Roben Marie Smith Journaling

Sewing Paper Gift Bags Workshop Sampler from Roben-Marie Smith on Vimeo.

Roben Marie Smith Journaling

Watch the Process - THINK ABOUT Art Journal Page from Roben-Marie Smith on Vimeo.

Roben Marie Smith Journaling

Watch the Process - EVERY NIGHT Journal Page from Roben-Marie Smith on Vimeo.

Roben Marie Smith Journaling "every Night"

Watch the Process - EVERY NIGHT Journal Page from Roben-Marie Smith on Vimeo.

Different Wall and Canvas finishes - Exceptional blog

http://www.royaldesignstudio.com/enlarged_photo.php?id=704&view=1


Modern Masters Stencils

Modern Masters contracted Melanie Royals to develop this exclusive collection of stencils (Royal Stencil Exclusives) and stencil technique recipe cards (Signature Series Recipe Finishes) under their label. They were designed into four coordinated stencil collections that are utilized extensively in the six Signature Series recipe card sets. These stencils are all cut from thicker 10mil mylar, making them extra sturdy and ideal for using with stencil embossing effects.


Gary Lloyd - DVD http://www.royaldesignstudio.com/booksvideos.php?id=63&name=DVDs

http://www.modellodesigns.com/general.asp?idno=130944

 http://www.modellodesigns.com/MethodDetails.asp?idno=537175

Creative Folding

http://www.delivermagazine.com/2011/10/video-trish-witkowski-of-fold-factory-fame-adds-a-twist-to-direct-mail?utm_source=deliver+magazine&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=deliver+40&utm_content=vanity+witkowski

Coffee Break Designs Acrylic Tag Tutorial

http://krishubick.blogspot.com/2011/05/arylic-tag-tutorial.html

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrruFuFWzDc0F7-s_kYluGYcrRdv5De7qhYFiVnZiUPe1AXikVlIlHThmW35caNj_m6FnCs_BC8ltLoB9vH23UprV36zgIzcWI4MPFj98yS0TNsY41O_pwqDV30TkHJ5vahq1EoIwHm5E/s400/acrystep22.jpg

Digital Scrapbooking and Photography for beginners

A great link to a lot of info

http://www.scrapbookdesignplus.com/2011/10/12/digital-layout-basics/

Tim Holtz Faux Metal binder

Faux-Washi Tape DIY

Friday, May 27, 2011
Faux-Washi Tape


http://biancandm.blogspot.com/2011/07/dyi-decrative-tape.html

A few months back I was standing in the health care aisle waiting on my husband to select an antihistamine and I noticed the medical tape. Since the first place I go with anything is, can I use this in my art? I decided to buy some and play around with it. Low and behold I discovered that it makes an excellent faux-Washi tape!

For this you'll need: Cloth first-aid tape (I use Johnson's and Johnson's), nonstick craft sheet (you can use parchment paper in a pinch if you don't have the sheet), stencil, copic markers, copic abs and Panpastels.

First step, tear off a piece of the tape and stick down on your non-stick craft sheet:
Next, take your abs and spray the tape. I used a couple of different colors and made a stripped pattern, just by eyeballing it:
Next, I took my number's stencil (made by Coffee Break Design) and my Panpastels and using the white I stenciled the numbers onto the tape:
Here is the really amazing thing that I discovered about the Panpastels & cloth medical tape: it they won't smudge. AT ALL! No fixative needed. Take a look I rubbed my finger on it:
And no pastels came off:
You can add another layer of stenciled pastels in a different color, airbrush on top of it, stamp--really you can do any combination you can think of. So cool.

If you want to play around and experiment, then you can lay the finished tape onto a piece of parchment paper (available in the saran wrap aisle) to save them to use at a later date.

That's it for me today. Hope everyone is well! I'm going to go work on my journal and incorporate this tape into a page.

Printing on various types of things - Tutorial

http://rustyroostervintage.blogspot.com/2010/10/tutorial-your-printer-is-not-just-for.html

Peeled Paper Technique

http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/2009/08/peeled-paper-technique.html

Using the mouth Atomizer

Layering Watercolor Technique

Hazel Soan Waterfront Watercolor

Hazel Soan's watercolor textures

Watercolor sky

Watercolor with two colors

Watercolor Fall Leaves

Magic Moldable Stamps

Making your own glimmer mists

Cheap paint .... pearlex modpodge

Stamp with usual items

Swedish fish work well....

Foam stickers

Alcohol inks Tips and Tricks

Substitutions:

Instead of blending solution you can use 70% alcohol

Instead of the purchased felt, buy a piece in the craft solution and cut it to size

Alcohol inked Washers

# 10, #6 and some larger ones...

Place removable adhesive right on the nonstick craft mat, place items on it.

Stream, Raspberry and Caramel Alcohol inks.on the applicator

Stream first, then raspberry and caramel and pounce over and over....

Can alcohol ink first... then use glitz stickles... adds a nice shimmer

Can use just plain stickles on the washers too

CreationsbyCristie.blogspot.com

Turning paper into fabric so you can sew on it.

Mix Elmers Glue All...one part glue with one part water...mix well - Working on plastic. ..Paint muslin or other fabric... then add torn up paper ( old pages, scrapbook paper..ledgers,etc).
Glue both sides of the papers... use paint brush to flatten out bubbles ...

Let dry overnight

Put on a light coat of paint (wash) - it will be a little stiff and you'll be over to sew on it.

Use some white wash on it... let dry... stamp.




http://www.daleannepotter.com

Using Lutradur in your art - Video

It's a sort of interfacing

http://www.daleannepotter.com

Video - One Sheet Wonder to make cards

Making a round doily into an oval

Make your own strip of "tape" label

Texture Again with Sandy McMullen

http://www.sandymcmullenfineart.com

http://www.sandymcmullenfineart.com

Texture kits

Painting technique

Crayon Melted Art

Vasoline Resist Technique

Abstract Painting

Lucy EdsonDoily Background with Shimmers

Collage Backgrounds with Lucy Edson (Shimmers and Bling)

Collaging on Wood with Lucy Edson

Burlap Wreath

"Chocolat" Table DIY

http://www.craftsy.com/project/view/The-little-Chocolate-Table/14567

Quotes

"There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear."
- Ben Johnson

"At too many companies, the boss shoots the arrow of managerial performance and then hastily paints the bulls eye around the spot where it lands."
- Warren Buffett

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people."
- Orson Welles

"The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."
- Seneca

Mother Nature Pictures

Bring the Outdoors, Indoors
Mar 12, 2010

Inspiration5

Mother Nature Adds the Ambience to This Collection
Preserve

Preserve leaves, herbs or pressed flowers to bring the color and feeling of your favorite season inside. Instead of purchasing nature prints, you can create your own customized prints that complement the color palette and tone of your home.
Select a mat

Select a mat that picks up colors and textures to enhance your wall. Create a grouping that will bring back the sights and sounds of that perfect day when you brought home that leaf or flower.
Frame it

Frame it with your choice of beautiful, natural wood frames to showcase the print and enhance your home whether it’s a downtown loft or country farmhouse.
Or, Timeframe it

Timeframe? it to save time and start enjoying your new artwork. You have your frames as quickly as possible and still achieve the lookof custom framing.

Distress Ink

Weathered Wood with Distress Ink

Weathered Wood with Distress Ink

Mar 12, 2010

 

Learn a simple technique using Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink to create an aged weathered wood background .

Ingredients

• Ranger 15 x 18 Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink – (Broken China, Brushed Corduroy or Walnut Ink)
• Ranger cut n’ Dry foam
• Ranger Mini Mister
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Ranger Heat-It Craft Tool
• Stamps of your choice

Steps for Weathered Wood Background

1. Cut a small section of foam to use as a paint tool. Use you foam section to rub on felt pad of Distress Ink.
2. Rub sections of the inked pad (Corduroy or Walnut Ink) across the tag – to simulate a wood grain affect. Leave some sections blank without any ink – you will fill in with your second color. Let ink dry.
3. Use a clean section of your ink pad and load with your second color of Distress Ink (Broken China). Rub the color in the sections that have not been colored. It does not hurt to rub in some of your blue over your brown. Let Dry.
4. You can use a lighter color of brown to wipe over the entire card – Let Dry.
5. Stamp your images onto the tag. Start with a background stamp in a shade that is going to be lighter than your top image – You could use any of the brown shades.
6. Stamp your top layers in Jet Black Archival Ink

Filed Under: Technique and The Art District

Alcohol Ink Agates

Mar 12, 2010

 

Create the look with intricately colored agates on paper with Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks.

Supplies

• Ranger 15 x 18 Non-stick Craft Sheet
• Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks (various colors)
• Ranger Tim Holtz Metallic Mixatives
• Ranger Tim Holtz Blending solution
• Ranger Tim Holtz Ink Applicator Tool
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Ranger White Glossy Cardstock
• Stamps – your choice
• Ribbon
• Adhesive
• Manila Tag

Steps for Alcohol Ink Agates

1. Place glossy cardstock on to Non-Stick Craft Sheet
2. Apply 2 – 4 colors of Adirondack Alcohol Ink to felt piece attached to the Ink Applicator Tool. Ink tool by placing the nib of the bottle into the felt and give it a light 2 second squeeze
3. Shake Metallic Mixative and add a Small Drop to inked felt.
4. Pounce inked tool on to glossy cardstock
5. Repeat until entire background is covered with color – you may need to add more ink to Ink Applicator Tool
6. Apply Adirondack Blending solution to same ink tool and stamp over inked background to blend color.
7. Lightly shake Blending Solution on background to create “dots”
8. Stamp images with Archival Ink on Glossy Cardstock
9. Allow stamped images to dry
10. Adhere glossy cardstock to tag

Filed Under: Technique and The Art District
Posted By: Paul McEnany | 03/13/10 | 04:29:19 PM |

Aaron Brothers Art & Framing 

Wire Sculpting Tutorial - From a fabulous artist

This lady is a fabulous artist.... and shares her talent. She offers an online tutorial for those of you who can sculpt.



http://www.wirelady.com/berrienwirehowtopage.html

Great idea - Chicken wire gowns for Halloween!

These beautiful gowns were made by Devany Vickery-Davidson ( Follow her on Facebook)..
http://eastbaypotters.com/

How to make plaster roses

http://www.songbirdisnesting.com/2010/02/how-to-make-plaster-roses-and-giveaway.html

AND BOWLS!

http://www.songbirdisnesting.com/2010/03/more-fun-with-plaster-and-doilies.html

Making Transfers from Freezer Paper

This tutorial comes from Creativ eOutlets of a thrifty minded momma

DIY Stamp Cleaner - Clean and GREEN!

Distressed Flowers Melissa Samuels

http://melissasamuels.typepad.com



Cut squares into circles - 3 different sizes

Then ball them up, separately a few times... then distress ink the edges
poke a hole in the middle with the crop-a-dial..and add the brad - can even do them off center


FOR THE FLOWERS THAT COME IN PACKAGES

Distress Ink them, smudge it around... add a little white to distress them... add brad in the middle.

Melissa Samuels Girl

Glue on paper
add some acrylic then some distress inks
paint in face or use colored pencil

http://melissasamuels.typepad.com

Kelly Rae Roberts Paints Girl

Making your own "Gems" with Glossy Accents

Glossy Accents
Ranger Non-Stick Craft Mat

Gently squeeze the bottle to make little droplets on the non-stick craft mat. You can also draw shapes.Let it dry for a 18 or more hours.

If you want them colored, color them with a sharpie pen. Let dry.

When dry, pick off the "gems" with your fingers or tweezers.

Make in bulk and use as needed. To glue... just need a smidgeon of Craft Accent.

Mistables Tutorial featuring Glimmermist and Prima

Newspaper Nails

I would not do these but I thought they were kind of cool.

Coasters - More crafty than artsy

Sand tops smooth
cut paper to fit the base
paint the outer edges of the coasters with acrylic
attach paper, dry
Go over all with modpodge. let dry
Clear spray paint over all
Cut felt for the back



paint
4 wood coasters from Micheal's or JoAnn's

Ritzy Ditzy Glitz Demo

Gel Medium

Gel Medium - can be used as an extender mixed with color
Great with translucent... and can be used with color as a glaze


Or straight out of the jar (MM4 from Matise)

Can do scraffido
Economical

Used with a brush it will leave a brush stroke and hold its peak





Liquitex, Golden and Matise are basically the same

Soft Gel - does not retain much shape or texture

Heavy Gel - does retain shape

Glass Bead Gel - dries clear... great for sand and extra texture


Matte Gel Medium - will give you texture or can be used like a glue to adhere papers or fabric.

Matte Medium

Matte Medium can be an extender for paint... can self level

It's a great glue... acrylic polymer (M5)

4 Different Gessos

Texturing a canvas before painting video

Stretch or rip cheesecloth... apply to canvas with gesso

Tear tissue paper and glue it down with white gesso.. put tissue underneath and on top to get wrinkles.

Put a stencil (one without a design - use all or just parts of the stencil) down and either use gesso to get texture or modeling paste applied with spackling knife.... just go for random texture

Can use free form spackling ... do edges

Get all air bubbles out of paper



Put Gesso in a squeeze bottle and drizzle on canvas

use lids

stamps
can use random spackling or modeling paste

Art journaling Julie Fei-Fen Balzer Paint Splatter

Julie Balzer Art Journaling with ticket stamp

Art Journaling Houses

Sewing on Paper

Use heavy duty thread

Adhere papers and fabric before sewing...use tape runner to adhere it but do not put it where the stitches will be.

Christy Tomlinson: Behind the Art: Stencils & Masks Part 1 , 2 & 3

If you have the opportunity to take any of Christy's classes, I promise you it is the best money you'll ever spend! Check her website for classes and workshops!






COLOR WASH (Adirondack brand ) is pure color
Can use basic

Painting a soft acrylic mottled background

It's important to use an acrylic extender, not water to move the paint

Abstract with house

Leslie Saeta

Leslie Saeta

Leslie Saeta Demo - Palette Knife painting

Leslie Saeta Fine Art Palette Knife Demo July 2010 from Leslie Saeta on Vimeo.

Leslie Saeta Demo - Boats and water Palette Knife

Tim Holtz Tutorial Videos

http://www.timholtz.com./demos.html

DIY - Make your own alcohol inks

http://notimeforwashingup.blogspot.com/p/home-made-alcohol-inks.html

Make your own washi tape and Bakers Twine

http://notimeforwashingup.blogspot.com/p/make-your-own-bakers-twine.html

Make your own Shimmer Mists

http://notimeforwashingup.blogspot.com/p/home-made-shimmer-mist.html

Make your own texture rollers

http://notimeforwashingup.blogspot.com/p/making-texure-rollers.html

Quotes

"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."
- Franklin P. Jones

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
- Lao Tzu

"It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel."
- Proverbs 20:3

"Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others, we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as ourselves."
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms."
- Aristotle

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
- Winston Churchill

"It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts."
- Oscar Levant

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
- Fred A. Allen

"If you have it [Love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have."
- James M. Barrie

"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together."
- Napoleon Hill

"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical."
- Niels Bohr

"The understanding that underlies the right decision grows out of the clash and conflict of opinions and out of the serious consideration of competing alternatives."
- Peter Drucker

"For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday."
- John Glenn

"As an apple is not in any proper sense an apple until it is ripe, so a human being is not in any proper sense a human being until he is educated."
- Horace Mann