Last night I borrowed a page from Sabrina's playbook and tried a little art therapy. I wasn't planning to make a card, I was just testing out some new to me distress crayons. I bought those last week during a bit of "buy myself a present" therapy. I scribbled some colors through a stencill and spritzed with
water resulting in an ugly mess. When you start off with an ugly mess, you can be more experimental and creative since you are not worried about ruining something you like. I stamped the butterflies and flowerd and was about to dump the entire disaster. There are 2 good options for bad art attrmpts...go with mixed media and also try a bg stamp. I stamped the grid, added some gold and white splatter, then sponged the edges. For the F4A challenge i used the word Refresh from a box of dry eye drops. I used both warm and cool colors for the CT0218 challenge, and I splattered for the MIX challenge. TFL, Francie
Date: Friday, February 23, 2018 GMT Views: 943
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Sun, Feb 25, 2018 @ 4:24 AM
NO ugly mess here - just wonderfully bright and fun mixed media and images. Wonderfully done. So glad you had art and shopping therapy. They do seem to work wonders!!! LOL! Great card, Francie.
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Sun, Feb 25, 2018 @ 6:25 AM
Isn't that so fun when a "disaster" turns into art and you have fun playing while it all happens??? That's the therapy of art!! What a joyful result, Francie, and I always love your back stories!
Hah! I had thought I recognized that sentiment, but I didn’t realize where from. Fantastic use for your recycled item, and glad you kept going with your background.