7 Days of Halloween Day 4- Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven” themed craft coffin box
Hello Hello, Welcome to day 4 of my 7 days of Halloween. For today's treat, I have another assemblage piece. This is a spooky coffin box with an Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" theme. The box used is a craft wood box that opens like a jewelry box. I purchased this one at...
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7 Days of Halloween Day 3 – Dylusions Black Cat Cobweb Halloween Art Journal Tag
Hello Again, Welcome to Day 3 of my 7 days of Halloween! Today's make is a cute black cat cobweb Dylusions art journal tag. This one is special to me because I used a custom stencil I designed. I have released in my Etsy shop a set of stencil's based on my fur babies...
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7 Days of Halloween Day 2 – Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween 2018 Ephemera “Palm Reader” Halloween Card
Hello Again, Welcome to Day 2 of my 7 Days of Halloween. Today I am featuring a super simple Halloween card. This card took me under ten minutes to make and is an easy way to use up bits of Halloween scrapbook paper, ephemera and toss in a bit of your favorite...
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7 days of Halloween Day 1- Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ancestor Paper Doll Vignette Box “Til Death do us Part”
Hello Folks, Have you missed me? I have been a busy bee in my studio prepping for the 7 days of Halloween release today October 1st. Halloween has always been my favorite time of year. Growing up in New York it meant the leaves were changing, apple cider was out, and...
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Tim Holtz Altered Paper Doll ATC (Artist Trading Card)
Good Morning, As I write this post today my heart is with the people on the east coast in the Carolinas and Virginia as hurricane Florence pounds the shoreline. Living in Florida for almost seventeen years now I have been through six memorable hurricanes, one was the...
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Where have all the good pens gone?
In this post I review four types of white paint pens and markers to see what will work best for art journaling
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“Quiet” Art Journal Page- Mission Inspiration 2018 August Mid-Month prompts
Come along as I break that glaring blank white page using this month’s August Mission Inspiration Mid-Month prompt of Quiet along with my Distress Oxides and Tim Holtz stamps.
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Fall Dragonfly Yupo Paper Alcohol Lift Ink Art Journal Tag
This art journal tag was inspired by some of the fluttering visitors I met on my walks. With fall in the air the combination of dragonflies and fall colors just felt right.
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Yupo Paper Embossing Holiday Card Fail. What not to do.
Hello Folks, With only about three months to go, I decided this year I was going to get a head start on making my handmade Chrismas cards to send out. With the new alcohol lift-ink out, I had visions of beautiful mottled backgrounds with lifted snowflakes and...
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Tis the season for Yupo Paper and Alcohol Inks, but how do you use them
With the release of Alcohol Lift-Ink and a resurgence in the use of our Alcohol Inks I put together a few test videos showing how to use the Tim Holtz Ranger Al
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Finding Inspiration
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