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My muse sends me messages. She doesn’t call. It’s more like a telegram. Just short instructions. I made the choice to follow the art journaling ideas from my muse.
But first I had to get out of my head because I was thinking way way way too much. In the video, you’ll even see me learn which end of the paintbrush to use…
All these letters and cut up bits were leftovers from another art journal page. On that page I asked my muse to send me an idea. You can see that page over on StencilGirl Talk.
And she did! It was to use up the scraps. Clean up and art at the same time. Thanks for the telegram, Muse!
This is right after I listened to the telegram my muse gave me with the stenciling. It was a very clear telegram too…erase and redo!
I am so glad I listened to her even though I didn’t really understand why at the time.
A big thanks to my muse for the messages and guidance. Do you ever get those messages while you are arting? I’d love to hear what your muse is telling you!
I did something I almost never ever do in my art journal. I kept things clean. No smudges. No smears. Loads of white space. Who would have guessed that is where the lightbulb would take me!
This stencil is part of April’s exclusive StencilClub stencils. Everyone who is signed up by April 15th will have these coming to them in the mail! You can find out all the details and sign up here.
I created the stencils I wanted to play with and have had a blast using them. You can see a quick watercolor card I made with the clock stencil over at StencilGirl Talk. There will be more fun coming with these stencils both here and over at StencilGirl Talk in the next week too so be sure to stop on back!
Welcome to April’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! The packing tape video by Gelli Arts (here) inspired my play today. But, alas, I am patience impaired and did not want to wait for the layers to dry so I played with the tape on the Gelli Plate in a different way.
What did I do with the patterned packing tape? I built it into a collage inspired by Karenliz over in the Google+ community, A Colorful Playground. She’s been sharing these great collages in her small journal. Stop on over to A Colorful Playground to see my collage and check out all the other inspiration there!
The pattern you see on the tapes was created with the Wonky Eyes stencil.
Want more Gelli inspiration? Check out what some of what was shared over at the Colorful Playground last month! Below is just a few of the great Gelli play that’s been shared!
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