The Christmas season often robs me of creativity. Does that happen to you too? Lots of demands and little down-time. Ugh! To find my mojo, I need to play. A messy, messy play! I used canvas as a base and explored different effects with paints, inks and ephemera. The canvas was strong enough to take on many layers and still remain durable, so I used a simple pamphlet stitch and tied in some pages for a quick and easy (yet durable!) notebook.
Now it's your turn to play. Don't forget...anything goes! Link up your latest creative project at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for a chance to win a $50.00 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.
Happy Stamping!
Beautiful canvas Michelle! Lovin' all the texture and mix of colors!
ReplyDeleteWowwwwwwwww! This is gorgeous! I love love love the colors and the stamps!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful project Michelle! Such great texture and colours. Love the ship and postage stamps.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle, I agree I struggle after Christmas, takes me ages to get going again with my creativity. Love your piece this week, love all the layers and the stamped image is perfect and works so well against the backdrop . Enjoy your week. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteTotally gorgeous!!! Amazing texture!
ReplyDeleteLove your Gorgeous canvas Michelle!!! Love that its exploding with texture and color :)
ReplyDeleteHhhhhhhhOLEY gorgeous! I LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I'd say you got your MOJO back! This is awesome!
ReplyDeletelove the cover~awesome work!!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to reach out and touch that. Super!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I'm blown over by the texture...and colours...and ...everything. Awesome work, Michelle...the stuff of my dreams. I'm keeping an eye on you! :-)
ReplyDeletehugs, Asha - Sunny Summer Crafts
p.s. when you have a solution to the "socks" issue, let me know!
Super artistic. Love the ship on the cover.
ReplyDeleteYour canvas is full of beautiful details to look closely!!! Gorgeous work! BArbarayaya
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool journey journal! Love the messy cover! Great to see you got your mojo back! Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeleteReally cool journal! I love the combination of yellow's, green's, & blue's :)
ReplyDelete*mwah*
Steph
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Just wonderful! Love the texture, the images, just so many great details!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and fun journal! Michelle. I love all the great stamping, textures and colors. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! You did it again!
ReplyDeleteHow original and sublime Michelle!
Thank You~
What a beautiful canvas!!!! The colors and design are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOoh, that is so cool... can just see the fun you had getting messy with the inky painty layers, and the depth in the finished piece is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Michelle! When I saw this piece, it literally made me gasp out loud! My husband thought I'd choked on an almond, but was relieved to find that I was just simply stunned by another piece of your work. I really love the way you blended those colors together and it's got this remarkable ethereal kind of vibe. This is totally my type of art and I really would buy this if it was a wall-sized mural! Incredible!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, Michelle. I love your mixed media cover that you've created out of canvas. The design with the bright colors and various patterns looks really good! Love that pamphlet stitch. I learned it in an art journaling class with Seth Apter last week at CHA. It was lots of fun being on the design team with you! Continued success to you in the future. <3 Candy
ReplyDeleteOh what yummy texture and colors. The stamped image draws the eyes across. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow. I really love the textures here. Fabulous!
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