New Year, New Me. No, not really, same old me, another year older. Five years into my back 30 already. For anyone who does not know why I entitled my blog TheBack30 is because I created it when I turned 60. Historically women in my bloodline have lived into their 90s, or close to it so at that age I was entering the last 30 years of my life.
I am scheduled for a video for Shawn Petite's blog this month and I had one in the hopper but thought I would try another one. I actually preferred the first one so this one gets posted.
Not my best work, but I tried some new techniques. I had seen a YouTube video where someone used a glue gun to make a gnarly tree. I thought I would try it with gnarly bushes, but not all that impressed with my first attempt. I also used a deco art crackle medium for the second time. I absolutely loved how that turned out. A friend of my gave it to me when she purged her stash, not sure whether they still make it or not.
Yesterday my YouTube channel started blowing up, I did not know why but within a few hours I made my 100 subscriber mark. Don't look a gift horse... I immediately went in changed my YouTube channel name. I am the only Celise McLaughlin on YouTube, so I got that one.
My You Tube Channel
Today my channel continues to grow, luckily someone posted the reason. Shelley Studio, who has 1000s of subscribers featured me on her channel. I am pink with excitement. It is such a huge honor to know that someone liked my mixed media projects enough to help me to grow.. Thank you Shelley, I am so grateful.
Back to break the rules. When I was putting away all my Christmas wrapping paper and bags I found a pine board. I am crazy for wood these days so I used it to make this project. I also am swimming in journal cards and scrapbook paper among so many other scrap-booking supplies. I want to start using them. So I cut up the cards to make a clapboard and used one of Shawn Petite's window stencils to create a window. I should have stopped there. But oh well. Next time. Here is the video:
Shawn Petite Stencils:
Bricks and Bubbles
Windows 2
Flower silhouette 1
Flower silhouette 6
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Satin Varnish, Acrylic Ink
Deco Art Crackle Medium, Acrylics and Fluid Acrylics
Dina Wakley Collage Words
Superbonder Glue Sticks
FPC Glue Gun
Pacific Arc Charcoal Pencil
Ranger Archival Ink
Uniball white gel pen
Blick soft Pastels
Spectrafix Workable Fixative
Prismacolor Final Fixative
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