April 15, 2012

Artful Gathering Blog Hop-last stop before a Winner is Picked!

By pamcarriker

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.
Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry’s Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry’s Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

  1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
  2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry’s, and two runner’s up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys. 
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you’ll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Cristina Zinnia Galliher

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)
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April 8, 2012

Hippity Hoppity Blog Hop

By pamcarriker

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.
Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry’s Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry’s Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

  1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
  2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry’s, and two runner’s up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys. 
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you’ll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Monica Zuniga

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

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April 1, 2012

No Fooling-Artful Gathering Blog Hop

By pamcarriker

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.
Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry’s Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry’s Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

  1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
  2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry’s, and two runner’s up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys. 
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you’ll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Diane Cook

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

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March 31, 2012

Progression of a Painting

By pamcarriker

Not my usual style but I wanted to use some memorabilia from our trip to Mexico and create a piece of art for our home.

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I started with a gesso prepped 16 x 20 x 2 canvas and added scraps from old journal pages (which I save when trimming loose pages) that had colors I wanted to use.

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Then I added some memorabilia like an approach plate to the airport in Puerto Vallarta from my stash of old ones I save when hubby has to update his manuals, and a part of a ticket stub. I love how the words ‘Live It’ showed up on the journal page in the center. I always end up with lots of class samples that never morph into complete pages so I save them to use in projects.

Then I blocked in some colors. I wanted to have the effect of a sunset

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More layers of color and a little stamped texture added

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Lastly I added some stencil patterns from Mary Beth Shaw’s and my own line of Stencil Girl Stencils and some additional color glazes.

That’s it! I now look at it and remember a perfect week of relaxation and the most beautiful sunsets ever.

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March 27, 2012

Creative Mojo

By pamcarriker
Wednesday March 28
Join Seth Apter and some of the contributors to his new book, The Pulse of Mixed Media at 3pm EST on Creative Mojo with Mark Lipinski, for a live internet radio podcast. Mark is dedicating the entire show to The Pulse of Mixed Media and Seth will be his co-host for all two hours. He will be talking about the book and interviewing live five contributors: Michelle Ward,  Angela Cartwright, Julie Prichard, Lisa Hoffman, and myself. This is a call-in show, so please be ready with questions if you like. And if you cannot listen live, the show can be found archived at any time.

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