Mixed Media Artist

Painting with Mixed Media by Paula Guhin and Geri Greenman Knot Thread Stitch: Exploring Creativity through Embroidery and Mixed Media by Lisa Solomon Flower Designs (Design Library) by Judy Balchin Daring Adventures in Paint: Find Your Flow, Trust Your Path, and Discover Your Authentic Voice-Techniques for Painting, Sketching, and Mixed Media by Mati Rose McDonough Visual Texture on Fabric: Create Stunning Art Cloth with Water-Based Resists by Lisa Kerpoe Connecting Design to Stitch by Sandra Meech Art Nouveau Designs by Pepin Van Roojen Zentangle Untangled: Inspiration and Prompts for Meditative Drawing by Kass Hall Colored Pencil Explorations: How to mix media for creative results by Janie Gildow Print with Collage and Stitch: Techniques for Mixed-Media Printmaking by Val Holmes How to Cheat in Photoshop CS6: The art of creating realistic photomontages by Steve Caplin Needleturn Applique the Basics & Beyond: The Complete Guide to Successful N

  Eileen - The Artful Crafter If you do beading, how do you keep your craft space looking neat?! Eileen admits she doesn't. Take a look.   Aileen's Musings Aileen has one more background technique to share from her Junque Journal How-To series using chalkboard paint, oil pastels, gesso and sprayable watercolors.   Beading Arts If you've been putting off updating your Facebook page or profile, procrastinate no longer! Cyndi's got the info you need to really rock out your pages.   Brown Hair and Glasses Cherie is on a kick, creating several mixed media pictures that feature women with brown hair, blue eyes, and glasses. Crafty Princess Diaries Tammy is wrapping up her amigurumi gang and wishing them well on their trip.   Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

via Linda Walsh Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

Sarah, who writes Saturday Sequins , just won the Stash Happy Patchwork book!  Congratulations, Sarah!!

Today I'm starting the giveaway for the last book I have in Lark Books' Stash Happy series, and it happens to be my favorite of the three.  There's still time before the end of today to sign up to win last week's book, Stash Happy Patchwork .  Stash Happy Applique has come and gone, so the new one for this week is Stash Happy Felt ! ***Free Stuff Alert!!!***  I'm going to start with Stash Happy Felt !  If you'd like to win a copy, just leave me a comment below and you'll automatically be entered to win.  If you tweet or post on Facebook or other social spots about the contest, you can leave a second comment and be entered twice! Please make sure that your link will lead me to an email address, or else I won't be able to contact you.  No contact, no win, and I simply have to go on to the next person.  Deadline: August 1, 2012 Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , a

Last week I showed you the turtle stencil that I made , and how I ended up using the positive cutting rather than the negative to make some small fabric panels.  Today I want to share the beaded embellishments with you.  I still don't know what I'm going to do with these panels, but I really like how they've turned out so far! Iron shirtweight fusible interfacing to the back of each panel before beginning to stitch.  I added three-strand embroidery (running stitch, fly stitch) and individually stitched seed beads and tube beads.  Also a couple of buttons, as you can see.  Part one Part two Copyright 2012 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. May be printed out for personal use or distributed electronically provided that entire file, including this notice, remains intact.

  Crafty Princess Diaries The princess turns into Victor Frankenstein as she stitches together more toys. Eileen - The Artful Crafter Eileen has some tips on how to avoid lead components when planning a children's beading party.   Resin Crafts! Carmi has a great post explaining how resin can be also a great glue and glaze!   Beading Arts Wonderful gemstone and pearl artists continue to be featured on Beading Arts all this month!   Cherie Burbach: Love and the Spirit of God Cherie creates a new mixed media picture.   Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world This week at Craftside there are some fun photos of yarn bombed cairns, drawing in sand, salt and sugar ideas and tutorials on how to draw the cubs from the Pixar movie Brave and a how to make gum paste or fondant picks from the book The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating.   Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered b

...once you get a Kindle. See the whole list of 25 ideas at BuzzFeed . Very funny stuff! Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

Deb, aka Jinxxxygirl, who writes Learning to Just Breath , is the winner of  Stash Happy Applique !  Congratulations, Deb!

I told you last week about receiving Lark Books' Stash Happy series and how I'll be giving them away throughout July!  There's still time before the end of today to sign up to win the first book, Stash Happy Applique .  The new one for this week is Stash Happy Patchwork ; which means that Stash Happy Felt is yet to come! ***Free Stuff Alert!!!***  I'm going to start with Stash Happy Patchwork !  If you'd like to win a copy, just leave me a comment below and you'll automatically be entered to win.  If you tweet or post on Facebook or other social spots about the contest, you can leave a second comment and be entered twice! Please make sure that your link will lead me to an email address, or else I won't be able to contact you.  No contact, no win, and I simply have to go on to the next person.  Deadline: July 25, 2012 Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books

via SaraBeth Cullinan

Another thing I got a bit obsessed by during our vacation to Hawai'i besides lava was the image of the sea turtle.  Especially after I saw one just off the coast!  That's him (her?) above.  Not a great picture, but I couldn't exactly wait around for the sun to get into the right position :-) There are very old petroglyphs of the turtle on Hawai'i, and you'll find the image used frequently in fabric design and other arts.  So I decided to draw my own and do some little fabric panels using him.  I took some liberties...there are no spirals on the original petroglyphs. Acrylics: Green gold , Sap green Walnut Ink : Eucalyptus 1. Sponge on acrylics. 2. Mist with water to encourage running. 3. Let dry. 4. Spray walnut ink lightly over stencils. 5. Let dry. Next week: embellishments! This post contains affiliate links Copyright 2012 Cyndi Lavin. All rights reserved. Not to be reprinted, resold, or redistributed for profit. M

  Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at our crafty world This week at Craftside there are tutorials on how to needle felt a bird ornament, crochet a swirl granny square, an interview with Alena Hennessy author of Cultivating Your Creative Life and a recipe for coconut rice with peaches and rum raisins. Crafty Princess Diaries The Crafty Princess provides an update on her big and little fiber projects. Eileen - The Artful Crafter Come join the fun. The Artful Crafter is celebrating its 6th blogoversary. Party favors, cupcakes and prizes for all!  Playing With Blue Glass Cherie finally finds some blue glass to build sculptures with. The Crochet Dude Drew is having a Pinterest contest and giving away an ENTIRE set of his new ergonomic hooks!   About Family Crafts The newest craft challenge is all about chalkboard crafts. Drop by and play along!   Aileen's Musings Aileen gets you revved up for summer by showing you how to make a wreath

U-Star Novels Ok, this isn't really making books, or altering books, or any other type of book arts, but it certainly does look like fun!

I received a wonderful package with three books from the Lark Books' Stash Happy series!  These are fun, happy books that encourage you to make stuff immediately.  If you have any kind of fabric stash at all (and who doesn't?), you'll be able to make most of the quick and clever projects featured with no run to the fabric store needed.  If, like me, you are a collector of tiny scraps, you'll be amply rewarded by these three books, two by Cynthia Shaffer: Stash Happy Applique , Stash Happy Patchwork ; and one by Amanda Carestio: Stash Happy Felt . These books contain all you need except for the scraps: beautiful photography, easy to follow instructions, templates for Cynthia's original projects, and tips.  If you like scrap crafts, recycling, reusing, and general cuteness, you're gonna love these books!  And now I've got a chance for you to win them...one at a time! ***Free Stuff Alert!!!***  I'm going to start with Stash Happy Ap

Makes you wonder, doesn't it? via Drew Emborsky

Last month, I won a copy of Suzann Thompson's delightful new book Crochet Garden , and I must say it arrived just in time.  Just in time for a heat wave, that is!  I had remarked in my comment that I love doing small projects in the summertime, ones that don't sit heavily on my lap (I've actually got a half-completed quilt set aside that I'll need to share with you later because I can't stand having it on me while I work!).  And lucky me, I won and received a Crochet Garden mere days before the heat wave struck. This is a totally fabulous book.  Dozens of flowers are joined by leaves, stems, small critters, and ideas for projects that will use your new creations.  You need to know, though, that there are no basic instructions for stitches in this book.  I think it's way easy enough to find them elsewhere, and Suzann says that she skipped this part so there would be more room for actual flowers.    The first thing I did was gallop through, oooing and aww

  Craft Buds If you've ever hit a wall in running your creative business, be inspired by these top 12 new resources from our expert, Anna at Urban Stitches.   CraftFoxes If you still haven't found that ideal summer swimsuit, maybe it's time to make your own! CraftFoxes highlights 10 free swimwear patterns for summer. Crafty Princess Diaries Tammy continues her knitting lessons, this time with a scarf kit and some yumo merino yarn.   Feeling Patriotic Cherie makes some red, white, and blue paintings.   Resin Crafts! Carmi has a fun idea to pour resin into vintage baking pans.   Beading Arts July begins with a bang...along with a Beading Arts celebration of all things gemstone and pearl!   Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

Where the Sidewalk Ends , 2008 Christian Faur Crayons as assemblage, seen on the website of Christian Faur .  This is a must-visit site! Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

2012 Science & Math Art Competition (SMART) Deadline: 07/31/12        500 Handmade Books (Lark) Deadline: 08/02/12      Art Journaling Deadline: 08/15/12           Fiberart International 2013 Deadline: 08/31/12        All Dolled Up: Beaded Art Doll Competition Deadline: 08/31/13       Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered books , art journals

For those who will be wondering...no, I would never actually do this!

Pahoehoe , 2012 Yay!  After so many starts, stops, and missteps, my quilt finally began to come together more quickly.  Just worrying about one step at a time seemed to be the answer for this project.  Most of the time, I like to know several steps down the road, or even all of them, but it just didn't work like that this time.  I guess it's a lesson for me...creativity doesn't always follow a plan ;-) Anyway, I used embroidery floss to match the complementary accent color, and stitched each lava printout to the background fabric that I had painted.  I love the way the floss color pulls out the color in both the background and in the shadows of the lava images where I added it. The painted fabric showed through the thin cotton printouts ever so slightly, so after I'd stitched them in place, I flipped the piece and cut the background fabric out from behind the printouts. There is no sense in having cut out the background fabric just to add anoth