100 Days of ATCs (2023) – 1

So I'm doing The 100 Day Project this year. The last time I tried this was in 2019 when I was just getting into art journaling, and doing a 100 days of it helped a lot. This time, I'm making ATCs (Artist Trading Cards.) I've always liked ATCs but I haven't spent much time on…

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Discover Your Gifts

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Here's a recent art journal spread of mine - I made this spread on tea-dyed copy paper pages that I'd included in my art journal. The page started out with remnants from a previous session--I'd run my brayer, with remains of metallic acrylics from the earlier…

A Taste of Pastels

I mentioned a while ago that I've joined Wanderlust, a mixed media course, this year. The course started out with pastels, which is a completely new medium for me. A long time ago, I'd tried working with one or two oil pastels from my stash since they were not being used much, but I didn't…

Hugs, Kisses, XOXO

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Rising star at A Place To Start challenge][Challenge win: Top sprout at A Place To Start challenge] Here's a trio of mini tags that I made recently - I used old product packaging for the body of the tags. Before I cut the packaging, I…

Where Flowers Bloom

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Here's a recent art journal page of mine - I made this on tea-dyed copy paper page that I've included in my journal. I started my session with some fun gel printing. I smooshed acrylics onto the plate and transferred them to the page; I used…

Believe

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Winner at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Happy 2023, everyone! This year, I hope to believe a bit more--in myself, in others, that things will go okay--and act accordingly. Here's a recent art journal page of mine that reflects these thoughts - I kept this session…

New Art Journals

The year's almost ending, and since I've managed to fill up my A6 journal and mini journal--most of the latter during Inktober--I made new art journals for the new year. Until recently, I used to enjoy my arty sessions on loose sheets, which I'd bind into a journal when I'd used up a fair number…

Decoupage Coasters

I recently made some decoupage coasters. I've done some rough decoupage using newspaper before, and this is the first time I used napkins for decoupaging. It's quite a different experience because of how thin the napkins are. Here's how they turned out - I'd made coasters earlier using polymer clay, but for decoupage, I used…

You Are Sweet

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Winner at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Here's an art journal page that I created recently - I started this page with some gel-printing fun. I'd already added negatives from a previous gel-printing session on a textured page, and now I used a stencil and acrylics…

XOXO

Here's a recent art journal page of mine - In my handmade art journal, I'd included a tea-dyed textured paper sheet as well, and for this art journaling session, I used one of those pages. I started the session by spreading acrylics on a gel plate and smooshing the page onto it. I then ran…