{INSPIRE} mixed media journal cover...

Hello Everyone!  Happy New Year!

Well, its that time again!  Its my turn over at the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog.  I had alot of fun playing with some chipboard journal covers, Gelatos, and a whole bunch of different textural mediums to create a cover for one of my many art journals! 

To see the tutorial on how I created this mixed media journal cover check out the blog!!!

Design Memory Craft Blog!

I hope you find some inspiration today!  Thanks for looking and stopping by!  Have a great day!

Merry Christmas Star with Design Memory Craft...and a little birthday wish...

Hi Everyone!  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas yesterday!  I absolutely love Christmas, have since I was a kid.  I love everything about it!  As quickly as it came, its now over in our house as we move on to another birthday celebration around here.  Wishing my sweet little boxing day baby a happy birthday!  Here's a little art project I made for her, planning on using it on the outside of one her presents all wrapped up!  Just had to share, and as you can see I used a wide array of Design Memory Craft products.  I did video tape my process but I had a hard time figuring out how to edit it on my tablet so that will probably be another post to come...

    

Its also my turn to share over at the Design Memory Craft website today.  Take a look below!

I made this little wooden block painting, you can see the full post including a tutorial over on the

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog today!

Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday, and will see you back here in the new year!

As always, thanks for looking!

Love you to the moon and back...

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today I'm sharing with you a mini canvas (2x2) I did a while back.  I love working on tiny surfaces, I love the detail work as you can see from the banner.  It is fiddly and a bit fussy but it calms me!  

For this little canvas I started with a wash for the background using Gelatos in a variety of pinks and purples.  I then added some drips of india ink straight from the bottle dropper and added some black gelatos around the side edges.  I cut out little triangles from some scrap designer paper and glued them to some scrappers floss and added some stickles.  A few more splatters, doodles and the added sentiment from Unity Stamps and it was all done!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

A Simple Thank-you...

Hi Everyone!  Check out the Design Memory Craft Blog today for a little tutorial on how I created this textured thank-you card!

Here's a little preview!

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You are as happy as you choose to be...

Hellllooooo!  Me again, back with another post and some happy news!  I will be designing again for the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft design team this fall!  I'm so honoured and thankful to be picked again for this amazing team and to work with such a talented bunch of designers!  Cant wait to show you my creations!  

Here's a little 'teaser' using some Design Memory Craft Gelatos® on watercolour paper and paired with a fabulous sentiment stamp from Unity Stamps!

Such a fun and easy card to make!  The added sequins are a fun touch!  

Anyway, stay tuned for some Design Memory Craft goodness to come your way!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

No boys allowed! Hazel & Ruby stencil masks save the day again....

Sorry I've been missing in action lately.  Tennis season has started so I'm back teaching until the snow covers up the courts for another year!  But anyone who knows me knows I can't stay away from my art supplies!  I'm not going anywhere!

So my little one has been asking to make an artsy sign for her door with some of my Hazel & Ruby stencil masks.  She knew exactly what she wanted it to say:  'No boys allowed, except dads, brothers, cousins and any nice boys'.  We had to condense it a bit for the sake of space...lol...

Here's how it turned out:

We used some PPA (matte) to adhere the pretty paper

(also from Hazel & Ruby - Pretty Floral Tissue Paper roll) 

to a 12x12 canvas.  (let dry completely - we did a whole bunch the night before)

Next, we simply added our letters to the canvas.

She then painted over the entire canvas using acrylic paint.

Since acrylic paint dries pretty fast we didn't have to wait too long to peel off the letters.

(a heat gun also helps ;)  

We wanted to add a bit of distress to it so we added some strokes of Tim Holtz distress paint in Picket Fence.  We also took the bottom of paint bottle and dabbed it into some orange paint to make some random circles on the canvas.  Then I took my beloved india ink pens from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and added a bit of shading around the letters to help them stand out.

Such a fun project to do together with fabulous results!!!  The stencil masks from Hazel & Ruby make it super quick and easy even for kids!  Love it!!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!

Watercolour Journal Cover...

Hey there crafty peeps!  Today I've got a fun watercolour journal cover project to share from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft.   I've used Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils, some Gelatos® and Glaze to create this fun Journal cover. 

Check out the Design Memory Craft Blog for the full post.

Also they are having a design team call, you will LOVE this opportunity so check out all the details {HERE} if you're up for the challenge!

I've also used a Unity Stamp (enjoy.explore.believe) and some fun sequins from Pretty Pink Posh! #prettypinkposh

My funny little girl I drew with pink glittery hair...

Here's the video!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!  

Happy News!

I'm so so happy and over the moon excited to share that I've been chosen to be a Guest Designer for the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft team!  I cannot wait to be creating with this VERY talented bunch of ladies!  Just about everything I use in my mixed media art is a product from Faber-Castell.  I love their art supplies and am so excited to showcase them for you!  I cannot wait!!  

In the meantime check out their BLOG and WEBSITE for some wonderful inspiration and new products!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!