Obstacles pop up at times. Some days more than others. Check out my guest post over at Create Mixed Media to find out what obstacles showed up and how I worked around them!
rubber stamping
I’m a big fan of spray inks and when there is a new one I have to try it out. I bought some Color Bloom spray inks and started playing. They sprayed fine. The big handle was easy to use. They had some shimmer. But there was one way they were far superior to other spray inks I’ve [...]
Rubber stamps with stencils bring out the best in each other. Bold lines come from the stencil contrast the fine details of a rubber stamp. Working together they created a quick art journal page. There is lots of inspiration for using stencils with rubber stamps in this blog hop with Lost Coast Designs Rubber Stamps and StencilGirl [...]
It’s day 2 of Stencil Week! You know I love bright and bold but there is a softer side too. The more subtle part of me popped up while I was playing in my altered book journal. Who would have guessed that I would use just one color…not me! Today’s stencil, Linked Small, used with [...]
I’d heard about the high flow paint from Golden. I wondered was it really that different from all my other paints? I lucked into a sample of it and wow, was I hooked! So ordered a few more colors. Turns out it is different from my other paints. Why? Because it is like an [...]
There are amazing things and people all around me. I don’t always notice them but they are there. When I take a moment to give them a chance their amazing-ness is revealed. My muse reminded me today to slow down, take a breath, and let the world be amazing. The art journal page I started [...]
I have fond memories of Greece and am in awe of ancient Greece. Love the old temples, the history, the mystery of it all! When I saw this stencil by Maria McGuire for StencilGirl Products I was flooded with memories of my visits. Maria and I decided this stencil was to be our Artsy Fartsy [...]
Welcome to the StencilGirl blog hop! The star of our hop is Andrew Borloz’s Crossed Rounds and Squares stencil at StencilGirl Products! Want to win his stencil? The details are at the end of this post! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvflEFDJKVE&feature=youtu.be You can watch the video on YouTube here. Andrew’s stencil repeats extremely well so it can make [...]
So how do you get rid of fear when art journaling? Just say Oops! What does Oops stand for? Outstanding Opportunities Presenting Suddenly! Here’s how I use Oops when I art journal to keep fear from limiting my creativity… The white was supposed to be pure white and not have streaks of orange in [...]
Getting started is the toughest part for me many days. Where do I start? What do I make? What colors do I use? These are just questions from a cranky inner critic designed to keep me from getting to my creative side. So, I decided I was going to shut that critic up by [...]
