Friday, March 8, 2013

Imagine

  Before I go into my latest art play I want to mention that I'm having a giveaway x 5!!!  Just click on the link to check it out and lv. a comment to win. It's open thru the 15th.

  And don't forget to turn clocks 1 hour ahead ( I usually change my clocks Sat. nite) to Spring forward with an extra hour of daylight beginning Sunday-YAY!!

  Each month our instructor for the "52 Weeks of Creative Abundance" class gives us a new word which is the theme each week for that month. In January it was "allow". In February it was "release". This month it's "imagine". We begin by making a reminder tag. Here's my tag which I glued into my moleskine journal:

 
  I have been adding art to one page and journaling on the other. I loved Christi's idea for the tag so much that I decided to make something similar in my lg. art journal.
 
 


 The background was painted with watered down Americana Baby Blue acrylic paint. Then I stencilled with a mixture of Folk Art Purple Lilac and Delta Ceramcoat Pearls. Wanna see my stencil??? I know you do! So here it is:


  This is not a stencil per se-it's actually a 12" x 12" piece of scrapbook cardstock that was on clearance at AC Moore -for 20 cents!!! I don't scrapbook but I DO stencil :):) I bought several sheets so I can even cut one up if I want.How cool is that?

  I did use  an actual stencil a few places to add a bit of green. The silhouette was provided by Christi. I added some tissue paper "flowers" because I wanted to play with the same Traci Bautista technique I used for my flowers in this post.You'll find more details there.

  After layers of color and line with Higgins Black Magic waterproof ink, oil pastels, watercolor pencils, paint markers and gesso they were done. I added punched, stamped flowers (Stampin Up!), liquid pearls and tiny plastic flowers. The stencil word "imagine" was added and I wrote in the rest of my sentence then finished it with a gelli print heart.

  Here's a detail photo of the flowers:


 Now, did you happen to notice I misspelled the word "fulfilling"? As soon as I wrote I realized what I did-Oops!! (as Carolyn would say :) And you know what ? I'm leaving it as is. We'll just keep it between you and I :)

 Linking up to Art Journal Everyday, Paint Party Friday and Show and Tell Saturday at Artists in Blogland, and Mandarin Orange Monday.

 See you next week, and don't forget to check back the weekend after next Friday(the 15th) to see if you've won one of my giveaways celebrating my first blogiversary!


                    "When you learn, teach. When you get, give."  Maya Angelou

46 comments:

  1. Oh that stencil is the coolest! I really want to get that one. And thanks so much for the reminder about the change in time. HPPF!

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  2. Oh this is so lovely, such pretty flowers in her hair!

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  3. Beautiful and full of imagination!!

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  4. Love your background and your creative stencil!
    Congratulations on your First Blogoversary, too!!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  5. Good picture spring arrives in the head. saludos

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  6. Love the idea of the scrapbook page as a stencil!

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  7. Great idea about the scrapbook page stencil and am loving your pages Linda.
    Happy PPF, Annette x

    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  8. Linda I love the page in your journal echoing the tag!
    Painting WELCOME in different colours really makes it pop - especially the green A!!
    The pearls floating over the page really appeal too!
    Sending you some Summer sunbeams from my corner of the world!
    and a Kiwi hug too!
    Shane ♥

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  9. LOVE LOVE LOVE your tag!!!!!!!
    I LOVE the cardstock stencil you used.....what a great idea!!!!!!

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  10. Love your stenciled page. It's beautiful and very artistic. Thank you.

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  11. you have made great use of that stencil and the finished piece is really lovely and full of energy...xx

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  12. Your tag is lovely and that stencil is so cool-make me think of 60s patterns!

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  13. Great projects, again, Linda! I love how you take an idea and just run with it!

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  14. Love what you did with your silhouette lady. Those flowers -- beautiful! And I didn't realize fulfilling had only one l up front. Your spelling looks "more better!"

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  15. I didn't notice the misspelling and I edit documents! I love the little human touches in art, though, and your work is charming and heart warming. Happy PPF.

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  16. Beautiful work!! I like your stencil, using it to create such wonderful work!

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  17. Dear Linda, it is so good to visit your blog again, see so positive and full of energy art and read your always cheerful and happy words. Thank you so much for it. Have a lovely week and I will remember to change my clock:)

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  18. the flowers are beautiful and I love that background "stencil"!

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  19. I enjoyed reading the steps you took to complete this delightful piece.I can see you have a bubbly positive personality.Happy PPF.

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  20. great idea for an inexpensive stensil! I hope your page too!

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  21. Just love your bold colours
    Xxx

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  22. Oh so pretty.....love it...and as an avid scrabbler I never noticed the boo boo!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  23. Sweet! I love the finished piece - it makes me smile!!!

    Have a great weekend!

    Happy PPF!

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  24. fun work...love the colors and textures!

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  25. Fab artwork and imagination Linda. I find those one word exercises so hard. They really do stretch the creative juices. You have done great with yours.

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  26. The silhouette lady and the stencil is pretty cool!
    Nice artwork Linda:)
    HPPF!
    http://deepazworld.blogspot.ae/

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  27. Lovely silhouette art thanks for your lovely comment on my woodburning painting

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  28. I like the stencil, what a great idea for those scrapbook backgrounds. I'm off to hunt through my stash & see what I can find!

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  29. Its a beautiful page and I love the flowers you have painted! I love your words too and the spelling doesn't matter one bit! :-)

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  30. Very pretty, I love your background stencil and the way you have painted the flowers

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  31. A wonderful interpretation for the Imagine theme. In fact I love yours more. It has such a fabulous sunny outlook to it.

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  32. Wonderful, love your silhouettes with colorful flowers! <3

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  33. Fabulous journal page. I love that stencil. :)

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  34. Very cool stencil. I loved seeing the steps of the page.

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  35. very nice silhouette ! love the way you use it !
    happy S&TS !

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  36. Beautiful artwork. Love the colors.

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  37. I love your tag and journal page Linda... especially the pretty flower hair and the doodling. Funky non 'stencil' ... what a bargain!!!

    Karen x

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  38. Very inspiring and spring-like - much needed as we got snow again in Warsaw, Poland.
    Thank you for stopping by at Polonica: Home Again.

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  39. Love your black silhouette with all those colorful blooms around...I love contrasts! lucky cool stencil owner, hehe

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  40. love it! such depth of layering.

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  41. Artistic, colorful and beautiful!

    Stopping by from Mandarin Orange Monday- hope you can stop by..

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  42. Hello dear Linda!
    Thanks for coming over to visit me. I appreciate it. I love how you made your card, with the stencilling and flowers. The finished result is lovely.All your work is fantastic.
    I only do digital pictures now but they keep me busy and give me a lot of pleasure.
    Hugs xx

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  43. I love those little silhouettes. You brought them to life with the flowers and rich colors. Blessings!

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