Where have I been and what have I been working on? A new workshop, Gel Printing FUNdamentals! I am giving away 3 spots in the new workshop! 3 winners and 3 ways to enter! It isn’t quite ready to go live, I’ve still a t to dot and i to cross here and there but I am just so [...]
A Colorful Workshop
I did a happy dance when I opened up the latest issue of Art Journaling Magazine to see my cardboard Permission to Play journal in there! Once I stopped dancing, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this entire issue -lots of inspiration and ideas in there from so many art journalers! Many of the published pages in the journal were created while [...]
Imagine an artful weekend of gel printing loaded with techniques and projects all while being pampered…a private room,scrumptious homemade meals and freedom to work at your own pace! Cozing up by the fire laughing and playing, pouring a glass of wine and having a quiet conversation, or enjoy the walking trails and labyrinth. That is [...]
What do I do with a hideous start to an art journal page? Call it an OOPS and add more layers! An O.O.P.S. is an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly and little did I know that the word discover would take me to the 70’s and disco. https://youtu.be/gldjQyYT7wo Watch How I dealt with an ugly art [...]
I have a therapist on call 24 hours a day and the sudden change in my world due to broken ankle, has me needing that therapist more than usual. Who is this amazing helper? My art journal. She’s always available and always accepting of whatever mood I am in. Here’s a look at a recent session [...]
The play gets ugly today. Really ugly. The challenge of this page is that I used Dylusions spray ink on the first layer and it reactivates as soon as paint hits it PLUS it will bleed through any paint layer. But what I thought was ugly became something I love thanks to a little help from a Gel Press [...]
Why does this art journaling workshop focus on the FUNdamentals? That’s where confidence and freedom come from when playing! I’m sharing the principles behind my creative decisions as you see me make the art journal pages so that you can apply them to your play. Find out more about this workshop here. Ready to dive in [...]
A friend of mine wanted to start art journaling but the idea was so overwhelming—the supplies, the ideas, the creativity, what’s wrong, what’s right?— that she couldn’t get started. So much joy in creating—and she was missing out! So many questions racing through her mind: How do you start? What goes on a page? What [...]
Be prepared to laugh along as I guide my husband as he makes his very first art journal page from start to finish. He definitely puts his own twist on the page as only he can in this free 4 video series all about getting started art journaling. The first video is all about him [...]
My art journal cover started as play. No goal. No plan. I was just along for the ride. I thought I was just playing until an O.O.P.S. struck and then the muse opened the floodgates on me. I didn’t see it coming but it was just what I needed. *An O.O.P.S. is an outstanding opportunity presenting suddenly. [...]
