Time to go through the Looking Glass

Hello all!

This week I"m participating in a wonderful Art Crawl on Youtube: Through the Looking Glass hosted by Artsplorations with Mark Muir.

14 Youtube Artists are pulling out all the stops and taking you on an adventure! You'll meet many characters and see sights never seen before There are paintings, soft sculpture, Pen and Ink drawings, and even Polymer Clay. This is not a Disney Wonderland. :)


I am doing a Soft Sculpture Dormouse with a bonus video of how to make a cardboard Teapot just for added measure! You even have access to a PDF Pattern of the Dormouse that I drew up. This is the actual pattern I used to make this Dormouse. Though on the one in the video I left off the back legs since the video was getting long and the Dormouse sits inside the teapot!

Click the link below the photo to go to the Youtube video for the project!

Video Art Crawl: Through the Looking Glass

The Great Art Quest Binder!

Hello all of my Creative Friends!!

Welcome to 2016! 

I am looking forward to the coming year as a time of growth and new experiences. 

A year long Art Quest guided by Cinnamon Cooney, The Art Sherpa is going to be my art school this year, I'm so excited! 

I am helping out in a small way by designing and creating this easy to make Binder for the art pages that we will be making this year.

Here's the download for the PDF instruction s on how to make my binder! 

I have also done a Youtube tutorial too!

Below are the Materials needed to make the binder:

Cardboard 2 pieces 1/2" larger than the paper you will be putting in the binder- for example for a binder that will hold 9x12" paper your front and back cover pieces will be 9 1/2" x 12 1/2"

Cardboard the same length as above by 1 1/2" wide for the spine

Heavy paper for covering the binder

Duct Tape for hinging the covers to the spine and to reinforce the corners over the cover paper

3 Pieces of ribbon the width of the binder covers and spine these are what will hold the paper in the binder

White glue for attaching covers (Mod Poge, PVA etc)

Fluid Matte Medium or Gloss Medium and Varnish to seal the paper covering

Tools Needed:

Metal edged ruler

Pencil

Scissors

Craft Knife with sharp blade

Cutting Mat

Awl or Nail for poking holes

Hole Punches 1/8" and 1/4" punching holes in the spine and in the papers to be bound in the binder

Brush to spread the glue/matte medium/varnish

Screwdriver and Large Screw or Hammer and large Nail to make holes in canvas panels

Here are the links again!

Instructable PDF on Instructables.com on how to make my binder! 

The Binder on Youtube tutorial too!

Time to share again...

Oh My! No new posts since August? How can that be???

Welll....work, family and being busy with doing different crafts. I have been knitting, crocheting, sewing, drawing, gluten free cooking and embroidery.

Here's a photo of my newest embroidery project (the only one of my crafts that I have actually photographed so far-- and that was done for a contest by the designer of the design I embroidered)

My Valentine's Embroidery: Design by Gina Mazarazzo
It was done quickly the day before Valentine's to make it in to the contest.

I loved the design and how the center design in the heart looked like a butterfly.

I'm a basic stitch kind of embroiderer --this was done with, chain stitch, satin stitch, back stitch, stem stitch and french knots.

The design left all the decisions to the person doing the stitching--I like that kind of pattern--I get to choose the colors and the stitches I want to use.

This looks very springy to me, Hearts, butterfly, 'flowers', 'leaves', stems. The big heart done in the chain stitch in gold is like the unending loop of love. :)

I'll be working on getting more photos of my creative efforts posted soon. :)

Remember to get out and do something creative!
SB