While flipping through my art journals to find a page to play with today, I landed on one that was horrifically ugly in my eyes.  I could have cringed in horror when I saw the page.  I could have ripped it out and thrown it away.  I could have hidden the journal and never looked at it again like some kind of shaming secret.

Instead, I said Oops!  The Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly was I didn’t like it. I really didn’t like it.  There was freedom in that because I didn’t care if I ruined it!

What didn’t I like?  It’s easier to say what I did like.  I liked the shapes of star and the number 7.  That’s it.  The brown and mustard had to go!  So I updated the colors to ones that made me happier using bright yellow, teal, and orange.

The green at the bottom was applied with the very fancy and professional tool, the baby wipe!

That star was a bit plain, so along came a stencil, Damask Waves by Michelle Ward.

For the journaling, I grabbed a fineliner.  If you’re new to fineliners, I have a video showing how they work here.

Very predictably, that 7 had me thinking about luck as I started writing.   I wrote about how lucky I am that I love mixed media.  Why lucky?  Because every mistake is not really a mistake in my art play is just an Oops, an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.

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Things don’t always go as planned…and when it is play…that is more than okay!  The plan was recycle tissue paper that had been gift wrap and old dried out rub ons in my art journal for this week’s Let’s Play video and link party + giveaway.

Now, those rub ons really surprised me.  When I found them in my stash, I was quite surprised because they don’t look like anything I would ever buy.  But apparently I did about 10 years ago because they were totally dried out and no longer tacky on the back.  Perfect for a Let’s Play!

But…this didn’t go as expected.   But that didn’t matter even a little bit because any “mistake” is just an Oops, an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.  And gel medium took care of that Oops!

Let’s Play isn’t just about my play, it’s about yours too!  Be sure to link up what you’re playing with for this week’s link party and get entered to win a $50 Dick Blick gift certificate too! Winner will be announced next week!

In the video, you’ll see what happens when I had a blast going a little overboard with the orange Pico Embellisher and you’ll find out what happened to that recycled tissue.

Watch How to use old rub ons in art journal tutorial on YouTube.

This month’s giveaway is a $50 gift certificate to Dick Blick!  Link up what you’re creating (and you get a bonus entry into the giveaway for sharing your play) or leave a comment telling something that you liked about one of the photos shared. One comment per person.  Giveaway closes Sunday, Jan 31st at Midnight PST and will be announced the following Tuesday.

New to Let’s Play?  You can find out all about it, what you can share (and it is almost anything), why your play (yes YOURs!) helps others to play, plus other info here.

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Link up etiquette  

• If you see something you like, leave a comment on their photo or blog post and show some love – let them know they inspired you! 
• Share your recent play (any form of creativity is welcome) that hasn’t been linked up to a Let’s Play before ( limit 3 per week please)
• Add a link back to to this post so that others can find it, be sparked, and join the fun!
• New link party begins each Tuesday..sometimes even late Monday night… 
• Enter the giveaway for the $50 gift certificate by linking up (and you get a bonus chance for sharing your fun) or by leaving a comment telling something you liked about one of the photos shared in the link party. One comment per person on this week’s blog post.  The winner will be announced on the first Tuesday of the following month. You can find all the details about Let’s Play here.

You can upload a photo or use a URL or Instagram.  Not sure how to find a URL or link up? Check out this page of Let’s Play FAQs.

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