What are your favorite rubber stamps that you often use? I love circles, particularly in geometric patterns. I get asked a lot about these particular stamps, so here is where I found them. Clockwise from the top. . 1) Club Scrap ©️ 2009 – I found it at a used art supply sale, so I …
Trains, planes, and automobiles – postcard swap
Another great swap is over, and postcards have been mailed out. The theme was “trains, planes, and automobiles”, and boy did we have all kinds of transportation represented! These next ones practically say “road trip”, don’t they? Don’t you love motorcycles?! I’d never use it as a mode of transportation, but they are awesome machines. …
Some amazing weekly assignments for January 2021
We’re already heading into the fifth week in January, and I’ve come across some amazing weekly assignments people are posting online. If you aren’t familiar with the weekly collage-art challenges, I provide 5 prompts and a bonus prompt every week, and people look for those things in their paper stash that they then use to …
Postcard swap for January 2021
It’s a new year, and we are starting our artswaps with a postcard swap. The theme is Planes, trains, and automobiles I chose this theme because we’ve all been stuck at home, waiting for this pandemic to subside. We’ve been anxious to get outside, to move freely, and for some of us, we’ve been waiting …
Practice with simple collages
Recently, someone shared with me that she was feeling stuck on starting a collage. She said she would “go blank” and was indecisive when trying to assemble a collage. I started a small gluebook with the idea of keeping my collages very simple. I started with some rubber stamping and then kept each page to …