Did I have a plan when I started this? Was this carefully thought out? If you’re a regular reader of this blog you probably already know the answer. You can find the answer to that burning question over on my guest post for CreateMixedMedia! Be sure to notice what a piece of incredible artistic skill this started out as too…just in case my sarcasm doesn’t come through in the text…there is a huge dose of it. Check it out, you’ll understand!
My inner critic and my muse had a huge fight. I am happy to say that my muse gave my inner critic a swift kick in the rear end! And I got to play in my art journal!
The muse started out just inspiring me to use up leftover paints with a new stencil. My muse is very accepting and believes play has no rules.
Then the inner critic arrived asking all sorts of questions.
- Is it good now?
- Should I have used another color to make it right?
- Is that too much blue bad?
- Are the butterflies evenly spaced so that it looks okay?
- Did I do it right? Did I do it right? Did I do it right?
Wow – is my inner critic needy! I was having such a nice time until that critic showed up. So my muse, acting like a protective older sister, send that inner critic away!
Then I played! Sprays and splatters of Color Bloom spray ink, acrylic paints, Chalk Edgers, more stenciling, anything I felt like using because there are no rules when playing.
Added a touch of stitched Gelli prints on the top right, a Latin flashcard (tantus) that was randomly picked from the big box of cards, and more pink.
In case you aren’t fluent in Latin, the word tantus means so great or so much. Hey, wonder if that is related to tantalize…
So my muse is tantus…now who knows if I am using it correctly but she is so great for chasing that inner critic away!
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Supplies Used
- Use Your Words stencil
- Nature’s Promise stencil
- Nature Notes stencil
- Small Dylusions Journal
- Color Blooms Spray Inks
- Chalk Edgers
Sharing with my friends at Paint Party Friday, Creative Every Day, and Art Journal Every Day.
It’s no secret that I love circles and so I was eager to play with Traci Bautista’s new Circle Circle stencil for this blog hop! There’s lots of inspiration happening here so be sure to check them all out (and of course, get in on the giveaways!)
Watch Playing with Traci Bautista’s stencil in my art journal on YouTube.
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Supplies Used
The giveaway for this hop is 2 random winners will receive a set of Traci’s 5 new stencils. You have until Sunday, July 27th at 11:59pm Central Time to leave your comments to be entered to win. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN! One comment per blog please, but you knew that.
Blog Hop Order
- StencilGirl Talk
- Traci Bautista
- Mary Beth Shaw
- Carolyn Dube – You’re here!
- Jennifer Priest
- Gwen Lafleur
- Kirsten Reed
- Leslie Tucker Jenison
- Mary C. Nasser
- Julia Kellogg
- Maria McGuire