Artist Trading Coins

I’ve done Artist Trading Card swaps for many years.  But this last month was the first time I did an Artist Trading Coin swap.  This one was hosted by Janelle and she said, pretty much anything goes. We could do collage work, stamping, drawing, painting, inking,...

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...

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...

Art Every Week

The last time I posted to this blog was in December 2014.  I think it’s time I re-engage, don’t you?! Besides manhandling a hectic travel and moving schedule (that went sideways several times), I was also dealing with some emotional struggles. So the time...

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...

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...

ATC Sleeves – Quick Tutorial

In my last posting I mentioned these little paper sleeves or envelopes (without a flap) that I sometimes make to present my Artist Trading Cards in. Here’s a super quick how-to for making them: Steps to Make ATC sleeves: Cut a piece of decorative paper to size:...

Mixed Media with Repeat Pattern Doodles

  I’ve been back in the studio for a wee bit here lately and managed to pull together several pages in art-journals and altered books.  It’s been fun getting my hands messy again.  So I thought I’d share with you a couple of mixed media...

Doodley Update

  Hello everyone!  Yes I’m finally updating my blog!  In case you didn’t get a chance to log into the LineWeaving.com forums lately let me tell you that the winner of our ScorPal giveaway was BeckieLouHoo.  I sent the product to her in a pizza size...

Creating ATC Series

  So I’m getting ready to host another ATC swap for the community in the LineWeaving.com forums. This one may be a little challenging for some of my line-art friends. That’s because the theme of this swap is “Serendipity Color First” and...