I made a trip to the big world last week and found some inspiration (and that coffee I was talking about last week, yum). Paper dolls by Tim Holtz are die cuts of vintage photos featuring all sorts of people in their finest accouterments. I din't know how they would show up in my art, …
Can you tell what I am craving today? I'm calling this crafting session short so I can go grab a cup! These 6 x 6 covers will soon become notebooks for all your planning needs! Stamps from Stampin' Up and paper from a box of old scraps (Basic Grey, I think).
The fourth and final of the Four Sublime Attitudes is Upeksha, or remaining impartial to the faults and imperfections of others. Well. This is often easier said then done. This page (on the right, created with Tim Holtz and dylusions stencils and stamps) from my art journal illustrates this attitude in two ways. I can …
Week three's theme at yoga class was the Bramavihara Mudita, or celebrating the good in others. This is a fun one. It inspired this silly little page in my art journal, and reminded me of a few thank you notes I should send. Dylusions stencil, Tim Holtz stencil, vintage alphabet stamps, and probably Dylusion inks …
Week two of the Brahmaviharas yoga series was Karuna: or compassion for those who are suffering. I am thankful that I am not suffering like so many folks are today. I have everything I need, and sometimes it feels selfish to be dissatisfied with the quality of my art. I would never consider myself …
The next session of my yoga class is focusing on the The Brahmaviharas, the four sublime attitudes. I have very little experience with and knowledge of these Buddhist virtues, so I am excited to broaden my horizons. Week One we focused on Maitri -- friendliness toward the joyful. As with a lot of our classes, …
I got a call the other day. A woman had received one of my cards and loved it. Would I be able to enlarge it so she could hang it up at work? I don't know I said, let me try! And look, it worked!!! Here's the card. And here's the stamped image enlarged 200% …
Sorry folks, but when it looks like this outside . . . It looks like this inside . . . Maybe the creative juices will be flowing next week. Hope you're all enjoying the first days of summer!
My husband had to do some unexpected travelling recently. I stayed home to hold down the fort, giving me a little extra time in my week. I created three pieces of art: a collage of scraps, a fast portrait, and a painted canvas. They all stretched my creativity in different ways. The collage was an …
I bought some canvases at a yard sale (for a $1.00!!!). I didn't need a better excuse than that to get my Dylusions paints and sprays out to play. I used modeling paste and a heating tool to get this cool bubbly look, and a black permanent ink pad to make those neat black rectangles. …
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