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Week 8 of The Declaration of You’s BlogLovin’ Tour is all about trust – a word I have been exploring this year. I chose this week for my post because trust is a powerful word for me. You can learn more about all 8 weeks of the BlogLovin’ tour here.
When I trust my muse I am more creative. When I don’t trust, it is not pretty. That is when the fear takes control.
I was attempting faces and I was so caught up in worrying that I was afraid to start. Didn’t trust that it would be okay. I had to prove to my muse that I trusted her. I proved my trust by just starting.
And I kept trusting, even when I drew this kindergarten style face. That trust let it become the canvas below.
Here’s where the canvas was when I stopped. The fear took control. I didn’t trust my muse so I became worried. What if I made a mistake? What if I ruined it? What if I used the wrong color?
I apparently thought I would change the course of history if I messed it up. What pressure. It’s no surprise this canvas sat for over a year due to this fear.
But I pulled that canvas out again once I learned a way for me to trust. Just one little word. Oops. You can read all about how I use Oops to trust the process in these posts:
Here’s where this canvas is at now. What a difference trust makes. Now this canvas feels like me, has the layers I love, and plenty of illegible journaling all thanks to trusting my muse.
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Andrew’s stencil repeats extremely well so it can make any size pattern and all the patterns work well together so this is one versatile stencil!
Here’s what the patterned paper looks like with the stamped paper under the deli paper. Such a 20’s art deco feel to me!
This was a great Oops for me- the pattern is a bit off in the top left and I love how it looks- I know what I want to try next time I play with this stencil!
Here’s what I made with the patterned deli paper and the best part is that I have a huge piece of the paper for other projects!
After the camera was off I did add a touch of white stabilo pencil to the woman.
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Summer is in full swing here as I get back into the studio after a trip to the beach. The long drive gave me extra time to get the planning part done for my next workshop and a start on a few other projects soon to be revealed. While I am finishing up a few things here is some wonderful creativity from a few others!
Julie Gillespie has been playing around with the latest Spark of Art-spiration that came with my last newsletter. That’s her journal page above! Not signed up yet for my newsletter? Sign up now and you’ll get the next one and it even has links to the recent Sparks of Art-spiration so you won’t miss a thing! Be sure to stop by Julie’s blog and check out her photos of this in progress!
Beverly G. used the Spark of Art-spiration in her very happy an full of life art journal page!
Diana Ramsey shared with me flowers she made after seeing my post A Bouquet from Black Paint. She didn’t have the exact supplies I had so she used what she had on hand – love that! She used some dimensional paint on it and it has inspired me to get my dimensional paint out!
The Gelli party is bold and bright and full of summer printing fun! In case you missed some of the great prints here are just a few. You can see all of them at July’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! And there is still time to join July’s party and share what you’ve been printing!
Beverly G. built on her orange Gelli print to create a fun page using a few StencilGirl stencils!
Carly has a great post showing you her ICAD collages and a video too!
Vicki R. is using summer white with her Gelli Plate too!
Thanks for stopping by and thank you to every single person who leaves a comment. Words cannot express how much those comments encourage, support, and nurture my creativity!
Linking up with Creative Every Day, Inspire Me Monday, Be Inspired, and Create Daily.
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