served my duty as an autistic artist and made a bunch of autism creature reaction images
Welcome to May! You can finally order from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, and the Spotlight On Nature Bundle is a favorite. The TWELVE circle dies in this bundle are a "must-have," featuring
I've proposed a class in tablet weaving for our local OLLI. I don't know how the proposal will fare, but I'm having fun doing the research. Tablet weaving has been resident in my box of tricks for a long time....
New on my Pinterest: Journals http://ift.tt/1WiznUT : How to make an accordion book. This could be really fun for students! So many classroom applications. #pinterest #easteasel #journals"“ http://if…
"Sometimes we get into ruts and routines because they feel safe and comfortable. By drawing this card, you're asked to swim outside your comfort zone. It's time to take risks and explore new ways of thinking, making a living, or being in relationships."
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This shark card game is the perfect way to enjoy some family game time, without things getting too competitive.
For something amazing as the Olympics, we need an Olympic DIY, right?? I love watching them ans my whole family is counting down to the opening ceremonies. And as always, I love to combine things
I decided that a card sort was the perfect method to introduce my Algebra 2 students to the vertex form of a quadratic. My sweet husband even offered to
Margaret Tarrant is one of my favorite illustrators. (Do I say that about all of them?) She was the daughter of landscape painter Percy Tarrant, and studied art formally. She was one of the first people to bring the fairy craze to Europe, with her series of paintings about them-The...
The Just Kiddin’ Suite is a sweet bundle of inclusive images, fun dies and sweet stamps. Enjoy the video here and check out the links below the video & samples for access to all my 30+ 2024 Spring Catalog and Sale-a-bration videos, 2024 Spring Catalog and Sale-a-bration Photo Album with 80+ Samples, shopping link, […]
Get clarity on how someone might feel about you through my Tarot Spread tutorial. No frills, just clear guidance.
'Do you think you can fit through this index card?' My daughter looked at me like I was crazy as I asked her this question and held up a 3x5 index card. She emphatically answered no, and was very curious when I told her that I could show her how she could very easily fit through an index card. What followed was one our favorite science experiments for kids as we learned how to make an index card chain. Why this experiment is fun for kids With this science experiment, kids will learn about how physical objects change. As a bonus,
Card Carrying Blizzard Books I am dedicating a few posts to showing and writing about the Blizzard Book, a book design developed by Hedi Kyle. This structure changes dramatically depending on many …
I have this photo that was taken of me and my little great-niece Kiera that I've been meaning to scrap for some time now. I wanted the page to be soft and feminine with a feeling of 'home' about it. For the soft and femine, I reached for the Primrose collection and for the home elements I chose to add in papers from The Avenues collection. I love the way pink looks with gold, so I chose the gold zig-zag paper from The Avenues collection as the matting for my background paper, and then I cut a pretty window/door design and clock from some of the other Avenues papers to add a 'homey' feel to the page. I love how the flowers from the Bo Bunny Clover Dahlia's pack goes with the Primrose papers! And that fabric bloom with the pretty button has to be among my most favorite blooms ever! As I was creating my floral cluster I added some cheese-cloth bits to give a more tattered look and finished it with the cute wood washer from the Primrose Button collection. For my title I used one of the ornate chipboard pieces from the Primrose 12x12 chipboard and added a few of the little banners underneath. I really love the 'Garden' paper for the beautiful and intricate labels on the back. Not only are they great for titles but the ornate designs can be cut and used as page accents in areas where you want to add a little more interest to the page (I did this on the left and right sides of the pink pink dot paper). As always I LOVE to use the butterfly paper for fussy cutting and adding whimsical accents to the page. I also did a bit of inking and stamping in the corners of my page, using the Bo Bunny 'It is Written Stamp', I then layered on a flourish design with a stencil and home made texture paste. Bo Bunny Supplies: Patterned Paper: Stripe, Clocks, Doors/The Avenues; Cottage, Garden, Bliss, Dot/Primrose 12x12 Chipboard: Primrose Buttons: Primrose Trinkets: Modern Miss Blossoms: Dahlia/Clover Jewels: Primrose Washi Tape: Primrose Stamps: It Is Written (Large Stamps) Other: Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress Paint, Prima Flourish Stencil, Home-made texture paste ( you can find the recipe HERE), the small bud clusters where from some old silk blooms. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, I so much appreciate all the sweet comments, I read them all and answer them as well! xo
Aloha! I wrote about the influence of forgiveness and how you can forgive someone who hurt you about a month ago; today, I’m going to write about self-forgiveness. Before getting into what helps yo…
Timing in the Tarot is a tricky topic. In this post, I make it simple and give you some free resources to download and print out.
“I must have flowers, always, and always.” (Claude Monet). It was the famous painter Monet that said that, and I have to say I fully agree. I can't explain what flowers mean in my life, but I'm so tha
Students will LOVE practicing engineering skills with this hands-on STEM Jellybean Structures. Best part? The taste-testing afterwards!
Remember my post long, long ago, Do You Know Your ABC’s? Well, for one of the pages, I made a scratch -off section on it, because my husband loves scratch-off tickets. It’s super, super…
One of my favorite ways to do articulation therapy is to use mini objects. I got myself organized this year so I can take them with me daily into the classrooms I work in. Check
"There are many origami elephants, but this one , created by Mr. Fumiaki Kawahata, is one of my all-time favorite origami animals! " - L...
Enhance your child's science education with an engaging, fun lapbook of plant and animal cells.
After what seems like barely even a winter (not one single snow day or even a school delay for my county!) spring has officially arrived. I realized yesterday that there is very little time left be…
Originally shared here in 2012, this is still one of my favorite knitted pieces ever. Knitted art by Caroline Gates via Cardiac Art. Knit Organ Patterns: This post contains affiliate links.
They aren't 100% accurate but I made a couple if any fan wants one [IMG] [IMG] They're based off this [IMG] if you want the signatures I think...
Each card contains the brand, color and weight of yarn. The yarn is just wrapped around and knotted on the back side. No tape or glue was used. When I go t
SPRINGY THINGY CARD TUTORIAL It's time for me to share my weekly Tuesday tip or technique. This tutorial fell out of my tips/techniques book as I moved it last night and so got chosen for today's effort. It makes a card front that the receiver pulls open and the card opens out like a spring to see an inner 20cm square area. Images of a completed card using this technique are below these instructions. Practice this on some scrap paper first. MATERIALS 20cm square piece of card stock or decorative paper of your choice. Pre colour the card if you wish. I'll use white card stock so you can clearly see what to do. Pencil, rubber, ruler, craft knife, craft mat and bone scorer. HOW TOO 1) On all sides measure and make a light pencil dot at the 5cm, 10cm and 15cm mark. On my sample I will use a black marker so you can see what I did easily. 2) From the 5cm mark at the left and right side measure and mark a dot at the 10cm mark 3) From the 10cm mark at the left and right side measure in and mark a dot in at the 5cm mark from each side 4) From the 15cm mark at the left and right side measure and mark a dot at the 10cm mark. These dots make a large diamond. 5) Score between all these dots. In my image I have drawn dashes to show you were to score 6) At the top 15cm mark score down to the right side of the diamond. At the 15cm mark at right edge, score across to the bottom of the diamond. At the 5cm mark on the bottom edge, score up to the left side of the diamond. Lastly at the 5cm mark at the left edge, score across to the top of the diamond. See dashed marks I have marked for you on my sample. All these score lines will be mountain folds. That is you bend the scored line back on itself to make a mountain. 7) At the 10cm mark on all sides score into the points on the diamond. See dashed areas on my sample. These scored lines and the scored lines for the diamond are all valley folds. That is you bend the scored line in on itself to make a little valley. Here is my sample with all the scored lines bent to their respective mountain and valley folds. 8) Now all you do is gently fold the card in on itself. Start on one side and then work your way around. If you have all the scored correct lines and folds it sort of winds in like a spring. It should look like this at the front and this at the back. Rub off all marked pencil dots. After I made my sample above for you I painted the card stock with white gesso, sprayed it with various sprays. Stamped and added embellishments to turn it into a steam punk card. I then layered and stuck it to a base card. As mine is fairly embellished it doesn't fold completely flat. This is m Springy Thingy Card open Some close ups of the folded card part. Hugs Annette In Oz
A new free Printable has been added to the Printables page: These cards are a great manipulative to use with young beginners when you are first introducing them to the keyboard. Students can use the cards to build a keyboard on the floor, alternating the groups of 2 and 3 black keys. Or, students can… Continue reading Printable: Black Key Group Sorting Cards
She Will Find What Is Lost by Brian Kershisnik depicts a woman receiving divine help from a host of angels, rushing in to bless and support her. Though she may feel alone, she is actually surrounded by heavenly help. This print resonates with those suffering loss, discouragement, or loneliness. A number of Kershisnik's paintings depict angels interacting with mortal men and women. Brian writes, "My intention for this piece was to speak to the most intensely private and intimate kind of supernatural interference, influence, and assistance... Many unseen forces are interested in you, love you, and work to influence matters for your profound benefit. Most of what we all do is resist it, misinterpret it, or mess it up, but my experience indicates that these unseen efforts persist impossibly. I thank God for that." The original painting is on display at the Conference Center on Temple Square (60 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.) Bless your home with a print of She Will Find What Is Lost today. Give to: anyone in your life who may be struggling. Pray and think about who you can serve, and you truly can be inspired and led by those who need your love. Give with: love, hugs, and a handwritten note. Give as: a postcard or as a thank you gift to those who have helped you through difficult times—the living angels in your life. Shop our Letterpress Christus print here. Open edition print, ships rolled in a tube. - DETAILS - Measurements: Greeting card: 5" x 7" Rolled print: paper size 22.5"x 15.5", image size 20.25" x 14" Textured framed print: 22.5" x 16.5" Floated framed print: 30" x 24" Gilded Framed print: total dimensions with frame are 16" x 22" Printed in Utah.
Hi all... Marcy here with a little mini accordion book tutorial for you all. I wanted to create a little mini to house just a few of my favorite photos from the past year. Something I could throw in my...
My entry to the Altoids Pocket Tin contest at www.altoids.com/ My favorite toy when I was a kid was the "57 Games Chest". It featured a half-dozen gameboards, two dice, some plastic markers, and instructions for - yep - 57 games. My 'Altoids Pocket Games Chest' trumps it by fitting in your pocket. The APGC contains a half-dozen colorful plastic markers, sixteen cardboard 'winks', a folding gameboard, some grid paper, a pencil, five dice, a deck of 'mini' playing cards, a pad of Post-it notes, and a laminated cheatsheet for some favorite games.
Last year I took a wonderful book binding class at the International Printing Museum in Torrance. It was taught by Book Artist Lucia Frias Villarreal . She has a Masters degree in bookmaking, so I feel I learned from the best! She taught us Coptic binding which was developed in Egypt as early as the second century AD. Essentially it is a stitching method where you attach your pages "signatures" to your covers. I have collected several drink coasters from Chili's and thought they would make some great starter covers for my mini books. I had all of these wonderful Vintage images I collected to use for my Summer inspired projects, but didn't end up using all of them. So I printed out my favorites and started stitching away. Traditionally you would use a special waxed string. I ended up using bakers twine which I waxed myself using a tea light! I really loved how they came out. I used some vintage book pages from damaged books for my signatures. {coptic edges} {i love this vintage Barbie image} {inside the signatures you can see the bakers twine} {the pages are from old books, a toy collectors catalog and a family satire from the 70's} I am thinkin of offering this for a class at the Vintage. They are so fun to make, and a bit challenging! -Denise
