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…

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…

You Are Enough

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Designer spotlight at Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge] Looks like I can't have enough of this message these days. 🙂 Here's a recent art journal page of mine that reflects the sentiment - I started this spread by making a ghost print using my gel…

Inspiration Comes From Within

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge] Here's a recent art journal page of mine - I made this on kraft paper. After a couple of attempts at making art on kraft paper, I've found that it is a completely different experience than using plain uncolored paper. I like it! 🙂 I first…

You Are Enough

[Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Winner at Arty Divas challenge] It's my final Monday in the designer spotlight on Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this month, and I've had an awesome time making projects for this stint. This week, the challenge is: Emboss It. For my project, I made an…

Glimpses of Life

On this occasion of my 250th blog post over eight long years, I'd like to thank you for staying with me through my changes in hobbies! I hope to continue enjoying the pleasure of your company in the future too. [Challenge win: Top rocker at 613 Avenue Create challenge][Challenge win: Highlighted at Use Your Stuff…