In honor of Halloween I carved a quick Halloween stamp! One of the many reasons that I love carving stamps is because it's so easy to carve exactly what you need! Thanks for stopping by! Read more →
October 2013 posts
Art Journaling Live was a super fun experience! I taught alongside Traci Bautista, Pam Carriker, Dina Wakley and a team of great folks from Interweave: Nick & Garret from the video team and Cloth Paper Scissors editors Jenn & Paige. One of my favorite parts of the event was that we teachers got to take the other teachers' classes! We sat at a table in the back of the room and learned alongside the other students. It was awesome! My other favorite thing was getting to meet (and see again) loads of creative ladies. It's such a surreal and wonderful... Read more →
I am teaching at two different locations in California in January 2014. A Work of Heart: San Jose, CA I'll be teaching my Stamp Carving 101 class on January 4, 2014 from 6-9pm. Carving your own custom stamps is easy and fun! And I believe A Work of Heart is offering class kits for an additional fee, so you can come to class empty handed if you wish! On January 5, 2014 I'll be teaching Beginning an Altered Book from 11am - 6pm. In this class I'll be sharing how to turn a regular hard cover book into an art... Read more →
This weekend I traveled to and from Charlotte, North Carolina. I will share lots of photos from the event later in the week. Today I want to share the sketches I did in the airport. I did one while waiting for my flight in NYC and one while waiting for my flight in Charlotte. The close-up images are actually larger than the original drawings! I love creating these little character sketches and I love looking back at them. The act of drawing (even a wildly inaccurate drawing) requires you to really carefully observe your subject. I have found that that... Read more →
If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, there is a short introduction here. All of the previous posts can be found archived here. 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. If you've done some art journaling this week and you've blogged about it, or put it on flickr, please leave a link in the linky list at the end of this post. Thanks! Today I'm sharing some more daily pages from my art journal. I've been... Read more →
This past weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a two-day class at The Ink Pad here in NYC. Sixteen fabulous women joined me for lots of painty fun as we put together our own art journals. If you're interested in catching a live class with me, I'll be teaching in North Carolina this weekend and in California in January! Thanks for stopping by! Read more →
I'm back with another tutorial for using the ScanNCut! I'm going to show you how to make a cute cut paper shadow box like this one: You can watch the video for all the details: Thanks for stopping by! --- Please note that I was compensated by Brother to create this tutorial, but the enthusiasm is all my own! Read more →
There's nothing quite so relaxing as taking a black marker to a pair of white pumpkins and going a bit wild. Have you decorated your pumpkins yet? Thanks for stopping by! Read more →
This summer I filmed two new DVDs for Cloth Paper Scissors. Experience the versatility of stencil art in this Cloth Paper Scissors Workshop. Julie shows you how to add designs and patterns to your art, allowing for an opportunity to add a bit of signature flair! In this workshop, you'll learn: Which types of inks and mediums work well for stencil art How to layer stencils Which types of stencils layer well together How to create your own stencils Gelli printing with stencils And more! You can watch an excerpt from the DVD below: You can purchase the DVD as... Read more →
If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, there is a short introduction here. All of the previous posts can be found archived here. 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. If you've done some art journaling this week and you've blogged about it, or put it on flickr, please leave a link in the linky list at the end of this post. Thanks! Today I'm sharing some art journal pages from September. My journals are tending... Read more →