Gotta get me some colour...

Hello again. Well, the title says it all... This week at Simon Says Stamp & Show we are in full blown colour and are having fun with all they have to offer. So if you have had a rather dull or unexciting weekend, spice up your week with a blast of feel good, colourful creativity.

 There are just so many wonderful products, mediums and shades to play around with so where better to try them all out that in my Art Journal. The poor thing. It is a bit dusty at the moment - and so am I! So I decided it was time for some creative therapy for both of us.

Except for my stamped words on the second page, I didn't use a single ink pad. I pulled out my Distress Paints and Stains, Gesso, Color Washes, Dylusions Ink Sprays and pens. Lots of layers, texture, contrast and free-styling! Some of my outlining went a bit wild but I left it as an "of the moment thing"...

I just kept playing with layers of shapes, colours and effects, seeing what happened each time. There is no right or wrong... only exploration and discovery. I used stencils (bought and home-made) for sharper shapes or patterns and combined them with splats, dribbles and squiggles.

I also used oodles of gesso - big swooshes as well as lines created with a credit card edge... I added some paper scraps and a heart from an old book page. I even jumped over to the sewing machine for some stitched fun too.

 The thoughts are a mix of newspaper cuttings and stamping... My little gal, Ruby, is now 10 months old and she is on the go ALL day long. Nothing is safe any more and domestic life is very full on here in Chez Engels. But I want to embrace the everyday busyness and be thankful for all that each day has in store for us. This is real life, not a rehearsal, so grab it with both hands.

And indeed, learn to love it! I am sure everyone could do with some colour in their life, not just their craft room! Check out the really wonderful colourful ideas from the rest of the Design Team here! We are on the hunt for our top three artists and there is this very generous $50 voucher to be won too. Back to the real world I must go...With that, she was away.
Enjoy your week and thanks for calling by. Sarah.

*Dyan Reaveley Stencil 9 X 12 DOTTED FLOWER Dylusions DYS34018	*Ranger DYLUSIONS INK SPRAY SET OF 12 Dyan Reaveley	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS Ink STAIN SEASONAL SET OF 12 Ranger TDW12SEASONAL	*PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Distress Paint SET OF 24 Ranger TDD24SET
*Tim Holtz Adirondack COLOR WASH COMPLETE SET OF 12 Ranger	*Claudine Hellmuth GESSO Studio Primer Paint Ranger	*Faber-Castell BLACK Essential PITT Artist Pens	*Ranger Inkssentials WHITE OPAQUE PEN Pigment Ink Stamp
*Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2013 WORN TEXT cms156	*Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2012 MIXED MEDIA cms125

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