Video tutorials: Four Ways to use Water Soluble Oil Pastels

I've kind of gotten addicted to using Water Soluble Oil Pastels.  I made this tag using them and employed four different techniques along the way.  If you're wanting to add them to your artistic arsenal but have no clue of what they are or how to use them, then maybe this tutorial video I made would be helpful.

Video Tutorials: Art Journal Demo using Lots of Painty Layers and Some Yearbook Gents

Hello crafty friends!  I have another crafty video tutorial up on Youtube showing how I made this journal page.  If you want to see how I change my mind 80 times before getting to the end result, then give this video a look!  Enjoy!

Video tutorials: Art Journal Page using Patterned Paper and Paint

Happy Thursday, my fellow crafty folks!  I have another video up on how I made this art journal page using patterned paper and paint (I also threw in some Supracolor Soft colored pencils for good measure).  Enjoy!

Video Tutorials: Art Journal Page using Magazine Scraps and Infusions Coloured Stains

Hello, hello and Happy Monday!  I've got another new art journaling video for you that shows how I made this page:

This one gets a little messy, but that's the way we like our art!  Enjoy!

Video Tutorials: Art Journal Page using Washi Tape, Paint and a Yearbook Page. Journal 1, Pg. 1

I've been trying my hand at art journaling lately, so I thought I'd start posting some videos of the pages I create.  Here's the first video (scary process for this non-technical whiz) showing how I made this page out of Washi tape, paint, and an old yearbook page.  Enjoy!

My Other Creations: Scrap Tag Notebooks Using Tim Holtz's Wildflowers Dies

"Winter Blues" is this week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, so I made some scrap tag notebooks with wildflowers on them to combat the gray and the slush.  AND, I made a tutorial video for these, which you can see further down in the post.

I started  by cutting some tags out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I painted them with black gesso and then a layer of black acrylic paint and folded them in half.

Next I smooshed white acrylic paint through a Dot Fade stencil onto the tags.

Using my fingers, I smudged on some acrylic paint in different colors.

I added scraps of patterned paper here and there and some wildflowers.  Then I brushed some more acrylic paint over the top once I was done.  I also added a little stamping in black ink.

Along the way, I also added some ring dies from Seth Apter and Simon Says Stamp and closed the notebooks with paperclips.

I used scraps of paper for the inside of the notebooks, too.  I cut the pages the same size as the tags, laid them out flat and sewed the booklet down the middle with my sewing machine to keep all the inside pages in place.

And here's a video of the process for those who are interested:


You know I'm a crazy notebook-a-holic and these were fun ones to try my hand at.  Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection	Big Shot	Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Die Set	Seth Apter Spellbinders Coffe Ring die
Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers	Tim Holtz Dot Fade Stencil	Impression Obsession, The Journey cling stamp	Tim Holtz Idea-ology JOURNEY Design Tape	Bo Bunny Believe 6x6 Paper
American Crafts Multi-color Hall Pass Paperclips	Dina Wakley Black Gesso	Dina Wakley Black Heavy Body Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson
Prima Impasto paint, Pumpkin	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet

I can't wait to see your artwork this week!  Upload your crafty creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win $50 to the Simon Says Stamp store!

I'm also playing along with--

Mini Album Makers Challenge:

Tutorial Video: Washi Tape and Paint Backgrounds

One thing I love to do is make Washi tape and paint collages that I cut up and use as backgrounds or decorative elements in various projects.  Maybe it's because I'm lazy and like to have collages done that I can rip and tear and incorporate easily into other things.  Maybe it's because there's something therapeutic about painting over cookbook pages (revenge for my non-cooking skills perhaps).  In any event, I thought I'd share this technique in a video format.  I haven't done many videos, but tried jumping on the technology wagon here.  I won't tell you how many gray hairs were added to my tally by the time I finally finished! 




Here's what some of my finished collages and projects using this technique look like:

I wrote in the video that I buy a lot of my Washi tape on Etsy.  My favorite sellers are Zakkalover and Collectinglife.