8 days with no ink, paper, adhesive, paint, chipboard or anything else besides a little bag of markers (I had to!) and a stack of books is good for the heart, soul and the mind. Don't get me wrong, it was HARD for me to just stop and leave it all behind because I have been on a real creative roll, but like I have mentioned before, there comes a point when I have to STOP because if I don't, I am out of focus, off center and I malfunction.
Now you might be thinking "Oh, sure...we can not all take 8 days on an island.. " but the fact is, I have to do it EVERYDAY so that I can stay centered, focused and at my creative best.
....so do you.
It is our responsibility, like the verse says above. (If you have the book "Only You Can Be You", turn to page 102)
Now speaking of creative best, I have been working and teasing you on the projects that I have been working on for last weeks CHA show in Chicago and now that I am home and the show is over, I can finally share with you EVERYTHING...yay..but a little at a time.
First is a canvas I did for the Tim Holtz booth using several of the new Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamps.
I started with a blank 8 x 10 canvas and stamped the entire background with a stamp and black archival ink. I overlapped here and there and it is okay....The one thing that you are going to learn about my stamping skills is that I have none...which is perfect!
The I used a border stamp (one of my favorite sets!) and stamped the large scallop several times on on paper
and trimmed it out
I used another border stamp from the same set and stamped out several of the images on kraft paper
and handcut letters to read "Create Soulful Art" (if you do not want to hand cut letters, just run the paper through your diecut system) then I arranged it all on the canvas BEFORE adhering it down.
After laying it all out, I stood back and knew it was missing something so I grabbed a piece of paper and tore out a big ol' red heart (duh!) distressed it a bit and adhered it to the center using my new most favorite glue-sealer ever...Glue-n-Seal
Then I glued down my words and finished up by adding a little shading and shadowing using my black TM Distress Ink pen...
Today, take some time to STOP, rest, refocus and do your creative best...it's our responsibility.
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