Alcohol Inking Washers | Journal & Tag Embellishments
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T01:46:01-05:00After 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...
Gel Plate Prints | Wallpaper, Old Wall, or “Wall Prints”
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T01:57:41-05:00"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...
Circle Journal – A Very PM Spread Our Colors and Textures
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T02:24:48-05:00Creating 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...
The Allure of Artist Trading Cards
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T03:49:16-05:00What 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...
Circle Journal – Shabby Chic Leaves & Butterflies
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T06:51:15-05:00This 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...
Circle Journal – A Water & Seaside Inspired Spread
Mariah Rushing2023-03-20T01:16:32-05:00Our 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...
Circle Journal – A Blackout Poem Spread
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T06:34:09-05:00An 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...
Circle Journal – A Steampunk Victoriana Spread for an Art Journal
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T06:48:51-05:00The 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....
Circle Journal – A Bright and Cute Spread
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T07:45:36-05:00A layered spread with a super bright and cute theme is what we are creating in this video. The first to be delivered (all the way from Texas to the Netherlands) was actually the second of the twelve we will be creating for the circle. As mentioned layers were a...
Envelope Pocket JOURNAL with a RAINBOW Spine
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T08:19:41-05:00Create a fun and colorful envelope pocket journal using any envelopes (in this project we used A4 Kraft colored) and our Featuring Artistic Endeavors | Always Flowers Boho Style Decorative Patterned Papers | Colorful Leaves Flowers and Lovely Textiles patterned papers to bind each together. We take a more in-depth...