Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing my newest mixed media canvas board piece on Andy Skinner's Creative Team blog.  CLICK HERE  for the complete pictorial tutorial.  This piece is introducing several of Andy's NEWEST PRODUCTS released through Creative Expressions. 

I LOVE THEM!

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully this canvas is a reminder to all of us that ...

THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE for a better tomorrow.  It WILL get better!!

Until then, stay safe and and try to find some time to create!  You'd be amazed at how peaceful it is to just lose yourself in your own imagination as you let if flow from you onto an art journal page, a canvas, a book ... whatever.  Just let it flow!

I'm back with another new project being featured on Andy Skinner's 

Blog today.  

I am so proud and honored to be a part of his Creative Design Team and to get a chance to play with all of his wonderful techniques and products.

This piece is called the Industrial Elements Doorplate Canvas.  It's a cross of industrial and steampunk with a big of nostalgia and vintage thrown in.

You can go to Andy's blog HERE and see all of the details.  So many fun techniques and products ... and .... lots of creative ideas from his crazy talented design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

HIDDEN HEART CANVAS

Hello again all of my artsy friends!

I am thrilled to be featured on Andy Skinner's blog today with my latest creation for him.

Here is a sneak peek at a small portion of the project.  You'll have to head over to Andy's blog to see the entire piece plus all of the details on the "how's" and "what's" of its creation.

Hope you enjoy it!  Thanks for stopping by and if you're so inclined, I'd love for you to leave a comment here and/or on Andy's blog!  

Have a great week!

SEND IN THE CLOWNS CANVAS

Happy 2018!

This year has started off very COLD and snowy here in the heartland.  

But...some really exciting news for me...I am honored to once again be one of Andy Skinner's Creative Design Team Members as well as DecoArt's Media Design Team!  I totally LOVE these products and find them so fun and easy to work with. This year's teams are SOO talented!  I'm still pinching myself!  There are lots of new products coming out; some already on pre-sale and will be shown at CHA and beyond.

With all of the COLD and gloomy weather outside, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to liven things up a bit by "Sending In The Clowns!"  No worries...even if you're not a fan of clowns, you won't find this one scary.  Here is a sneak peak at a vintage style canvas I made using Andy Skinner's really fun image transfer and colorization technique.  Talk about a "WOW" factor for your art project! 

Pop on over to Andy Skinner's Blog and check out the entire 8" x 8" stretch canvas.  There are lots of layers in the background: stamping, stenciling, texture, color. 

I also used DecoArt's amazing Media line of products for some really cool "aged" textural vintage results. 

More exciting news ... Andy  Skinner and France Papillon have banned together with Chocolate Baroque to create some absolutely beautifully detailed, different and very cool stamps for all of your journaling and mixed media artists.  These are on PRESALE now and they are going FAST!  You can click HERE to be taken to Andy's website for Illusionary Artists!

I hope you enjoy the canvas!!!  

Have a great year and let's get some inspiration flowing!!

BEWARE! THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK IS TICKING...FOR YOU!

Welcome to my lair!  

Bwaaaahhhh!

Do you hear the clock ticking?  What clock you ask?  The Doomsday Clock!

I have created this spooky vintage Halloween home decor piece for Andy Skinner's Creative Design Team. Lots of fun without a lot of time invested!

Head over to ANDY SKINNER'S BLOG to see the complete pictorial tutorial!  

Halloween is fast approaching!  Are you READY?!?!

Bwaaahhhh! 

CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST? CHECK OUT MY TANDO "STONE" CHRISTMAS COTTAGE

Ho! Ho! Ho!

In August?  Well, if the next 4 months go as quickly as this year has so far ...

Yes!!!  Ho! Ho! HO!

Today I am sharing a cute little vintage style "stone" Christmas cottage I created using DecoArt products on a Tando Creative's darling little 3D Mini House!  These little houses are so cute and you get THREE of them in one kit; houses and all of the exteriors - door, roof, window frames!

The stone effect was created using Andy Skinner's "Shredded" stencil from DecoArt.  Instead of looking like snake skin, I thought it would make awesome "stone" walls ... and it DID!

Check out the entire project along with a complete pictorial tutorial

 on Andy Skinner's Blog!

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX ALTERED JOURNAL

Hello everyone!

Would you join me in wishing ANDY SKINNER a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY?

Ever have some left over pieces that you want to use but they just sit in a little box and keep accumulating?  Well, get out that box, and start looking at those pieces in a different way!

I had so much fun using some leftover Tando Creative steampunk pieces to alter a plain journal cover into something fun and kind of "funky". Definitely NOT steampunk!

Check out the entire book cover and the tutorial for Andy Skinner HERE.  It's fun to think outside the box and see where your imagination takes you!

STEAMPUNK GOGGLES ~ WHAT FUN!!

Hello everyone!

I had such a BLAST creating these 3D chipboard Steampunk Goggles from Tando Creative.  

I am amazed at how easy they were to put together and how sturdy they are; especially with all of the products I used on them.  Very cool!

These goggles are my second piece for Andy Skinner's Creative Team.  You can see a pictorial tutorial for them HERE.  I am so proud to be a part of his team as I am always dumbfounded by his techniques.  He can take DecoArt products and create illusions of stone, rust, metal...whatever...with ease.  Just fascinating!

So hop on over to Andy's blog for the lastest from the Creative Team and maybe get a jump start on your creativity or inspiration!  All it takes is an idea and a little bit of "know how".

Thanks for stopping by!

MIXED UP MINISTRY OF MIXOLOGY BOOK COVER

Oh happy Friday!  I hope everyone has a fantastic AND CREATIVE weekend.

I am over the moon excited to be part of Andy Skinner's Creative Team. 

I am sharing my first piece on his blog.  You can check it out HERE.

I am sharing two different techniques using DecoArt, Tando Creative and Stampendous products.  You can  see a step by step rusting technique on the plain chipboard gears and cogs.  I am also sharing one of Andy's very fun image transfer and coloring technique that has stunning results.

DecoArt has a vast array of wonderful mixed media products: paints, gessos, modeling pastes, brushes...you name it, they've got it!

Tando Creative has an amazing collection of cut MDF board and chipboard.  You have GOT to check them out!

Stampendous has too many beautifully cut stamps to count! I love so many of them!  

I hope you'll check out the tutorial over on Andy's blog and then maybe try some of the techniques on your own creative piece this weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!