Wet and Watery Stamping on the Gel Plate
Today’s Tidbit shows you how my happy accident provided a pretty cool result! Wetting your foam stamps and pressing them into paint on the gel plate makes for some really interesting and painterly effects!
Easy Fathers Day Fish Postcard Project
For Today’s Tidbit I am excited to share with you a simple project where you can use your gel printed papers to create a fun and whimsical postcard to send to Dear Old Dad for Father's Day. OR Send it to anyone else on your list who would appreciate a hand made postcard.
Freebie 5x7 Stencils and How to Use Them!
Today’s Tidbit features Barb and I TOGETHER and we are going to show you some FUN ways to use our FREE 5x7 stencil designs, created as a promotional giveaway for your online shopping with Joggles Mixed Media Supply. Thank You for your support of TWO female owned small businesses.
FREEBIE OFFER: June 1st–12th, 2022, the more you spend the more 5x7 stencils you will receive. Details in the video.
Let’s Play! NEW Aquatic Rice Paper Designs
For Today’s Tidbit I am super excited to play with adding color to my NEW Aquatic Life printed rice papers, made in Italy. This set of my designs is printed in blue ink rather than black like the previous set of Birds and Bugs with US Mail papers which were printed in black. The subtle difference between the blue and the black is beautiful!
Adding Texture to Layers with Foam Stamps
Today’s Tidbit shows you how I add texture to my paint layers BEFORE adding in my stencil or mask. It’a all about the layering… Layer, layer, layer!
How to Adhere NonStick Craft Mat to Your Surface
Today’s Tidbit is in response to your questions about my Ranger Inkssentials NonStick Craft Sheet surface on my desk. Nothing sticks to it! Here’s how you adhere it to your surface.
Mixed Media Tag Book Art Journal Collaboration
Today’s Tidbit features Barb from Joggles and I at it again, building a very creative mixed media tag book with four different surfaces and some very cool effects!
How to Collage With Gel Prints
Today’s Tidbit shows you exactly what the heck I do with ALL those gel prints I make… I create figurative, painterly, impressionistic Paper Paintings!
ALL-NEW Stencils, Masks, and Stamp Designs!
Today’s Tidbit is unprecedented! This week Barb from Joggles Mixed Media Supplies and I are together to announce the launch of my NEW Van Gogh inspired line. We are super excited to share this with you from Sedona, AZ... My Happy Place!
Mark Making on Top of Collage
Today’s Tidbit explores mark making on top of collage with pastel Stabilo Woodies both blended with water and dry.
Low Relief Texture Scraping with Stencils
For Today’s Tidbit I’m creating some low relief texture rubbing with stencils underneath some thin, smooth papers. I’m scraping thin, Fluid Acrylic paint across the surface of the paper with a plastic card to reveal some wonderful results!
Archival Mini Ink Pads for Small Projects
Today’s Tidbit features Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pads that are oil based and archival. I’m painting in watercolor over a fun foam stamp I designed for Art Foamies in my journal.
Saturated Color and Sensuous Stamping On a Roll!
For Today’s Tidbit I’m creating some BIG sheets of color saturated rice paper by using it on a roll with metallic stamping and watered down color!
Complex Layers with Just ONE Mask!
Today’s Tidbit gives you some inside information on how I create complex prints on my gel plate using a mask over and over itself in a couple different ways.
All-New Peacock Foam Stamps!
Today’s Tidbit is the grand reveal and the maiden voyage of my NEW Peacock foam stamp collection with ArtFoamies! I’ll give you some tips and tricks on how to use them.
Stabilo Woodies 3-in-One Pencils
Today’s Tidbit explores your inner child with some art supplies that were originally marketed toward kids but have become been a big hit with mixed media artists!
Envious Green Layered Gel Prints
Today’s Tidbit reminds you just how important it is to work in layers in order to create complex, beautiful gel prints.
Marabu Art Crayons–Shimmer!
For Today’s Tidbit I’m playing with Marabu Art Crayons SHIMMER! I’m wiping through a stencil to create a Gustav Klimt background for a portrait.
Posca Paint Pens on Your Gel Plate?
For Today’s Tidbit I’m drawing on my gel plate with PAINT PENS! Am I crazy?
Hand Carved Art Stamps
For Today’s Tidbit I’m carving my own stamps and using them to add art, creativity and color to my travel skirt!