ENVELOPE Junk Journal Love Letters
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T10:18:19-05:00Using our vast stash of (very old - at least like from the ’90s) Fox River Confetti Kraft A4 Envelopes (4 1/4 x 6 1/4) with a square flap to be exact to make a Love Letter junk journal. This project was inspired by the use of Luise Heinzl’s papers from the...
Weathered A Mixed Media Artist Book
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T10:32:34-05:00Disclaimer…the video process for me is not a natural one! I just get into what I’m doing without even a thought of turning on the camera. That’s one scenario, the other is I think it’s on, it wasn’t or the latest one is all super duper fast mode and I...
Twilight Hues an Artist Book
Mariah Rushing2023-02-27T10:50:34-05:00Twilight Hues, the paper has been created for those craving a violet-blue/blood orange treat. Twilight Hues, the journal continues on with this theme but adds to it with more original mixed media art. Twilight Hues is very much an interactive, viewer-involved art journal. There are a total of 7 flip...
Beginner Folded Collage Book
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T05:42:50-05:00Plan B should not be the starting point of a project! — it only encourages the “Creating Spirits” to keep solving problems! So starting off, the paper was not the right size or weight; flimsy would best describe it. The paper scraps were from an earlier project, a bit on the...
Mountain Sunrise | Artist Book
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T06:24:46-05:00Where to start on this one… ”Mountain Sunrise” could have been more aptly titled, “Many Mountains and Sunrises Later” considering how long it to took to make it! The cover, 5 days and 5 lbs later (maybe a slight exaggeration in the weight) is what you see now but what...
Dragonfly Mini-Artist Journal
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T20:42:14-05:00This journal came about as a DT project using papers from Luise Heinzl’s collection: Dragonfly Lover’s Notebook and Blueberry Morning Junk Journal Kits. What started off as a simple design team project, developed into a rather massive massif replete with handmade ephemera, papers, and tags. The specimen tag (produced after a...
Light and Dark | A BIG Accordion Artist Book
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T21:06:57-05:00Why is it that when it comes to finishing a big project, the squirreling urge activates, and focus stalls out sputtering to a dead stop? It is so deeply embedded in my modus operandi that digging it out would be counterproductive to my productivity. Think on that a spell…Now, that...
MINI-ACCORDION Books Cloudy Seaside A Four Set
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T22:27:15-05:00Cloudy Seaside Mini-Books – concertina accordion box set (four in all) are a walk through art history, a bit of literary, and even a touch of textile. Each connected journal is done so with a thread of Japanese culture, a brush stroke of French impressionism, and a swirl of Dutch...
Cloudy Seaside | Our Approach to Making Printables
Mariah Rushing2023-03-20T01:19:32-05:00For our latest sit down and chat we go through one of our latest sets of printable papers and explain some of our processes. A very in-depth conversation about each element we put into our digital printables from concept to execution. Stamps, Sketches, and mixed media journal pages are just...
WEAVING PAPER | Using Leftover Scraps
Mariah Rushing2023-02-28T23:09:09-05:00Making a weaving from "catch paper" (the leftovers from – the paper used to keep sprays from going all over the place) papers is what is happening in what is our second video in the Rusty Metal Embellishment series. Our video will take you through the process where the catch...






















