The expected answer to “What is mixed media art?” is quite simple, it means that more than one medium is used in art. Some examples might be: a painting with dimensional items…
Using Words in Art Cards: Free Printable
Words and phrases can play an important part in finishing the look of your art cards or atc cards. Words can act as a focal point, add interest, help fill in spaces…
How to Stay Productive While Traveling: Our Trip to Florida
“A vacation helps to relieve stress and boredom, gives us a change of scenery, provides us with adventure, and helps to bring us closer to the people in our lives.” – E….
How to Make Art Cards
This is a continuation of the previous post, Benefits of Creating Art Cards. Creating art cards is a way to build up your confidence. Maybe you’ve created some “art failures” and…
Benefits of Creating Art Cards
Today I’m writing the first of two blog posts on creating art cards. Art cards are not to be confused with atc cards (artist trading cards), although some people use these terms…
How to Keep an Art Journal, Part 2
This is part two of How to Keep an Art Journal. Another way to keep a journal is to record things you learned about creating art that can help you later. I like…
How to Keep an Art Journal
Art journaling is a powerful way to help you achieve success as an artist. It can help you capture information, ideas and inspiration. Personally, I keep 5 different kinds of art journals…
5 Mixed Media Background Ideas
Having a theme or color palette in mind for your mixed media piece can help you decide what to use for your background. The reverse is also true- when you have a…
How to Make Your Own Keepsake Greeting Card Book
What do I, a mixed media artist and scrapbooker do with all those beautiful greeting cards I’ve collected over the years? Storing them in a shoebox or worse, in a plastic shopping…
Brown and Blue Silk Flower Card
I enjoy using silk flowers in my craft projects and always save the leftovers. I like to take them apart and layer them with other flowers. If they are not the right…