Welcome! I’m Carolyn Dube – This colorful journey is all about the freedom of play!
Congrats to Jodi – the winner of the November Let’s Play $50 gift certificate to Dick Blick! Jodi, send me your information (carolyn at acolorfuljourney dot com) and I’ll get you your gift certificate pronto!
What’s the theme for December’s play? O.O.P.S., the Outstanding Opportunities Presenting Suddenly! Each week, I’ll be sharing a video of how saying O.O.P.S. helps me play.
A hoarding reality moment of truth for me. I love sparkles. I buy sparkles but I don’t use nearly as many as I buy. So today I am going to use those plastic gems and bedazzle a canvas as I play around mixed media style!
Watch How adding gems to a canvas bedazzled it on YouTube.
Ready to see more ways I deal with my hoarding tendencies? Check out this video where I actually beg my muse!
Why did I pick this canvas to use up those gems? It felt blah to me. It wasn’t bad or good, it was just in the land of mediocrity in my mind today.
One big thing I learned was a lot of gems can fit into small containers. I thought for a while I would actually use all the gems I had pulled out. No where even close to using them all.
The tool that made it so much easier to pick up individual gems can be found here.
That dream of using it up nudged me to cover some areas with a lot of the sparkles. It was gratuitous sparkling and it was too much, even for me. OOPS! End of the world? Not at all. I just scraped off the ones I didn’t want.
After pulling out more gems, I was getting bored with the little oranges and reds, I started smearing white paint around. All that white space I was adding gave me more opportunities to get more colors on here and a belly button.
Yes, you read that right, a belly button. This canvas now has an outie of a belly button right in the center. It’s not really a belly button, but that’s what the paint covered gem looked like to me.
So what is next for this canvas? No idea but am beginning to wonder if the muse has something up her sleeve after the whole belly button thing.
What I do know is the next Spark of Art-spirtion that is included in my newsletters, will be from one of the layers of this play. Join the fun and get signed up for the free newsletter here.
The biggest sale of the year at StencilGirl Products is today! If you’ve already fallen in love with stencils, you’ve probably stopped reading this blog post to headed over to the sale already.
If you’re new to stencils, you might be wondering how to use them or what you can do with them. The possibilities are unlimited, or I should say I am continually finding new ways to use them and incorporate them into my play.
I have quite a few YouTube videos sharing how I use them. At the end of this post, there are a few to get you started. Of course, you can find them all on my YouTube channel.
Here are all the sale details and the coupon codes you need- but remember, it’s only during these specific times today!
Save 25% off all* StencilGirl stencils
Use code: cyber25
Monday, November 28, 2016
from midnight until 11:59 a.m. CST (Central Standard Time)
PLUS 10% discount when you buy 6 stencils of the same size!
AND orders over $100 get a FREE large stencil of Mary Beth’s choice!
Save 20% off all* StencilGirl stencils
Use code: cyber20
Monday, November 28, 2016
from noon until 11:59 p.m. CST (Central Standard Time)
PLUS 10% discount when you buy 6 stencils of the same size!
AND orders over $100 get a FREE large stencil of Mary Beth’s choice!
The fine print: *Stencils only. Does not apply to DVDs, books, tools, wholesale orders, or gift certificates. StencilClub exclusive monthly member discount does not apply.
StencilGirl headquarters are in St. Louis, MO and the sale times are CST (central standard time). Want to know what time that is for you? Here’s a handy time zone convertor.