Hello Beautiful!
Sales are everywhere and I'm sharing our StencilGirl® sale!! Get your your wish list together. It starts December 1st!!
I'm also sharing this journal cover I made featuring a couple of my stencils - I Get to Choose L648 and Brush Alphabet L645 and this lovely image by Art Impressions called Main Squeeze. Unfortunately, AI does not sell it anymore, however some retail stores may have it, or you may be able to get it on Ebay.
Sometimes I get full at work...in life. I need little reminders to help me remember to take care of myself while I'm busy working my lists (yes, I'm a list person and quite proud of it! :) )
My surface is the cover of a spiral note book. I had previously written the subject of the contents on it in black marker - of course, that was much too plain. After creating a boarder with some low tack tape, I used an old credit card to spread thick gesso over it, not making it smooth on purpose. I wanted lots of texture on this cover! For even more texture, I took a piece of bubble wrap and dabbed around the page and spritzed the surface with isopropyl 91% alcohol in random spots - just to see how the surface responds when I added acrylic paint.
I poured paint directly on the dried surface in a similar pattern to my inspiration piece.
I spread the color around with a paint brush, a sponge and my fingers. I realized I had way too much paint - oops! I started dabbing off, then thought oh! I could "kiss" a journal page and pick up all that rich color. So, that's what I did - I laid a piece of hot pressed watercolor paper from one of my journals and rubbed it like it was on top of my gelli plate. I actually got two pages of color! I used a sponge to spread the remaining paint around and blend. It was then I noticed all the texture. I also noticed some cool designs that formed. I think that may have been where I spritzed the alcohol.
Next I stamped my image and filled in the shape with gesso. I used an old stubby brush to make sure the texture continued. After the first coat dried, I painted a second and let that dry completely.
I used a stamp positioner to stamp the image on top of the gesso and painted her with paint pens. After she dried, I inked up just her face features and stamped them in, again using the stamp positioner to get her features in the right spot. As a final touch, I added meaningful words as my reminders. "Today I am living life" and "self care."
Shout Out: Dina Wakley for color inspiration - a Dina Wakley Media Printed Journal Band. I just love her choice of bright, bold colors!
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Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
