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Michelle Ward/GreenPepperPress Blog

  • working in multiples

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    Often I will work in multiple journals.  Love to try on another size using the same tools and materials just to see if I learn any new lessons in composition.  I recently started working in this mini moleskine (found at Borders).  My RubyTuesday journal is almost complete so I will transition to this little one in the same theme, and will tuck it in to the larger one somehow.

    The above is a sneak peek into the next crusade, posting tomorrow.  We are at the 40th!  My mission of spreading creativity and building connections through online challenges has been an utter delight.  How cool to have a gathering of interest from around the globe in our cyber studio!

    GPP40th

  • working in multiples

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner
    MWrubyTuesdayDoubleVision 
    Often I will work in multiple journals.  Love to try on another size using the same tools and materials just to see if I learn any new lessons in composition.  I recently started working in this mini moleskine (found at Borders).  My RubyTuesday journal is almost complete so I will transition to this little one in the same theme, and will tuck it in to the larger one somehow.

    The above is a sneak peek into the next crusade, posting tomorrow.  We are at the 40th!  My mission of spreading creativity and building connections through online challenges has been an utter delight.  How cool to have a gathering of interest from around the globe in our cyber studio!

    GPP40th

  • i took the pledge

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    grab the banner and re-blog ….
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    join the movement, take the pledge, support the mission

  • i took the pledge

    Nophonezonebanner 
    grab the banner and re-blog ….
    Mwpermissiontoreblog
    join the movement, take the pledge, support the mission

  • nozzle finger

    Finally!  A break in the rain and I could go out and spray!  I have wet knees from kneeling in the grass, and *nozzle finger* from months of being out of practice.  Oh, I missed you spray paint.

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    I am really bad about trying to blot off my stencils.  In fact, I'd rather keep working and let the layers of paint accummulate, then monoprint with it or chip it off later.  As I was waiting for a perfect spray-day I took on the task of cleaning up.  I carefully rolled the stencils and all the paint cracked and worked loose…some were almost to the point of being clean again (until I put them to work again today!)

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    My sweet friend Cindi commissioned a sprayed suitcase.  I was going to keep the final look a surprise but she asked to see it.  So here it is darling ;)  It's on the way to you, and can be packed up in time to visit NY for the last leg of the you-know-what tour.  xo

    MWcindi
    I really thought I would use red on this.  But I like the look of it without – kinda tapestry-ish with some spider webs and heartagrams.  Makes you look twice.  NOTE:  if you try this at home you definitely want to get a spray varnish.  I freaked out that the spray paint remained slightly tacky (as in sticky) but once I coated with the finish it was perfect! 

  • nozzle finger

    Finally!  A break in the rain and I could go out and spray!  I have wet knees from kneeling in the grass, and *nozzle finger* from months of being out of practice.  Oh, I missed you spray paint.

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner

    MWrubytuesdayOMGOMGOMG

    I am really bad about trying to blot off my stencils.  In fact, I'd rather keep working and let the layers of paint accummulate, then monoprint with it or chip it off later.  As I was waiting for a perfect spray-day I took on the task of cleaning up.  I carefully rolled the stencils and all the paint cracked and worked loose…some were almost to the point of being clean again (until I put them to work again today!)

    MWcleanup

    My sweet friend Cindi commissioned a sprayed suitcase.  I was going to keep the final look a surprise but she asked to see it.  So here it is darling ;)  It's on the way to you, and can be packed up in time to visit NY for the last leg of the you-know-what tour.  xo

    MWcindi
    I really thought I would use red on this.  But I like the look of it without – kinda tapestry-ish with some spider webs and heartagrams.  Makes you look twice.  NOTE:  if you try this at home you definitely want to get a spray varnish.  I freaked out that the spray paint remained slightly tacky (as in sticky) but once I coated with the finish it was perfect! 

  • be brave

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    Whether you are just starting out – learning to cook, learning to paint, knit, garden, teach, design, or ride a bike, it all begins with small movements forward.  Before long you will have mastered a new skill and will be eager to try the next thing.  Hopefully, along the way, your enthusiasm for your new thing will connect you to others, and you will share your verve and your talent.  Learning is good.  Sharing is even better.  It's a cycle of positive energy.  Keep it going.

     MWbravo

    MWcrescendohguest 

    This week I am a guest curator on Crescendoh.com.   

  • be brave

    MWBeBrave2
    Whether you are just starting out – learning to cook, learning to paint, knit, garden, teach, design, or ride a bike, it all begins with small movements forward.  Before long you will have mastered a new skill and will be eager to try the next thing.  Hopefully, along the way, your enthusiasm for your new thing will connect you to others, and you will share your verve and your talent.  Learning is good.  Sharing is even better.  It's a cycle of positive energy.  Keep it going.

     MWbravo

    MWcrescendohguest 

    This week I am a guest curator on Crescendoh.com.   

  • tuesday scraps

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    MWrubytuesdaypackrat
    It's that time…purging clutter and clippings.  Use it or shake it off.  Used the scraps on my table today to make the RT pages.  I enjoy being a packrat.  It means I see potential in everything - the smallest thing can be used on a journal page.  But it's a gorgeous day and I'm energized to reorganize and pitch!

    Did you know David Cassidy turned 60 last week?  In fond remembrance I blasted some old tunes in the studio.

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  • tuesday scraps

    MWRubyTuesdayBanner
    MWrubytuesdaypackrat
    It's that time…purging clutter and clippings.  Use it or shake it off.  Used the scraps on my table today to make the RT pages.  I enjoy being a packrat.  It means I see potential in everything - the smallest thing can be used on a journal page.  But it's a gorgeous day and I'm energized to reorganize and pitch!

    Did you know David Cassidy turned 60 last week?  In fond remembrance I blasted some old tunes in the studio.

    Mwletter2david 

     MWbrowneyeslyric