craft fair haul

Hi there,

I hope you had a nice day,  I had a SUPER day!!!
I went to the annual craft fair in Mechelen and came home with loads of goodies, yippie!
I got a huge amount of stamps

lots of new paints to play with my gelli plate

these gorgeous napkins

and speaking of gorgeous, this paperset, brads and stamps from "simply gorjuss"( they really deserve the name)

Can't wait to get some playtime with my new toys, 
but I'll need to tidy up my studio first :-(

Marble art

Today’s art moment  was a bit less messy then yesterday.

We took a shoebox (containment of mess), placed a piece of white paper in it, dripped some paint on the paper and  dropped some marbles in, then replaced the lid back on and shake away. 

Lots of fun and stunning results, see for yourself:

Suddenly my son had the idea to make a monoprint of his design, I was impressed with the fact that he came up with the idea all by himself and also with the results:

 I definitely need to run to the shop to get some frames, these deserve a place on the wall!!!

Spitter Spatter fun with paint

Today me and my son (who’s 3,5 years old and loves doing crafts, especially painting and getting messy) took our paints outside for some spitter spatter fun. I saw this fabulous idea on http://www.puttisworld.com/2011/04/super-fun-splat-art.html#  just the other day and immediately knew I had to try this. 

While I was pouring paints in plastic containers and diluting them with some water, my son cut some foam  (I was going to use sponges but then saw the leftover  foam of a cushion project and thought this would be a perfect way to use it up).

Just dip the foam in paint, place them on a piece of  paper (we used black cardstock) and smash away with a spatula and see the excitement on their face.

As usually he was on a roll, luckily we were outside and I didn’t have to worry too much about the mess.

he started by pooring paint on paper and walking through it.

and to end the fun he made hand impressions, because what is more fun than covering your hands completely with paint?!?

Oh yeah, I had a "spatter" accident today, a bottle of paint fell out of my hands and fell on the floor where of coarse the lid broke and paint spattered everywhere, including all over me.lol.