Sometimes the desire to create in a certain medium is in your heart, but what to create is eluding you. I’ve found that playing around with something completely different than what I really want to do gets the creative ideas … Continue reading →
Last fall while visiting a craft show, my granddaughter drew me into a booth to watch the artist roll paper strips into beautiful shapes, creating unique designs for greeting cards, wall art, jewelry and more. This craft is called quilling … Continue reading →
I thought I was probably done with this series of Variations on a Theme when I finished the textile version. However, quite some time ago I purchased a piece of linoleum for carving a stamp for printing and also a set … Continue reading →
Our previous post showed you how to make bubble printed paper. Here are some cards I made using some of those prints: The butterflies and other doodles were inspired by Sakura’s drawing tutorials. (They offer free downloads for you to … Continue reading →
The art challenge for week 21 in the Documented Life Project was to use cheesecloth as a texture medium. I know it is hard to believe, but I do not have cheesecloth in my stash of fabric. So I did … Continue reading →
The art challenge for the 19th week of Documented Life Project was stitching. Jan: For this challenge, I pulled out a box of small fabric scraps and picked out pieces that were small enough to not need cutting. I arranged … Continue reading →
It’s easy to transform something that doesn’t look that great into something that looks wonderful. It’s even easy to take something that is perfectly good and useable (to someone) and transform it into something else (like taking a bridesmaid dress … Continue reading →
The theme for the month of February in the Documented Life Project challenges was Layers You Will Love! The art challenge for week 6 was “When Not to Stop” and the journal prompt was “Don’t stop, ’til you get enough!” Jan: This … Continue reading →
I wanted to share with you my very first attempt at creating mixed media canvases. I did these two and a half years ago before we started inaTickle.com. I really did not know much about mixed media at that point, … Continue reading →