backpackSchoolDays
Originally uploaded by zevcards
I can’t believe I’m starting school tomorrow already. I love this card by zevcards. Perfect for sending a gift card to one of the office or school supply stores to your favorite teacher so he or she can buy some nice new […]
I lay down newspaper on my art table before I do any painting to protect the surface. Since I am not the neatest person with a brush, I tend to get a lot of paint on the newspaper. Rather than throw it away, I recycle it into an art background. Newspaper is just a bit […]
I was lucky enough to interview the talented Steven Vander Meer of Meer Image. If you’ve never taken a look at his stamps, you are in for a treat. They are beautifully drawn, deeply etched and wonderfully mounted. Right now he is accepting submissions for a rubber art book called Stamp Naked. (To clarify, he’s […]
Welcome to the August 16, 2007 edition of Stamping Mad’s Arts and Crafts carnival. As you wander through the posts, I hope you find inspiration for your own creative endevours and will add your own post to next month’s carnival.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Yaakov Stern: Build Your Cognitive Reserve posted at SharpBrains, saying, “Why activities such […]
Today’s technique is crayon resist watercolor backgrounds. I’ve made an instructional video on making this background, but it is super easy.
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Just a reminder to check places you normally wouldn’t buy art supplies for stuff for your mixed media art. I stopped into Goodwill when I visited my mom and picked up the most wonderful set of 1910 Encyclopedia Britannica. It is filled with maps, black and white illustrations and a marvelous section on birds. They […]
This skinny book page uses a fun background technique I’ve been playing around with. In person, the shimmer and depth is amazing. I crinkled up colored tissue paper and glued it down with gel medium. Then I used Luminarte’s watercolor cakes to highlight some of the textured areas from gluing down the wrinkled paper. The […]
I’m still playing around with skinny book pages. This format is downright addicting. The Bird Made Her Nervous is a melted crayon canvas with a home decor foam flower stamp stamped on it. Overtop of the crayon, I used paper lace and liquid acrylics to create a pattern. I sketched the big bird and used […]
punched card
Originally uploaded by papernpencil
If you’ve been wondering why you even bought those punches, now you know. You wanted to make a colorful, fun card like this one by papernpencil. If you decide to pull out your punches after you take a look at this […]
Several mixed media art and rubber stamping blogs are giving away “blog candy” right now, by drawing a lucky winner from their comments. If you’ve been longing for a special piece to hang in your studio and inspire you, but haven’t had the money to buy any art, here’s your chance:
KO-OK has a lovely 4×4 […]
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