Making journal spots

Hi everyone, I have been creating journal spots for my shop on Etsy. Look at what I have done so far, with this cool computer program called Printmaster. 

These Journal spots can be added to Journals, and art journals, as well as scrapbook pages and Project Life pages.

These are created with my painted backgrounds uploaded and changed a bit. They are for sale in My Etsy  shop HERE if your interested. 

They are so awesome! If you would like to purchase Some for your own journaling click HERE

Have a wonderful day and Happy Journaling!

Reveiw- Paint Mojo by Tracy Verdugo

I'm so sorry this is late guys. I have been sick with Bronchitis and a sinus infection. I'm feeling somewhat better so I wanted to post the book review.

so without further ado...

Paint Mojo, A mixed Media Workshop

Creative layering techniques for personal expression.

By Tracy Verdugo

I love this book! This book is one that has step by step instructions with pictures.

I love books with lots of color inspiration and how to instructions. This is one of my favorite books. There is sooo much information packed into this 143 page book.

The instructions and pictures are easy to follow. there is a lot of inspiring artworks in this book as well. full color pages. This book is full of inspiring quotes and poetry. It has 13 step by step tutorials as well as different techniques thrown in throughout the book. 

Overall this book is well worth the price. I can look through this book time and time again and always find inspiration for my own art. I highly recommend adding this book to your library, you won't be dissapointed!

Get your copy here!

New Amazon store for Mixed Media artists and book reviews

I just opened an Amazon store. I have added all of my favorite books. Most all of them I have and I really love them. I am going to start doing reviews of mixed media books so I wanted a place where it would be easy for you to find a book I do a review on. I will always post the link to the book at the end of my book review blog post.

I will show you some pages from the book I'm reviewing and discuss the good and bad about each book.
If you want to check out my Amazon store to see which books I will be reviewing you can go to the link below
http://astore.amazon.com/vazqorigart-20


I will write the first review on Paint Mojo by Tracy Verdugo.

Click HERE to buy now!

See you all in the morning for the first reveiw!

Painted collage papers

I just thought I would share some collage papers with you all. These are just a few. I have more available in my Etsy shop.


These are acrylic paint using my handmade stamps from the tutorial and stencils.

These are some I altered using Picasa 3 

I love Picasa. lol. see ya soon!

Tutorial Time foam stamps diy

Hi all it's time for a tutorial. I have been playing with different stamp making techniques and I decided foam stamps are my favorite and they last the longest. I have tried using a styrofoam plate, cardboard pieces, and foam.
                                              These are some I have made 

Today let's make foam stamps!

You need ;

a craft knife

scissors

cardboard scraps

craft foam

glue

pen

Start by cutting some cardboard into sqaures the size you want your stamps to be. I like my stamps about the size of the palm of my hand.

Draw your shapes you want onto the craft foam with your pen, and cut out each shape. I don't worry to much about it being perfect. I like the look of uneven stamps when I create background papers.

Next glue down your foam onto the pieces of cardboard. I use tacky glue because it lasts a long time 

Let you need to let the glue dry completely before you use your new stamps. Here is a picture of all the ones I made. All together it took about 45 minutes to cut and glue everything.

See super simple and now I have a lot of new stamps to play with. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial, see you soon!

First snow in Knoxville Tennessee !

   So I am soooo late with this blog post. We got our first snowfall here in Knoxville and as beautiful as it was I hated it! I was stuck inside for 2 days because my car won't get up the hill where I live so I worked on some jewelry for one of my Etsy shops, and a Crochet blanket for my other Etsy shop.

   I LOVE The Wanderlust 2016 Workshop I'm taking There is still time to join if you want Just click Here to find out more!

Art journal pages and Wanderlust 2016

Hi all! I wanted to let everyone see my newest pages. I'm now working in 2 art journals. One is a blank journal, the other is a out of print book I saved from the landfill. I am also participating in Wanderlust 2016 workshop, So far I am having so much fun with the techniques I'm learning. There is still time to sign up if your interested, It's only the second week and already I know it will be worth the money I invested. I'll post the link to the website below.

Wanderlust 2016 Workshop click here!


Art Journal Inspiration

I love how she turned out!

 This last one is my favorite so far.

This is the recycled book I am working in

So I am going to be posting every Saturday now that I have enough views so check back on Saturday nights to see whats new. See you all next week my artsy friends!