December already? Time sure does fly when I’m having fun…especially this time of year! This month’s Gelli Plate tutorial is all about using hot glue and circles. You can find the round Gelli Plate here. When I have used found lids in the past they made very thin lines on the Gelli Plate- and [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I had a piece of messy playful stencil paper that I had just made that was calling to me. Before you ask, yes, the paper did talk to me. When the paint and paper talk I have learned to listen! I captured how I made this paper and how I used it to [...]
StencilGirl Products and Xyron are playing together with a hop filled to brim with ideas for both stencils and adhesives! While playing around in my art journal with Xyron’s adhesive dots I found Kleenex gave me just the look I wanted. http://youtu.be/-uMdckmIdtk You can watch Xyron Adhesives and Kleenex on YouTube here. [...]
Words have become an important part of my life both personally and as a part of my art. I chose words and phrases for this stencil that captured the feelings that are important in my art and my life. No surprise this one is called Words to Live By. [...]
