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!

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Vacation is about relaxing and I have to have some kind of art journaling thing with me to fully enjoy the beach.  When I found this plastic storage container at the grocery I bought it!  Cheap and functional. I felt quite brilliant when I wondered, what if I used the lid as my paint palette?

Worked perfectly!  The lid made a great paint palette!  Small bottles of paint stayed upright and the bag of markers, pencils, and beeswax crayons worked well  in a big plastic bag.   The tub also offered a bit of extra insurance with the spilling of paint during travel since it went into checked luggage.  Throw in 2 art journals and my travel art kit was complete!

What do I do with a travel art journaling kit? I play!

This is the view of the water that inspired me. Guess it is pretty obvious where the whole idea of waves of color came from…

I sat on the beach flipping through my Dylusions journal until I found a page that called to me.  The page I used to catch the excess ink from Jessica Sporn’s stencil at StencilGirl Products  was the one that called out to me, “What if you use this page?”

What if I drew waves on it?  Waves and doors aren’t what I usually put together, but hey, what if!  I drew the waves onto the page with Copic Markers.

What if I used  paint over the dried Dylusions spray ink?

Well, you can see what happened! I loved the way it turned out!

What if  I used my new  beeswax crayons to soften the edges of the marker?  I hadn’t used them so I didn’t know what they would look like…It added a creamy softness.  So happy since they are one of the least expensive supplies ever!

What if I just used white paint?  I got a different look between the waves of color.

What if I made the sky a bright crazy color?  The only way to know was to try it and glad I did!

This page is not finished but it doesn’t have to be finished right now!  It is waiting for me in my art journal for when I am ready to play again.  I’m thinking about using it as an excuse to go back to the beach…

So now you know how I play on vacation!  How do you play when you relax?

Had a chance to Gelli print lately?  July’s Colorful Gelli Print Party is going strong and full of inspiration!

You’ll find great ideas like Mary Anne’s paper towel Gelli printing! Check it out!

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