Shine on!

In honor of my FAVORITE season, on this beautiful Summer Solstice, I am full of sparkle and shine!  
 

I was inspired by a mixed media picture on Pinterest, and I made this today!  I used my homemade gesso to add crumpled tissue paper to a 12x14 board, and added this collage of color and inspiration!  I love my new permanent paint pens in white and gold ~ Bring on Summer!!! ☀️😎💛

Collage prints ~ monoprinting

I'm loving using my prints to collage pictures.  Using bits and pieces from my favorite color combinations and putting them together with clear gesso make me so happy!  I was so stoked to use my Distress Crayons from Tim Holtz, too!  
 

 I made my own clear gesso using the recipe given by Pink Poodle Crafts onYouTube found in the link below...  As much as I love love love Mod Podge, the dry & cure time of the gesso is perfect for my impatient self. I also played around with other messages for my 5th graders and a name sign for my daughter...   

I love finding inexpensive and "found" ways of creating texture!  Shelf liner, bubble wrap and empty sticker sheets were used to create these textures, printed on music sheets and dictionary paper... 

 

https://youtu.be/cRjj3WXthEU