Button and Lace Trees

What a great way to start December. This afternoon was filled with buttons and lace during my last studio workshop of the year. This great group of ladies made such wonderfully unique trees for their holiday decor.

Collette

Deb

Deborah

Leslie

Lisette

Have you started your holiday decorating. Would one of these button and lace trees fit in with your decor?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Inky fun with Christmas Cards

It's that time of year again when we get into the Christmas crafting mood. 
I had a great group of ladies in the studio this past weekend to get inky and make some Christmas cards. We used Distress Inks and Oxide to make the backgrounds and then embossed some die cuts for some extra dimension.
Look at all the colour and variation in these cards.

Barb

Beth

Chris

Cindy

Kathy

Nancy

Sharon

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?!

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Amazing texture and colour

This past weekend saw another Excavating Layers workshop here in the studio. It is so wonderful to be able to take two full days to share this technique with creative kindred spirits. The creative energy was palpable the entire weekend. They were a great group of ladies. They did an amazing job on their pieces.

Francoise

Guylaine

Johanne

M

Tracy

What do you think? Do you  have a favourite from these great pieces? This group was a real inspiration for me. I must get back to the pieces I started!

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Acrylic Pour Swipes

Today was my first Acrylic Pour Swipes workshop and I think it was a great success. There was a great group of ladies in the studio this afternoon having lots of painty fun. Some were new to acrylic pouring and some had already done some playing and experimenting with it, but all had great results.

Debbie

Debbie

Francoise

Francoise

Francoise

Johanne

Johanne

Kelly

Kelly

Lisette

Lisette

Nancy

Nancy

Have you tried the Acrylic pour swipe yet? Be careful if you do, just like the dirty pour it's very addictive!

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Gelli Plate fun

It has been a few months since I've had my Gelli Plate out to play. So it was great fun to teach it to this amazing group of creative women for a day. In the Intro workshop we learn the basics of the Gelli Plate and do a lot of playing. At the end of the day we all made small books with one of our many prints. They did an awesome job.

Donna

Donna

Francoise

Guylain

Guylain

Johanne

Johanne

Spike

Spike

I definitely need to get my Gelli Plate out to play more often. I plan to do more experimenting and have some new workshops in the new year.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Acrylic Pour time again.

It was time for another Acrylic Pour workshop Yesterday. As usual it was great fun. I love seeing the colour combinations that people choose. I never get tired of seeing the magic of the pour. Today's students did a great job.

Addison- 8"x10" wood canvas

Addison- 8"x10" wood canvas

Joe- 10"x10" canvas board

Joe- 10"x10" canvas board

Rachel- 8"x10" wood canvas

Rachel- 8"x10" wood canvas

Spike- 5"x7" book boards

Spike- 5"x7" canvas boards for book covers

 Have you tried Acrylic pouring yet? What's your favourite colour combo?

Keep Creating.

Wendy

Textures in Excavating Layers

Excavating Layers is my newest workshop in the studio this year. I've been enjoying playing with a lot of texture pastes for a few years and have finally figured out how to incorporate that into a workshop. Texture paste, and making my own versions of texture paste is one of my favourite things to play with. There is just so many things you can do with it. In this workshop we mix a variety of things together to make our own texture.  The possibilities are endless, as you can see from my students pieces. I even had one student bring some gears and found object to make a layer with. A few of them are not sure if they are finished but they are pretty close to it. 

Lisette

Louise

Janet

Donna

I have a few of my own in the works, so I'm off to play in the studio and try to finish some.

Keep Creating!

Wendy