Why Gesso?

Here is a new video!



Missing you guys, I will explain tomorrow!
Much Love

Mixed Media Travel Art Journal

I went to Atlanta for a work conference and made this:



Enjoy!
Much Love

Recent Art Journal Pages

Welcome back everyone!  So good to be here.  I have been overwhelmed with audits at the day job (including the one that I broke my ankle on last year) and haven't had much time to breathe.  Mix that with some personal stress, and it's made for a few not so fun weeks.

I have been able to create a bit of art, mostly due to my live shows over on Ustream.  Thank you so much to all of you that continue to support me and play along!

Please check out this quick video I made showing my ClothPaperScissors Workshop DVD.



You can order the DVD from Interweave HERE

See you soon, I have lots of completed pages from past Ustream classes to show you!
Much Love xo

How to Dry Emboss with Stencils

Tonight is Stencil Saturday!!!  Hope to see you at 9:30pm EST on Ustream where I will be teaching live!

Much LOVE xo

Magazine Art Journal

Welcome back!  I hope you are having a wonderful week! 

I have had a few questions about my magazine art journal the past few days, so here we go!  First of all, I cannot take any credit for this idea.  Over a year ago I saw someone use a magazine for an art journal so I bought a UK Glamour at the airport because it was a cute 6x8 size.  I left it on my shelf for awhile until my wonderful friend Joyce (you can see her work linked to that post) showed us her huge daily journal that was made out of two magazines and a bunch of regular lined paper.

I have always liked to write in a journal, but since Art Journaling I have been doing very little of it.  I could not get used to plain old writing, even in a fancy journal.  A litght bulb went off when I saw Joyce with hers.  I could combine the writing and some art!!

Joyce showed us how to incorporate lined paper as signatures into the journal using white glue and tape.  Yes, the binding of the magazine takes a beating, but I love the rough look!  As you can see from the first picture I used a pretty duct tape along the binding after covering with a cool faux snake skin paper, the duct tape really helps the spine expand.

I am having fun in this journal, creating a mess and trying new things, and writing a whole bunch in between!

Have a wonderful day!