Hi there, folks! Scraps, here, with a necessity-is-the-crafter-of-inspiration project from Alchemist Jo!
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Jo: I keep myself busy with quite a few art challenges which is great for inspiration but every so often I want to create something just for me, just because I can, just because. So there I am, I’ve set aside some time, I’m sitting in my crafting area and, oh dear, wondering what I can do.
**Tumbleweed Moment**
I’ll twitch a few pencils, stroke my favourite cardstock but will be stuck for inspiration. Sound familiar to anyone?! A-ha! I now have a solution to this problem!
STUCK STICKS! You’re stuck? Pick a stick!
The pot is a food can (baked beans in this case) covered with washi tape. Have you checked out the Gauche Alchemy WASHI TAPE yet?! My secret mission is to end up with one of each set! It’s so easy to use and looks wonderful (especially if I don’t drool over it!).
The sticks are coffee shop wooden stirrers (ok ok, I drink too much coffee) which I color-tinted with Distress Inks and Distress Stains.
I rubber stamped with Staz-on ideas for creative things to do–sometimes very specific like ‘ATC’, ‘alter something’ or ‘watch a gauche video and have a go at the technique’, other ones giving broader inspiration such as ‘quote’, ‘choose a decade’ or ‘open a technique book and have a go at one’. One of my most effective inspiration un-stucker stickers is to tidy up my crafting area – it’s amazing what gets found and I’m instantly inspired to create :o)
This was a quick and fun little project. It would be great to team up with a like minded friend and make a set for each other – then you wouldn’t have a clue what idea you were going to pick out, what fun!
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Oh how fun! Not only did she dress up a lot of things that would have otherwise been tossed into the trash, but she made them into an awesome creativity tool for herself! And I love the idea of a stuck stick swap, anyone game?
~Scraps~
PS: As Sunday is Mother’s Day, I just wanted to take a moment to wish a very happy Mother’s Day to our Gauche Mamas, Mom-Alchemists and all our Mom-readers, too! Wishing you much crafty time to indulge your passions!
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simply brilliant, Jo! love this!
Jo, you are so good! I think this is a great idea and I love your ‘ideas’ 😉
Love this idea Jo – really brilliant. My birthday is in February. Y’know. Just dropping that in there 😀
Such a great idea. I like the idea of doing a stick swap with other artists for inspiration!
I love these ! ( was wondering where you got the sticks from ! ) Pretty too in their little made over tin. Baked beans look oh so more attractive now !
THese are freakin awesome!!! Man you just keep making my “to do” list longer and longer!!!
Wow what an awesome idea!
[…] face**). I had a few ideas but nothing that was exciting me. So, I picked out one of my ‘Stuck Sticks‘ (a previous Gauche project) and it told me to study an artist and have a go at creating […]
[…] face**). I had a few ideas but nothing that was exciting me. So, I picked out one of my ‘Stuck Sticks‘ (a previous Gauche project) and it told me to study an artist and have a go at creating […]
please could you tell me more of what you put on your sticks ., i’ve got lost on ideas
Tracy, please visit gauchealchemy.com and search on “stuck sticks” to leave a message there – the blog was moved some time ago. No one monitors this blog anymore. Sorry for the slow response.
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