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Creating an Abstract Quilling Piece

It's been a while since I've completed a quilling piece.  I'm still working on my Recorded Histories series, but rolling all my paper pieces does take a lot of time. Unless I spend several hours every day rolling paper, I can't finish very…
Speech Bubbles ink splashes

Speech Bubbles- mixed media quilling art

Man, this piece was so much fun!  I hope you guys don't mind the overload of pictures, because I love every angle of each canvas.  I've also added the video I made of the whole process.  Watching how the ink feathers and spreads when it's…
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Silent Message- abstract calligraphy collage

What a relaxing week this last one has been!  My husband and I had the last week off from work, and instead of going anywhere, we had a "staycation" and did very little besides staying home and vegging out.  We may have slept in and watched…
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Deluge- Abstract Calligraphy Art

Ok, I have to trumpet my own horn for a just a second- I just made my first video!!  I cannot begin to describe how stoked I am about this.  Yes, there are some things I need to get better at.  You always have to keep learning.  But I don't…
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Scars

Black and White!  Such a classic combo, especially coupled with some hastily scribbled text and a little bit of Tim Holtz' patterned tissue paper.  I love how so many different elements can be combined to create simple, but striking effects. I…
Mixed Media abstract art with quilling strips

Pacific Reef- mixed media art

I've been a little obsessed with Emerald Green lately.  I think it's the coming onset of Spring- it can't come soon enough for me!  The trees in North Carolina are about to burst into life- I'm waiting with bated breath and working with…