I used one of the backgrounds from the other day to make four ATCs. (The one with the face on the side) Then I just had to play with the paint again and I made the fiery background, which promptly became more ATCs. But I couldn’t stop there. I just had to paint more. I […]

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I’ve had a large pad of Bristol sitting on the shelf for a couple of years. It’s really nice paper and I kept meaning to do something with it but somehow I never got to it. I’m on a kick to try and unearth some of these gems in the studio and put them to […]

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I had the best play day with my friend Arlynne! She was showing me what she had learned in a class on painted background techniques. For the most part the “technique” is slapping paint onto paper in colors and patterns you like. The secret though is what you mix with the paint… We were working […]

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I had a conversation with my son recently when I showed him the back of the “Alphabet” ATCs I’d made. He thought I’d made the wrong choice in using “Trogdor” and told me, “Mom, those ladies aren’t going to get it. They won’t know who Trogdor is.”
He’s right. I don’t think any of them will […]

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I had a play day with Chris today. She was showing me how to make rolled beads from shrink plastic. It’s harder than it looks… mostly because the plastic is too hot to roll with my fingers and hard to roll without them. Of course it was easy for Chris. I think her fingers are […]

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