***THIS HOP IS OVER*** Welcome to the Blitsy Summer Trends August 2016 Blog Hop! I hope you are having a fun hop around the Blitsy Creative Team's blogs. If you came from Dana Joy's blog Got Joy Creations then you are on the right track. If not, then don't worry! Come join in the hop here, you can still be in with…
It is tutorial time for me on the Blitsy blog today and this week I have mixed and matched the Prima watercolours with Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens in a mixed media match up. It is a bright and cheerful summer-themed art journal page. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] I love how the colours of…
My Blitsy tutorial share this week is some inspiration for making your own art journal. Lots of folks make their own art journals and it is a truly wonderful way to expand your journaling practice. But I want to persuade you to take your DIY art journal one step further and use the Happy Planner Disc bound system to bind your journal.…
Here is my heart - well my mixed media heart that is! It is my new tutorial over on the Blitsy blog this week, where I walk you through how to make one of your very own. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] If you haven't guessed what it is made from yet (and the…
Have you seen Trish Latimer's lovely new stamps? I've been having a little play and I'm in love! If you have seen them then you will know what I mean! Trish has just launched five designs of her beautiful whimsical girl sketches as rubber stamps. Wahoo! Well done Trish! [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.]…
I do not know about you but I need a lot of crafty and arty distraction at the moment. If you haven't been following the news in the UK and the EU then things are a little shaky here to say the least. That's a bit of an understatement, but I just wanted to pop on my blog today to share art…
Hey Guys, if you are looking for something a bit painty and a bit textured then pop on over to the Blitsy Blog today! [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] I'm sharing the making of this mixed media art journal page, it is an abstract piece with lots of lush layers and what's this? No…
It's my turn on the Blitsy blog today and I thought I would play with one of the cute mini clipboards that they have in stock. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] I've used some of my favourite mixed media techniques to add a bit of floral colour to this clipboard. I really love Derwent…
Time for a Blitsy Blog post from me and this week I have something a little different to share from my usual step by step tutorials. It's a little exploration into solar printing with the Jacquard SolarFast Dyes. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] This week I'm getting started with these SolarFast Dyes on paper…
It's a Face Off! Or in this case a Crayon Off! I'm comparing and contrasting the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons with the Crayola Twistables Slick Stix in my latest video. So if you are at all curious about either, or both, of these products than stick around to see my results! [I do use affiliate links and there are some in…
It is Blitsy time and this week I have a card making tutorial on the blog. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] I've gone all pink, well with a smidge of kraft and cream too, but mostly pink, pink with some more pink for good measure! I've obviously been in a bit of a pink…