Creative Heart Monday - Group of Girls Mixed Media

Happy Creative Heart Monday!

I've spent the past few days making prints for a purchase in my Etsy shop......then I just couldn't stop. I used this Donna Downey stencil in my art journal the other day (here's a video if you want to see it). I wanted to use it again on something so here it is......

Supplies

Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Pad - 11"x 14" 

8" X 10" Gel Press Plate  

Miscellaneous acrylic paint

Miscellaneous Stencils

Texture Plate

Prismacolor pen - black

Black Charcoal Pencil  

Rubber Brayer  

Matte Mod Podge

Check out my new Patreon page.  I'm getting ready to start the February project.  Here's a short video about the supplies that we'll be using.

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.

PEACE!

Cyndi

How to Make a Wooden Bunting

I needed a banner for my new art fair tent, so I figured that I would make one.  I found some, cute, wooden flags at the craft store and I already had the rest of the supplies.

Here's my tent.  I've set it up in my front yard so that I can figure out how I'm going to arrange the displays and hang my paintings.



Supplies

Wooden flags
8" X 10" Gel Press plate
Acrylic Craft Paint
Miscellaneous Stencils
Texture Plates
Regular Brayer
Textured Brayer
Hand-cut circle masks
Black Oil Pastel
Acrylic spray sealer
Twine


I hung the bunting on my fireplace so that I could take these pictures.  I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to attach it to my tent yet.

I started a new Patreon page - CeeCeeART.  I would love for you to check it out.  I will be doing new project, exclusively on the Patreon page.  Depending on the, chosen, level, there will be one or two larger projects, and several mini-projects each month, as well as, other gifts.

I hope that you're having a great weekend!

PEACE!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Girls, Girls, Girls

Happy Creative Heart Monday!

Today, I'm using several of my Gel Press plates as stamps.  I'm creating a very, very, very layered background, then using some, handmade, masks to develop the design.

I had an old, never finished, piece of art way back in my closet, so it was time to make something happen with that pitiful canvas panel.

Here we go.........................



Supplies

20" X 24" Canvas Panel
6" X 6" Round Gel Press Plate
6" X 6" Square Gel Press Plate
8" X 8" Round Gel Press Plate
8" X 10" Gel Press Plate
Rubber Brayer
Miscellaneous Acrylic Craft Paint
Dylusions Paint
Liquitex White Gesso
Black Charcoal Pencil
Handmade masks

COMING SOON - CeeCeeART Patreon

Also, don't miss the second Art Journal JAZZ this Thursday.....we'll be making the first journal page!!

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.

PEACE!

Cyndi

Holiday Star with Gel Press Prints

Check out my holiday project on Gel Press®.  I used my 5" X 7" Gel Press® plate to make papers for a star, that I adhered to a 6" X 6" canvas.

Check out the video!!

There are lots of other holiday videos on the Gel Press® YouTube Channel.

Also, remember to visit my YouTube Channel for tutorials, short how-to's, and more.

PEACE!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Mixed Media Project - Imagine

Happy Creative Heart Monday!

I went to New York last weekend and we visited the John Lennon Memorial in Central Park - Strawberry Fields.  It's right across the street from the Dakota - where John Lennon lived and, tragically died.

Here's my mixed media piece - Imagine.........

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week!

PEACE!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Flower Garden

Happy Creative Heart Monday!

Today, we're doing a mixed media project, using handmade stamps and the Gel Press plate.  I'm using the Gel Press plate, mainly, as a stamp pad.

Here we go...........

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.

PEACE!

Cyndi

Glittery Holiday Tags

I took out my Gel Press® plate for some holiday tags.

Here's a video of the process.....

I hope that you are having a great week!

PEACE

Cyndi

Holiday Card Made with Gel Press

Here's my new project for the Gel Press YouTube Channel!!  All of the members of the Gel Press Creative Design Team have created video projects today, so after you watch mine, check out the others on channel!!





Have a wonderful day!!

Peace.

Cyndi

Gel Press® and StencilGirl Video Frenzy!!

We are moving into Fall, so Gel Press® and StencilGirl have teamed up this month.  Each member of the Gel Press® Creative Design Team has created a video of their project.

Here's mine...........................




Supplies

8" X 10" Gel Press® plate
Miscellaneous acrylic paints
StencilGirl Stencils -  Floral 1 and Circles Circles by Traci Bautista and Optical Large Stencil by Michelle Ward
Inexpensive wooden frame
Black Charcoal Pencil
Glossy Accents


Click the next link on the list to see another great project!!

Elena Lishchenko

Ann Strecko Koeman

Jen Doyle Kitchen

Cindi Bisson McGee

Sandee Setliff

Cynthia Cesare - you are here!!

Kathy Brauning Adams

Teresa Abajo

PEACE!

Cyndi

Check Out My Pink Ribbon Gel Press Cards

PEACE!!

Cyndi

The ART of Well Being

Art means a lot to me.  I'm not exaggerating when I say that I make art every day.  It makes me happy.  It keeps me sane.  I can't imagine my life without it.

I'm retired and art gives me a purpose.  I know what I'm going to do when I wake up in the morning. I have goals.  I learn something new everyday.  It gives me something to be proud of and it's opened up communication with a wide array of people that have art in common with me.  When a person is young it's easy to make friends, then during your work years you have relationships with colleagues....... but when I stopped working, my life became a lot smaller.  Art has helped me connect and share with people all over the world.

When I go upstairs to my art room in the morning with my cup of coffee, I am truly happy.  I start working on something and the "chatter" stops.  I stop worrying about life's problems and focus on my project for the day. My sister has stage 4 breast cancer.  She wrote a poem called "There's No Cancer at the Beach".  She says that cancer is in the back of her mind every minute of the day, except when she goes to the beach.  It's the only place where she can really quiet her mind.  My art room is my beach.

After you watch my, short, video.....hop over to the next project in the list below!!






Supplies

8" X 10" Gel Press Plate
Acrylic Paint - blue, white, pink, purple, lime green, turqouise
Mixed Media Paper
StencilGirl Stencils - S369 Pine Cone Woodcut, Optical Large,  Circles,Circles  Floral 1
Gel Medium
Vine Charcoal
Black Pen
Charcoal Pencil
Prismacolor Pencils
Pastel Pencils

Ann

 Cindi

Cynthia - you are here

Elena

Kathy

Keri

Kitti

Jen

Sandee  

Teresa

Gel Press

Check out other, great, Gel Press projects on the Gel Press Blog, on Facebook at Gel Press Junkies, Pinterest, and YouTube

PEACE!

Cyndi