Justifying Art Supplies - Gel Print Napkins

 My husband doesn't give me too much grief about my ridiculous stash of art supplies most of the time.  But when he bravely steps foot into my creative space he is usually aghast at all of the stuff I have.  I tend to feel compelled to justify it.  This project puts my gel plate and acrylic paints firmly in the yes-I-DO-need-all-this-stuff camp.

I had some fabric paint in my stash, but not much, so I used a fabric medium that made regular acrylic paint work on fabric to be washed.  I'm so happy with the way these turned out.  Too bad about the whole pandemic thing...no dinner parties any time soon...

Happy Creating!

Abandoned Art

Several years ago I discovered the Art Abandonment group on Facebook.  People take their art to a public place (or many also create their art there with found objects like rocks, leaves, sticks, etc.) and slyly leave it with a note for others to find.  After making my pouches last week I've been wanting to rip up more napkins (I know.  I don't really get it either, but The Muse is insistent.) I ended up with a couple of bookmarks that I'm going to leave at the library today.

I started by covered a 12"x12" piece of cardstock with book pages.

After tearing the napkins into a variety of sizes and shapes, I glued them over the book pages.

I cut this into strips, added bits of stamping and stenciling, a doodle here and there, old postage stamps and a sentiment to call it good.

Now...does anyone read actual books with pages any more??  😜