I have been having a blast in Roxanne Coble's Lyrical online art journal class! It was a lot of fun incorporating StencilGirl Products and Impression Obsession rubber stamps to enhance my pages!
​The spread is 12" x 18" in my large Dylusions journal.

For these pages, I combined StencilGirl's It's a Small World Latitude, Diamonds and Triangles Mini, Grindstones C Mini, and Tribal Patterns B - Twirl.

I also incorporated Impression Obsession's Map Cube and Grunge Collage Map!
​Perfect for these travel-themed pages (and my love of maps in general)!
I've been having fun stamping these on old, yellowing book pages and manilla tags,
​enhancing the vintage look of these images!

This ATC also incorporates It's a Small World Longitude!
I created this card in another amazing workshop: Seth Apter's 52 Card Pickup!

And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!

StencilGirl Products will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to TWO lucky winners!
Impression Obsession will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to TWO lucky winners!
Visit the fabulous designers from both teams and comment for your
chance to win 4 great prizes during the hop!

What do you have to do to enter?
Just leave a comment below by Friday, September 30th at 11:59PM Central Time. 

The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
(One comment per blog please.)
You have until Friday, September 30th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winners will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Sunday, October 2nd.

​This Friday’s featured artist is Brittany Porter and her lovely hand-painted vintage globes!
Brittany is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in Graphic Design.
I love her lettering and the way she incorporates liquid gold leaf in her works!

Be sure to visit Brittany Porter's Etsy shop Pretty Little Doodads to see all her custom hand-painted globes!
Have a great weekend!

I have such fun art journaling! Today I'm sharing a new spread I created in my Dylusions Square Creative Journal with heavyweight black cardstock. I made this particular spread while visiting with Mary Beth Shaw in her studio. (I'm so lucky to live near Mary Beth!) These pages contain layers of acrylics, gesso, and molding paste along with Mary Beth's new Bullseye and Dart Board stencils from StencilGirl Products and stencils I designed, too. Seth Apter's Techno Insiders stencil is repeated throughout, and my latitude stamp from RubberMoon makes an appearance in the upper right-hand corner!

​Below are details:

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
​I hope you have a fun week and get to be creative with friends, too!

P.S. Even if you don't live near Mary Beth Shaw, you can join her for art journaling this Saturday, September 24th at 5pm CST on StencilGirl Products Facebook page where she'll be livestreaming!

​This Friday’s featured artist is Allison Patrick of Zipper 8 Lighting! All of her lights are hand-made, and these are constructed from maps! They are intricate and fascinating!

This pendant light was constructed from hundreds of fortune tellers folded from a French road atlas, and measures approximately 14 inches across. Wow! Below is a detail:

The Manhasset Collection's Road Map Pendant (above) was created with circular pieces from various road maps and atlases from various countries and terrains! This light measures 12 inches in diameter. Delightful!

Lastly, this gorgeous centerpiece consists of two flowers made from maps, too! Lovely!

​Be sure to check out Allison Patrick's website, Etsy shop, and blog to see more of her beautiful creations!
Have a great weekend!

Below is a detail:

This Friday's featured artist is Chicago-based designer Nicholas Rougeux and his series entitled ​Interchange Choreography: a collection of maps of complicated highway interchanges!

Visit Nicholas Rougeux's website at www.c82.net to see 120 of the interchanges he's created!
Have a great weekend!

I'm still having a blast in my Dylusions Square Creative Journal which features heavyweight black cardstock!
It's such fun building of layers of lots of bright, bold colors in acrylics to complement the rich black.
This particular spread incorporates Around the World Latitude stencil from StencilGirl Products, Grunge Collage Map from Impression Obsession, and my Rubbermoon rubber stamp designs!

​Below are details:

​Inspired by the way Dorine Sengers utilizes stamps and stencils to create marks in her art journal, I'm linking up with PaperArtsy's 2016 Topic 17: Making Marks challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
​Hope you have a wonderful and creative week!

This Friday's featured artist is Texas artist Robin Ayres! I love her unique globe creations!

This gorgeous 12" globe pictured below is covered in sewn-on antique buttons:

She writes:
I love things that are reused, repurposed, redefined, renewed.
It gives me hope that nothing is beyond being useful – including people.
My dream would be to dig through the junk drawers of every home in the world, like “American Pickers.”
​I love things that I can tell have been used and treasured.

This 12" record album globe contains the album Rare Earth, One World.

And this is Robin's largest button globe! All the buttons are carved mother of pearl and abalone and are sewn on.
​Above is the view of Africa. And below is a photo of North and South America.

See all of Robin Ayres' creations on Pinterest!
Have a great weekend!

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See more of Nicola Searle's gorgeous embroidery on her Flickr account at: www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasearle!
Have a wonderful weekend!