Introducing Sherry Goodloe!

Sherry Goodloe is one of my fav artists – she’s always got something good going on over at her blog. She is a sweet, sweet lady – one thing I love about the art community is how willing folks are to talk and share no matter how well-known, no matter how busy. I [...]

Day of the Dead Shrines

In this second installment in our October series on putting together a creative Day of the Dead celebration we are going to be talking about shrines, which will be a part of your  Ofrenda (alter). Some of the common features of these shrines are skeletons, marigolds and items pertaining to the person you are honoring. [...]

The Talented and Lovely Lara

Did you know Gauche Alchemy has a Flickr group? We do! It’s a marvelous place to get ideas and inspiration. Lara is a gifted artist I had the immense pleasure of “meeting” though that group. She deftly mixes Gauche Alchemy kits and her own personal style into Art Journals, layouts and cards that defy all [...]

Altered Toilet Seats

When you hear the phrase “decorative toilet seats” do you think of this:

Or maybe this:

If your experiences parallel my own, even a little bit, suddenly visions of stained super hero underwear and pleading to please, please, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, pee in the potty … but I digress.
It turns out, decorated throne tops [...]

Blog Candy, Eye Candy, and Pub Candy

Before I get down to biznatch, an announcement:

I had wondered why our previous demand for punchinella petered out. Seems that the listing disappeared from our ArtFire shop. No idea how that happened. Anyway, punchinella (or sequin waste, as it’s sometimes known) is again available!
PUB CANDY!
Okay, so I made up that phrase. [...]

Winner of Blue Color Kit contest – now for the Pink kit!

This one was a bit challenging – so many great suggestions! The new name of the Blue color kit will now be: *duh-duh-duh-DUMMMMM*
Blue Streak
And the winner (randomly chosen) of the prize pack (Blue, of course) is Joyce Rodli! I’ll be contacting you for your snail mail addy, Joyce.

(Oh, just so’s ya know… a bunch [...]

A few more book reviews – ATCs, mosaics, altered imagery

Let’s get back into my favorite books, chock full of inspiration.
I’ve had this one on my shelf for a while. I’m not much of a rubber stamper, but this book is so full of great paper tricks, I had to have it! Click on the photo to go to Amazon and take a [...]

Not too busy for a little blog candy!

Would you believe I was working on several posts last week, and they never got scheduled? They are still in an unfinished state, but believe me, they are coming!
Not only that, I still haven’t found the time to choose our “average scrapper.” I’m not slackin’ – just a busy, busy woman lately. [...]

More art books – jumping tall buildings in a single bound

Thanks for tuning in again, fans! It’s late in the day, but I did promise another post for you bookworms out there. In fact, I think I’ll be making a whole series of book posts – so if you want the scoop, I’ll save you all the trouble of having to research. [...]

Layouts using color kits – Merdrey rocks my planet

Merdrey made good use of the whole spectrum of our color kits, from red to white.  This shows (awesomely) how easily the color kits can be incorporated into scrapbooking.  She nailed it!  WHAP-BOW!!