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Monday, September 30, 2024

Slow Stitch With Me - 2024

September - Lair

Labels: @DanielaMellen, #embroidery, #embroideryfloss, #fabric, #felt, #frenchknot, #lair, #mixedmedia, #prompt, #September, #sewing, #slowstitching, #slowstitchingtutorial, #straightstitch

Caroline's Craft Tree 52 Challenge - Week #39

Week 39 - Tag or Journal Card - Mixed Media (Hand Writing), Window/Tape

Posted by Penny at 2:33 PM No comments:

Labels: @Caroline'sCraftTree, #acrylicpaint, #cc52challenge, #collage, #collageart, #fabric, #handwriting, #ink, #micronmarker, #mixedmedia, #sewing, #tag, #tape, #window

Saturday, September 28, 2024

50 Prompt Collages With Margarete Miller

A Security Envelope Pattern

Posted by Penny at 4:08 PM No comments:

Labels: #berries, #bird, #collage, #collageart, #diecut, #enameleffects, #ink, #leaves, #margaretemiller, #mixedmedia, #mmpromptcards, #securityenvelope, #stencil, #treebranch, #watercolour

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art & Light - Taster Sessions

The Flight to Light - Teacher - LaQuisha Hall

And so ends another stream of creativity. In 9 days and out of 32 lessons, I completed 15 and learned some new things along the way. Time well spent!

Posted by Penny at 4:05 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #acrylicpaint, #art, #ayearoflight, #bookpages, #butterfly, #collage, #collageart, #dots, #gelpen, #light, #tastersessions

Monday, September 23, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

Glow of Autumn Leaves - Teacher - Tiffany Sharpe

Posted by Penny at 11:26 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #art, #ayearoflight, #brushpen, #light, #paintpen, #splatters, #watercolour

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Caroline's Craft Tree 52 Challenge - Week 38

Envelope - Farm Animal, Bow

Posted by Penny at 11:09 PM No comments:

Labels: @Caroline'sCraftTree, #animal, #bow, #cc52challenge, #collage, #collageart, #cow, #decorativepaper, #embroideryfloss, #envelope, #mixedmedia

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

Magical Shimmering Potions - Teacher - Lucy Brydon

Posted by Penny at 11:06 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #art, #ayearoflight, #gouache, #light, #magical, #mixedmedia, #potions, #September, #shimmer, #watercolour

Saturday, September 21, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

With the Light of the Sun - Teacher - Tiare Smith

Posted by Penny at 10:39 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #acrylicpaint, #art, #ayearoflight, #bird, #bookpages, #collage, #collageart, #flower, #gelpen, #light, #mixedmedia, #sun, #tastersessions

Friday, September 20, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

The Art of Notan - Teacher - Milena Guberinic

The Light In You - Teacher - Tracy Verdugo

Posted by Penny at 10:54 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #acrylicin, #acrylicpaint, #art, #ayearoflight, #birds, #collageart, #flowers, #gelpen, #light, #mixedmedia, #oilpastels, #tastersessions, #watercolour

50 Prompt Collages with Margarete Miller

Transportation

Posted by Penny at 10:49 PM No comments:

Labels: #collage, #collageart, #flower, #magazineimage, #map, #margaretemiller, #mixedmedia, #mmpromptcards, #postagestamp, #rubberstamp, #transportation

Thursday, September 19, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art & Light - Taster Sessions

Bottling Joy - Teacher - Amandine Thomas

Painting the Pleasure of Reading - Teacher - Nadyia Duff

Bright & Airy Skies - Teacher - Shelby Dillon

Shadows in the Light - Teacher - Toni Burt

Posted by Penny at 9:32 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #acrylicpaint, #airy, #ayearoflight, #bottle, #bright, #bubbles, #draw, #flowers, #joy, #light, #mixedmedia, #nibpen, #painting, #reading, #shadow, #skies, #swing, #watercolour

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

Gleaming Mushroom - Teacher - Eulalia Mejia

Sunshine Joy Boy - Teacher - Tamara Laporte

Posted by Penny at 11:44 PM No comments:

Labels: @TamaraLaporte, #acrylicpaint, #art, #ayearoflight, #boy, #gleaming, #joy, #light, #micronmarker, #mixedmedia, #mushroom, #sunshine, #tastersessions, #watercolour

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions


Soulscape of Light & Shadow - Teacher: Andrea Gomoll-Wunsche

Preening Swan - Teacher: Tracy Lizotte

Posted by Penny at 8:02 PM No comments:

Labels: #ayearoflight, #landscape, #light, #moon, #shade, #shadow, #swan, watercolour

Full Moon Art Challenge 2024

September - Wood Moon/Harvest Moon

Posted by Penny at 7:52 PM No comments:

Labels: #fullmoon, #FullMoonArtChallenge2024, #gouache, #harvestmoon, #September, #watercolour, #woodmoon

Monday, September 16, 2024

A Year of Light - A Journey Through Art and Light - Taster Sessions

Flowing right along...I am participating in A Year of Light - Taster Sessions, hosted by Tamara Laporte from September 16-24, 2024. You can learn more about this at Willowing.org

Light & Bright - Teacher: Tamara Laporte

Posted by Penny at 9:56 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #ayearoflight, #bright, #glitterpaint, #light, #marker, #mixedmedia, #moth, #shine, #splatters, #watercolour

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Caroline's Craft Tree 52 Challenge - Week 37

Wild Card (Pocket) - Spring Theme Item/ Bees/Quote

Posted by Penny at 3:21 PM No comments:

Labels: @Caroline'sCraftTree, #bee, #cc52challenge, #collage, #collageart, #decorativepaper, #digitals, #flower, #magazineimage, #mixedmedia, #pocket, #quote, #rikrak, #sewing, #spring, #stitches, #vellum, #wildcard

15 Minutes Creative Art Journaling

Cats forever and always have been my favourite animal and always will be. Meow. Another art journal challenge comes to an end. Thanks to Indah at Rookie Journal on YouTube for sharing her creativity.

Current Favourite

Posted by Penny at 3:15 PM No comments:

Labels: @Rookiejournal, #15minutescreativejournaling, #acrylicpaint, #cats, #collage, #collageart, #favourite, #hearts, #mixedmedia, #rookiejournal, #splatters

Saturday, September 14, 2024

15 Minutes Creative Art Journaling

Interactive - Spinning Teabag Folded Flowers

Paint - Circles & Dots

Posted by Penny at 3:55 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #acrylicpaint, #brads, #butterflies, #collage, #collageart, #diecuts, #flowers, #ink, #mixedmedia, #rookiejournal, #September, #splatters, #stencil, #teabagfolding

Art Journal September

This beautiful little mixed media art journal is now full. Thank you Shana at Shanouki Art on YouTube for sharing your process.


Napkin Background

Strips, Rips & Stitches

Gold Paint/Decorative Paper Die Cuts

Posted by Penny at 3:52 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #artjournal, #butterflies, #collage, #collageart, #embossingpaste, #flowers, #heart, #ink, #mixedmedia, #napkin, #September, #sewing, #shanoukiart, #splatters, #stencils, #stickers, #stitches, #strips

50 Prompt Collages With Margarete Miller

An Art Scrap (These are all "scraps" from other mixed media art projects)

Posted by Penny at 12:10 AM No comments:

Labels: #bird, #collage, #collageart, #flower, #ink, #magazineimage, #margaretemiller, #mixedmedia, #mmpromptcards, #splatters, #watercolour

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Art Journal September

Making Collage Papers

Posted by Penny at 7:54 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #bookpage, #collage, #collageart, #collagepapers, #junkjournal, #mixedmedia, #rubberstamp, #September, #shanoukiart, #splatters

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Happy Mail

Posted by Penny at 7:52 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #collage, #collageart, #happymail, #junkjournal, #mixedmedia, #postagestamp, #rookiejournal, #rubberstamp, #September

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Art Journal September

Page Extension

Page Extension - Other Side

Contrast

Posted by Penny at 10:14 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #artjournal, #collage, #flower, #heart, #magazineimage, #mixedmedia, #September, #shanoukiart, #stencil, #texturepaste, #thread, #tissuepaper, #watercolourpencil

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Image

Posted by Penny at 10:08 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #brownpaper, #butterfly, #collage, #collageart, #image, #rookiejournal

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Art Journal September

Paper Weaving (With Magazines)

Posted by Penny at 9:27 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #affirmation, #artjournal, #cheesecloth, #collage, #collageart, #gelpen, #heart, #magazinepaper, #mixedmedia, #September, #shanoukiart, #splatters

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Border

Posted by Penny at 1:19 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #border, #collage, #collageart, #flowers, #ink, #mixedmedia, #quote, #rookiejournal, #rubberstamp, #stencil

Monday, September 09, 2024

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Memorabilia

Posted by Penny at 9:33 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #flowers, #memorabilia, #paintswatch, #paperbag, #rookiejournal, #splatters, #washitape, #watercolour

Sunday, September 08, 2024

Caroline's Craft Tree Challenge - Week 36

Week 36 - Page or Page Cover - Fruit, Puzzle

Posted by Penny at 3:24 PM No comments:

Labels: @Caroline'sCraftTree, #acrylicpaint, #cc52challenge, #collage, #collageart, #fruit, #mixedmedia, #producelabels, #puzzle

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Song Lyrics

Posted by Penny at 2:06 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #collage, #collageart, #decorativepaper, #mixedmedia, #photograph, #rookiejournal, #songlyrics, #woodenheart

Saturday, September 07, 2024

Art Journal September

Scraps, Stencil & Texture Paste

Posted by Penny at 3:57 PM No comments:

Labels: #blackmarker, #collage, #collageart, #handmadepaper, #mixedmedia, #scraps, #shanoukiart, #splatters, #stencil, #watercolour

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

List

Posted by Penny at 1:50 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #acrylicpaint, #collage, #collageart, #diecuts, #list, #rookiejournal, #rubberstamp, #vinylrecord

Friday, September 06, 2024

50 Prompt Collages With Margarete Miller

A Person

Posted by Penny at 10:40 PM No comments:

Labels: #butterfly, #collage, #collageart, #collagejournaling, #diecut, #digitals, #embossing, #flowers, #ink, #magazineimage, #mixedmedia, #mmpromptcards, #person, #rubberstamp, #ticket, #washitape

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Happy Place - Outside

Posted by Penny at 1:19 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #bees, #birds, #butterflies, #collage, #collageart, #digitals, #flowers, #happyplace, #magazineimage, #mixedmedia, #nature, #rookiejournal, #September, #stickers

Thursday, September 05, 2024

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

A Photo

Posted by Penny at 9:16 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #collage, #collageart, #emboss, #flower, #frame, #ink, #mixedmedia, #photo, #rookiejournal, #rose, #rubberstamp, #teabag, #vintage

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

About Me

Posted by Penny at 11:37 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #butterfly, #collage, #collageart, #masterboard, #mixedmedia, #mixedmediaartjournal, #postagestamp, #rookiejournal, #rubberstamp, #stencil

Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Art Journal September is a continuation of Art Journal August as a means to completing the zig-zag style journal created for the August project. I am using the same prompts as inspiration, with a slight variation.

Choose Your Favourite Colour

Posted by Penny at 11:26 PM No comments:

Labels: #acrylicpaint, #artjournal, #bird, #blue, #collage, #collageart, #flowers, #gelpen, #magazinepaper, #mixedmedia, #postagestamp, #September, #splatters

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Washi Tape

Posted by Penny at 12:33 PM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #acrylicpaint, #bookpage, #collage, #collageart, #junkjournal, #mixedmedia, #rookiejournal, #September, #stencil, #washitape

Monday, September 02, 2024

15 Minutes Creative Journaling

Just Write

Posted by Penny at 11:51 AM No comments:

Labels: #15minutescreativejournaling, #artjournal, #draw, #heart, #ink, #junkjournal, #marker, #rookiejournal, #September, #sun, #today, #write

Caroline's Craft Tree Forever Tag Journal - September 2024

Front - Outside


Front - Inside

Back - Outside

Posted by Penny at 11:48 AM No comments:

Labels: @Caroline'sCraftTree, #bees, #bird, #butterflies, #collage, #collageart, #flowers, #forevertagjournal, #forevertagjournal2024, #mixedmedia, #September, #tag

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