In the midst of all the opera painting, I was also working on Valentines. I was asked to help out with a Relief Society activity, and also helped Kate make some for her class.
I got some gelli printing and stamp carving done ahead of time, but no actual Valentine-assembly happened until Wednesday night. I was thinking Kate's class party was gong to be on Friday, but she came home and told me it was on Thursday, so we had a late night Valentine-making session. As it happened, I'd been super tired for the first few days after theater load-in, but on Wednesday I suddenly got this great productive burst of energy (still trying to figure out where that came from and how I can make it happen again!) so we just buckled down and got it done. I did the front sides of the cards and she added a personalized message and drawing on the back of each one.
Kate brought home a bag from school to decorate. She cut out some paper pieces, and I did some gelli printing on the bag before she glued them on.
I've been watching mixed media tutorials on YouTube, and I have a lot of things that I want to try. I did play with stencils and molding paste a little (which we ended up using on the cards for Kate's teachers, but I didn't get a picture), and I got some Tim Holtz distress ink and a blending tool. Cool toys! I need to experiment with that a bit more. I have this problem--I have tons of ideas and things that I want to try, but when I'm feeling most productive is usually when I'm busy doing other things. Isn't that always the way?
No comments:
Post a Comment