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Life has been busy. So busy it has been tough to get my dose of studio time. I have learned that if don’t get my art time I become a bit cranky… and I don’t want cranky heading into the holidays.
Corrine Gilman reminded me that art can fit even in the busiest of days. She did it by going small. I did it by giving myself permission to just make one print with no pressure. It doesn’t matter how we all get our creative time as long as we get it!
That 3 minute creativity break gave me just the boost I needed to put the finishing touches on my computer project. What have I been working on so intently?
I have now upgraded my Colorful Workshop: Gelli Printing to a fully downloadable workshop and added a secret Facebook group. And on top of that I have added a bonus video to the workshop showing how to make large sheets of gift wrap out of Gelli prints. I have been busy wrapping gifts for the upcoming holidays and using Gelli prints to do it so I filmed the making of one large sheet of my homemade wrapping paper.
And to celebrate all these new improvements to the workshop, it is $10 off until Tuesday, December 3rd. You can find all the details for A Colorful Workshop Gelli Printing here.
I was blown away by all the comments on the round Gelli Plate giveaway! Thanks to random.org the winner of the round Gelli Plate is….Debby Ebelling! Debby I’ve sent you an email so just send me your snail mail address and I’ll get this in the mail to you!
Sorry the comments were turned off- no clue why the elves did it for this post but I now have it turned on…
It takes courage to play. Kids have it mastered. But as an adult I had to relearn how to do it. The place where I play the most? My art journal. The camera was running as I made this page while I was thinking about how much courage it can take to play (and how valuable that play is)!
This video also shows one of the many uses for the Use Your Words stencil I designed. Not only can I use the entire stencil but I can isolate individual words to make the statement that I want.
My colorful box of foam board arrived from Foam Board Express and I started playing. Not my usual art journal play but 3-D play. A fun colorful stenciled paper wrapped brush holders came out of the fun. This is a blog hop so that means there’s lots more to see- be sure to check out what all the artists made and be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win the prize package!
There is no bottom to these. I just wanted a colorful way to store my paint brushes and the bottom just wasn’t really needed. Plus I would have had to have used a ruler to make a bottom that worked. And you know how I feel about having to measure…
To help them stand easily I just glued them together with hot glue.
The Prize Package for one lucky winner includes:
From Foam Board Express, five 20×30 inch foam board sheets. One black, one white and the winner picks the other three colors! Color choices include: green, red, yellow, dark blue, neon yellow, neon orange and neon pink.
and StencilGirl is giving away Mary Beth’s new DVD called: StencilGirl Mixed Media Sampler Journal
How can you enter to win? By leaving a comment. Each person is eligible to leave a comment on every blog in the hop! That means 10 chances! Winner will be randomly chosen and announced on StencilGirl Talk.
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