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How to make a simple printable journal
There’s nothing like the feeling of using a beautiful journal to write in, and printable journals and notebooks are quick and easy to print and assemble. They are perfect for giving as thoughtful gifts to special friends, or just to keep for yourself. While there’s lots of different ways to assemble printable journals, I made …
An Art Journal Page: What you Believe
For this art journal page I had fun playing around with collage papers, stamps, and paint, and it was interesting to watch the design emerge after building layer upon layer of visual texture. This was a quick and easy way to add background color, and I really enjoyed the process. I also included a photoart …
An Art Journal Page: Changes in Nature
With this art journal page, instead of looking within and contemplating the changes that can affect us at a personal level, I looked outward at the changes that occur as a part of nature. Over time, nature’s elements of wind, rain and sun, can create changes to even the most hardened metals and surfaces. Bright, …
New in the Store: Printable DIY Creative Inspiration Card Deck
The Printable DIY Inspiration Card Deck includes 36 cards size 5″ x 3.5″ plus a printable storage box. Each card has a unique design on it plus space for you to write your favorite quotation, saying, or other inspirational words. You can print the cards and write on them by hand, or open the file …
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An Art Journal Page: Honor the Journey
For this art journal page I chose to work with a butterfly because it’s a symbol that appears often in my art, and for me represents the creative journey. I can think of nothing more creative than the journey the butterfly takes from caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful butterfly, and the transforming process that occurs …
An Art Journal Page: In the Space Between Thoughts
Silencing the mind doesn’t necessarily mean in meditation, it can be any time at all when you step back from what you’re doing and pause for a few minutes. When you listen quietly, in-between all those random thoughts you will hear the voice of your creative spirit. It comes as an intuitive feeling, or even …
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Looking Back … Looking Forward
Welcome to a brand new year! I hope this year is one full of brand new creative opportunities, and brand new memories to make, keep and share. Looking Back One of the things that I’ve enjoyed most over the last several years is keeping a daily planner style journal that holds some little memory of …
New in the Store: Vintage Roses Printable Journal
The Vintage Roses Printable Journal Kit is designed with vintage roses in soft vintage colors with a touch of grunge. You can use this kit to make your own junk journal, or incorporate the pages into other journals. This kit can be used for altered books, printable note paper, scrapbooking paper, journal pages, and other …
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Looking Forward with a Creative Vision
As we move toward the final month of the year, I’m already preparing myself for an amazing year ahead. December is one of my favorite months and not just because it brings with it the holidays, family get-togethers and good cheer. In my mind I see December as the the door to the old year …
Designing and Cutting Stencils using the Silhouette Cameo
Not so many years ago, designing and cutting stencils was a time-consuming job. After sketching the design, or designing it in a software program and then printing it onto paper, you then had to transfer the design to a piece of stencil plastic and cut it out by hand using an exacto knife. If the …
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Making Space – a Themed Journal
This week I’ve been adding some pages to my latest journal which is a themed journal titled Making Space. I’m using one of the vintage journals that I made recently as a sample for the latest Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling video workshop. (If you haven’t signed up yet, it’s not too late. You can find full …
DIY Heavyweight Stabilizer for Stitched Journal Covers and Book Covers
Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling kicked off this week and one of things we’re going to be exploring is making stitched mixed media journals. When making these types of journals I like to use a heavyweight stabilizer such as double-sided fusible Peltex. This type of stabilizer makes it easy to construct using both hand and machine sewing, …
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