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Have you ever felt frozen by fear when you are trying to be creative? I have. I fought the fear. Battled it. I thought fear was the enemy. It wasn’t. It was how I was dealing with the fear that was the problem.
Fighting the fear didn’t work for me so I tried acknowledging it- dare I say embracing it. Those fears just wanted to be heard. Once they were, then I was free to create.
I decided I needed a special place for those fears. I used Eileen Hull’s 3D Cubes die to build a box to hold these fears. A place to remind me that FEAR is just Feelings Expressed Allows Relief. The video shows how this box came together.
Some days I have a whole lot fears to write down. Other days just one or two. Some fears only show up once and others seem to appear ever day. It doesn’t matter how many I have to write down because there is no magic number or limit. It is whatever I need.
Next time you feel any fear think of it as a reminder that Feelings Expressed Allows Relief!
When Tangie Baxter invited me to teach at her Artspiration Studio it was a split second decision to say yes. Why was it so easy? Because of Tangie! I love her art, I love her style, and I love the space she has created in Mesa, Arizona at the Artspiration Studio!
I cannot wait to actually stand in the Artspiration Studio and feel the creative energy on April 12th from 10-5! Hope to see you there too as we play and learn about stencils.
A bonus treat is that she has so many of the supplies at the studio so you don’t have to bring them!
Here’s the official class description of The Stenciled Journal:
Stencils are a tremendous creative tool that are versatile and playful at the same time! I’ll be sharing the “rules” about stenciling and then how I break them during this workshop!
The journey of your journal will begin as a stack of various papers including my 100+ year old ledger paper and favorite dictionary papers. As we build the patterns and colors on the pages you’ll learn my top 10 techniques for stenciling. In addition to the techniques, I will share with you my tips and tricks for keeping colors from getting muddy, how to get a variety of looks from one stencil, how to make a stencil reflect who you are, how to use every drop of paint on a stencil, and how to handle an oops or two.
These papers will be sewn into a journal, the quick and easy way. No measuring. No complex stitching. A quick and simple way to bind your papers into a journal.
Then it is time to use stencils as focal images. I’ll share with you the hows, the whens, and the whys as we add the big images to the pages in our journals.
Supplies I’ll be bringing :
all the papers you need
a huge stash of stencils for our play
the canvas for the journal cover
binding supplies
full color handouts
You need to bring:
Gel medium
4 stenciling brushes
2 foam brushes
Water spray bottle
Craft grade heat gun or blow dryer (optional)
Artspiration Studio will provide:
Paint (feel free to bring 5-6 colors of your own if you have a color palette in mind)
Welcome to February’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! There’s lots in today’s post including the winners from Stencil Week, a new home for the Colorful Gelli Print link up, and of course, a tutorial video! New to the Party? You can find links to all the previous Colorful Gelli Print Parties here.
This month’s tutorial shows how to seal PanPastels with the Gelli Plate. This wasn’t my idea, it was Mary Anne’s from over at scrappystickyinkymess. You probably recognize her as regular Gelli Partier! She was kind enough to grant me permission to share her idea with you in a video. Thanks Mary Anne!
One little thing to note about this…you do need to clean off the Gelli Plate every time you seal PanPastels if you want it “perfect”. A small amount of the color gets left behind and will appear on the next paper that you seal. I actually like how that looks to so I don’t clean it off every time. You’re shocked. I know…
white card stock (any will do – this is just the brand I used)
Where’s the link party? Where are we sharing our Gelli prints this month? I am moving the Colorful Gelli Print Party to Google+ so that it is easier for everyone to share. You can upload a photo to Google+, share a link to your blog, share a video, or any combination. Everyone is welcome to come and play! Click here to join A Colorful Playground or to just take a peek around.
If you are new to Google+, then this is the place to come and play because I am new to it too! I am learning and am sharing how to get around as I learn it. Below is a short video if you’d like to learn more about how to get around the Google+ community.
Want help setting up a Google+ account? Click here for nice tutorial I found to help you.
Winners
A huge thank you to everyone who made Stencil Week such fun as I introduced my latest stencils from StencilGirl! I had a blast sharing videos with you all week! If you see your name on the winners list just send me an email with you address (acolorfuljourney at gmail dot com) and I’ll get your prize out to you pronto!
The winners of the random giveaways from all 5 days of Stencil Week are:
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(any will do – this is just the brand I used)