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An Unexpected Opportunity to Art Journal

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When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal page

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal pageIt was just a piece of book text for wiping up leftover paints.  Just a place to test out if the I had reinked the ink pad enough.  This wasn’t meant to be anything.  It was junk, but then it wasn’t.  I saw a conversation happening between all these people.  They had a message for me too.

 

 

I didn’t want the people (stamps by Kari McKnight Holbrook) just floating around in space so I started to put doorways around them using my Arched Aqueduct stencil and an ink pad.

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal page

 

OOPS! Not a mistake just an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly from Carolyn DubeBut I didn’t have the perfect size arch for the bigger people. Oops! I didn’t think that far ahead.  A mistake? A failure? Nope.  An Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.  I was going to make a larger one using the smaller ones.

I started by using a larger arch on the stencil but that only covered part of the person.

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal page

Then I positioned one of the smaller arches so I could use the straight side as the edge to extend the arch the full length of the person when I added the ink.  After doing one side, I just slid it over and did it to the other side. It worked so well, I did it again at the top of the page too.

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal pageA bit of Sharpie marker for the journaling and suddenly these people had a message for me.

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal pageWhat message did they have for me?  Doorways of opportunity are not always what you expect, and that can be a good thing.

**Disclaimer** When I journal, it is scribble journaling and sometimes I can read it and sometimes I can’t.  And sometimes it makes perfect sense in my head but seems garbled when it is written out.  Either way…I got the message even if I didn’t write it perfectly.

When I wasn't looking, my clean up paper turned into an art journal page

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Winners!

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Winners of new stencils!

A huge hug and thank you to everyone who commented and shared in the giveaway!   Random.org did it’s random magic and we have winners!  See your name here? Just send me your snail mail info to carolyn at acolorfuljourney dot com and I will get those right into the mail to you!

Arched Aqueducts stencil by Carolyn Dube for StencilGirl ProductsArched Aqueducts goes to….Tina Clark!  Here’s her comment!

Stencil giveaway winner! Coming and Going stencil by Carolyn Dube for StencilGirl Products

Coming and Going goes to Lynda Howells! Here’s her comment!

Stencil giveaway winner! Are We There Yet stencil by Carolyn Dube for StencilGirl Products

Are We There Yet goes to Cynthia Taylor!  Here’s her comment!

Stencil giveaway winner!

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Gelli® Printing with Dylusions Paints

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Video packed with Gelli® printing play with Dylusions paints and a plain box Join me for a Colorful Gelli Print Party!

It’s the first of the month and that means Gelli® printing fun with the Colorful Gelli® Print Party!  I’m taking Dyluions Paints and  various texture making tools to turn a white box into a colorful box…you know how I am about white space. In the video, you’ll see how I play around and create textures and patterns on the round Gelli Plate®.

Watch Gelli Printing with Dylusions Paints on YouTube.

I use a twisty texture tool and you can see how to make one of your own in this video.  That hotel shampoo bottle isn’t the only hotel toiletry I’ve used on a Gelli® Plate. You can see what I did in this video.

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Video packed with Gelli® printing play with Dylusions paints and a plain boxHere’s the art journal page page I made while cleaning off the plate between prints.  Can’t wait to play around and see what these pages become.  I’ll definitely share what they become.

In Person Gelli Printing® Play Workshop

Want to come and play in person with me as we explore all sorts of ways to create prints as we play with all sorts of supplies I’m bringing.  You just need the basics (and actually, I even have a few plates that can be borrowed if you are brand new to this!)

I’ll be teaching at the Arts Alliance September 12, 2015 in Mason, OH.    Find all the details and information here.

Gelli Printing Workshop with Carolyn Dube

Want more Gelli Plate inspiration?  Check out all the Colorful Gelli Print Parties. 

Want to see what others are making with the Gelli Plate?  Take a look in the Google+ community, A Colorful Playground.    And while you’re there – share what you’ve been making!  New to Google+? No problem! We’re all learning that together.

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