Friday, January 30, 2015


Where did January go?


January may have gone by in a blink, 
but it's been a good month overall.

Imagine my surprise, when I was contacted
by a Representative of 

I was so honoured and thrilled to have 
Birdnuts Mixed Media Blog
chosen for a 

Review of a 
Brand New Publication





To say I was gobsmacked,
would be an understatement!

But I have to tell you, if you're like me,
having a hard copy, top quality,
magazine in your hands 
is a delight!

But inside was nothing more than absolute treat!




Is full of a Selected Variety of some of our 
Absolute Favourite Mixed Media Artists,
taking some of the 
Over the Top Wonderful Tutorials 
from past publications
and compiled them in this Publication!

Can you imagine, 
taking Workshops, with multiple 
Fabulous Mixed Media Artists like, 
Seth Apter, and DJ Pettitt, Lisa Engelbrecht,
Pam Carriker and Karen Cole, 
just to name a few, all in one publication!
And so many more!!

Beautifully photographed and printed, 
each page will make you just want to 
touch and hold and absorb the pages!
And detailed Workshop Tutorials by
each Fabulous Artist
throughout the entire Magazine!

And again, if you're like me, keeping these 
Magazines in our own libraries is always
a must! 
For future reference of learned new techniques, 
and a Wonderful Kickstart for our Muse!
And this one is pure gold in my Library!

So head on over to 

You won't want to miss out on getting a copy
of this Fabulous Magazine!
Or even getting a Subscription for it!!!



Thanks to Stampington.Com
for the Invite, and for all the 
Inspiration!!!

Enjoy!













Friday, January 16, 2015



Hello Everyone!




Where has the time gone!!!

I haven't posted since October of last year for goodness sakes!
But it hasn't been for not having any art time.
Don't we all have moments, or periods of time
of needing to replenish our muse?

Well hope you'll forgive me for being absent, and
in the up coming weeks, I'll have some fun
things coming up, maybe a tutorial or two. 

But for now, I'll just post what I've been working on
since we last saw each other, in hopes that it will
jump start your muse, ideas, and creativity, as
after the Holiday Season I am sure we could
all use a bit of dusting off the Winter ...


One of my Favourite Holiday Gifts from my Hubs
were these....

A 48 piece set of Lyra Aquacolour
Water Soluble Crayons
and
A 36 piece set of Gallery
Watercolour Crayons

Talk about yummy colours!


And great fun experimenting with both sets too!


And you can use them on in so many mediums, tag making,
journaling, on canvas, I'm so enjoying playing with them!
( Graphics on this double tag I made from Tumble Fish Studio
at MischiefCircus.com  a.k.a. Deviant Scrap )


And I am loving making my own Washi Tape
using my new crayons and some stamps!
I'll be doing a little tutorial in the coming weeks
so stay tuned!!


So I encourage you to try out 
Water Soluble Crayons as another source
of creativity!
( graphic from Itkupilli at MischiefCircus.com)


Another whole project I've been working on
is my hand made journal

Nothing more painful to me is to take out
all of the pages from a hardbound book!
I adore books and reading, but bit the bullet
and found a vintage book that I was
willing to go ahead and disassemble...

No regrets! You know why?
Now I have all the pages from inside the book
to use for other purposes as well as this book
I've made. 
I'll explain more in my next posting on how
I'm using the pages.

(Window frame used from Retro Cafe Art)
My Favourite Online Shop :)



So there you go.....
that's a slice of what I've been up to,
and a 'hint' at some up coming posts!



Retro Cafe Art Gallery Lazier Cut-Out Owl
and Handmade Washi Tape and Water
Soluble Crayons)
Journal page.

So I hope you'll all stay tuned, check in, and
hang around as there are some fun things
going to be going on here on 


Birdnuts Mixed Media 

Enjoy!!