Mixed Media, Paper Crafting, Watercolour, Altered Art, and occasional Dollshouses
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
What better way to use your art journal than to release any frustration you are experiencing? In this free art journal tutorial I will show you how I do it!
What is Gel Medium and How to you use it for Art and Crafts. This is a comprehensive guide to this useful art supply. Great for Collage work & Mixed Media Art.
I've been doing a little feathering of the nest here and there. It's been slow going, but I've managed to work my way into the dining room... where I have a wall of frames... that really looked incomplete. So I took a page out of Gina's book and was inspired to finish this project. I know! It's been well over a year! But I did it! And it works so well in there, as I have a whole bird and nest thing happening in that room. I have to admit, that when I tucked it away after Paper Cowgirl last year, I really didn't like it. But I'm happy with it now. Thanks for the inspiration, Gina!
Super easy way to make collage paper backgrounds which are great for art journals, junk journals or mixed media art pieces!
How to make amazing altered art projects with stuff you already have at home. Challenge your creativity and help the environment
Learn how to make art journals. We have several videos to explore practical painting and collaging techniques as well as forms of expression.
DIY Altered Book
I did my first altered puzzle! Altered puzzles have been another one of those items on my long list of "want to try" projects... Well, I ...
Small Canvases to add to cards, use as tags or bookmarks or trade.
It's a simple idea: Find some bad art, whether original or a print, for a song at a thrift store, then modify it to make, if not "better art," then at least something that's more entertaining to look at. (Is it the same thing? Yeah, that sounds like a productive argument.)
I love the look of text in art. This is a tutorial for a technique that I've used for the background of one of my recent canvases (bel...
When it comes to art, many of us enjoy the many sensual benefits that it has to offer but hesitate to take up any form of it as we feel that it is too tough.
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
Learn a fun and easy technique to transfer a photo to paper and make art journal pages, scrapbook layouts, mixed media projects and more
I just had to add Erin Hanson's quote in an art journal as her 12 simple little words said it all: you have to push past fear to go after your dreams...
How to make a mixed media canvas with easy techniques and a combination of a few materials lie paint, stencils and 3D objects
I learned something new + want to share it with you in case you didn't know how to do it either: how to add an isolation coat to your mixed media painting.
I made these altered rolodex art cards for my DIY Stamp & Die Storage boxes! I wanted to put them all in one place for ideas and inspiration in your artwork!
Mixed media and installation artist Peter McFarlane has spent his life turning found objects, computer waste and other discarded materials into sculptures, installations, and even the backdrops of paintings. Of his work McFarlane says: To me, waste is just lack of imagination. This belief carries beyond the boundaries of my art production and permeates most aspects of my life. Most of my home and studio, and much of everything in them, is recycled. More
They patiently waiting for me for months. *sigh* And having some leisure time this week, I choose two of new SMASH books ...
Well I've been busy creating lately and thought I would share a tutorial with you. This one shows you how to use newspaper on your layouts i...
California native Roxanne Padgett knew she wanted to be an artist when she did her first art project at age 4 - it was a mixed media piece w...
Explore moniq75k's 76 photos on Flickr!
The first 10 weeks of collage art assignments have come and gone, and wow, what people have created has been amazing! I can't tell you how pleased I am that so many people love the weekly collage art challenges. One of the main reasons I created the Facebook group Vintage Gluebooks and Pages was
What is Gesso and How to Use it by Rebecca Parsons for The Graphics Fairy.
First of all, I have to apologize for the delay in this post. I should have put a disclaimer at the end of my last post, “subject to internet availability”. Yes, one of the downfalls of…
I'm still doing the Photo a Day with my iPhone. Here's a little peek of my desk... I'm a big fan of both Liquitex Profes...
Learn how to use Acrylic Paint Dabbers to transfer Images! This is another fun image transfer technique to use in your Crafts, Handmade Journals , Collage and more. By Rebecca Parsons
In today's blog post I am sharing with you one hundred mixed media ideas for creating awesome DIY Postcards! Enjoy! Video: 100 DIY Postcard Ideas Watch this video for all those ideas! It moves quickly but you can paus or re-watch as many times as you like. let me know in the comments if you
