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All About ATCs Mixed Media Art Class It's that time of year… time for my online mixed media art workshop called All About Artist Trading Cards & Artist Trading Coins to open its doors! The class has 55 (yes, you read that right…. FIFTY FIVE) video lessons focused on 10 different Content Categories. All About ATCs is technique-heavy, and I demonstrate all the techniques on small surfaces known as Artist Trading Cards and Artist Trading Coins (ATCs). Working on small surfaces takes away the fear of a big blank page or canvas… it's easy to start small, and then use…
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Art Journaling with Dylusions Ink Sprays Hi, there! Popping in today with an art journal project I made this week with Dylusions Ink Sprays. This journal is a square shape, so kind of awkward and long when used for a 2-page spread. I used Dylusions Ink Sprays, stamps, stencils, paint, ink, chipboard, paper, and die-cuts in it. Dylusions Ink Sprays are one of my favorite mediums to play with, since the colors blend so beautifully. You'll find lots of other Dylusions art journal spreads on my site here. This rich purple and blue color blend seemed to call out for…
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It's an honor to be returning once again as one of the mixed media art instructors participating in Wanderlust 2021! What is Wanderlust 2021? Wanderlust is a wonderful year-long online mixed media art and art journaling course. Content comes in the form of 50 video lessons from 26 instructors over the course of 2021. All videos are streamable and downloadable from the Wanderlust website. Who else is teaching? Check out this line-up! What a pleasure to be working with so many pros to deliver amazing content every week in 2021! You'll see lots of familiar faces and some new ones,…
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The 5 Day Art Journaling Challenge I'm so happy to share that I'm hosting The 5-Day Art Journaling Challenge later this month! This live event occurs August 17-21 at 12pm Eastern time (US and Canada) and replays will be available for 30 days. Use this time zone converter to see what time it is where you live. We'll create a lovely 10-page mixed media art journal over the course of 5 days. The cost is just $10 per person. Sneak Peek Click here to see a quick video flip-through of the pages. What does it cost? Just $10 per person!…
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Have you heard about my monthly program? It's called the Mixed Media Art Membership Group. It's become my favorite way to connect with people! The Mixed Media Art Membership Group (MMAMG) is a monthly membership that includes facilitated learning in a supportive online art community with projects, challenges, and loads of resources. What's it About? Every month I give the members a Project of the Month (with closed-captioned step-by-step video instructions as well as written PDF instructions), a themed Challenge of the Month, a live Zoom Call where I demo something and you can ask questions, and lots of resources…
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5-MINUTE ART VIDEO SERIES I'm back with the another video in my 5-Minute Art video series where I set a timer for 5 minutes and squeeze in as much as I can on a given product or technique. You can see the other videos here. Today's video focuses on using water with Distress Ink pads to create vibrant backgrounds. It always amuses me to see my large work table get crowded so quickly. I start with a nice clear space and end up working in a tiny little section! DISTRESS INKS VIDEOS You'll find the video here: Distress Inks, Part 3.…
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5-MINUTE ART VIDEO SERIES I'm back with the another video in my 5-Minute Art video series where I set a timer for 5 minutes and squeeze in as much as I can on a given product or technique. You can see the other videos here. Today's video goes over the basics of using an Ink Blending Tool to blend different colors of Distress Inks smoothly and effectively. DISTRESS INKS VIDEOS Be sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already so you'll know when the next video comes out. Please let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover in…
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5-Minute Art Video Series I'm back with the fourth video in a new video series where I set a timer for 5 minutes and squeeze in as much as I can on a given product or technique. You can see the first three videos here. Of course I can't show you everything in this Distress Inks Video because five minutes really fly by! I love the idea of quick bit-sized videos and coming back another day to show more. I've done three so far with stencils, and today I'm switching the focus to Distress Inks. Distress Inks Videos Be sure…
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Creativity Prompts Thanks for visiting today! I’ve created a free resource for newsletter subscribers and I’d love to share it with you. It’s a list of 20 Ways to Boost Your Creativity. These are the things I do when I find myself in a creative rut. My goal is always to break out of that situation as soon as possible! Sometimes it’s easier than others. Would you like a copy? The list has a variety of exercises to do to get your mojo back on track. If you’d like a copy of the list, sign up here and I'll send…
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5-Minute Art Videos I'm back with the third art video in a new video series 5 Minute Art Videos, where I set a timer for 5 minutes and squeeze in as much as I can on a given product or technique. This one is STENCILS, PART 3 . You can see Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Of course I can't show you everything about a product or technique in 5 minutes, but I love the idea of quick bit-sized videos and coming back another day to show more. Stencil Videos Be sure to subscribe to my channel if…
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