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 [...]
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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 [...]
Stencils, a round Gelli Plate, and my art journal made for a perfect afternoon of play! I usually like layer upon layer but this page just felt right to me with the open space. http://youtu.be/fydxF4OcXU4 You can watch Using a round Gelli Plate with Silks and a Stencil on YouTube here. [...]
November’s Colorful Gelli Print Party has a very special guest -the round Gelli Plate! Let’s just say I was a bit excited when the post man arrived with this box with not 1 but 2 round Gelli Plates! You guessed it – I am giving away a round Gelli Plate! [...]
I adore using words in my art and art journaling so it is no surprise I designed Use Your Words for StencilGirl Products. This is not one stencil but really many stencils that can be used alone or together. I use this as one big stencil in my play but I also use just [...]
Not everything that is created has to take lots of time because there isn’t always lot of time available in a busy day. I’m sure I am not the only person who wishes there were 48 hours in a day! This was a quick art journal page made while playing around with Cecilia Swatton’s Marbles 6 [...]
