The initial impetus for the book was Judy P's skull artwork. It was a guiding force for most of the pages – Izzy and her mad scientist page are an exception – but even then there is a thread of continuity in fears and foibles or sometimes kindred spirits. That...
Taking us back into creating one of our favorite things, ATCs. In true PM fashion, we demonstrated a ton of tips and techniques all geared towards how we create artist trading cards and the various smaller pieces likes squares and tags. As a carry-over from what we have been doing...
After our washer giveaway from last week we were so overwhelmed with the wonderful responses in our Makers of Mixed Media Art / Artist Facebook group. We had to make more, so P has been practicing the technique and we have purchased more washers. Please join us this Saturday for...
"Old Wall" prints – Sometimes they are so beautiful as is that nothing needs to be done. Other times they are... well, not so interesting and need a little something else done to make them in order to move to the "Keep" pile. The key to any transformation is TRANSPARENT...
Creating with the prompts to use our favorite techniques, color, style, and whatever floats our boat was the driving force behind our tenth journal spread. Of course, this meant using gel prints (we have a few now), sprays - this is all M, shiny bits (asemic writing in gold and...
What is the allure of the ATC? What indeed!In our journey to make our ATC into a wanted and valued item begins with PAPER, or rather the conscious choice of a durable, easy-to-work-on surface. That choice was watercolor paper, heavy cardstock, and chipboard. Some of the earlier ones were made...
This video introduces our new stencil line (the leaves just listed) using the same patterns you have seen in our papers. The mixed media consists of distress sprays, markers (blendable and acrylic), and different papers (printables, tissue paper, and kraft). With the use of all our typical techniques, I show...
Our latest spread from the Circle Journal has arrived and it takes you seaside. We took this opportunity to revisit our Cloudy Seaside papers once again, and once again they did not disappoint. It is such fun being able to take something we created and keep creating new and wonderful...
An original blackout poem, monoprints, ruched gel printed tissue paper, embossed paper washers and a playing card turned artist’s card from P mixed in with some very lush curious line papers (metallic and skin/touch) to create the first of 12 spreads in our circle journal swap. The circle journal was...
The Steampunk and Victoriana-type theme has always intrigued me (M) and quite delighted that we are doing a few spreads in the circle journal with the theme. In true PM fashion things had to be done with our flair and certainly with what has become some of our signature techniques....
