Saturday’s and today’s posts!) See all the details at the end of this post.
What types of paint do I use to paint shoes? Any acrylic paints that I had in arm’s reach. After all, any time I spill paint on my clothes it is hard to get it out. I could have used fabric paints but these are cheap shoes that probably couldn’t stand going through the washing machine too much anyway, so it being washable over the long haul isn’t an issue to me.
Why use a gel plate instead of a brush to apply the paint? The slight variations and color minglings from a dirty plate are tough for me to duplicate with a paint brush.
The stars from my Stars Inspired by Matisse stencil were added using the gel plate. Why that instead of a cosmetic sponge? The plate was right next to me and it also allowed for the paint minglings of the dirty plate to happen on the stars too.
Paint Couture, not something you’ll see at Fashion Week in NYC but one of the side benefits of wearing shoes like this is that every time you wear them, you are reminded of the fun that was had making them!
Giveaway Details
Want to win the stencils used in this post? One lucky reader will win all 7 of my new stencils. Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win. Want more chances? Leave a comment on each of the giveaway posts (Wednesday’s, Thursdays, Saturday’s and today’s posts!) See all the details at the end of this post.
I want everyone to have a chance to win, so International folks are eligible too! Of course, if you win and you’ve already ordered any of the new stencils, you can pick any of my other 50+ stencils at StencilGirl. Giveaway ends on Jan. 31st at 11:59 pm. EST. Winner will be announced the following day on the blog.
Want more chances to win? Bonus entries for sharing any this post on Facebook, or Pinterest, or Instagram! How will I know you did it? Just come back and leave a comment telling me where you shared it. Random.org will be picking a winner from the 4 blog posts on Jan. 31st at 11:59 pm. EST. Winner will be announced on the blog the next day.
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!
PanPastels are vibrantly full of pigment…and work wonderfully with baby wipes so I decided to build an art journal page of castle towers with them.
Want to win the stencils used in this video? One lucky reader will win all 7 of my new stencils. Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win. ***Giveaway now closed***
Watch how to seal them with a mini mister
Using my Once Upon a Time stencil, I created the background towers all about the same height. Why? To fill in the page since I have that aversion to white space.
The towers on the stencil aren’t as long as this page but with magic I made them as long as I needed. Not really magic as you can see in the video…I just moved the stencil down.
The middle towers were created the same way as the background ones but more hodgepodge in their heights.
For the final row of towers some planning had to happen when it came to the colors. Planning because I tend to forget what I thought a minute ago, so in the video you’ll see how I made sure I remembered what color I wanted where.
Up until this point, the stencil part had been used. To get the windows on the towers, the masks (that are included in the stencil) were placed on top and then PanPastel’d with white.
How do I seal PanPastels so there is zero smudging? There are a couple of ways I like to do it. One is with a homemade spray and you can see the video here. One with with a Gel Press plate. You can see that video here.
Is this art journal page complete? Not quite yet. I’ll set it aside and when the muse is ready, she’ll let me know what comes next on this page- and of course, I’ll share it here!
I’ll be teaching a PanPastel Art Journaling Workshop at Artiscape in April, 2017 in Columbus, OH. Love to see you there!
Giveaway Details ***Giveaway Closed***
Want to win the stencils used in this post? One lucky reader will win all 7 of my new stencils. Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win. Want more chances? Leave a comment on each of the giveaway posts (Wednesday’s, Thursdays, this one, and Monday’s posts!) See all the details at the end of this post.
I want everyone to have a chance to win, so International folks are eligible too! Of course, if you win and you’ve already ordered any of the new stencils, you can pick any of my other 50+ stencils at StencilGirl. Giveaway ends on Jan. 31st at 11:59 pm. EST. Winner will be announced the following day on the blog.
Want more chances to win? Bonus entries for sharing any this post on Facebook, or Pinterest, or Instagram! How will I know you did it? Just come back and leave a comment telling me where you shared it. Random.org will be picking a winner from the 4 blog posts on Jan. 31st at 11:59 pm. EST. Winner will be announced on the blog the next day.
***Giveaway Closed***
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!
