It’s no secret I love to play with art supplies so I was jumping for joy when I was invited to play with goodies from USArtQuest and Susan Pickering Rothamel and StencilGirl stencils!  It’s mixed media big time…I’m mixing together all different supplies in this one art journal page!

I’m a huge fan of Susan ever since being enthralled in her demoing at Stampaway over the years.  I’m teaching  again this year at Stampaway and my fingers are crossed that she’ll be there demoing again so I can watch her magic in person!

In the video, I create this art journal page from start to finish but at the very end I do something that shows my age!

Watch Mixed Media Art Journal Play on YouTube.

Here’s a close up shot of the Prills…love the organic feel to these little circles of fun!

Want to see more ways to use USArtQuest?  Check out Mary C. Nasser’s blog today and find out how this fun began at Artiscape with Susan Pickering Rothamel over at StencilGirl Talk!

‎Supplies Used:

• Wall of Words stencil
• Now Is the Time stencil
• City Stories stencil
• Prills
• Perfect Paper Adhesive
• Perfect Pigments fluid acrylic paint
• Great Tape
• Dicrofibers

I love looking at all the inspiration on social media such as Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Google+.  When I was stuck and just couldn’t decide what to do in my art journal, I turned to that inspiration to help me get out of my head and start creating.

How exactly did I do it?  I scrolled through my various news feeds and when something grabbed my attention I used that as a jumping off point.  I kept doing this until I was totally out of my own way and feeling free to play.  I share the process in the video below…but be warned…that art journal page gets ugly in the middle!

Social media is always more fun with friends…hence the name social…love for you to stop by and say hello on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter or Google+!

Watch Art Inspired by Social Media on YouTube.

A huge thanks those who inspired me today!  Corrine Gilman got the whole thing rolling with this photo on Facebook.

Rae Missigman sparked my color choice when I just couldn’t decide with this glorious paint brush on Instagram!

Thanks to Lorrie Takeda for getting me using some rubber stamps!  I’ve really been enjoying see all her carved stamps that she’s been sharing over in the Google+ community, A Colorful Playground.

I looked  through my art journaling board on Pinterest and Marjie Kemper’s page jumped out at me. She inspired step #4!

   Supplies Used:

• Number stamps 
• Dylusions Paints
• Krink black paint stick thing
• It’s a Small World stencil 
• Rows of Triangles