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Canadian Scrapbooker Winter 2011 - Feature Video

I am thrilled to say that the Winter Issue of the Canadian Scrapbooker has shipped and stores and subscribers will be receiving their issues shortly.

I hope you enjoy my first ever article with them - A Scrapbooker's Gift!

I won't say to much more about the article yet ... at least until I have it in my hot little hands -- BUT I will say that every issue will also include a link to a special project video based on the technique that I share in the magazine. I think that's pretty cool.

This is the first video. SO, grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy. We'll be taking the "Create your own Styrofoam Stamp" technique (that is stepped out in the magazine) a little farther for you ladies and gents who are interested in mixing media. In this video I will show you how to stamp with your styrofoam stamp on muslin and then embellish it with needle felting and free-form stitching to create a fabulous applique image to place on a custom fabric book cover. Phew! That's a lot but I think you'll like!

Without further ado.... "Quiet on the set....... ACTION!"

*NOTE*

The Jean Fabric used in this project is one of my father's old denim shirts!

Products used in this video:

Styrofoam Plate - you can get free at your Grocer's

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints

Jacquard Dye-na-Flow

Clover Felting Pen Tool, Mat and Rake

Wool Roving

Muslin

Batting (Quilt, Cotton or Fleece)

Mona, Mona, Mona .. how festive you look!

I had a WONDERFUL evening last night with the "journaling girls"!

We had so much fun playing with gelatos and watercolours and paints and inks.... well.... lets just say - WE HAD FUN CREATING!

I did step outside my journal for a bit last night and created this "tag - sized" Christmas Mona Lisa. You like? It's layers of paints and ink with a little bit of Perfect Pearl Mist. I LOVE IT! The Mona stamp is one of the La Blanche collage stamps. I used green painters tape to mask off the areas of the stamp I did't want to use. Love doing that! And the Christmas Tree on her head? That was one of Leanne's great ideas..... I made a triangle stencil and stamped snowflakes in it, removed the stencil and stamped outside the edges to make it look a little less perfectly triangled. How'd I do? *smile*

Hope you're having a creative day!

Be sure to pop by tomorrow -- I have a special post to share!

Getting Christmas Ready...

In the ever popular traditional Christmas colours of Turquoise and Plum! hehe At least it's popular in my world *smile*

I made new valances.....
hung some turquoise mirror snowflakes in the window....

(and note the purple tree!!!)

made some table centerpieces .....

And added a few more little touches around the studio too.

Whatcha think? *smile*

UStream Follow Up

Hi everyone... THANK YOU to those who came online yesterday to join my USTREAM feed. So fun to "play" with you and I hope you enjoyed it! I hope you come back and join me next Friday Night at 6:30 and LOG IN to chat so we can "talk" as we play -- you can ask questions, make commennts, etc etc :)

I played with a couple of ideas from Pam Carriker's Book - Art at the Speed of Life. I really liked the two small canvases that I created using her "Care Free Paint-Over Technique". Not so sure of the "paint under" technique though -- might not be for me -- just another "floportunity" ...to use my gesso! *wink* LOL

I did love our Toilet Paper Mold experiment... Here are the results I promised.

Using Pam's directions (details found in her book) I mixed some matte medium and water into a spray bottle and made toilet paper molds by layering sheets of TP over a rubber stamps and spraying the mixture as I went..... we tried this VERY SUCCESSFULLY with the TP but then also got inspired to try it with other fine papers.... Paper Towel and Dress Pattern Tissue. Here are the results:

Love the TP one. You can see the detail and I can't wait to use it on a future project. The Paper Towel one (which I also spritzed blue to see how it would come through) was too thick to really get into the crevasses of the stamp but you can sort of see the effect. And the Pattern Tissue -- NOPE! But it's cute *wink*
Here are the other TP ones we did. Sorry for the photo but I'm sure you can see that they all look great! THANKS PAM!! hehe

Have a creative day everyone!!! And enjoy this fabulous weekend!

Live Stream Tonight at 6:30

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11.11.11 at 11

Today is a day to remember and to honour and I hope you all take a minute to do just that!

I mentioned a little while ago on our facebook page that I created a little something to post today. Well, here it is: "Lest We Forget" a mixed media painting that I created with the image of my daughter (Sea Cadet, MS Ellis -- yes, that's her wearing the "white top" in the middle) standing vigil at the Waterloo Cenotaph on Nov 11, 2010. She was back there last night and today standing vigil with her fellow cadets and had the honour of being the Sea Cadet representative that escorted the wreath bearers during the service. How wonderful. I'm so proud of her.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Products used:

Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints and Matte Multi Medium

Faber-Castell PITT Pens (Big Brush and Journaling Sizes)

Perfect Pearl Mist (Pearl)

Charcoal Pencil