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A Colorful Workshop

Video using modeling paste with a stencil on an art journal page plus using spray ink with a calligraphy pen by Carolyn Dube

Why do I love modeling paste so much?  It’s versatility.  It can give me texture and color variation -just like it did on this art journal page when I used it with Dylsuions spray inks. In the video you’ll see how to use modeling paste plus you’ll see how I use spray inks for more than just [...]

Video tutorial adding layers of color in a cardboard art journal with Carolyn Dube

It wasn’t my fault I kept playing!  Really! It was my muse!  My goal was to use up the paint on my palette…but she kept whispering in my ear for more colors…more paint…so I HAD to keep playing. An endless loop of happiness!  Can’t you just imagine how much she had to twist my arm [...]

Thank you everyone for such a fantastic response to the Modeling Paste Play a la carte workshops!   So who did Random.org pick? Kathy Stitzman!  Check your email Kathy for all the details on how to jump on in to the workshop!

Modeling Paste Play Workshop giveaway!

I’m impatient and that can be a very good thing! I love the look of modeling paste but hate to wait for it to dry. That got me thinking about different ways to use modeling paste so that I could have the awesomeness of it without waiting. And that is how the Modeling Paste Play [...]

Video making a cardboard journal with a perpetual calendar for each month

I want to be the type of person who chronicles every day in a scrapbook or planner or journal.  Reality check…I’m not.  I might do it a few days, then miss a bunch, then do it again, but by March, I am usually so far behind that I never pick it up again.  But what I [...]

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UPDATE ***This version is now closed to new registrations, but check out the latest version of Permission to Play here.*** Want to create, to play, to be loose and free but not quite sure where to start or how to do it?  That’s why I created this free workshop, to help you reawaken your creativity by [...]

Joy.  That sums up what I felt all day long in my Meet the Crazies workshop at Art Is You.  So much laughing, so much silliness, and so many amazing women leaving their comfort zone and letting go of fear! Thanks Maja, Arlene, Patty, Sandi, Kymm, Lori, Deborah, Maureen, Christi, and Julia for such a fantastic [...]

Have you been curious about the Gelli Plate?  Wonder how it works?   Or perhaps, you are already addicted to making  Gelli prints and want some tips to get luscious layers of color in only one pull? No matter where you are on your Gelli Plate journey, this workshop is for you.  Just starting with the Gelli [...]

All over Facebook friends are posting photos of their kids going to their first day of school.  As I saw those cute kids with new clothes, backpacks full of school supplies, and smiling faces I realized I’m one of them! I had stacks of kits for 2 workshops with crates of colorful supplies to be used in class. [...]

Have you ever been drawn to the art or style of an artist and then when you meet them in person it all makes sense…because they are their art?  That is what it was like for me meeting Tangie Baxter in person at her Artspiration Studio in Mesa, Arizona.   This studio is like a [...]