Since I won The Music of Life Challenge at the Funkie Junkie Boutique, I was invited to be the Guest Designer for their current challenge – to create using Three Stencils which runs through 11:55pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 (so come join the fun for a chance to win $25 for shopping). … Read more
I was feeling like a little CAS cardmaking this morning, so I decided to start with the CAS Mix Up Challenge to use a Stencil and Pastes or Gels. I was thrilled that when I opened my jar of Fern Green Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze, it was just as mixable as when it was … Read more
The one thing about enjoying lots of different creating art-making styles, is finding time to stretch my creative muscle in all of them. It's been a while since I had some Mixed Media Fun (hey Becca), so when I saw the current TFJB (The Funkie Junkie Boutique) The Music of Life Challenge to make something … Read more
We're still having fun with the #birgitkoopsengelprintingchallenge. The Stamp Challenge made me smile … but the challenge to me was which stamp to use. I decided on a vintage Three Ferns stamp from Hero Arts with two colors of Distress Oxide Ink. Next up was Packaging Materials. I sorted through things I had … Read more
I am thrilled to be joining the Design Team at Shopping our Stash for 2022. The first Challenge of 2022 is to create a card using things that Start with the Letter S (which reminded me of the Letter of the Day at Sesame Street). I literally Shopped my Stash for as many … Read more
This week's Wanderlust Art Journal theme starts a month of Serendipity. It was more of a free form lesson using sprays, paints, paper and pencil together with a large face image. I started with three colors of Dina Speed Wakley's Gloss Sprays – Lime, Turquoise & Sand. Next I added my focal image … Read more
I had fun making lots of art today. It started with my Wanderlust lesson, which was to focus on using just paper to create a collage. Since the overarching theme was Ephemera, I just worked from my collage drawer. Next I took a face drawing class with Dina Wakley on Facebook. After my disastrous … Read more
We're still creating cards that feature SNOW this week at Jingle Belles. This week I added some gorgeous new papers from The Funkie Junkie by a Hungarian company Stamperia … this gorgeous collection is called Arctic Antarctic. I love the majesty of the white wolf in his snowy landscape home. I paired one of … Read more
There are lots of different ways to be inspired by The Card Concept Fanciful Fall Picture. I took two dies from My Favorite Things Geometric Greenery that reminded me of the shapes in the picture and die cut leaves from one of the pieces I would have called a "reject" from my Dina … Read more
Today I had the joy of attending the Focus on Gloss Class by Dina Wakley. I only had four colors of her Gloss Spray (Night, White, Lime & Fuchsia), but I made the best of them and had a lot of fun. I used watercolor paper and mixed media paper … but I think I … Read more