Modeling Paste Mocking Me

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Did you ever start a project with one idea in mind and end up with something totally different? I thought I'd make a nice 3D dragonfly out of modeling paste and then do a page around it.

Welllllll, I bought a giant jar of Soho Modeling Paste from Jerry's Artarama. Super great deal!  I have enough modeling paste to last me a few years now.  The thing about modeling paste is that a little goes a long way. I had too much on my stencil and I ended up stenciling dragonflies in every darn art journal that I have going at the moment.  I also used it with at least two other stencils.  It was like it was growing. 

Then every time I use a stencil I had to wash it immediately. So I'm running back and forth from the kitchen to the studio. All the while I'm thinking... "run lots of water... I don't want my kitchen sink clogged with modeling paste. How would I explain THAT to a plumber?"  

After all that, I had to let all the dragonflies dry so now I can't even work in a journal because they all have wet modeling paste in them! Luckily, I was going to a Stampin Up party so I could get away from the wet paste mocking me. 

Fast forward to yesterday.....

When I looked at my dragonfly that I'd stenciled on wax paper (image 1 above) he did not call me at all. He didn't say a single word about where he wanted to be on a page so I put him to the side.  The dragonfly I did use was actually the last bits of the modeling paste slapped down with no thought in my Altered Cook Book.  I loved him. He called to be sprayed with Ann's Homemade Salty Ocean Distressed Spray and Radiant Rain.  I love how the color settled into the ridges.  

Part of me wants to remove the writing but I felt compelled to write Dragonfly Wishes so I've decided to leave it.  A little doodling finished off the page.

Notice... there is more modeling paste at the bottom of the page. That was done with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and the never ending modeling paste. 

Link to: Documented Life Project, Paint Party Friday, Art Journal Everyday

Tim's Butterflies

Journal52's prompt for week one was Up, Up and Away.  That brought to mind butterflies and hot air balloons.  I recently bought a piece of Tim Holtz fabric so I went with the butterflies.  This is pretty much a Tim product page.  The butterflies are Tim Holtz fabric, the ink is Ranger Distressed Ink and I used two of Tim's Stencils for the background on the left side. 

The barbed wire background was done by cutting out a stencil using the Crafter's Workshop barbed wire die.  Kid's stiff paint brushes were used to stippled all the ink.  The time stencil was found in my friend, Ann's, stash of stencil goodness.

I took a water color class last weekend. I'm not going to be a water color artist that's for sure. I did learn a bit about color blending and so I used only blue, pink and yellow ink on this page. I love how blending the distressed ink made the green and purple.

I dyed the fabric butterflies using the distressed ink too.  Warning... colored fingers always follow using distressed ink.  

This is probably going to be my last post for a couple of weeks.  I'm having thumb surgery and I think typing might be an issue for a week or two.  If I can figure out how to do art one handed I might just post pictures and no words... that would be a first for me.  

I'll be back as soon as I can!!!

Link to: Journal52, Artist Play Room, Paint Party Friday