tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62289602024-10-09T03:30:16.273+02:00a mixture of thoughts on the Tarot and art over a cup of teaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228960.post-14752739438013733582023-09-12T23:53:00.001+02:002023-09-12T23:55:55.477+02:00

Title: The Art of Watercolor Painting: A Dive into Fluid CreativityIntroduction:Watercolor painting, a captivating and versatile medium, has enchanted artists for centuries. With its ability to capture light, evoke emotions, and create ethereal landscapes, watercolor is a medium like no other. In this blog post, we'll explore the enchanting world of watercolor painting, from its history and

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I have recently tried paint pens for the first time having a set of 24 colours I decided to try them on some mdf plaques I have.The first one I created was some iconic beach huts in bright colours. I painted the back ground first with some white acrylic paint and then used the paint pens to create my design. I am hoping to create some more art using these paint pens on different surfaces

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264455532879 Another watercolour original postcard 6x4 inches in size available for only £1.99 FREE POSTAGE in the UK  This lovely postcard has texture and dreaminess  If you want something unique to send to a friend through the mail, or indeed would like this to add to your collection please check me out on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/

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The Black and white cow ATC/ACEO why not head on over to my ebay store and claim this wonderful ATC ORIGINAL  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SALE-Original-Watercolour-and-ink-ACEO-ATC-artist-card-Whimsical-Cow/254346057957 All my art is very affordable this atc artist card "2.5x"3.5 in size starts at only £1.55 Created on 300 gsm watercolour paper with ink watercolours and marker 

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Free art on cardboard I have been thinking about creating some free art again as i havent done this in ages and this can also count towards my inktober contribution, I will be leaving this piece in and around my home town of Darlington.Co. Durham. Hopefuly the person who finds it will let me know and I hope will like it. It would be great if that happened and I'm sure would spur me on

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Day of the dead girl # Dia de los muertos I have finaly managed to create some art for  HALLOWEEN and of course INKTOBER I thought perhaps a day of the dead girl was fitting as i would imagine most people know it is inspired by those wonderful sugar skulls although November 1st and 2nd is the day they choose for thier festival in mexico other wise known as   Día de los

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Amazing Tarot! It never ceases to amaze me how astonishingly accurate the Tarot can be. As usual when you surf the web you never know where your going to end up and life can also feel like this too, synchronicity (the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection."such synchronicity is quite staggering") is the key word

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I'm Back Hello everyone, Janet here, I am just posting a quick note to let you all know that i am back here blogging again. It's been a very long time so please bear with me. I do hope new and old readers will bookmark my site and return soon. I am in the process of re learning all this technical blogging stuff. I am hoping to post some articles and interesting info on tarot and esoteric

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Zentangle® is known to many artists and craftivistas as a way to create structured designs through drawing various patterns. Sometimes mistakenly called “Zendoodling” or “tangle doodling,” Zentangling or tangling is actually a formalized process that defines itself as something other than mere doodling because of its theory and approach. Rick Roberts and Mary Thomas [www.zentangle.com(link

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This time a selection of postcards that came from Lars Schumacher http://www.larsschumacher.de/ and Bruno Gheerbrant www.brunogheerbrant.net please check out their websites and send them some mail art

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More mail art received This time from Bernhard Zilling from Berlin, Germany Thank you Bernhard 

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Here are four postcards that I received recently from a mail art project request uploaded on http://www.mail-art.de/  Thank you to Holger for the banksy brit postcard visit the website here http://holgerminotto.blogspot.co.uk/ The clock postcard comes courtesy of  http://www.mutesound.org/ The pink card with squares comes from Alvetina Nikonova And the

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Make it Crafty Launches   Online Craft Store

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Look what i discovered today.....A blog for creative types interested in the (un)conventional world of Book Arts! Posts here will feature artist's books, illustration, book binding, typography, sketch-booking, scrap-booking, print-making, paper making, altered books, how to guides, zines, paper engineering and more! Feel free to submit your own work, thoughts around the subject, or even just

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Here is my entry into the ICopic lovers challenge.I first created my background using cosmic shimmer sprays on embossed cardstock and then  I printed my greeting farm digi stamp onto vintage music paper and then coloured with my copic markers i added sequins underneath a layer of tissue paper adhered with natural BEESWAX 

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Here is my latest graphite portrait of WENTWORTH MILLERI created this one for Michelle WENTWORTHS GAL over on you tubeThis portrait did take 3 attempts before its completion this the third try took 5 days to complete 

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Even if the world is gloomythere's no need to feel all doomy.Just take a look aroundat all the beauty to be found.And if you have the time,to make some one else smile.Get out some stickers and some glue,some papers and gems too.Mix them up with love and careand create something to share.By Janet Robson

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MAIL ARTAs well as art and crafting i adore and participate in a lot of Mail artI Have my very own MAIL ART call going at the the momentRUBBERSTAMPINGyou can find details of the project is featured here on the mail art websiteMAIL ARTAnd if you need more info on mail art check out the details hereMail art wiki My mail art call is open to all and all mail art received will be shown here on my blog

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http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/ Here is my entry to the Any one for Anya challengeThe challenge this time is ANYTHING GOESHead on over to join the fun

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Hi Everyone I was inspired by the wonderfully talented Rachel her wonderful video featured above shows you a FANTASTIC star book she created and i ws so inspired that i decided to make my own here are some pics of my STAR BOOK. I used a few images from the greeting farm a bbc coloring image, a pollycraft image and a lovely pink cat studio bird image

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Here is my entry into Aimee's Challenge BlogThis time the challenge is PINK, BROWN and VANILLAI used a lovely brown card although some how on the photo the colours have not rung true but my card is brown (honest)I used a lovely FREEBIE image fromthe wonderfully talentedChing Chou-KuickI created a scalloped edge with vanilla hearts and added some pink blingwith it being a colour challenge ionly

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A pain in the neckquite literally. and no crafting for me today..(sigh)due to a particulary  bad flare up of my cervical spondylosis i am in a bit of pain today and have lost the mobility in my neck and upper back..I tried making an atc this morning for a swap i am hoping to join over at,addicted to atc's but had to abandon it half way through due to the pain..i wasn't very happy with it

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The Artists Trading Club(swap til you drop)are having their JUNE 2010 swapThe theme is DRESS IT UPMargaret set the theme and i used her tutorial too for a folder page pocketI have created 5 atc's one for myself and four for the swaphere are the four i have created for the swap each atc has been stitched with either beads or sequins The first atc contains my own hand felted material

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KATHARINA FREISTAMPING WITH A WITH OF JOY isgiving away 2 sets of Whiff of Joy's STORE stamp kit "Blooming Spring", illustrated by the amazing Elisabeth Bell. These sets consist of 16 stamps each, deeply etched red rubber, already mounted on cling cushion mounting foam.to celebrate reaching a whopping 1000 followers..check out the link and enter too

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