art journaling, gelli art, gelli plate, stencil | in On The Worktable, art stuff, art journal | Email Article | Permalink Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 1:20PM 
Adding layers in my art journal today.
art journal, art stuff, gelli art, gelli plate | in On The Worktable, art stuff, art journal | Email Article | Permalink Monday, September 30, 2013 at 9:30AM 
A rainy day calls for some gelli art play!
art stuff, mailart, on the worktable | in Mailart, On The Worktable, art stuff | Email Article | Permalink Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 12:00PM Having a little fun with doodles and my gelli plate.
art journal, art stuff, gelli art, gelli plate | in On The Worktable, art stuff, art journal | Email Article | Permalink Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 1:00AM I tell you people - I am addicted to this, so here are a few more!
I can't promise you that you won't see more of these.
Monday, September 9, 2013 at 11:53AM My stack of dye catcher sheets is growing again so I started playing with a few of them the other day. A few stencils, some inks and a little stitching and some pretty gift card envelopes are in the works!
Can't wait to see how these turn out!
embroidery, gift cards, inky fabric, sewing, sewing stuff, stencil | in On The Worktable, art stuff, sewing stuff | Email Article | Permalink Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 1:00AM Let's recycle something else this week!
I took this old clear binder and turned it into a pretty art journal cover. It was super easy and took just under an hour to create, including drying time, which I sped up by using my heat embosser.
Next, grab one of these re-purposed scrapers and scratch off a little gesso- letting your favorite words shine through. Ink the gesso using a dry brush or sponge.
Mix a little gesso with some ink or paint and rub it over your favorite stencil. Chunky goodness happens here.
Add a stamp or two along the edges.
Use a black paint pen to add more journaling.
Stitch some fabric to the front cover to add some texture.
Punch holes along the edges of your solitary pages or add in those you have removed from a spiral bound journal.
My favorite part is seeing my journaling, in reverse, on the inside of the cover.
Monday, September 2, 2013 at 1:00AM I was doing some purging recently and came across these watercolor pencils.
Talk about a blast from the past. It has been YEARS since I snapped these up at some home stamping party. I decided to mess around with them in my art journal with my water brush. I admit - they weren't moving around as I would like to see, but I wasn't working on water color paper either.
But I didn't dislike working with them. I don't think I will add these to the donate box after all. Maybe tomorrow I will give them another go on watercolor paper. Or maybe photo paper.
I think with the addition of some gesso, paint and inks, I can live with this. Do you have a "dated" art tool that you like to use? I would love to hear about it.
art journal, art stuff, sketching, watercolor pencils | in On The Worktable, art journal, art stuff | Email Article | Permalink Monday, August 26, 2013 at 1:00AM Five days. That is all I could do. I tried to put my life in perspective and leave the mess each night. I called it therapy. For those of you who know me you will know that leaving my work area like this at the close of each day is actual torture. I lay awake thinking about it and have, in the past, dragged myself out of bed to make it right. I tried. Really I did.
DAY ONE ----->
DAY TWO ----->
DAY THREE ----->
DAY FOUR ----->
DAY 5 ----->
Sigh. I love order. I still won't be able to leave it all out before leaving the studio, but it will do for now. 
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