MixedMedia Jenn

Hey everyone! I have an art journal page to share with you today inspired by Finnabair's new venture The Art Daily Café . You can check out all about it here. Basically it's about carving out time for yourself everyday to be creative..whatever that looks like to you. I made a page especially inspired by some pages Finn showed in the intro video and beginning blog post about it. Watch the process here: Thanks for looking! ~jenn

It's that time again! The collab between DeeDee Catron and myself where we create projects using a mood board. Here is this month's mood board: I used a lot of elements from the mood board in my project; the typewriter, the greens, the vintage papers, the keys and the doilies. You can join in, too. Just create a project using any element (s) from the mood board and link up to DeeDee's Blog! Be sure to check out DeeDee's project and process video here! Supplies (in order of appearance): ·          Vintage Papers ·          Ranger Texture Paste -- http://amzn.to/2cuMBxn ·          Prima Doily Stencil -- http://amzn.to/2dkDVv3 ·          Palette Knives -- http://amzn.to/2di927Q ·          Liquitex Professional Gesso -- http://amzn.to/2da7Djh ·  ...

Hey Everyone! DeeDee Catron and I started a monthly video collaboration based on a Mood Board. Basically, we have a Mood Board, then we make projects (and process videos) using that Mood Board for inspiration. We will switch making the mood boards everyone month, and July I picked the images! We would love if you played along using our Mood Board for inspiration and we would especially love if you made a video for your project! All you have to do is click here to hop on over to DeeDee's blog  and link up to her post using the link up tool. We can't wait to see your interpretations! Here is the Mood Board: Using words like:  pinks, greens, tans, whites, wood, trees, weaving, fibers, astrology Here is my project and video: Here is DeeDee's project. Make sure you check her out and show her some love! Thanks for looking! ~Jenn

Hey Everyone! DeeDee Catron and I started a monthly video collaboration based on a Mood Board. Basically, we have a Mood Board, then we make projects (and process videos) using that Mood Board for inspiration. We will switch making the mood boards everyone month, and July I picked the images! We would love if you played along using our Mood Board for inspiration and we would especially love if you made a video for your project! All you have to do is click here to hop on over to DeeDee's blog  and link up to her post using the link up tool. We can't wait to see your interpretations! Here is the Mood Board: Using words like:  pinks, greens, tans, whites, wood, trees, weaving, fibers, astrology Here is my project and video: Here is DeeDee's project. Make sure you check her out and show her some love! Thanks for looking! ~Jenn

If you have been following me for awhile, it is probably no shock I am in love with Dina Wakley. I stalk her blog and instagram. I have every book and DVD she has put out. I am obsessed. But usually when I make a page inspired by her, it ends up looking exactly like her style. I have been trying lately to make pages taking her techniques but not copying her. It's hard when I like her style so much. I don't think I succeeded in making this page look less like hers and more like mine, but oh well. Here it is: Here is my process:   Supplies Used: Tissue Paper from Target A Gold & White Polka Dot from Amazon: http://amzn.to/1SNdoDF Liquitex Matte Medium: http://amzn.to/1SNdqeN Archival Ink Watering Can: http://amzn.to/1SNdtqT Dina Wakley Stamp Set "WoodCuts": http://amzn.to/1SNdviE Finnabair Stamp "Peeled Paint": http://amzn.to/1SNdyLj Finnabair Stamp "Messy Text": http://amzn.to/1SNdACP Finnabai...

     Lately, I have had very little time to craft. However yesterday, by some miraculous divine intervention, I had about an hour for my art. So I sit down to make something and.nothing.happened.        I was sooooo frustrated. Oh and for added pressure, I wanted to film my process because my YouTube channel has been so neglected. Whenever I am feeling uninspired, I go to Pinterest. While I was there I came across some a tag done by Tim Holtz for his web series, 12 Tags of 2014. I never participate, but for some reason I just had to recreate this tag.      And so, this tag was born. Not as good as coming up with my own original idea, but I will take what I can get. In case you are unfamiliar with Tim Holtz, here is his tag along with his tutorial . Tim's Tag My interpretation of Tim's tag.   Click here to check out my process for this tag on my youtube channel! The Dina Wakle...

So here's the thing...  I generally am not good at following thru with things. I start with the best intentions, go gung-ho, balls to the wall, then... I fizzle out. However,  my YouTube channel is different. I started it a year ago and have been going strong posting several videos a week (with a few exceptions) for over a year now. I love my YouTube channel and have met some wonderful amazing people thru it. When I started thinking about new things I wanted to do on the internet, a blog felt like the natural progression for me. Writing was my first creative love long before I ever started doing art of any kind. Words have always held so much expressive power for me. Why not have a place where my two loves (words & art) can coexist in an exciting way.  I can't promise that it will always be just words and art. I don't know about any of you, but I get inspired by so many things on a daily basis. My mind goes in a million different directions at any given mo...