Saturday, September 15, 2012

Starbucks Mini-Journal

The Starbucks Mini-journal. These are made from recycled Starbucks coffee cups. 


 This project was taught at a Ladies Art Night I am teaching once a month for adults and high school girls this year.  We will be working with mixed...
media at each class and this project included many different techniques.  These make great gifts, especially when you add a Starbucks gift card!

Watercolor crayon with baby wipe to activate
fun Zentangle lines
Do you recognize the print from a register tape roll?
Participants used watercolor crayons, acrylic paint, and watercolors to create layered backgrounds. We also did finger painting and layering by adding text underneath the paint. Printmaking, ink sprays, and many other techniques were used for the project.  I like the Tulip Fabric sprays you see below or liquid watercolors put into spray bottles.  It was a fabulous night of creativity!

The words from the dictionary said 'steal one's thunder' so I highlighted it.

We used a stencil to trace out the head and added it on top of the fingerpainted background, done with phone book pages.

Lots of fun with spray inks and stencils.

Colored pencils work great over paint and watercolor crayon.


Watercolor resist

I love the meaning and thought put into this page.


She added lots of dictionary words that included the word 'sun'...LOVE IT!

You should definitely try to join us for the next Ladies Art Night!
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7 comments:

  1. CarleighSeptember 15, 2012 at 12:52 PM

    The sunflower journal page is my favorite! Such a fun project.

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  2. MelanieSeptember 16, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    You just don't know how much I wish I coulda been there! They look awesome!

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  3. Gena SmithSeptember 17, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    Wish you could have been here, too! If you give it a try, send me some pics!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:08 PM

    I will totally do that for my mom , she loves Starbucks . In fact her birthday was a couple days ago and she got $70 in Starbucks cards


    Madeline g

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  5. ElizabethSeptember 20, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    So beautiful! And how creative. Wish I could have been there.
    Peace,
    Elizabeth

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  6. CheyenneOctober 7, 2012 at 5:25 PM

    THAT is somethin' else. Love it, Ms. Gena!
    -Cheyenne

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  7. Gena SmithOctober 7, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    Thanks for the kind comments. You should give it a try!

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