Ranger Ink Guest Artist Tutorial: Be The Light Art Journal Page

**As a Guest Artist for Ranger Ink, I receive product in exchange for my posts. This post may also contain affiliate links when possible at no cost to you. Clicking on these links helps me continue to bring you great content and I thank you for your support!**

Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled to be joining Ranger Ink with another art journal tutorial featuring Dina Wakley Media products. Please head on over to the Ranger Ink Blog to see my full step by step tutorial! 

You can also view a full process video tutorial on my YouTube channel or watch below.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I would love it if you would click on the button below to subscribe to my blog to let me know you enjoy what you see and would like to see more! 

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Day 2 of 12 Days of Creative Christmas: Watercoloring Stamped Images with Distress Oxide Inks

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of my 12 Days of Creative Christmas. Today I'm making a card using a stamp from Simon Says Stamp that I color using Distress Oxides however I return to my beloved Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors for the background. I do a little white resist embossing as well in this video. While it was a process to get through, I love the card result and hope you do, too! Please let me know what you think about this series as well as anything you'd like to see. I'm excited to keep sharing more creativity with you over the next few days.

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss any videos in this series. I have plans for mixed media, watercolor, ornament making, tags and of course more cards!

You can also view the video here on my blog:

And here are some close ups of the completed card!

As always you can find my supply list below. Compensated affiliate links are used when possible. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!

Day 1 of 12 Days of Creative Christmas: How to Foil on Watercolor Backgrounds

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 1 of my 12 Days of Creative Christmas. I decided at the last minute to create this series so wish me luck! I have so many ideas and have bought *ahem* so many new Christmas stamps that this series was the perfect way to make myself use at least some of them! I hope you will enjoy it. Today I pulled out my Gemini  FoilPress machine to do some foiling on top of a watercolor background I created. I absolutely love the end result. I also show you how easy it is to foil with your thin cutting dies that I'm sure we all have in our craft room! Please let me know what you think about this series as well as anything you'd like to see. I'm excited to keep sharing more creativity with you over the next few days.

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss any videos in this series. I have plans for mixed media, watercolor, ornament making, tags and of course more cards!

You can also view the video here on my blog:

Here are some close ups of the finished card:

As always you can find my supply list below. Compensated affiliate links are used when possible. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!

Mixed Media Mania Fall YouTube Hop Winners!

Ranger Prize Pack: Amy Letwinsky

Blitsy $50 Gift Card: Lisa Geisler

Marabu $50 Prize Pack: Midnight Crafter16

DecoArt Mixed Media Prize Pack:  Anastasia’s Hole in the Holler Creations

Thermoweb $25 Gift Card: Tara Roberts 

Joggles $25 Gift Card: Sheryl Lamoureux

Shawn Petite 2 Stencils x 10 Winners: Connie Saunders, Creative Wings, Kathy Jones – Dust Bunny Trail, Amyzing ArtStuff Studio, Karen Atkinson, Crafty 62512, DeEtta Wert, Christine Schiaffo, Lynne Becker, Doris Murguia

7 Dots Studio $35 Prize Pack: Stephanie Chamuras

Finnabair Prize Pack: Michelle Denice

Amazing Casting Products Molding Putty & Casting Resin: Patricia Compton

Gelli Arts $50 Gift Certificate: Tom Koncinsky

Mixed Up Magazine Subscription: Wendy Baysa

AALL  and Create $35 Prize Pack x 2 winners: Cindy McCann, Renee Troy

Read Lead PaperWorks Prize Pack {2 Stencils/3 Stamps} x 3 winners: Nikki Goldsby, TheQueenbee303, Michelle Fowler

Art Foamies 1 Grand Prize winner $100 Gift Card: Belinda Anderson

Art Foamies 5 $30 Gift Card Winners: Made_By_Jannike, Sue E Parra, berlykim37, Tautchia Coleman

Amy Tangerine Signed “Craft a Life You Love” Book: Rachel Douglas

Brush Magazine Digital Copy: Jazzy JEC, Susan Schultheis, Mieke Middelhuis, Ashleigh Andrew, Jane Cameron

iStencils $25 gift card x 4 winners: TheToolgirl42, Hydrangea1971, Leah Tees, LauraMixedMedia

Funkie Junkie Boutique $25 Gift Card: Belinda Anderson

UmWowStudio Digital Download Winners: Lynn Davis, Sally Van Nuys, Heather Myar, Karen Kunz, Rochelle Mcgriff, Linda Fewster, Danielle Pountain, rhodynne, Staci Wilson, Wendy Wells, Susan Schultheis, Monica Eggleton, Jenn Dubell, Pamela Kaliher, Nancy Lopez, HolyLise, Samantha Jarrad, Annabelle Avila, Megan Quarrell, Kelley Freeman, Laurie Barnes, LauraMixedMedia, Piia Hiltunen

Liva LasVegaStamps Grab Bag Winners: Catherine Murray, Amanda Davis, Joyce Gandy, Danielle Pountain, Debora Pettit, Mieke Middeluis, Earthly Joys, Cathy Judd, Katerina Mylona, Peganded1, Marie L’HeureuxMarie, Trisha-Anne Hoare, Cathy Judd, Nuneka, Cheryl7476, Leslie Yudman, Celine Barberio, Abigail Thomas, Heather Robbins, Connie Hoffman, Monica Garcia, Tricia Moore, Celise McLaughlin

Wow, that is ONE epic list of winners! And we're not done! A lot of our artist's have also been generous with offering prizes which are listed below.

INDIVIDUAL PRIZES
Alexa's : theToolGirl42 Carisa's : Toni Burks - Little Black Dress DeeDee's : Juli Loves Paper Jamie's : Michelle Logan AUS Jeanine's : Velisse Sierra From Puerto Rico Keren's : Min Parkhurst-- USA Sam's : Theresa vaughn - USA Lynne's : Sparksgirl Mixed Media Nicole A's : Workshop winner: Tracey Main, New Zealand, Art print winner: Bridget Umphryes, Michigan USA Nicole W's : Lynn Davis USA - lawinchen67 (Andrea) Germany
Ophelia's : Amy Letwinsky USA, Rita Harker UK Shawn's : Kim Barrera Susan's : US -- Cheryl7476 / INT'L -- Pamela Henry (Ireland) Susana's : Sarah G Tina's : Nellys Artistic Creations US Tusia's : Pamela Henry - Ireland

Please : Sponsored winners contact myself (czglobicki @ msn . com) or DeeDee (deedee430 @ gmail . com) to claim you prize within TWO WEEKS, no later than November 2, 2018! Individual prize winners contact your individual artists.

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE! Thank you to all our sponsors for their generosity. Thank you to all our subscribers for following us, commenting and liking our videos. Without you, it just wouldn't be the same! I hope you enjoyed our Fall hop. We will see you back in the spring! Until then, hope you will keep watching, stay inspired and be creative! 

Mixed Media Mania II: Fall Edition - Change Takes Courage Canvas

We are so excited to be back with another Mixed Media Mania YouTube hop! Our Spring debut hop was so incredibly successful and your comments asking us to do so definitely inspired us to bring it back. We are looking forward to these hops every Spring and Fall for your pleasure.  I hope you will enjoy this one just as much, if not more than our last one! Honestly, this was just a little idea that grew into so much more than I ever imagined. The support from the art community from new artists joining the hop to our ever growing list of sponsors is just so humbling. It is a blessing to be able coordinate (although I am learning more and more about myself as a "coordinator" haha) these for you.

As always, we don't have a theme. We want our artists to create from a place that brings them pure joy because I feel like that is when you get the most inspiration from someone. And that is exactly what I've done with my project for you today. All I knew is that I wanted to use these colors and then I dug into my stash to find as much product I already own from our amazing list of sponsors that you will see like Ranger Ink, DecoArt Media,  Thermoweb, Mixed Media Place, Shawn Petite and more along with some new goodies from a new company that is joining us this time. Red Lead Paperworks was incredibly generous in sending some of us product to use in our projects today and I definitely encourage you to check them out! It's like a candy store for Mixed Media Artists! 

My canvas is full of texture, color, texture and more color! This is a YouTube hop so to be eligible for the giveaways, please head on over to my YouTube Channel Inky Fairy Designs now to start the watching and leaving those comments along the way. 

A HUGE thank you to our amazing sponsors! It is always so incredibly humbling the amount of support and excitement we get from the awesome companies. Here's how to enter: No purchase necessary. Subscribe to artist channels. Comment on each video in the hop and add your country in parenthesis. The giveaway will run for ONE week from from 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time October 5th 2018 when the videos go live to 12:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time October 11th 2018.

Winners will be announced October 19th 2018 here on my blog as well as DeeDee Catron.

The Amazing Prizes (a winner at each stop):

Ranger Prize Pack

Blitsy $50 Gift Card

Marabu $50 Prize Pack

DecoArt Mixed Media Set

Thermoweb $25 Gift Card

Joggles $25 Gift Card

Shawn Petite 10 winners will win 2 stencils

Viva Las VegaStamps! Grab Bag at Every Stop

UmWowStudio Digital Downloads at Every Stop

7 Dots Studio $35 Prize Pack

Finnabair

Amazing Casting Products Modling Putty & Casting Resin

Gelli Arts $50 Gift Certificate

Mixed UP Subscription worth 80 Euro

AALL & Create 2 winners $35 Prize Packs

Red Lead Paperworks 3 Prize Packages (containing 2 stencils & 3 stamps)

ArtFoamies 1 Grand Prize $100 Coupon Code plus 5 additional winners of $30 Coupon Codes

Amy Tangerine Signed copy of her book “Craft a Life You Love” plus scrapbooking supplies

Brush Magazine 5 Digital Copies of 9/28 Issue

iStencils 4 winners $25 gift Cards

Funkie Junkie Boutique $25 Gift Certificate

Ranger Ink Guest Artist: Collage Faces

**As a Guest Artist for Ranger Ink, I receive product in exchange for my posts. This post may also contain affiliate links when possible at no cost to you. Clicking on these links helps me continue to bring you great content and I thank you for your support!**

Hi Everyone! I'm thrilled to be joining Ranger Ink with another tutorial featuring Dina Wakley Media products. Please head on over to the Ranger Ink Blog to see my full tutorial with a list of all the supplies I use today! You can also view a full process video tutorial on my YouTube channel or watch below.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I would love it if you would click on the button below to subscribe to my blog to let me know you enjoy what you see and would like to see more! 

7 Kids Craft Supply Guest Designer in September!

Hi everyone! I have a fun mixed media card for you today featuring Lavinia Stamps now carried in the US by 7 Kids Crafting Supply store. Yay!!! I absolutely adore these stamps and had a blast creating these background with my Brusho Watercolors. Watch it all unfold on my YouTube Channel or see the video below!

Supply List:

Sweet November is BACK! It's Halloween, Witches Release

Copic Markers

Skin-E000, E00, E11, V22, R20, R22

Hair-BV01, BV04, BV13, BV29

Dress/Hat-YG06, YG45, BG96, BG99

Shoes-R83, R85, R89

Webs-C2, C4, C6

Spiders-W3, W5, R89

Shadow/Ground-E30, E31, E35, BV20, BV31, B60

I am so excited to be joining 7 Kids Craft Supply Store for September as a guest designer. Imagine my delight when I found out I would ALSO be part of Sweet November's return to the {digital} stamp scene! Yay! I kicked off the month by coloring Spider Web Sylvia with my {dusty} Copic markers...but I think she turned out fabulous! 

I can't wait to share more coloring with you of these cute witches this week. But first, I want you to know this weekend only (and today is the last day) if you purchase all four Sweet November Witches, you'll get the scene builder set for free! You can see how fun they are in the pic below. Also head over to the 7 Kids Customers Create Facebook page for a cool Sweet November challenge and more inspiration from the Design Team!

July Art Journaling YouTube Hop - Fear Doesn't Belong Here

Hi everyone! Welcome to another YouTube hop devoted to Art Journaling with an incredible line up of artists. I'm thrilled to be participating again. It's been a crazy couple of months and I MISS my devoted art time and filming. I am so grateful for Keren Tamir organizing this second hop and inviting me back to participate! This time we are all answering the question "What does art journaling meant to you?"

Visit my video to hear my full answer but it really is no secret! Art journaling grounds me, it quiets the chaos in my mind, soothes anxiety, lifts depression and so much more. Art truly is, for me, therapy! 

Here is a full list of supplies used (mostly in order of their appearance in the video.) I have started including affiliate links for my videos here. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback directly from the company without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!

And some close ups so you can see all the wonderful texture. 

Here is a list of our amazing sponsors! Be sure to like, comment and subscribe to every video in the hop because prizes are hidden along the way and we don't know where! You can find a full playlist of all the videos in the hop HERE.

 

You would think my paint colors were influenced by my latest manicure but no, I just really love those soft, pastel blues and purples! In case you are wondering though, my nails are courtesy of Color Street (I'm in an independent stylist) and they are amazing! I just had to share how great they look after a couple art journaling sessions and a week's wear. For more info, visit www.inkyfairynails.com!

Art Journaling YouTube Hop - Fragments of the Soul

Hi Everyone! I'm super excited to be part of this amazing Art Journaling YouTube hop! It's always so fun and exciting to share with you my process, read your comments and giveaway some fantastic prizes from incredible sponsors! A huge thank you to Keren Tamir for organizing and inviting me to participate in this hop!

You can view the video here or best go to my YouTube Channel where you can subscribe and see the rest of the artist videos!

Enjoy some close ups below. I worked on the canvas page of the Dina Wakley Media Journal so you can see all the amazing and gorgeous texture this page leads itself to.

Here is a list of our amazing sponsors - be sure to give them some love by visiting their websites, social media channels and following them. All of theses sponsors have amazing products and we are giving some of those away. Leave comments on each of the video channels in order to be entered to win!

Here is a list of supplies used (mostly in order of their appearance in the video). The only supply I wasn't able to link  to was the Brea Reese Paint Writer in Prussian Blue. I have started including affiliate links for my videos here. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback directly from the company without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!

How To Create a Simple Watercolor Butterfly For Mother's Day Card

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing with you a card I watercolored for Mother's Day. This is a special card my mom asked me to create for her mom. I have never watercolored a butterfly before. Heck I don't think I've even really colored  a butterfly stamp before! But I was determined, I mean, my mom doesn't ask a lot from me and she does so much for us. I tried a couple practice butterflies in my semi loose style but they looked (as my hubby put it) childish. LOL So, I thought and thought and then remembered this awesome pack of Tim Holtz Botanical die cuts that has a ton of different butterflies in it. I decided if I can't sketch it, I'm gonna fake it till I make it and trace one of these to at least get the shape on my paper so I can watercolor. It worked awesome!

I absolutely love the way my butterfly turned out and even better my mom loved it. (well, she's my mom so of course she said she loved it. haha) I used my favorite watercolors Daniel Smith - these were nearly my first watercolors I started with and I just keep returning to them even though I keep getting others. The list of colors I used are: Raw Sienna Light, Fuchsite Genuine, Kyanite Genuine, Cobalt Turqouise, Zoisite Genuine, Neutral Tint) You can find the full list of supplies below the video:

I have started including affiliate links for my videos here. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!

Mixed Media Monday: Crash My Stash Jane Davenport Edition

Welcome to another Mixed Media Monday. For today's video, I drew inspiration from the Our Mixed Media Moods mood board. I'm actually testing out a series idea I have to bring another mixed media video to you guys on Saturdays. I'm calling it Crash My Stash. The stash I crashed today was allllllll this Jane Davenport Mixed Media stuff I had never used specifically her paints and collage paper, gess-oh and matte medium along with her journal that I have barely used. I didn't have time to get it together for this past Saturday so I hopped on Facebook live to kinda talk about my idea and create in my art journal since it had been awhile and I was feeling it...I mean by that is, getting grumpy and irritable which tends to be the effect when I don't make the time to create. I tried to film this normally as I was live but it was a mess as I would forget to turn the camera on or off and then the battery died before I was even finished! Thankfully, I was able to download the footage from my phone and just added it in so I hope you don't mind the different odd and backward angles for parts of this video.

Going forward, I'd like to do a Crash My Stash video every other Saturday with the idea that I pull out little or never used art supplies to create with in my art journals. Maybe some of you can relate, we get all excited to buy new art supplies and then they just SIT there unused in our craft rooms!? (or maybe that's just me. haha) So, I have had all this Jane Davenport Mixed Media stuff just sitting there over a year unused - while I've used her watercolors tons, the paints and other things I bought not so much. It was time to break them out and I think this series will do the same for other unused or little used supplies I have hanging around! ;) Because what good is paint if we don't use it...it actually CAN go bad...ask me how I know. LOL

Here is the video or you can head over to my YouTube Channel to subscribe and watch to process!

I have started including affiliate links for my videos here. Using the links when you see something you like helps me with a teeny tiny kickback without changing the price for you at all. It's a small way for you to support my art and my channel. Thank you so much!