Creativation 2018 – Day 1

I had an awesomne first day at Creativation 2018. So fun to finally get to hug virtual friends and make new kinds of art.

I started my day with the offical release of the latest stamp in the "Love" series – Love Flourishes – from the United States Postal Service, unveiled by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Company, the designer of the stamp (on the right dressed to match her gorgeous stamp).

Next, I attended my first class of the day -  Seth Apter's Mixed Media Revolution.  Seth is holding the sample for the class.

We were the very first ones to get to use his newest colors of paint from PaperArtsy … I got the Winter Palette in my supply bag … together with his stamps from Impression Obsession and stencicls from StencilGirl.

Here is my version of Seth's Revolution project … I seriously fell in love with using those paints for monoprinting and this amazing Canva Paper from Canson.

Next I enjoyed lunch with artist Linda Brun who was visiting from Norway … we got to take both classes together today, which was a fabulous treat.  I love how she had a t-shirt printed with her art.

And the second class was learning Brush Lettering with Kelly Creates … I've been a lurker in her Facebook group, so it was fantastic to meet her and try her new products.

I can understand why getting really good at this takes months of practice.  My hands felt so weak trying to control the pressure of the brush markers.

I ended my day hanging out with lots of Stamp Junkies, which may have included some adult beverages and lots of laughter (me and the oh-so-talented Chris Dayton).

I'm looking forward to three more classes tomorrow and dinner with my friends from Norway.