Getting back into art as an adult is all due to the adult coloring book trend for me. I had given it all up and had been concentrating on the serious things in life. Getting back to my creative side has, however, made all the parts of my life better. The more art supplies I bought […]
Art Journaling


Zenspirations – Easy to Learn Patterned Drawing Joanne Fink
ZENSPIRATIONS PATTERNING BOOKS by JOANNE FINK My first adventure into this wonderful world of Doodling was accidental. I had decided to look for adult coloring books and happened to pick up Joanne Fink‘s book: “Inspirations – Designs to Feed Your Spirit” and it happened I was going up to the mountains for a spiritual retreat […]

Best Scissors for Fussy Cutting
What is Fussy Cutting? Fussy Cutting is where you take a detailed focal point that you’ve either painted or drawn yourself or is taken from a collage book or a magazine. You need small scissors that are easily turned to go around all the nooks and crannies of a specific image. Some are fairly simple […]

How to Collage
The art of collage goes back to early childhood for most of us, that first paper-mache-covered balloon project or that jar we made for mom or dad covered in pretty tissue paper started a love for creating art from layering. You just have a go with collage ideas with Modpodge (for temporary items) or Matt […]

Collage Soup Garden Books with Tiffany Sharpe
How Does Your Garden Grow Collage Soup A collage, journal and scrapbook treasure trove of cut and glue images for arts & crafts: A book of 165 fancy collage papers to cut up, tear up, and stick on. I have looked at these Collage Soup books several times but haven’t purchased one but now, one […]

Make Your Own Mixed Media Paper Dolls
Remember the good old days when you could pickup a paper dolls book on the magazine stand in your grocery or drug store? I was always SO excited to get to punch them all out and try on the different outfits. I had a few Barbies but the outfits were very expensive back then so […]






