There is something I HATE to do, really HATE to do. Every week I must do this and I spend most of the week dreading it. What is it? Paying the bills. I detest writing the checks, abhor stuffing and stamping the envelopes. Until today. Thanks to Seth Apter’s newest stencil, Inside Out, [...]
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I had a blank canvas in front of me and I just could not make a decision on how to begin. Paint or spray ink or watercolors? Stencil or collage or sketch? Blue or green or purple? The questions just kept coming. I was completely in my head. Frozen. Not a decision could [...]
My muse sends me messages. She doesn’t call. It’s more like a telegram. Just short instructions. I made the choice to follow the art journaling ideas from my muse. But first I had to get out of my head because I was thinking way way way too much. In the video, you’ll even see me [...]
Welcome to April’s Colorful Gelli Print Party! The packing tape video by Gelli Arts (here) inspired my play today. But, alas, I am patience impaired and did not want to wait for the layers to dry so I played with the tape on the Gelli Plate in a different way. What did I [...]
In the process of making a pattern with Thanks A Lotus I backed myself into a corner. But you’ll see that if I back myself into a corner, I can get myself back out. The tragedy was averted (pretty easily too…) as I played with Andrea Matus DeMeng’s incredible stencil for this jumbo blog hop celebrating her designs [...]
Rubber stamps with stencils bring out the best in each other. Bold lines come from the stencil contrast the fine details of a rubber stamp. Working together they created a quick art journal page. There is lots of inspiration for using stencils with rubber stamps in this blog hop with Lost Coast Designs Rubber Stamps and StencilGirl [...]
No pens were harmed in the making of this art journal page! Although it was risky to use a regular pen on paint that hadn’t dried completely, my pen made it through the ordeal as I played in my art journal with some new text stencils! In the [...]
http://youtu.be/IdsXHUq-PkM Watch Stretch your stencil by turning it on YouTube. Stretch your stencil with a simple turn. Just a quarter of a turn of a stencil can create unexpected bold patterns. To show you the power of turning the stencil, I used the Trio of Houses stencil. Of course, I can create the expected image of [...]
I am ordering supplies and starting to gather the goodies for my in-person workshop in Mesa, Arizona coming up on April 12th! I’ve found a great deal on the supplies so that means I am adding even more surprises to the day! What do I have up my sleeve? It’s a surprise that I am [...]
A quick stenciled chalkboard sign helped me bring the feeling of an outdoor cafe indoors for the StencilGirl Products and Walnut Hollow blog hop! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x95Ofg2S1uk Watch A Stenciled Chalkboard Sign on YouTube. The mini hinged sign was quickly transformed into a chalkboard with FolkArt’s Chalkboard paint. For the pattern, Mary [...]
