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A Colorful Free Workshop: Use Your Words with Carolyn Dube

It has been tough keeping this secret until now…big bite marks on my tongue as I held it when I wanted to share…but now it is ready for the full reveal!

A Colorful Free Workshop: Use Your Words with Carolyn Dube

My free workshop, Use Your Words, was sparked by the endless creativity I found when creating with an alphabet stencil.  Once I had that in my hands, my mind went crazy with the possibilities.  I love using text when I create.   It’s even better to make my own words — the exact words I want and when I want them! And I want to share all I’ve learned with you!

 

A Colorful Free Workshop: Use Your Words with Carolyn DubeLook over my shoulder as I create using these letter diecuts in this free 2 week workshop.  The letters make amazing backgrounds, incredible embellishments, bold titles in an art journal, and more!  I’ll share with you my whats, whys and hows, such as:  what supplies to combine to get color on the page; why I make the choices I make about placement, colors, and so much more.   Learn to play with your words and supplies with confidence!

 

A Colorful Free Workshop: Use Your Words with Carolyn Dube

Both those new to mixed media and veterans alike will enjoy my tips and tricks for how I use my supplies such as oil pastels, watercolor crayons, Stabilo pencils, spray inks, and gesso with the letters and words.

Once you are signed up the class videos will be available to you forever so that you have the flexibility to be creative when it fits your schedule.

 

A Colorful Free Workshop: Use Your Words with Carolyn Dube

Once you’ve registered for this free workshop you will receive an email within 24 hours that will give you the link to all the lessons in the workshop and your password.

This workshop is now closed but there is a new free workshop in development.  Want to play in my next free workshop?  I’ll be letting people know when it is open through my newsletter.

Get signed up for my newsletter and know as soon as the new free workshop is ready!

Already signed up? You’ve got forever access and you can find the workshop here.

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Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

Who knew when I started playing I would end up in Outer Mongolia!  I’ve been secretly working on a new free workshop, A Colorful Workshop: Use Your Words and the “stuff” from that is all over my counters.  So are Gelli Plate papers from the February Gelli party.  Okay, confession time, there is stuff all over the counters from the last Gelli party too!  I am not a big fan of cleaning and it worked to my advantage today!

For the Artsy Fartsy challenge with Maria McGuire I had to use 3 things: letters, PanPastels, and sewing.  I searched on my counters for inspiration and sure enough- I found it in the piles on my counters…Be sure to stop and see what she made!

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

I grabbed a dictionary page that I had cleaned my brayer on while plating and had used it with purple letters on the Gelli Plate too.  This dictionary page had also been a test page for the white journey stencil (from that free workshop I mentioned above).

In my excitement I glued it into the journal.  Before the stitching.  Oops.  New plan.

 

 

 

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

 

Pan Pastels around the edges.  Love how much control I have when coloring with them!

 

 

 

 

 

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

 

I will build an embellishment with stitching on it!  To get some stitching in here I grabbed a Gelli print and stitched lines on it.

 

 

 

 

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

The white letters were too plain for me so I added silver glitter rub-on.

 

 

 

 

 

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

 

I cut strips of the purple paper into arrows and outlined JOURNEY with a Stabilo pencil– that thing will write over anything it seems- even glitter!

 

 

 

 

It was at this point that I noticed the Outer Mongolia at the top of the page…how fitting!

Art Journal page using a Gelli print, PanPastels, and a stencil from the free workshop Use Your Words

 

February just started and there are already loads of great Gelli prints happening over at A Colorful Gelli Print Party for February!  Stop on over and check it out!

Use Your Words a free colorful workshop with Carolyn Dube

I’ll post more details later this week here on the blog about the free workshop but if you want to get a peek at the new workshop, pop over here.

 

Linking up with Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Every Day, Mandarin Orange Monday, Make It Monday, Inspire Me Monday, and Creative Every Day.

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Valentine's Day box Gelli Plate style with Carolyn Dube Join me for a Colorful Gelli Print Party!

It’s love, Gelli Plate style!  The cute little heart shaped candy boxes from last year were given a new life with paint and the Gelli for this month’s A Colorful Gelli Print Party.  The February link party will be open all month  for you you share what you’ve Gelli’d and to enjoy some inspiration from others!

 

I so wish I could get the shimmer from Heidi Swapp’s Color Shine to show up on camera for you- adding a touch of richness that only mica can do!  I think I will be using spray inks more often on my Gelli Plate!

Valentine's Day box Gelli Plate style with Carolyn Dube

 

buy at Dick BlickAmsterdam Acrylic Paints Pitt Pen Big Brush

 

 

 

Gelli Plate               Amsterdam          Pitt pens

Color Shine by Heidi SwappCrafters Workshop Stencilsartistcellar stencils

 

 

 

Color Shine CraftersWrkshpStencils  Artistcellar  Stencils

I have been bubbling over with excitement- the  Gelli Print party by itself is exciting but I have something else up my sleeve…it’s almost ready to be revealed. Just a few finishing touches…When you stop back to check out all the great Gelli Prints at the party keep an eye out for the news.  Of course, all my wonderful newsletter subscribers (top right of this page) will find out first to learn about this.  You can read about my newsletters here.

Now it’s your turn!  Share anything Gelli from prints to finished projects!  The February linky will be open all month so be sure to pop back and see what everyone is making!

  • Link up your Gelli Plate blog posts, flickr page, YouTube videos – it is all welcome!  New posts or recent posts are welcome!
  • Add a link back to the party so others can join us too!
  • Leave a comment on at least 2 other links from the party.  You know how wonderful kind comments encourage us creative types!
  • Participate as many times as you want- just be sure it relates to the Gelli Plate.  If you notice your link deleted it is because it didn’t have a thing to do with the Gelli plate and that is what we’re celebrating here!

 

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