Friday, December 30, 2016

i've been published

2017 jan/feb/mar art journaling magazine
i just received my copy of the jan 2017 art journaling magazine destined to hit the stands any day now.

i was blessed to actually have two art projects published in this magazine.  one is a snail mail flipbook letter.
 the other project is a positive affirmation journal.


i hope you'll enjoy my articles.  there are so many wonderful artists in this edition and i know you'll enjoy their art too!  happy reading!

 

Monday, December 26, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by sue waters
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by sue waters.  sue has used a bevy of my rubber stamps to create this art journal spread:


your eyes can travel around and around and you still something new each time!  love it!  to see more about this piece head over to sue's blog by clicking here.


 

Friday, December 16, 2016

working in my hobonichi journal

i've been creating little tiny works of art in the front section where the monthly calendar at a view is.  here is december totally filled.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by samantha read
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by samantha read.  this is so fabulous!  sam has used the following stamps to create this :

to see more about this piece head over to sam's blog by clicking here.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by gemma maggs
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by gemma maggs.  gemma made this adorable shadow box using my rubber stamps:


to see more about this piece of art, or more of gemma's artistry, please head on over to her blog by clicking here.

 

Friday, December 2, 2016

december prayer flag

this month the prayer flag theme was believe and you had to use stars.
 i am quite fond of this one for some reason.
 when i hung up all the prayer flags i realized i still needed two more to fill in all the spaces.

Thursday, December 1, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by corrie herriman
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by corrie herriman.  can you get over how adorable this is!?!!   i love it!

corrie has used a few of my stamps to create this  beautiful piece of art:

 to see more of corrie's work head over to her blog by clicking here.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by sue waters
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by sue waters.  she has
created this awesome tag using my stamps:

to see more about how sue made this tag head on over to her lovely blog by clicking here.

Friday, November 18, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by gez butterworth
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by gez butterworth.  what a wonderfully colorful piece of art it is, too, using my screaming bunny stamp.

to see more about this piece and more of gez's art work head over to her blog by clicking here.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

i'll be in the next art journaling magazine

i received the stampington & company email last night and noticed that they are previewing the winter art journaling magazine and my art happens to be part of that preview.


Tuesday, November 15, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team posting

artwork by samantha read
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by samantha read.  i just adore this wonderful piece of artistry.  it has everything going for it, from sentiment, to color, to stamping.


Monday, November 7, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post


artwork by gemma maggs
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team art is brought to you by gemma magmgs.  aren't the colors gemma used to make this scrumptious?!

she's used the following stamps to create this:

to see more of gemma's work head over to her blog by clicking here.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

more hobonichi prep

i'm pretty happy with this little planner. i am so glad i decided to get it.  i'm pleasantly surprised how the paper takes the tombow marker and water.  there is some slight shadowing on the back side, but no real bleed through to speak of. 

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

november prayer flag

this month's prayer flag theme is wonder and you needed to use sequins.

i love this bracelet.  it was gifted to me by the late sas manuz.  god rest her soul.  i will always cherish this handmade artisan piece.  she did such an amazing job with it.  so i was so grateful that it had sequins on it so i could use it this month!

i love this bird fabric.  my friend barbara wells gave me some strips of it to use in my art.  thanks barbara.  i love it.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

hobonichi prep continues

prep work continues in my 2017 hobonichi techo planner

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by corrie herriman
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team is brought to you by corrie herriman.  corrie has created this awesome postcard using my stamps:


to see more about this artwork and a to see a video corrie made about it head over to her blog to get all the details.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

hobonichi cover

i've been having a strong desire to try the hobonichi journal for my planner.  i've been debating for about a year now to purchase one but since i am planner obsessed i already had a me and my big ideas planner prepped and waiting to go for 2017.
 
i couldn't stop thinking about getting the hobonichi however, so i've decided that i will keep two planners next year. 
 
since the whole idea of keeping two planners seemed a bit of a possession obsession i decided to just buy the planner and try to make the hobonichi cover myself.
 
if you happened to see my contact paper tutorial in cloth paper scissors magazine then you'll know how i made it.  
 
here is the front of the cover
and here is the back

 

 



Wednesday, October 26, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by sue waters
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by sue waters.  she has created a great halloween journal spread using my stamps:


to see more about sue's work please head over to her blog by clicking here.

Friday, October 21, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by gez butterworth
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by my newest design team member, gez butterworth.

for her debut she's created this amazing journal cover using quite a few of my rubber stamps:


to see more of gez's artistry and to find out more about this piece head over to her blog by clicking here.

Monday, October 17, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp newest design team member

gez
i would like to introduce my newest design team member, geraldine.  she is known as "gez" in the crafting world.  she lives in the north west of england.
  
she has been creative for as long as she can remember and loves coloring outside of the lines at all times.  she is drawn to to bright, bold colors and says, "the more crazier the color, the happier my soul!"
 
gez loves all things mixed media and when she isn't tucked inside of her little art studio or out walking on the local fells, she can be found knitting socks, which is her latest obsession.

photograpy is another big love of gez, along with her three children.  she says, "i seem to be forever chasing my tail and trying to capture those moments you can't put into words...happiest behind the lens!"

i'm so excited to welcome gez and i know you are going to love her creations using my rubber stamps.  stay tuned for gez's debut on october 20th!


Saturday, October 15, 2016

come join the postcard swap





artwork by roc nicholas

 here's a postcard i made using quite a few of my rubber stamps sold through stampotique.com


we're having an "anything goes" postcard swap and you're welcome to join by coming here:

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by samantha read
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by samantha read.  don't you just love what sam has created using my blessed skellie stamp!

to see more about this piece and more of sam's work head on over to her blog by clicking here

Friday, October 7, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by gemma maggs
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by gemma maggs.  isn't her halloween theme adorably done!  

she's used my following rubber stamps to create this:

to see more about this piece and more of gemma's work please  head over to her blog by clicking here.

Sunday, October 2, 2016

october prayer flag

this month the prayer flag's theme was soar and you had to include a running stitch.

 remember the month i needed clouds on my prayer flag and i didn't have any cloud material?  well i obviously lied.  look what i found.  a little bunch of heidi swapp material i didn't know i had.  
i love this charm.  it was made a long time ago by my friend terri kahrs.  it is perfect for my flag this month.

there is my running stitch.
 

Saturday, October 1, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by corrie herriman
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by corrie herriman.  corrie has created this wonderful piece of artwork using quite a few of my stamps:

Blessed Skellie (body)
Screaming bunny (head)
Dog (all of him)
Unleash yourself (sentiment 'h - u - n - r - y' )
Crocodile with gator text. (sentiment 'g')

this is a great example of how my rubber stamps were intended to be used!

to see more or corrie's work, please head over to her blog by clicking here.

to see all of my rubber stamps sold through stampotique.com please click here. 

Monday, September 26, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by sue waters
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by sue waters.  she's created this colorful art tag using my stamps:


to see more please head over to sue's blog by clicking here.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by karen hayselden
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by karen hayselden.  how clever is design using my corner sun rubber stamp?!  love it!

to see more of kassa's work head on over to her blog by clicking here.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by samantha read
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by samantha read.  sam made this adorable piece of artwork using my screaming bunny stamp.

to see more of sam's work head on over to her blog by clicking here.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by gemma maggs
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by gemma maggs.  gemma has created this wonderful postcard using my following stamps:


to see more of gemma's artwork please scoot on over to her blog by clicking here.


Friday, September 2, 2016

september's prayer flag

this month the prayer flag group's theme was create and you needed to include butterflies.
 
i stamped the butterflies on white muslin and colored the fabric with fabric markers.

oh..the magic of buttons. 
 

Thursday, September 1, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by corrie herriman
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by corrie herriman.  corrie has created this amazing postcard using my:


to see more of corrie's artistry please head over to her blog by clicking here.

Friday, August 26, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artword by sue waters
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by sue waters.  sue has created a black and white postcard using my stamps:
bird lady, and

to see more about this postcard head over to sue's blog by clicking here.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

a postcard swap


there is a postcard swap going on at facebook in the roc nicholas rubber stamp group.  the theme for it is black and white with one other of color.


if you'd like to join in the swap please head over to the facebook group and play along by clicking here.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post

artwork by karen hayselden
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by karen hayselden.  she's created this yummy textural atc using my horse rubber stamp.

to see more from karen please head over to her blog by clicking here.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

i was published

i am pleased to announce i was published in the latest craft stamper magazine.  a big thanks to trish, the editor, for believing my work is worthy of this wonderful magazine.
as you can see i designed a stamp for the cover.  i hope you'll check it out.  i would love to see what you create with my little house stamp.