The craziest thing happened when the mail arrived with Mary Beth Shaw’s newest stencil, Flower Tiles! I was inspired to play. That’s not the crazy part. I was inspired to play with Inktense pencils. Nope. That’s not crazy either. The crazy part? That I created something very subtle compared to my usual play. [...]
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As a former elementary school teacher, snow days will always hold a special place in my heart. Snow days meant unexpected artful days in the studio. We didn’t get the snow today that the weatherman promised, okay, predicted…But I decided to take a snow day for play anyway with icicles on a canvas! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-aPtyGE78 You [...]
A bit of Dylusions spray inks and a stencil, Use Your Words, brought a touch color to my art journal. In the video, you’ll see how I used the back of the stencil to get these words onto my page. One of the great things about Dylusions is how it reacts to water and did [...]
This little stenciled ornament should be called Oops. Why? Because there was one after the other while I was making this using Sue Pelletier’s Loose Dress stencil over at StencilGirl. This was supposed to be a little purse/bag to give as a gift…then an Oops happened so that wasn’t possible…My carefully thought out plan [...]
Have you heard of Artist Trading Blocks? These ATB’s are full of possibilities that let you create 3D! This 15 blog hop will show you just some of the possibilities. How’d I make that ATB? It’s a die designed by Eileen Hull for Sizzix that will released in January. You can see more ATB’s on [...]
When Kiala Givehand invited me to join her hop announcing the Mixed Media Inspiration Deck I was honored. This is such a fun and creative deck to play with and it even helped me get unstuck in a jiffy! I only had a few minutes to play and guess what – that is all I needed [...]
Life has been busy. So busy it has been tough to get my dose of studio time. I have learned that if don’t get my art time I become a bit cranky… and I don’t want cranky heading into the holidays. Corrine Gilman reminded me that art can fit even in the busiest of days. She [...]
It takes courage to play. Kids have it mastered. But as an adult I had to relearn how to do it. The place where I play the most? My art journal. The camera was running as I made this page while I was thinking about how much courage it can take to play (and how [...]
My colorful box of foam board arrived from Foam Board Express and I started playing. Not my usual art journal play but 3-D play. A fun colorful stenciled paper wrapped brush holders came out of the fun. This is a blog hop so that means there’s lots more to see- be sure to check [...]
I thought I was just going to read Featuring when I was asked to write a review of it. That was the plan. Then I read it and was so inspired to play that a written review just wouldn’t do it justice. I had to show you how the magazine sparked my play. I [...]
