As I often do this time of year, I've been looking back at what I experienced in 2019 ... and thinking about the experiences I want to have in 2020. What I realized this morning is that I really love my Art Camp with Lauren each year ... just creating for the sake of creating with no end project in mind. I don't do that enough the rest of the year ... so on to the list of 2020 experiences that goes ... more playing with art supplies just for the sake of experimenting and creating.
When I saw the sketch at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge, that background immediately reminded me of how long it had been since I played with alcohol inks. I grabbed several colors and a piece of shiny paper from my stash (I honestly don't know what kind of paper it is, only that it had a resistant surface). I just started dropping inks (even different brands, which had different concentrations of pigment) and watching what they did. Then I added some blending solution to check out that effect ... then I mixed it up with a little yellow. It was so meditative and fun.
I decided to trim it down to a 4" x whatever" long card (there was a poll on Facebook this week about what you call this card size ... I usually call it an #10 for the envelope size). I didn't have two oval sizes that worked for the sketch, so I trimmed down my inside oval to work with the sentiment from Supercalifragalistic by CAS-ual Fridays (one of my favorite stamp sets).
For the snowflake embellishment I used a 3-D butterfly sticker and then added several colors and sizes of sequins. I really love how this one turned out ... which is evidence that more play is certainly needed in 2020.
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