Thought I'd Play Catch Up

with You All so Bring Coffee!!

Well it's been busy here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media for

quite some time!

Just finished the 

Wonderful Giveaway

with Joanna Grant 

of her Workshop

at Artful Gatherings 'Gelli-Jam'

and Congrats to the Winner!

And, I still have the

Fabulous 

Mary Jane Chadbourne's

Desert Dreams Studio

 Giveaway Post of 2 Class Kits

For the Students in her

 Wonderful New Workshop

The Imaginarium

Anthologies of an Art Doll

The Post to Leave a Comment

to be Entered to Win is a 

couple of posts down, so 

make sure you stop by and

Leave that Comment on

that post!!!

So the 2014 Workshop Season

is in full gear over at 

Artful Gatherings

And there is still time for you

to go check out the plethora

of Fabulous Artist Teacher's

Workshops! I believe Session One

has begun, but Session Two is

still Open so please do have a boo!!!

I'm keeping busy recently, 

doing a few projects and collecting

art, one of my favourite things to do :)

I love Artists, and love to surround

myself with their talents.

Recently I purchased a 

Wonderful painting by one

of my Facebook Artist Friends

Maggie Barbour

Who graciously allowed me to

purchase one of her lovely creations.

Maggie's a Fabulous Artist, 

Musician, Photographer, Pet Lover,

 and 

All Round Fab Girlie in my Book :)

I just love this painting of 

Frieda and the Monkey.

So do check out Maggie on Facebook

and links to her Etsy Shop

as you never 

know when she'll be offering more

of her wonderful art!!

And the Wonderful

Marsha Salyer Jorgensen

of 

Tumble Fish Studio

at

DeviantScrap.com

Has her current Kit

'Dreams-Odd Show'

for Sale in Her Shop

Which includes this Fabulous

Background Kit 

And later this Week,

 Marsha's Releasing 

A Brand New Kit!

So you never know what 'buzz'

is happening around here with 

such Fun and Fabulous New Graphics

coming!!! 

GRIN..so go check it out and stay tuned!

Well there you go!

Oh wait!

Here's a fun little project I've been

working on as I'm a bit of a nerd

for organizing in my art room

If you're a customer of

Kristin Hubick's 

over at

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Then you know about Kristin's Wonderful

Selection of Stencils her Company

Coffee Break Design Produces!

Anyway, I was wanting some sort

of organized way of having my

huge assortment of Stencils

from Retro Cafe Art and this is

what I came up with.

Using Chipboard that I covered

with one of my Gelli Plate Prints

I made a Stencil File Book

just for my 

Coffee Break Design

Stencils.

Front of the book

I made it as a 5 x 8 book

and using one of Ranger's 

Tim Holtz idea-ology

3 Ring Binder inserts....

Back of book....

And using 

Retro Cafe Art's

White Linen Hinging Tape

that I stained with Tim Holtz

Distress Stain and Stamped

to bind the cover together...

I then took the insert file cards

from those great photo boxes

that you can purchase all over

for storing photo's, as I end up

not using the file cards and end up

with tons of them, so putting them

back to back, I ran them through

my sewing machine to make a pocket.

I then punched holes using 

Tim Holtz Binder Punch

that I purchased at

Retro Cafe Art

that line up perfectly to the Binder Rings,

and Walla!!

A quick ( ok, it took a while to make :)

solution for storing and using

Retro Cafe Art's

Coffee Break Design Stencils!

I think I'll be using much more of

my Gelli Prints

And will be making more of these

binders to store many other

of Retro's Fabulous Goodies!

So there you go!

Wow!

This was a catch up post! LOL!!!

Will see you all later this week

with the Winner's of 

Mary Jane Chadbourne's

Giveaway!!!

Cheers!!!!

Enjoy!