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TAG – You’re It!
Happy Thursday Arteests! The weekend is almost upon us! With that in mind, let’s get onto Thursday’s inspiration:) I began with a plain old manilla shipping tag from the office supply store. I...
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Distress Stain Journal Cover
Here it is Friday again- and this week I really got into the play and created with some vigor! I started with my Distress Stains, a sheet of watercolor paper, stencils,and a cutesie journal I found at...
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A Stencilled Tribute
If you’ve read any of my posts over the past few months, you might have noticed that I tend to be pretty goofy, and I attribute a lot of that goofiness from being raised on The Muppets, Saturday Night...
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Gelato Play
Happy Thursday All! Time is flying by…we’re in mid August already…the heat and humidity are in full throttle in SFLA…Yikes!…A good excuse to stay inside and paint. Let’s play! Welcome to the world of...
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Subtle Watercolor Resist with Artistcellar Stencils
Hidey-Ho Neighboreenos! OMG you guys, I am seriously seriously SERIOUSLY excited about this discovery. Look what happens when you mix stenciled Golden regular gel gloss medium… with watercolor washes:...
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Please Pass the Gelatos…again
Happy Thursday Peeps! I had to do more playing with GELATOs – as in Faber-Castell creamy water soluable get sticks – as in my post from last week…Because there are times when Once is Not Enough!...
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Inktense and Frida
Hello Friday viewers! I’d like to say I have tons of photos for you, but – I don’t! The reason for this is because, ever since I opened my Inktense Blocks from Artistcellar- I have been all over with...
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Converting To Color
Aloha! Time for a tutorial? Let’s discuss: In case you missed it, last week’s posts were a B&W challenge for the AC design team…this week, I’m converting that piece to color. Two shades of Blue...
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Happy October ! Béatrice Coron ATC’s
Happy October ! I’m one of the new design team member’s Melanie Statnick. I’m a published artist and article writer based in North Carolina and you can learn more about me here. I adore these new...
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Zen Tricks
Halloween is just around the corner and I wanted to make something cute to mail off using the new Kaleidoscope Series and some souffle pens. Pick a stencil and lay it flat on your Kraft paper card...
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Let it Snow..?
Some of you might already have snow and are not impressed. This project is similar to the one I did last week and you’d be right, with the exception of the burlap. Start with craft store bought...
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New York Graffiti
I have had my eye on this stencil for a long while. I was excited to use it in so many different ways. This is Urban Landscape and I thought about the amazing graffiti art that shows up in the large...
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Believe in Angels
What did you have growing up on the Christmas tree? An angel or Star? I recall having both but through the years things have changed many times for me and many trees altered angel, star, owl, sun.....
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Accent Pillow
I had a super creative bug today and wanted to make a small accent pillow as gift . I look a sheet of burlap and canvas and ran them through the sewing machine. I then turned the would be pillow right...
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Flower Power
I love to draw and I love painting with watercolor in my journal. It isn’t very often I water down acrylic paint to try the same technique, so today I watered down some of the Dina Wakley acrylic...
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Part II New Twist on an Old Rag Doll!
l can’t believe I did it. It took me most of this weeks free time and more to bring her to Life! But, to life she came, with the brightest of colors, glitters, and magical whimsical Wings. I do hope...
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Be Soulful
I love mason jars, especially the blue glass – the original not the reproduced. I often look for these at antique stores. Painting again with Faber-Castell watercolor pencils, using the Cherry...
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Seeking the Warm Weather
All this snow makes me long for the beach that much more. I’m lucky to live 2 hrs from the ocean and I go there many times over the the warmer months even just for the day. Using different stencils to...
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Do the best with what you have…
I found that I needed a weekly journal and I came across this one I thought would be good to alter the cover. I painted the cover in Black gesso and painted it with acrylic . Using Dina Wakley...
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Irish Rose
Wild Irish rose wasn’t just a song. We normally associate roses with England, but the Celtic Irish Rose has been a long time favorite in song and in tattoo art. I used the immaculate stencil and the...
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