My Way Of Living

Welcome to the October Blog Hop for the Jessica Sporn Designs Creative Team. Today I'm thrilled to be hopping along with great artists to share some "Frightfully Fall" creations using Jessica's stamps and stencils. We have a great giveaway - one lucky commenter will win Jessica's Cascading Leaves stencil and Tree of Life stamp. All comments on all the blog hop participants count, so make sure to visit everyone and leave some kind words! Marit Barentsen Sherry Canino Kristin

This is a new collage but this time I did it on canvas. I added a metal accent as a focal point. #metal #blog #tutorial #paper #mixedmedia #color #handmade #collage #paint #DIY

I'm sure all of us need many boxes, drawers and other stuff to keep organized tons of materials we have been collecting over the years. For me, folders are super necessary to organize my painted papers and all the bits and pieces I save to make collages. I painted the manila folder (jacket) with various reds and oranges, then I glued the collage sheets I did separately . Front Back #paint #DIY #collage #craft #ink #mixedmedia #paper #color #diecut #handmade #stamp #stamping #

I love making tags because of the small space you work on (even these are really big). I ended up with two totally different styles as you can see and of course the colorful one is my favorite and the images are by Nancy Baumiller. #paint #DIY #collage #craft #ink #mixedmedia #paper #color #handmade #design #gelliprints #stamping

I was inspired by Christy Sobolewski to make a journal page out of collaged manila tags, (#tagology). It was a lot of fun because I love collages and making several at once in a small surface is so much easier. #gelliprints #design #stamping #blog #diecut #handmade #stamp #color #paper #mixedmedia #ink #craft #collage #DIY #paint #sew

This is a collage I did thinking of my daughter Daniela, hope she likes it. I guess I should have said Black and White with a touch of gold.... #sew #ink #craft #collage #paper #mixedmedia #handmade #stamp #diecut #paint #DIY #blog #color #design #gelliprints

Sometimes while creating I find myself thinking out of the box and this time I was going to make a wonky town but that huge tree came to my mind and I finally did like a forest town, totally unexpected!! I have to confess I'm not sure I like it but I spent so much time with the butterflies, doodling, stamping, etc. that I decided to post it. Every paper I used is a Gelli print. #gelliprints #design #paper #mixedmedia #color #stamping #blog #DIY #paint #diecut #stamp #handmade

I decided to start making studies on watercolor, collages and mixed media in general so I can try every material I have. For this study I used Kuretake Gansai watercolors. #collage #craft #ink #tutorial #paper #mixedmedia #paint #stamping #blog #color #design #handmade

I did these journal pages after watching an online class by Mary Beth Shaw. #stamp #gelliprints #design #stamping #blog #paint #DIY #paper #tutorial #mixedmedia #color #ink #collage #handmade

Hi friends, This is an old post but due to the popularity, I wanted to repost it here. The video is about how to emboss metal sticky foil and paint it with alcohol inks, hope you enjoy it! For those of you don't know how to use embossing folders, I have a photo tutorial at the bottom of this post. In this case, I finished the piece by covering it with black paint and wipping out almost all to just let some darker spots. Other examples using the same technique with another emb