When you’re gel printing, is there a magic number of colors you should use to get a good print? Should you use 3 colors or 12 colors? https://youtu.be/AEDt8SvKeUY Not only am I using a lot of colors, they don’t even “go together”- that is until they are layered in a gel print. There are gorgeous [...]
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At long last, this year, I finally updated my painted stairs. These are the stairs I walk on every day to get to the studio and now that they’re colorful, I wonder why it took me so long to make time to do this! What I learned and the OOPS or two along the way [...]
What can stop the play? Overthinking. It has the power to bring the play to a complete halt. Luckily, there are ways to slow the perfectionistic over thinking and bring back the play. In the video, you’ll those ways in action and be sure to check out the message I have for that over thinking voice at [...]
What is Creativation? It is a trade show in Phoenix for the art and craft industry. Sure there were lots of new products (and yes, I’ll be sharing videos in the near future using them) but what I came for was the people. To catch up with old friends, to meet online friends in person, and make [...]
Merry Happy Holidays! May you and your family have a wonderful time together!
Do you like stencils? Do you like deals and discounts? This Monday might make you very happy then! It’s StencilGirl Products Cyber Monday sale! 25% off stencils on top of their everyday deal! Plus a free 9×12 stencil for every $100 spent! Naturally, StencilGirl gets crazy busy during this sale. To get the orders [...]
Mary Beth Shaw is celebrating her birthday with stencils! Not only a gigantic sale but on Friday morning and in the evening (7am and 7pm CST) July 7th she will be live sharing stenciling techniques using Tim Holtz’s Distress Oxide Inks on the SG Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StencilGirlProducts. If you miss it, never fear, you can [...]
Why do I get so excited about caps and lids that are about to be thrown away? It’s not because it means everyone has been taking their vitamins. Although that is a good thing. It is because caps are perfectly round and come in a variety of sizes to make an easy pattern tool for [...]
OOPS! The plan was to build the grid with 3 colors by having each color in each row and no color touching itself. I thought it was a solid plan. It wasn’t, since after row #2, I was backed into a corner. Okay, that sounds a bit dramatic but for a fleeting second that is [...]
Happy Hippo Holidays to you and yours! Why the purple hippo for the holidays? Why not I say! He jumped into my arms and I just had to give him a colorful home. Percival, as I have come to know him, has been reminding me of how wonderful it is that everyone is different. Not [...]
