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!

Christmas? Oh yeah!

It's time to start thinking holiday workshops.

I can't hardly believe it!

Here's a fun 12x16 canvas I created using the Christmas Emporium Collection from Graphic 45, Burnt Sienna Paint by ChromaColour among other fabulous products listed below.
I am adding this to our Workshop Schedule! If you'd like to complete this in time for the holidays, let me know. I'm happy to create a class for you!

Have a creative day everyone!

Products Used/Mentioned:

Graphic 45 - Christmas Emporium

ChromaColour Burnt Sienna Paint

Jenni Bowlin for Ranger - Malted Milk Paint

Golden Fluid Acrylic - Gold

Faber-Castell Black PITT Pens

Viva Decor - Gold Pearl Pen

UTEE - Gold

Here's another ScrapFest sneak for ya....

Can you tell what we'll be doing in my booth with this????????

Can't wait for ScrapFest !

I had a GREAT time Saturday creating background paintings with Lisa, Jen and Lillian (who asked to be "incognito" on the "web-o" hehehehe......

we broke into my Mary Poppins Paper Dolls too.. LOVE what they did with them.

Thanks so much for coming in this weekend girls. Loved playing with you in the studio!

painting and creating

Last week I was thrilled to have a few gals come to the studio to play with paints and mediums.

They took my 'Texture Canvas Workshop" and had a great time creating texture with foam stamps, molding paste, paint and NAPKINS. I thoroughly enjoy seeing what people create with the same tools and techniques. The results are as unique as they are and I couldn't be more thrilled.

They're fabulous! See.......

Solo's painting.... fabby texture and tissue paper poppies... Well done kiddo!! Way to try new things and experiment!!!!!!

The picture above is almost finished. The artist took it home to add Dried Flowers to it - can't wait to see the final project!

And here's Laura's -- Love the Holly Hock Napkins!!! They "pop" on her background

Have a creative day everyone!!!!

Don't fall in love with your backgrounds.....

That's what I keep reminding myself and my students when we layer paint to create textural backgrounds.... AND ... just let it evolve.

Remember the background that I made with Janine last week (in the video)? Well, this is what I did with it after seeing Lisa Ferrante's (LOVE her work by the way...) article in the current issue of Somerset Studio that finally arrived last Thursday. Recognize it? yep -- Loved that painting and I just had to make one for myself and that background we made was PERFECT!! Note... I still added that crazy bird I've been dreaming about :) It was just used in a different way. It evolved thanks to the inspiration.

I LOVE the Somerset Magazines for inspiration. There are a couple of projects that I'd like to try in the current issue... hummmm... what to do next? :)

Happy creating everyone! Hope you had a GREAT WEEKEND!!

Le Cirque goes She Art....

...or is that the other way around? *smile*

Okay -- I have really branched off and started doing my own thing -- that is FOR SURE! Thanks Christy for the inspiration. And Deb too. Deb was another person who participated in Christy Tomlinson's She Art Workshop and she posted this girl with this fabulous saying: Although sometimes it felt like a 3 Ring circus, She knew she was living the greatest life on Earth. WELL... I LOVED THAT and as I was just looking for an excuse to use the Graphic 45 "Le Cirque" papers that we have here in the studio -- it seemed perfect to me! Time to create! :)

Hope you like!! Wait until you see it in person! It really POPS!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Colour Much?

Yes, today was a day dedicated to colour ... and staying in the air conditioning *smile*

This piece was inspired by (although I think you can totally tell I did this ....) by a piece that Tracy Verdugo (one of my Facebook Friends) created, I love how she uses colour and I am determined to add a little more colour whimsy to my creations. hummmmm... I wonder where I will start taking this?

Products used:
Claudine Hellmuth Matte Medium and Studio Paints
PITT Pens
Golden Light Molding Paste
Colorwash Sprays
Crafter's Workshop Template
Charcoal Pencil

Sometimes All U Need Is Your Hand Held...

This is what I created today .....

Here is the before -- SEE!!!! Texture is texture -- bring it on!
This is how I start my canvas projects ... by throwing a hodge podge of things down with Matte Medium (I use Claudine Hellmuth's Matte Medium) THEN I go to town painting it. The items I put down today were from those grab bags I mentioned in the last video

After a little paint, ink and mediums.....

It's ALL GOOD!!

So -- need some punchenella? You heard right. It's in the studio for $1/yard (add it to your shipped order too)

Hope you're having a creative day!!