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Monday, January 18, 2016

Art Revealed: 1

In the weeks leading up to the release of my product line with Spellbinders and Impression Obsession, I was only able to share glimpses of the artwork I made using the different dies, stamps and embossing folders. This pic may be familiar for example:

Happily, now that the lines have been exhibited at the CHA Trade & Conference Show last week in California, I can reveal all. Stay tuned for a series of upcoming posts with my newest artwork, much of which is available for purchase in my online shop.

Memory Keeper: outside

Memory Keeper: inside

Memory Keeper: detail

Aviator

Sold - Thank You

Aviator: detail

Day Timer

Sold - Thank You

Day Timer: detail

Time Will Tell

Sold - Thank You

Time Will Tell: detail

Story

Sold - Thank You

Story: detail

Timeless

Timeless: detail

Universe

Sold - Thank You

Universe: detail

Sunday, January 17, 2016

The Week Links: 85

Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Earlier posts in the series can be found here.

And here is Week 85...

1. Victoria Wagner paints reclaimed wood to resemble sliced gemstones. First seen here on This is Colossal.

2. Mesmerized by the mood and mystery of this encaustic piece from Bridgette Guerzon Mills, 1 of 5 that are currently on exhibit in Kentucky.

3. In love with the textile art that Helen Terry creates. Inspiration awaits in her Instagram Gallery as well.

4. Are you familiar with the "What's in Your Toolbox" series from Design Sponge?

5. Wonderful paintings from Dina Wakley.

6. Love the rhythm that Eric Adama created in this series.

7. Holly Becker over at decor8 wants you to bring your voice back to blogging.

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Live Action Demo

One of the most popular apps in use at CHA was Periscope, an interactive video platform. Happily, the wonderful Marjie Kemper took the time to Periscope one of my demos at the Spellbinders booth and upload it to YouTube. In the video, Marjie seems to be talking to people that are not there. That is because the live text messages that she is seeing on Periscope do not migrate with the video when uploaded. If that doesn't make sense to you, stay tuned...I will be posting more about the app soon.

Have a look to see my booth and some of my new products. And follow along with the demo to learn about some of my techniques for layering in mixed media art.

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Friday, January 15, 2016

CHA: The Workshops

A big part of CHA is education, both throughout the year and during the Conference & Trade Show. Two full days are dedicated to workshops and seminars even before the show floor opens. The educational opportunities then continue throughout the show.

I taught two classes. The first was called Mixed Media Mashup and was all about layers and layers. And layers. Two hours long and filled with 50 people, the experience was a lot of fun. I even used (or tried to use) a selfie stick for the first (and last) time.

Mixed Media Mashup will be going into my 2016 rotation of classes and may visit a venue near you!

My second workshop was a part of Spellbinders and included all the other SB designers as well: Stacey Caron, Becca Feeken, Tammy Tutterow, Donna Salazar and Debi Adams. The participants had a chance to work with all of us on 6 different projects, each lasting 15 minutes. Somehow I ended up with exactly zero pictures from this workshop - except for the line of participants waiting to get in:

My workshop sample:

Frosted Flakes

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

CHA 2016: The People

What makes CHA special for me every year are the people. Creative, hard working, energetic. You can feel the excitement in everybody when the show opens and the exhaustion when the show closes.

Spent a lot of time in the Spellbinders booth, surrounded by the Spellbinders crew...