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Built A Door – Art Journal

April 20, 2022

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” I used Ranger Distress Ink with a cosmetic sponge over the Art Deco Summit stencil for my background. It was from back when I first got my prototype and tested the stencil and then kept it in my collage stash. Then I sketched with a Posca fine marker … Continued

Creative Squad: Lost in a Book – Riikka Kovasin

April 12, 2022

Hello from my Creative Squad! Today we have a post and video from Riikka Kovasin who is sharing an art journal page that is an ode to a favorite book from childhood. She is using my ATC Mixup Stencil and our theme: Lost in a Book – What is one of your favorite books (from childhood or as an adult) … Continued

Hypocrites – Art Journal

April 9, 2022

“People say ‘Keep your chin up’ while gently pushing down your head.” Using a credit card, I put down some colors with different viscosities – heavy body Liquitex white acrylic paint, soft body gold and blue acrylic paint, as well as some yellow acrylic ink, picking it up with the card and scraping the colors … Continued

Pack of Dogs – Art Journal

April 4, 2022

“Sometimes I feel like a fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs.” As I was moving, packing and unpacking my studio, I swore to myself to use what I have which includes the huge stack of collage material in one of my letter press drawers. So here I am… sticking to my self made … Continued

Together – Art Journal

March 28, 2022

“We were together. I forget the rest.” – Walt Whitman The collage elements in this page tell quite the story. The green paper strip in the background is from a scrapbooking paper line I did for a French company back in the day …it was called Emoticon and I thought I should use it up … Continued

Maura’s Perfect Artistic Day… and more! Creative Squad Interviews

March 24, 2022

How well do you know our Creative Squad? Each week one of our talented design team members shares a project with us and we have come to know and love each of their individual artistic styles. BUT we realized that maybe we could learn a bit more about what makes each of these lovely artists … Continued

Creative Squad: My Kindred Spirit – Jordan Hill

March 22, 2022

Hello from my Creative Squad! Today we have a post from Jordan Hill who is sharing her unique take on our theme this month by working on an old playing card with my Triangle Love stamp set. Our theme is: My Kindred Spirit – Animals are often symbols of qualities that we humans identify with, so let’s take some … Continued

Creative Squad: My Kindred Spirit – Robin Seiz

March 15, 2022

Hello from my Creative Squad! Today we have a post from Robin Seiz who is sharing a project that will have you thinking about Spring! She is using my Small Circle Jumble, Floral Tile Small, Fan-fare, and Mini Motifs rubber stamps and our theme: My Kindred Spirit – Animals are often symbols of qualities that we humans identify with, … Continued