mixed media quilling necklace

Mixed Media Jewelry- Emerald Quilling Pendant

I am so excited to show you this mixed media jewelry piece I've finished!  I've been inspired by, and hoping to create, some jewelry pieces for quite a long time.  Though I do have a lot of ideas for pieces in the future, I love that I have…
neutral color crackle paste

Neutral Color Scrapbook Canvas

I've always been more of a neutral color fan.  I feel like it's only been in the past year or two that I've really branched out and worked in lots of different colors.  I love off-whites and brown backgrounds.  I love black text on beige…
Design Team Projects for Scrapiniec

Design Team Projects for Scrapiniec

Hi!  I've missed you!  Now that our show is over, I have all this free time again and I thought I'd share some of my latest projects with you, these ones all done for Scrapiniec.  They are a Polish chipboard company, and they have some of…
Resin and Paper

"Forces of Nature"- using a make-up dauber to create abstract pieces

I've been experimenting with different tools and mediums lately because I'm setting up some workshops and I want to find the best tools to create easily understood and mimicked techniques.  This is one of the best canvases from these experiments,…
abstract painting tutorial

Abstract painting- "Master Plan"

Ok, confession time- this had been a rough week.  I won't go into all the details, but suffice it to say that the past few days have not been pleasant.  So, I headed to my studio and started painting.  I had no idea what I was doing, I just…
steampunk tag with chipboard frame

Steampunk Tag with tutorial video

Perhaps it was the amazing steampunk Maleficent dragon I saw in Disney World last week, but my mind has been fulls of gears and rust recently.  This steampunk tag was such a quick and fun project to work on, and I found some fun new techniques…