Well, I had pretty good luck with the handmade gifts I gave this year, even for the people who are usually hard to please! Hope you were as lucky. Here are the results of the poll:
How do people react to your handmade gifts?
* They say they’ll treasure it always.
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Friedrich Von Schlegel said, “Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.”
Do you agree? Obviously, if you are making perfect, but soulless copies of something, you could be replaced by a photocopier, but if you never make a piece of art, are you still an artist? […]
Daisy blue
Originally uploaded by Helmetti
I’ve been working on a few red color themed pages this morning and wishing I was doing blue pages, so Helmetti’s blue daisy ATC really caught my eye. Great use of eyelets and a very painterly look to the piece.
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Originally uploaded by StampingMad
I’ve been working on backgrounds inspired by Traci Bautista this week. I wasn’t terribly fond of using paper towels as she recommends, so I went with decorative papers that held up when they were wet. I also followed her directions for experimenting […]
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Originally uploaded by StampingMad
Here’s another of the sunflowers for the Altered Abbey skinny book #4 swap. I had so much fun making the backgrounds for these. I stamped a hand carved flower stamp on the backs, but I forgot to take any scans of the […]
I was at Target the other day and found some new markers in the office supplies aisle. These Pentel Art Outline Markers insisted on coming home with me and I gave them a good workout this week. They write in silver, but have a very thin line of color on the outside. They work best […]
I was reading Drawing from Within by Nick Meglin this week and one of the chapters was really thought provoking. Mr. Meglin talked about how so many of his students purchased tools used by great painters as if it would make them better artists. He pointed out that the great tennis stars could outplay us […]
Lady Bird Johnson said:
Art is the window to man’s soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
So, the next time you make a piece of art, you are showing the world your soul. No pressure, folks. Seriously though, I think it […]
I love the few cards Ireland has posted in her Splitcoaststampers.com gallery. This crane and willow tree card using a tissue paper and acetate technique is absolutely gorgeous. Look at the color and texture on the tree background. I have got to make time to play around with this technique.
Tags: ireland, split-coast-stampers, Wednesday Spotlight
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paper patchwork quilt
Originally uploaded by StampingMad
I know I’ve talked about paper patchwork quilt pieces before, but this is just about backgrounds. If you are like me and you make 9×12 backgrounds that are cut down for different ATC and fat book projects, then you have […]
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