Just Playing Around ...

I was experimenting with Claudine Helmuth's technique of applying gesso through a stencil and then adding paint. I did the butterfly tag with her paint & liked the end result. Very soft.

Then I broke out the Dyelusions ... now that's colour !!! Wow !

Look at that yellow & orange !!! WOW !!

Some of the gesso was smooshed up when I took the stencil off ( it was 11:45pm and I may not have been at the top of my game but I just felt like I had to make something before going to bed !!) but I still used them to try the colours . Why not ?

Now I am wondering about black gesso ...

Even a sign can be an opportunity ...

I needed a sign for a 50% off table at the store ... I needed to make something, anything. Need meets desire .. and a sign banner was born ! I got out my Cricut, some papers, stencils, inks, punches, and went to town . Now I have a pretty little banner that ,to me, makes the sale that much more fun !!

I also played around with stencils & gesso ... more about those later ... I still have more layers to add !!

 

More dictionary stamping ...

 

Cards ...

 

Loving the stencils ...

gelli gelli

 

So much fun !!!

Dictionary Project ...

I saw this on another blog and loved the idea ...
Start with an old dictionary ... just old, not precious as you are going to stamp in it. And stamp ! Simple.
I do it when I sit down and am not sure what to begin. I just take out a set of stamps and start looking up the words that describe the stamp. Then I circle the word & stamp the image. It just gets me working ... stamping, choosing ink, cleaning stamps ... nothing difficult but it gets my hands going through the motions and starts me thinking. And then I see those lovely images stamped over book text and I get excited. My mind starts to think of other possibilities ... and I'm off !!! Think of it as artistic stretching & warm up ...lol.

So with my hand & mind limbered up ... I was ready to make this week's kit... sympathy cards ...

 

Tags ... I like to end a work session with a tag. This one uses Distress Stains, white pen doodles, stamping, and Crafter's Workshop templates ... love the templates.

1-2-3 Go !!!

Well, it's been a long time ... and I finally am ready to roll ! I have been brewing ideas, letting them percolate, mulling ... but not acting. Today I begin.
I sat down at my work table and starting writing down what I wanted to achieve this year and the steps I would need to take to do that. Some were as simple as cleaning out shelving to make room for supplies. Some were make a website and on line store ( just wee projects ...lol).  There were skills to learn (soldering, mastering UTEE, lettering exercises, using the camcorder & editing) , projects to do (kits, videos, classes), and then just soul filling things ( creating every day, trying new products). All part of the master plan.
One part of the plan is to do more on my blog ... but not necessarily writing. I want to just post what I am doing ... maybe sometimes just pictures, sometimes writing, sometimes just little BLURTS.
And I am ready.