It’s that time of year when people I know love to carve up a pumpkin. It probably won’t shock you to know that I’d rather paint a pumpkin than carve it. While they carved, I used paint to create a background on my pumpkin, just like I would if I was creating a background in [...]
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3 things I learned about painting pumpkins this season all came from Oopsies. I had planned to paint each pumpkin a color of rainbow and add some details. It did not go as planned at all! In the video, you’ll see how these happy pumpkins became drippy layers of color fun. https://youtu.be/ejum9nsJLmA Watch What I Learned Painting a Pumpkin [...]
50 things to do. Time to only do 20 and the energy to do 3. Ever have a day like that? It was the kind of day where I hear I can’t a lot in my head thanks to a very unhelpful voice. Hearing I can’t is my signal to me that I need some art [...]
Guess what I did with my empty tubes of paint…I put water in them. Something simple that led to a whole lot of play. This created a very very watery paint in the tubes which was just perfect for squirting, flinging, and dripping. On a sunny afternoon I headed outside and made colorful splots [...]
This art journal page is nothing to sneeze at…because I did all the sneezing last week which led me to use an entire box of tissues…which is where I grabbed that great piece of pattern that started the whole page. I’ve got the entire process…well not the sneezing…in a video and guest post on Julie [...]
I was under the influence of the 70’s while I made this art journal spread. The music was blaring and my muse stopped by to spark my play by making this floral Gelli print® call to me from a stack of prints. If you’ve ever used a Gelli Plate®, you know how easy it is to [...]
Want to feel like a kid again? Making spin art takes me right back to when I was a kid. After getting a spin art machine, I would get paint all over the place as the machine whirled the paper around. Guess that is why Mom always sent me outside to do it. Hours were spent mesmerized by [...]
When I was invited to try out the Groove from Art-C for the blog hop with StencilGirl, I didn’t know what to expect. I must admit I was a bit skeptical and wondered if it was something for me. Turns out, it is exactly the kind of thing I like to use. It’s easy to [...]
What’s the play for today? I’m going mixed media card making today with goodies from USArtQuest and StencilGirl Products for a blog hop! You probably know that blog hop means giveaway so be sure to check out the details at the end. In the video, you see me make the very careful and precise background with the Perfect [...]
A stencil is a tool, just like a paint brush is a tool. That is one of the many reasons why I love stencils more and more each time I play with them. How you hold a paintbrush influences the type of mark you make on your paper. How you position your stencil influences the [...]
