Lynne Forsythe Designs: Joann Fabric

Friday, January 15, 2016

what do you do.....

when you mojo gets up and walks out the door??

That happened to me at the beginning of the new year....
there was so much going on....
sorting and packing my life,
dramatically downsizing my belongings...
then there were the holidays
and all that entails.

So when the new year rolled around I was
exhausted and spent!

I had not a creative cell in my body....
I just walked around my craft area,
as lost as last years easter egg!

I knew the only way to break my creative doldrums was
to......JUST CREATE!

SO I DID!

I pulled out my art journal and just did it!

I had wanted to take step out photos but that never happened.

(sorry)

The thing about an art journal.....

is exploring the process!

I began by adhering various pieces of

vintage lace,

curtains and

cheese cloth to my pages using

watered down Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco

I LOVED the look and feel

but I have to say it took a lot of Stucco!

I then drew some random flowers and cut them out of

Rebekah Meiers ~ Fabric Elements ~ Gauze Fabric

I pulled out a few bottles of Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic

and let the coloring begin!!

LOOK at all that YUMMMIE texture!

I then painted on a layer of

Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Moss Green

When it was dry I created a mixture of equal amounts

Perfect Paints ~ Perfect Glaze Medium

and

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Aged Copper.

I applied a layer of the above mixture

let it cure for a minute

then I wiped it off!

Before I adhered down the flowers with

Ranger Multi Medium Matte!

I pulled out a couple of

The Crafter's Workshop Stencils

Beaded Curtain and

Kasia's Letters

and stenciled with

Shimmering Matte Acrylic ~ Shadow

and a bit of Gesso.

Now in all truth....

this is not one of my favorite!

But it helped me break through to my creative mojo...

and things are just a flowing now!!

I finished off my pages with one of

Yvonne Blair's new stamps....

LET IT GO!

In each flower I wrote something I want to let go in 2016.

What do you do to jump start your mojo???

Monday, November 2, 2015

I can be CHANGED.....

I like to be CHALLENGED...

I like to step outside of my creative box....
on this project I did JUST THAT!

I received my inspiration after discovering
the online flower delivery company BloomNation.
While popping around their website I came across their
Pinterest page and ALL THE beautiful boards.
Y'all know my LOVE FOR FLOWERS!

I perused their board ~ Home Inspiration
and created my own Inspiration Board.

I wanted this to be a BIG canvas,

but honestly it SCARED ME!
So, I went to my art journal to try my ideas out.

You can check out my blog post here.

I had to rethink my flowers as they are from

The Crafter's Workshop ~ Daily Buzz stencil

and wouldn't be large enough for my 16 x 20 canvas.

I knew exactly what I wanted to use!

I had recently purchased

Fabric Elements designed by Rebekeah Meier from Joann Fabric,

Fabric Quarters and Gauze Fabric which were just PERFECT
for the idea I had rattling around in my head!

I created my own pattern and cut the flowers

from the various Fabric Quarters ~ Fabric Elements

and colored the fabric flowers with

Perfect Paints ~ Shimmering Matte Acrylic

Red Wagon

Coral

Cantaloupe and

Bright Gold.

The paint stiffened the fabric but not enough to my liking,

so I painted on a layer of Ranger ~ Multi Medium

to the back side of the flowers.

I dried, crumpled and created a pom pom centers

from various Canvas Corp Brands ~ Jute for my flowers.

I then cut various leaf shapes from the Fabric Elements ~ Gauze

and colored the fabric with

Tattered Angels ~ Glimmer Glam ~ Lime Cordial.

I attached the colored leaves to Paper Covered Wire with

Stem Wrap Tape purchased from Joann Fabric.

The background on my canvas was created by applying a layer of

vintage McCall magazine pages with Multi Medium.

I then applied a layer of Gesso,

followed by randomly placed bricks created with

The Crafter's Workshop ~ Brick stencil

and Perfect Paints ~ White Stucco.

I finished off my canvas with a quote that speaks

deeply to my heart!

I hope you have enjoyed my creative journey

I KNOW I DID!!

Thank you the flower delivery company
BloomNation for the opportunity to be
inspired by your Pinterest board
and for pushing my creative boundaries!

Playing along with The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge and ARTastic Challenge

PRODUCTS USED:

PERFECT PAINTS

Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint

THE CRAFTER'S WORKSHOP