Sing-to-Me ATC’s

Busy, busy, busy this past week.  I had several health appointments and spent a few days helping a friend move.  But I still managed to get some crafting time in the studio too – Wahoo! I put together a set of mixed media ATCs and I have a couple left over if...

Birthday Card with Stars

I enjoy making greeting cards just about as much as most any other type of paper craft endeavor.  It’s a somewhat constant in my studio.  Recently I put together a card using lineweaving on stars and stacking them on coordinating papers to create the greeting...

Journal Choices – What’s Yours?

So here’s the thing…. Rarely do I use creative writing in journal pages anymore.  Although I am a chatter box in person – I’m simply not much of a wordy person on paper.  If I’m freeform writing, it’s usually because I’m...

Flash Back – Spring 2016

Jump into my time machine and lets skip back to last spring.  I wasn’t blogging back then, but I was still creating!  I drove up to Northern California to visit a friend last March for a few weeks. We took to playing with pen and paper at her kitchen table one...

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

  Gifts for Creative Friends! Paper Flowers a’ plenty, Free Journals for Drawing, Five Golden Rings, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree… La, da, de, de, da…  Just like the list of true love gifts of Christmas – I’m gathering little...

ATC Swap Show and Tell

  Just a quick follow up video showing off a few of the lovely Artist Trading Cards from the recent Mandala Slice it and Dice it swap.  As you may remember, this was a swap I hosted here on my blog and I also hosted one of the exact same type in our Community...

How About Stenciled Mandalas!

. Mandalas Using Stencils It’s time for another mandala tutorial!  In this video-how-to I’m sharing with you yet another way you can get some play time with your stencils. I hope you’ll enjoy this option as much as I do! The advantage of using...

Sharing Challenge Pattern – Rymey

Mandala Series Continues This is the sixth posting in my Mandala series.  In case you missed any of the other postings here’s a quick list of them: Five Mandala Drawing Methods – Video Tutorial and downloadable info sheet Slice and Dice Projects –...

Mandalas for Rubber Stamping Fans

  Mandala Stamping! I have a new video tutorial for you today.  It’s showing my rubber stamping friends another way they can use their favorite images.  This time on a mandala!  :D. Check it out: . . Dicey Swap Update We have 4 gals signed up for the Slice...

Slice-and-Dice Projects

  In the first article of my mandala series I shared with you an Introduction to Mandalas guide and a video tutorial with 5 repeat pattern art drawing methods for mandalas. I hope you found them helpful.  If you missed the articles, you can jump back to it by...