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Video showing how to turn plain paper lunch bags into wonderful stenciled gift bags!

A plain brown bag? Never as long as I have stencils and paint.  Just some quick stenciling to transform these grocery store lunch sacks into gift bags.  When I say quick, I do mean quick. Sloppy, messy, and fast.

 

Video showing how to turn plain paper bags into wonderful stenciled gift bags!

In the video,  I employ some of my favorite skills such as

  • not lining anything up -that would involve precision
  • using sloppy fast stenciling -I have patience issues
  • making coordinating paper – that involves leftover paints so nothing is wasted
  • using a tool that makes me look far more precise than I really am

 

Watch Stenciling Turns a Boring Brown Bag Into Wonderful on YouTube.

My Art is You students will probably recognize these bags…

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Mixed media and stenciling video tutorial by Carolyn Dube showing how she thwarted the inner critic and embraced everyday moments

There’s no spell check in art.  Once you paint a word there aren’t any squiggly red lines alerting you to a misspelling.  Or a quick delete button to fix it.

So what did I do when I had a typo? Nothing.  It’s just an Oops.  Well, I did laugh at myself…I have always been a challenged speller and it is a part of who I am.  It also explains why I am not a newspaper editor…

 

Watch Sacred Play on YouTube.

Mixed media and stenciling video tutorial by Carolyn Dube showing how she thwarted the inner critic and embraced everyday moments

This play started with this random paint and collage play with a Spark of Art-spiration on a piece of scrap cardboard.

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Mixed media and stenciling video tutorial by Carolyn Dube showing how she thwarted the inner critic and embraced everyday moments

This photo of an unknown couple reminded me that  the little things in my life are the sacred treasures to cherish.

Those everyday moments like setting the table together for dinner, the rides to school,  chasing a wet dog around the house when he escapes at bath time, watching The Voice together, are the sacred moments I treasure with my family.

What are the everyday moments you treasure in your life?

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Guess what you can do with freebies from a hotel on a Gelli Plate!

Join me for a monthly Colorful Gelli Print Party!There is free stuff all around that is just begging to be used on the Gelli Plate!    A recent stay in a hotel room provided me lots of free goodies that I thought would be cool to use on the Gelli Plate!  So, for this month’s Colorful Gelli Print Party I decided to bring it all home and play!

 

Guess what you can do with freebies from a hotel on a Gelli Plate!What did I use?  A drink carrier from McDonald’s, bars of soap, and a mini bottle of shampoo.

Watch  Use Free Stuff on the Gelli Plate on YouTube.

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Guess what you can do with freebies from a hotel on a Gelli Plate!

 

The drink carrier made this print…after a little modification.

 

 

 

Guess what you can do with freebies from a hotel on a Gelli Plate!

 

 

This print went from ho-hum to happy with just a few layers.

 

 

Guess what you can do with freebies from a hotel on a Gelli Plate!

 

 

 

A bar of soap may be my new favorite Gelli supply!

 

The Round Gelli Plate is now on Amazon with Prime shipping! 

Want more Gelli Plate inspiration?  Check out just some of what was shared in the last month over in the Google+ community, A Colorful Playground.  There’s Claudia MB turning junk mail into something happy, Miranda Banks is playing with leaves, Kristi Matta is making jewelry with prints, Ruth L is die cutting Gelli prints, Cyberbogeee6 is using Distress inks on the plate,  and so much more!   And while you’re there – share what you’ve been making!  New to Google+? No problem! We’re all learning that together.

 

Share what you're creating at A Colorful Playground over on Google+
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