Sometimes things deserve another visit. That's this guy.
And that includes a crafty wishlist. Something on my wishlist? A Cricut 3.
And to remind you of some great products, the same picture below of the beginnins g my underpaper shwong an amazing supply, is Dylusions Calypso Teal, a delicious color if I do say so myself. And I do.
What's on your wishlist?
Hi friends! How's your weekend going? It always goes by so quickly right? That's what I find bittersweet about the weekends. They're brief, but usually very enjoyable.
I also realized that I don't have a ton of art creations for the Christmas season. So I'm hoping to change that. And I'm doing pretty good so far. In that vein, I have an ATC for Christmas that I gave a sneak peek of a day or two ago.
I'm also entering my tag into the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
I used an Octopode Factory girl in Christmas gear, and grabbed an ATC the play with. I added a file label, some ribbon and red thread, letter stickers, a button and brad from my stash, along with a little bit of punchinella. You could say I grabbed a bunch of my stash and round out this ATC.
Something else in the background that I did was an experiment. I mixed Liquitex Gesso, Liquitex Bright Aqua Green, and Ranger Gel Medium and pushed the mixture through my Dylusions Trees stencil.
Hey everyone! Happy Saturday, for a little longer anyway. I have a really cool tag to share with you for the holiday season.
There's quite a bit going on with this tag, and it's really cool. I had been experimenting with my supplies and used the tag as a mop up page of sorts. Then I added another layer and got stuck. It can be difficult, even when playing, to do a step, then not know the direction you want to go in. That was where I was. I liked certain parts and didn't want to cover those up, but I still needed to do something. Have you ever had that happen, when creating art or in real life?
I'm also entering my tag into the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge
I also have to remember I have a LOT of supplies. So there's no wrong answer, it's more about how you're feeling. So the tag had some Dylusions Calypso Teal and Postbox Red smeared on it, then I used some of a mixture of Liquitex Gesso, Liquitex Bright Aqua Green, and Ranger Gel Medium and pushed through my Dylusions Trees stencil.
Just know that even in this sneak, I used a combination of paint, gesso, and gel medium, whew!
It's that time of year again...Christmas and Hanukkah time. Forgive any mispellings since I celebrate Christmas myself. The holidays are an interesting time. Now whether you love this holiday season or find it challenging for any number of reasons, the season is definitely everywhere. Music, decorations, purchasing gifts for people you care about.
I will fully admit I have a crafty wishlist. A couple
items on there that I have coveted for a long time are a We R Memory
Keepers typewriter in blue and a Cricut machine. One of the newest
versions, if not the newest, is the Cricut 3.
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also wanted to share the beginnings of my newest underpaper. It starts
out white, and gradually collects marks, scribbles, paint, and
everything else. It's always really fun to see how it starts. The
spray is Dylusions Calypso Teal, a delicious color if I do say so myself. And I do.
What does this time begin for you? Are you interested in a new beginning? What's on your wishlist?
Ever have one of those days? You can't quite put your finger on it, maybe you can't put a name to it, but you just have this feeling. Maybe it's an off day. Maybe it's a good day where you forgot about everything for a little bit. Maybe it's a day when something unexpected happened. There's so many different aspects that can be covered. And that's how life is at time.
I didn't love this ATC or the batch, and when you do batch work, that happens. Even if you like the whole group or get a whole group done, one or two might not work out exactly how you like and you have to adjust them.
In this case, I grabbed some kraft paper that I had used as underpaper for previous projects and ripped a section that I glued to the ATC and trimmed off the excess to give a new background. This background has spots of paint as well as ghost images from stamps and leftover gesso from cleaning a stencil. I don't clean my stencils when I use paint with them. So many of my stencils are a riot of color from being used often with different shades of paint over the years. Gesso, however, is artist's primer, and like other mediums, like clear gel or texture paste, gets cleaned off stencils right away so the stencil can continue to be used.
In this case I used a white water-based Sharpie paint marker for most of the doodling. I also used a Uni Posca Paint Marker in Emerald Green and a Molotow One4All Shock Blue paint marker. And for some fun, I added a piece of washi tape and a couple heart stickers made into a butterfly.
I'm entering my ATC into the following challenges:
This time of year can get busy, and batch work is important, so I'm sharing this post again to continue sharing. I wlil start sharing new content soon! Happy Thanksgiving!
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I've mentioned working in batches before. And it bears repeating, especially with all of us being so busy.
How often have you wanted to start a project, only to freeze up because you may not know where to start?
Or started a project, changed directions, or had the project morph and wasn't what you expected? And maybe you feel your time was wasted because you don't love what happened?
Maybe you were impatient and you think you ruined the project because of your impatience?
Ooooohhh, let me tell you, so been there and done that. I've watched videos, and they always look so perfect, right? And doesn't that mean that whatever project you start should end up perfect as well? Nope, nope, nopity nope. Not in any way.
I have been there. My ATC with feathers? Not how I saw the project going. And I'm still not sure I love it, or at least parts of it. And that's okay. More than okay. No matter how much time you have under your belt making art, whether you're a newbie or you've been doing it for years, it doesn't matter. Everyone, when they play, has unexpected things happen.
That exact thing happened to me when I was doing my batch work. I had grabbed a piece of single-sided patterned paper that I wasn't a fan of and flipped it over to the white side. I grabbed some supplies and started playing.
This time, instead of going for my big tubes of paint, I went with my little bottles. Apple Barrel Bright Yellow, Craft Smart Grape Taffy, and Blickrylic Violet Medium are among the colors I grabbed. Now Grape Taffy may be hard to find, but Lavender is not. I also used some Dylusions color sprays, including Fresh Lime and Postbox Red.
Part of working in batches, or with any project, is letting go of expectations. It's not easy, for sure. You want this amazing project in your mind, and sometimes it doesn't quite work out. However, that's part of the beauty of playing.
So absolutely, play, and expect the unexpected. Enjoy creating!
I am so sorry I have been absent without a word. Life can definitely get busy and sometimes unexpected events lead to adjustments. I will b...
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