This mixed media piece Inspired by fall and choices in our everyday life 10-10-21

by Shawn | October 10, 2021 | sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

Today’s piece was about choices… I had another piece planned, but the day’s events led me to this. This is something that I’ve wanted to do, I wanted to do a little experimenting and practice. Try some new soft pastels and work on my palette...

Working Small- Single Journal Pages by CT member Jannette Simmons

by Shawn | December 30, 2020 | Creative Team, mixed Media, stencils

For this project, I felt inspired to work on a smaller scale. After trying several large surfaces, unable to find my creative flow I finally decided to grab my 6×9 spiral journal and the magic happened! I was so excited to be able to use multiple stencils from...

Collage landscape and soft pastels Sunday inspiration 5-10-20

by Shawn | May 10, 2020 | sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

This week as I searched for inspiration, I do what I always do and ask myself what do I need right now and the word “grace” just kept coming. Not really being able to understand what I’m feeling or why, I just let it percolate a bit and went on to...

Merry & Bright Winter Mixed Media by CT Member Carisa Zglobicki

by Shawn | November 27, 2019 | mixed Media, stencils

There is nothing quite like a vintage red pickup truck with a Christmas tree in the back! At least to me, it’s one of my favorite symbols of winter and what inspired me to use the Farmhouse Truck stencil to create this wintry scene on a raw edge wood slice. The...

“Love Came Down” mixed media by CT member Cheryl Pressner

by Shawn | November 20, 2019 | mixed Media, stencils

I’ve loved trees for as long as I can remember and green has always been a favorite color.  Since it is so close to Christmas I wanted to use the “Trees” stencil for my next project.  As I started to stencil all the trees onto the old book paper I...