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Fall Fearless and Fly Challenge #4

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Challenge #4  from Fall Fearless and Fly inspired this page.  The quote resonated with me and I knew that it had to be a big part of this art journal page.  I really tried to stay with the cool color prompt but a bit of yellow managed to sneak in on me.  It looked so nice I just couldn’t turn yellow away…and once it had some shimmering Twinkling H2O added it just couldn’t refuse it!

 

My Gelli Plate keeps on giving and giving! This background was made as I cleaned off my brayer while making prints with the Gelli Plate.

I never would have put the yellow here if I was planning this out.  Seeing the impact of it as it developed reminds me to add a splash of unexpected to my work.

 

 

There is a great giveaway over at Fall Fearless and Fly  for challenge 4 from DreamingColor.com – I have loved their Twinkling H20’s for a long time.  They have Silks, a great translucent shimmering paint that works on fabric, Radiant Rains spray inks, and more in bright vibrant colors!  There will be 2 winners for this challenge!

I did 2 kinds of stamping here- clean and precise & messy.  If I take my time and carefully brush the Twinkling H2O on the stamp I can get a very detailed image.   That is not my first choice- I like messy so I slopped the shimmering purple onto the stamp and got  a more “artistic” image.

I have been known to forget to clean up paints from my stamps before but it is no big deal with H2O’s because they react with water- so I can clean them up later.

The acrylic paint was good but I wanted it to be more intense.  Since Silk paints and Twinkling H2O’s are translucent when I added them over the paints they worked together & brightened it up. Here you can see if before (on the left) and after  (on the right).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good think I don’t mind warped paper since I was building this journal page on a very thin piece of dictionary paper.  After I was finished I just flattened it out under a book for a while and it smoothed out considerably.

 

A white pen and the flowers felt complete.  Unfortunately, I began to love love love it at this point.  That is a problem because it felt precious  and I began to think too hard about what to do next.  If this is my biggest problem- I consider myself very lucky!

 

 

 

I was worried my handwriting would destroy it so I used my printer.  A nice part of using printed titles is I can move them around to find the placement that makes me happiest.

The blue doily was another remnant from my last Gelli Plate session.

 

 

 

Here is a quick video of the page coming together.

One of the greatest aspects of an art challenge is that I get to see how others interpret the same prompts.  You will be knocked over by what guest artist, Maria McGuire, made for this challenge.   Click here to see it!

Sharing with Creative Every Day Month, Inspire Me Monday, Fall Fearless and Fly, and Show Me What You Got.

 

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Stencils + a Gelli Plate = Fun

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I pulled out my paints for some Paint Party Friday fun and the Gelli Plate was in my hands before I knew what I was doing.  If felt so good to let go of control and just play with no pressure.  Trying this paint & that stencil and seeing what was revealed washed away all the stress and yuck of the week.

If you have never used a Gelli Plate, this video will show you everything you need to be creatively dangerous with it!

This video shows how I used various stencils by Julie Balzer.  So addictive!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I have papers to use in my art journal or a collage or whatever else my muse guides me towards!  Want more creativity? Stop by Paint Party Friday, Creative Every Day Month and Art Journal Every Day!

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The Artistic 3 R’s

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In some circles the 3 R’s are reading, writing, and arithmetic- but not in my world.  It’s ribbon, rub-ons, and rubber stamps. That’s the latest Artsy Fartsy Friendly Fun challenge with my creative friend,  Maria McGuire.  The rules are simple.  Use the 3 things in anything and in any way.  Be sure to check out Maria’s take on the 3 R’s!

 

 

This background was made while stamping on ribbon.  You can see how this came about in the video I made last week.

 

 

 

 

Trouble seeing the video? You can go directly to my youtube channel and view it there.

 

The rub-on I chose is a definition of inspire since that is how I feel because of my friendships.  My friends freely give sparks of inspiration that continue to fuel my creative spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

I have these wonderful full page polymer stamps from The Back Porch Artessa.  Their size and designs work so perfectly for layering color on an art journal page!

 

 

 

 

 

I had the idea to put the title at the bottom but the background was way too busy- so I pushed it back with some acrylic paint.  Used my fingers, of course.

 

 

 

 

 

A wrinkled and colored piece of notebook paper gave me a place to journal.  I ended up journaling all about triumphs and defeats from Fall Fearless and Fly’s latest challenge. Friends are such a part of inspiring the triumphs and getting past my defeats!

The title was cut from deli paper I had painted (and didn’t like it at all) and stamped.  Die cutting it up  made it look completely different- and suddenly what I didn’t like became a favorite.

 

 

I needed ribbon still – so I took a piece of it and wadded it up and glued it down.

 

 

 

 

The pink flowers and pinks in the title needed a bit more balance on the journal page so I smeared bits of pink along the top and sides.

Want to see more creativity?  Stop on by Mandarin Orange Monday, Creative Every Day Month, Inspire Me Monday, Show and Tell Saturday, Show Me What You Got, and Fall Fearless and Fly.

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