I wanted a tall tree with full branches of wonderful leaves in my art journal. But I didn’t have that- or did I? I made some surgical “adjustments” to the Branching Blossoms stencil to get the look I was after. I used scissors and the very fancy tool called an index card.
Why did I want a tall tree so badly? It was all because of my morning walks. The last several days there has been the most amazing colors to the trees at the park. Thank you rain! I wanted to capture one of those tall beauties in my journal.
Watch Yes, you can cut up your purchased stencils on YouTube.
I didn’t get the art journal page finished and that is okay with me. This page may sit like this for a day, a week, a year or more. I have given myself permission to play in my art journal without the pressure to finish everything right now. I encourage you to give yourself permission too!
Wow Carolyn, you created a new stencil out of an existing one, loved your tall tree vision, it beautiful!
Genius! Amazing how much beauty you can create with two colors and a stencil. Still working on giving myself permission to play and to let my projects be open ended. Got a long way to go on that, but you’re helping me so much–thank you!
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So very pretty and a lovely stencil too.
2 stencils for one – just need to be brave with the scissors! The tree looks wonderful.
Love this, Carolyn! We all need reminders that ITPS (it’s the process, stupid). xxoo
vicki
thanks for reminding me not to be afraid to alter stuff (cutting stencils in this case) !
Great video, Carolyn! I love how the silhouette of the tree looks against that inked background…striking! And I love the “daring” of you cutting your stencils… so nice to remember not to be constrained by our art materials!
Thanks for the permission to just play and not worry about finishing!
Great! I so enjoy this time of year and watching the trees change color while I’m out walking with my dog. The blue and green that you used were just right and the page came out so pretty.