Tag: the creative play challenge
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Make a Valentine: 10 Cute Valentine Ideas You’ll LOVE
For today’s Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to make a Valentine. I’ll start off by sharing a quick tutorial of a valentine I made this weekend and then end with 10 cute Valentine ideas (many of them include free printables!) So let’s get started. Last weekend I was playing around with my art supplies and…
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Illustrate a To-Do List (For Your Creative Life)
This week we’re going to create a to-do list for our creative lives. This works well for fighting creative slumps, if you’re trying to build more creative time in your life, or if you’re trying to form a new better-for-you habit. Personally, I decided I wanted to cut back on sweets so I chose to…
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Get Organized!
Let’s get organized! Our craft rooms, boxes, cupboards, et al can be MESSY (am I right?) Let’s take some time this week to organize a bit so we can really play with our creative stuff this year—instead of being overwhelmed by it! This week’s prompt for The Creative Play Challenge is all about organizing our…
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Creative Play Challenge Prompt: Collaborate
It’s a new year, and The Creative Play Challenge is back with a new prompt: collaborate. As with this whole series, you can either click the link above to join our private Facebook group and share how you used the prompt this week, leave a comment here on this blog post to share, or do…
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Give Your Art Away
Hello! Our prompt this week is to give your art away. It’s great to make things for yourself. And it’s fine to sell them too. (Of course, I support creative businesses since I am one!) That said, there’s also a place to give your art away. No strings attached. No guilt or expectations involved. Just…
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Learn from a Favorite Artist
What could you learn from a favorite artist this week? That’s what we’re talking about for this week’s Creative Play Challenge prompt. If I were to ask you who your favorite artist is, what would you say? Does someone immediately come to mind? Are there several artists that vie for your attention? For this week’s…
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Creative Prompt: Use What You Have
This week on The Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to do one my favorite things. Our prompt is to use what you have to make a project. Yes, of course I love new craft supplies. At the time of writing this post, I’m looking forward to Jane Davenport’s new line of paint materials like you…
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Create Every Day — Brush Lettering Practice
Have you ever tried brush lettering? It’s so much fun! One of the things I’ve been learning this year is hand-lettering. And on my list of avenues to explore in the lettering movement was brush lettering. I love its fluidity and just so happen to have bought some round brushes for watercolors for my birthday.…
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Thank-Full
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the U.S. and I’m writing this post a bit early so I can truly take the week off with my family. Our prompt this week is simple: take a moment to write, tell, or somehow communicate your gratitude. I think it’s so important to take these moments of reflection throughout…
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Things That Make Me Happy {An Exercise in Thanksgiving}
Have you ever written a “Things That Make Me Happy” list? It’s a great exercise to develop a more thankful heart! As I’m writing this, Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. The trees in our neighborhood are almost bare, well, with the exception of the lichen that stays year-round. And the neighbors are starting…