Welcome! I’m Carolyn Dube – This colorful journey is all about the freedom of play!
There are not words to express how overwhelmed I am by the response to my Layer Me stencils and the number of comments! Thank You! Thank You! Did I mention Thank You?
This colorful envelope is heading out the door with Pebbles, Connected Eyes, and Iron Grate to their new home with Kelly!
Her comment: 
Words inspire me so you bet I was excited to play with Seth Apter’s new stencil, Explore. It’s loaded with words and lots of texture too. For today’s play, I’m using fancy fancy things…like cardboard from a box, a cosmetic sponge, and old scrapbooking paper.
This is just one of many stops in a blog hop celebrating Seth’s latest stencil release. You can find all of his new stencils at StencilGirl and there’s a giveaway too! All the details at the end of this post!
An then an OOPS…
Yes, there is an Oops thanks to my impatience in the video. Every Oops is an opportunity and this is no exception. Since an Oops is a good thing to me that means impatience is a good thing too, right? I’ve become very good at rationalizing…
Watch Text and Texture Play on YouTube.
Here are the stages this cardboard scrap went through as I added scrapbooking paper, stenciled on it, stenciled some more, and then scribble journaled.
In honor of Seth’s newest release of Text and Texture and Techno Insider stencils, StencilGirl is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky commenter! Leave a comment here to be entered and if you want more chances to win, leave a comment on each blog in the hop. Of course, only 1 comment per blog. But hurry, the giveaway closes at 11:59pm CST on July 24th! You can see more inspiration using his fun new stencils at each stop on the hop! Check ’em all out!
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 you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free! Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do!
What’s swimming around in my head? Sharks thanks to Discovery Channel’s recent Shark Week. Brought back all sorts of nostalgia for me since I remember when it all began. Yes, I’m that old. I am amazed by these creatures…but it’s not like I want to swim with them in the open seas. I am a big chicken after all.
Whatever is in my head often ends up in my art journal and this was no exception! Of course, I’m opting for the not-perfectly-scientific-representation of the ocean and sharks…I need my rainbow after all!
Come and join me for a dose of play in this video where I’m sharing about using a fluid paint such as Dylusions with a stencil and how long it takes for some art journal pages to come together…and more!
Watch Art Journaling Inspired by Discovery Channel’s Shark Week on YouTube.
The deli paper from cleaning off my stencils. Instead of running my stencils under water or scrubbing, all I do is immediately blot off any wet paint onto scrap paper or in this case, deli paper.
The stencils I used are from my Layer Me Collection: Pebbles, Iron Grate, and Connected Eyes.
I made my own stencil on card stock by tracing some sharks then cutting it out with an Exacto knife.
You can see how much fun I’ve had with this stencil based on all the spray ink on it. Paper stencils don’t last forever, even if I coat them with gesso or gel medium, so I tend to only cut simple and quick shapes by hand.
Touches of white create the details on the sharks, and tracing around the edges of them evens out any runny paint.
I used a fineline applicator with white ink in it to create the gills and eyes, and a Stabilo pencil to outline.
Sharks need water, so I added the waves with a fountain pen. I’m finding fountain pens can take a bit more abuse than felt tipped markers and give me fine details.
For the title, I had green letters. They were fine, but I wanted pink. No problem! I just painted them…with my fingers of course!
With all this color and the silly grins they have, I’m seeing more Jabber Jaw than scary shark in this!
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 you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free! Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do!