Welcome! I’m Carolyn Dube – This colorful journey is all about the freedom of play!
Recipe for an art tag:
Layer cheap craft paints & gesso.
Top with a Crafter’s Workshop stencil and Color Wash spray ink.
Layer typed words, number, and mini notebook paper on top.
Use a butterfly die cut to cut a piece of text. Add gesso for strength & Brillance ink for color.
Write on the tag & attach photo.
Realize the words are a bit too strong visually, so a quick layer of gesso to pull it to the background to taste.
I have been on a quest to use up things. Now, I am a realist and I know it will be 2075 before I used up everything, but any step forward is a step forward…I liked this paper but didn’t love it.
A white pen and mindless doodling brought it back to life. Since I don’t have the patience to do the entire page, I did a few flowers and cut them out to be used sometime in the future. Yes, I know, most of the paper went back into my stash but now I really love it…maybe it will take longer than 2075 to use up all of my stash….
One of my favorite classes at Creative Escape was taught by a mother daughter duo, Jenaye and Kelli Collins. The fabric flower was my kind of fabric work – not precise (hence I am not a quilter) and it did not involve reading a pattern! I do have several of those rhinestone blingy buttons and I might actually use them instead of hoarding them in my stash of “for the perfect project” goodies.