My Way Of Living

Just sharing a recent collage I've made. I like to create in neutral colors sometimes even I'm more of a colorful person. In this particular piece I've incorporated paint, which I normally don't unless I use a gelli print as a background. #color #collage #paper #handmade #mixedmedia #doodling #paint #painting #background #craft #ink #design

I started with one idea for this little panel but it ended being totally different from what I thought. I wanted to use this plaster circle I did a while ago, so suddenly I placed it over the background which was too small (5"X7"), so I finally I mounted it on a 20"X20" canvas. Many stencils, tea bags, only three colors, (medium gray, light gray and yellow, all matte finish paints) and wire. The piece with circles was made with a technique I just discovered and will be showe

In this video I'm using some of the backgrounds created in previous videos to make gift wraps, bags, envelopes and cards. I'm also showing new backgrounds. #background #paint #painting #color #design #card #embossed #sew #tutorial #image #craft #simple #mixedmedia #handmade #howto #video #paper #DIY

This project and video are part of the #thanks4watchingart 3 video hop, event which is a collaboration of art videos by the Creative Arts Collaboration Group. Please visit the channels listed in the description box and if you want, like, share and subscribe. There was a challenge for this hop and we had to choose a technique seen in a video from a previous #thanks4watchingart event (1 and 2). I chose a journal spread by Hanny Tromp where she uses molding paste with a stencil

These projects and video are part of the #thanks4watchingart video hop, event which a collaboration of art videos by the Creative Arts Collaboration Group. Please visit the channels listed in the description box and if you want, like, share and subscribe. By joining the #thanks4watchingart event you will help grow our fellow creative channels on YouTube. Thanks so much for participating!! #tutorial #metal #mixedmedia #color #design #paint #wax #aluminumfoil #howto #video #emb

I was given a 3D fiberglass heart and asked to do "something" with it for an auction with many well known Chilean artists. I really freaked out and didn't know what to do with it. After a few days thinking, I decided to do something in Finn's style. It was one of the firsts to be sold and I felt such a relief! It took almost a month to make it because of the drying times and because some days I just couldn't figure out what else to add. I covered it completely in textured pap

This is my last post for Jessica Sporn Designs. I want to thank all the team for being so supportive and generous and especially to Jessica for choosing me. This time I created a journal cover out of an old book. I started by covering everything with black gesso. Then I chose this beautiful whimsical tree stencil- Judy's Trees Stencil as my focal image Covering completely with black gesso too I rolled magazine paper in different lengths to embellish the cover and applied blac

I wanted to create a quilt with my own patterned paper, so I stenciled over previous painted papers and cut 1.5 and 2 inch squares to start making the design. To make it easier for me, I traced a diagonal on the card stock and then I glued one square on each side of that line and from then, I started gluing one on each side of those until I completed the page. I invite you to watch the process on a VIDEO I created. My plan was to make a card with the small panel and leave the

Hi everyone! I'm here with another project for Jessica Sporn Designs. Today I will show you on a video how I did a "mini journal" out of a catalog and watercolor paper. For the cover I also used a catalog scoring 1/2" on it's spine to insert the journal. I like the dimensions, each page is like a large tag. For the cover I used Jessica's Medallions Stencil over a Gelli print. Now I will create on the first two pages. Collage Sheets by Mary Jane Chadbourne and Nancy Baumiller

This is my first blog post for Jessica Sporn Designs and I'm very proud to be part of her Creative Team. I want to share a video tutorial on how I did this collage using Jessica's gorgeous "Garden Flowers and Leaves Stencil". First, I'll show you how I like to make my backgrounds with the Gelli Plate and then how I put the collage together. #video #gelliprints #collage #handmade #tutorial #mixedmedia #paper #blog #craft #design #paint #DIY