Cloth Paper Scissors has come out with a gorgeous e-mag called "Collage in Color." I'm so very pleased to be a part of it. What is an e-mag? Well, I'll let Jen explain: Available for Mac. Available for PC. Also available for iPad. Essentially, it's a digital magazine. You get an article with photos PLUS a how-to video from each artist. How awesome is that?! Check it out if you get a chance! -- PS: Here's a peek at something I worked on today: Read more →

Welcome to Stencil-a-Palooza! Several days a week for the next month or so I'll be featuring one of my eighteen stencil designs for The Crafter's Workshop! Each post comes with a giveaway. Leave a comment answering the question-of-the-day and you might be the winner of that day's featured stencil in both 6x6 and 12x12! Comments will remain open on this post for seventy-two hours. The winner will be announced after that. In the meantime, if you'd like to purchase any of the stencils there are many in-person and online shops to choose from. See a complete list here. Today I've... Read more →

I've got a guest post up on Alisa Burke's blog about making paper earrings. Check it out here. Thanks for stopping by! Read more →

There will be a live chat with me on the Cocoa Daisy message board at 4pm EST. Time conversion chart below: I'd love to see you there! And the winner of the Cocoa Daisy tote bag and stamp is.... Congratulations, Michelle! Send me your address and I'll get your prize out to you! Read more →

If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, all the posts can be found here. Please read this post first. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day! No need to finish anything or even like it. Just play! Linky list for November is right here. Today we have a guest post from Tricia Leng all about altering a book and building an art journal spread in stages. I am so thankful for being invited to do a guest post for one of my most favorite inspirational... Read more →

Earlier this year I confessed that I was a bit road weary and feeling like all the traveling and teaching was limiting my "studio" time. So I resolved to cut down on my teaching in 2012. A difficult decision, but one I felt I needed to make for myself. And I have been proud of myself for sticking to my guns and turning down every teaching offer that has come my way. But.... Well, when Jenny Doh, the extraordinary artist and long time previous editor-in-chief of Somerset Studio, invited me to teach at her studio, I just didn't have the... Read more →

Cocoa Daisy is having an online crop this weekend! As you can see there are a ton of challenges, prizes, and live chats! Make sure you are registered on the message boards so you can play along! My challenge is about hand lettering: You can see hand lettering all over craft fairs -- posters, signs, price tags. Why not bring some funky hand lettering to your layouts? For this challenge forget the computer, typewriter, and letter stickers! Grab a marker, a pen, or a paint brush and create your own fonts! This is a very simple layout. I used a... Read more →

For the past ten days I have had Grand Jury Duty. That means that I've been going to the courthouse Monday-Friday since October 25. In between cases there is some dead time. Some people read, other people watch TV, call their offices, type on their laptops. Can you guess what I did with my down time? I made art, of course! I spent several days sketching. And while I don't think there's anything wrong with posting the sketches I did of people on the jury, the whole thing is supposed to be secret, so I'm going to err on the... Read more →

Today is day seven of 30 Days in Your Journal and the students have been blowing me away with their talent and creativity! Here is a small sampling of the student work and a few of their comments as well: From Margie: "My first art journal spread! Loving this class. Have wanted to do art journaling for ages and am thrilled to have crossed that imaginary line in the sand. It's so freeing! And it turns out I really love watercolors." From Jen: Jen has posted some thoughts about the class and about journaling on her blog. Here's a quick... Read more →

If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, all the posts can be found here. Please read this post first. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of nourishing your creative self every day! No need to finish anything or even like it. Just play! Linky list for November is right here. Today we have a guest post from M. Carmen Sánchez (Cuchy) with two ideas for creating beautiful backgrounds for your pages. Hi there! Thank you Julie for inviting me today to your blog. I'm a huge lover of all kind of... Read more →