My ARTistic Life

Art Challenge #9 (last one!), Specials & More

Wow, can't believe we're up to #9 (the last challenge!) in my free online class! I developed this class so that whenever you're feeling stuck or wanting a way to boost your creativity, you can turn to these fun art challenges for inspiration, ideas and help.

Before I announce Art Challenge #9, let me walk you through the first 8 challenges in this class.

Art Challenge #1: Get Inspired by Pattern!


We made grids filled with circles and dots. 

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Art Challenge #2: Get Inspired by Your Reading Materials!

We cut and ripped up magazine images to make a collage...then added circles and dots from Art Challenge #1.

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Art Challenge #3: Get Inspired by Color!

We picked a color palette from a magazine page and made a collage with those colors. And we added circles and dots from Art Challenge #1.

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Art Challenge #4: Get Inspired by Texture!

We took walks and collected twigs, greenery, seedpods and more from nature. Then we dipped them in acrylic paints to make neat textural backgrounds.

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Art Challenge #5: Get Inspired by the Things You Enjoy!

We collected the packaging leftover from products that we like. We turned them into a collage and added circles and dots from Art Challenge #1 and something from nature from Art Challenge #4.

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Art Challenge #6: Get Inspired by Your Loved Ones!

We took photos of our loved ones and made a holiday collage. We also added circles and dots from Art Challenge #1 and nature from Art Challenge #4.

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Art Challenge #7: Get Inspired by a Project!

We made art pieces inspired by a project listed online or in a magazine or book. I made tags inspired by Martha and added an ARTchix flair.

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Art Challenge #8: Get Inspired by Your Scraps!

We made ornaments and collages using only our leftover scraps. 

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And now Art Challenge #9: Get Inspired by Pattern, Color, Texture, Your Reading Materials, Things You Enjoy, Your Loved Ones, a Project and Your Scraps! Pick 3 or more of these art challenges and combine them together to make one fabulous piece of art. Are you excited?! I sure am!!!

How To Play in This Art Challenge: Scan your artwork and post it online to your blog, flickr account, website or our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #9 Weekly Art Challenge").

Next, click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and leave a note with a link to your art so I know where to see it online. In addition, please link back to my blog. And let me know which 3 art challenges inspired your piece.

Deadline: Tuesday morning, January 5, 2010 

Prizes: My cute kitties will randomly pick 3 participants and they will each get to pick 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice! Hooray! AND I will pick one winner that I think best completes this challenge to get a $25 gift certificate to our online shop.

Winners To Be Announced: Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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Winners of Last Week's Challenge!

We had 13 wonderful artists make pretty collages, tags and more using only their scraps! Bruno gobbled up treats to pick the 3 winners this week:

Congrats Cheryl, Peggy and Christy!

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Wanna Kick Off 2010 with a Boost of Creativity? Play in Our Swap!

Get these sheets for our Chunky Gothic Arches Swap at a special discounted price! Check out the lovely collage that Heidi Bazilian made using these 3 sheets for our Chunky Gothic Arches Swap! Love it!

Please note: we will be closing for the holidays at the end of the day on Mon, Dec 21 so please place your order asap if you'd like to play with your sheets over the holidays. : )

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Happy Holidays!

Wishing you the best of holidays this year! And a very Happy New Year too! See ya in 2010! : )

Our holiday hours at ARTchix Studio: We will be closed Tues, Dec 22 - Mon, Jan 4. You are welcome to place orders through our website while we are closed...they just won't ship until we're back in our offices on Jan. 4. Thank you for your understanding. 

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Quick Inspiration & Feedback Request

Check out these awesome paper dolls by Cheryl Carraway!!! I just had to share! She made them with our Holiday Paper Dolls, Fun Gift Tickets and cool images from her recent trip to Africa. WOW, love her "Safari Girls"!!!!

I would love to know what you think! Are you enjoying my blog? Would you like to see something different? Have some ideas for me? Would you like to see more of something? Do you like my art challenges? Any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I want to make sure that 2010 rocks! Would love your help. Email me anytime. : )

Chixies Royal Birds ATC Art Swap

Introducing our incredible Royal Birds ATC Swap! How about something a little different this time? I created a fun slide show with some of my favorites from this swap. Hope you enjoy it!

The WINNER of a $100 Gift Certificate to ARTchix Studio is....Nessa Math!

Honorable Mentions are: Pam McKenzie, Gerri Herbst, Sharon Borsavage, Sharon Swayne and Becky Benight. Hooray, congrats artists!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Chixies Blue Moos Art Swap!

Introducing our fabulous Blue Moos (1" x 3" collages) Art Swap! I thought I'd try something a little different this time....how about a fun slide show? If you hover over a piece of art, the artist names pop up. Cool!

The WINNER of a $100 Gift Certificate to ARTchix Studio is....Cheryl Carraway!

Honorable mentions are: Sara Udstuen, Marion Bockelmann, Frieda Oxenham, Christy Laudig and Sabine Busch. Congrats artists!

Art Challenge #8: Scraps!, Specials & The Fab ARTchix Xmas Art Party

If you're looking for holiday inspiration and creative ideas, now is the perfect time to jump into my free online class! Come join the fun! : )

Art Challenge #8 (of 9): Get Inspired by Your Scraps!

For this week, dig out your scraps that you have leftover from our previous art challenges, or leftovers from a recent art project, or if you have a bin or drawer of scraps...bring it out. Dig in, it's time to make something using just your scraps! You can use scissors, glue, paints, etc...but all collage papers and decorative elements used in your piece must be scraps. 

At our recent ARTchix Xmas Art Party (see lots more photos below), I made this cute ornament using only my scraps from that day. I didn't have much to work with so I had to get real creative. I used the hole punch to make the dotted border along the top and the white snowballs too. Fun!

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I challenged the girls at the ARTchix Xmas Party to make an ornament using just their scraps from the day too. Look at all of these lovely ornaments that they made using only their scraps and our DreamBox Pendants! Fantastic! They made these in less than 30 minutes, go girls!

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My art desk includes this drawer that I keep all of my scraps in. Whenever I'm done with a project, I look through my scraps and pull out the ones that I can't throw away...and into this drawer they go. Sometimes when I'm having an artist block, I dig into my scraps drawer and make a collage using only these scraps + paint, glue, scissors. Some of my favorite collages are ones that I've made using only scraps. Limiting yourself and your supplies can bring out great creativity. : )

Art Challenge #8 (or 9) SUMMARY: Get Inspired by Your Scraps! Make an ornament, tag or anything you'd like (try to make something for the holidays so that you can cross something off your list at the same time)...but use only your scraps + glue, scissors, paint, etc.

How To Play in This Art Challenge: Scan your artwork and post it online to your blog, flickr account, website or our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #8 Weekly Art Challenge").

Next, click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and leave a note with a link to your art so I know where to see it online. In addition, please link back to my blog. 

Deadline: Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009 

Prizes: My cute kitties will randomly pick 3 participants and they will each get to pick 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice! Hooray!

Winners & Next Art Challenge To Be Announced: Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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Winners from Last Week's Art Challenge!

We had 9 wonderful artists create art inspired by projects online and in books and magazines. Bruno volunteered to pick the winners this week:

Congrats Cathy, Laury55 and Sabine! : )

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Dress Up Your Holiday Ornaments and Gift Wrap!

 

Get these gorgeous Gold Trees and add them to your holiday gift wrap, ornaments and more! Love how the ARTchix girls used them to beautify their ornaments and pillow boxes at our recent ARTchix Art Party. Get them here at half price for this week only: Special of the Week.

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When you purchase our Special of the Week, we'll also add this wonderful Gold Sampler of German Scrap. Or simply type "SPOIL ME" in the comments section of your order and we'll be sure to tuck them into your order. 

This lovely Gold Sampler includes: Gold Stars and Antlers along with Small Renaissance, Large Renaissance and Medieval Borders. 

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The ARTchix Xmas Art Party!!!!!

Last Saturday, I hosted a fun, inspiring, delightful art party in my studio for all of the wonderful women that work here in ARTchix-land. I'm so thankful for all of their help in making ARTchix such a special place. I wanted to give them a no-stress, relaxing art day that would give them a head start on all of their holiday projects.

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I set up tables in my studio with glues and scissors and covered them all with newsprint so we wouldn't have to worry about messes.

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Inca helped me pull all of the supplies together! I filled trays and buckets with ARTchix images, German Scrap, beads, ribbons, DreamBoxes, paper gift bags and boxes and more.

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I bought beautiful blooming amaryllis', orchids, rosemary topiaries and more. We played ARTchix trivia and whenever someone got the right answer, they got to pick one of the potted plants as their prize. ARTchix trivia included questions like: How long has ARTchix been in business? Answer: 8 years! : )

I also made pretty gift tags for everyone (you can see them up close in Art Challenge #7) and attached them to bags of delicious lavender shortbread cookies that I bought at a craft fair. They're heavenly!

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I had so much fun putting pretty decorative touches throughout my studio. Love these pink roses and little cardboard houses.

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And here we all are: the ARTchix! From left to right: Jackie, Cynthia, Marguerite, Cindy (in the back), Kathy, Me and Gillian. Hooray!

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I was tickled pink to see everyone dive right into making holiday artwork! Wow, did we ever have fun! We laughed and arted away the day together!

On the left, Gillian shows off a cute pillow box and tags. And on the right, Cindy shows us the 2 awesome gift bags that she made in minutes by gluing on magazine images and Handmade with Love ATCs.

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On the left, Kathy shows us the gorgeous pillow box that she made and on the right, Cynthia shows us the beautiful pillow box and tag that she made.

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The ARTchix are a super creative, talented bunch! Check out all that we made:

First up: Cindy! She made fabulous gift bags with magazine images and Handmade with Love ATCs and Angel Tags. She also made gift tags with Holly and Chixies Numbers and Red Borders. Plus, a pillow box with stamped trees and Turquoise Stars. And she even made 2 dreambox ornaments using just her scraps from the day! Go Cindy!

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Next up: Cynthia! She made charming painted clothespins, a beautiful tag with Christmas Greetings and Red Baroque Borders, a pillow box with our Special of the Week: Gold Trees, Holly and Red Red Baroque Borders. Plus, a collaged gift bag and 2 ornaments using just her scraps from the day! Fantastic! : )

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Next up: Gillian! Look at these lovely tags, pillow box and ornaments that Gillian made using Holiday Angels, Christmas Greetings and more! Way to go Gillian!

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Next up: Jackie! Look at all of these gorgeous pieces! Pillow boxes with Inchie Celebration, twigs, pinecones and tags with initals! A gift bag with magazine images, Holiday Bird Tags in circles and clothes pins galore! And check out the dreambox ornament that she made using just her scraps from the day. Wow, Jackie rocks!

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Next up: Kathy! Wow, look at the lovely ornaments and pillow boxes that she made! Love how she painted her pillow boxes with acrylic paint and then went in with a brown watercolor crayon around the edges to give them an aged look. Just lovely! Her ornaments across the top are images from our Chixies True Colors (love them!) with Memory Frames and Glass.

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Next up: Marguerite! Love her delightful pillow box and ornament! High five Marguerite!

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And last up: Me! I made these cute tags with photos of my animals + Decorative Papers and White Scallopped Lace Borders. And the ornament was made using just my scraps and Memory Frame and Glass and Watercolor Square.

What a magical, fun, uplifting day! I love ARTchix! : )

Art Challenge #7, Specials & Cuteness

If you're looking for holiday inspiration and creative ideas, now is the perfect time to jump into my free online class! Come join the fun! : )

Art Challenge #7 (of 9): Get Inspired by a Project!

For this week, search for a project to do and do it! Look online, in your favorite art books, craft magazines or try your hand at Martha's fun project below. Try to find one that you can make for the holidays to cross something off your holiday list. : )

I recently purchased Martha Stewart Living's December issue. What fun! When I saw this little project on making tags with a touch of nature, I was so excited! I love simple, easy, fun projects like this.

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So, to get started, I pulled out all of the supplies I thought I'd need. I pulled together mini pine cones, branches and heart rocks from my nature walks along with tags, glues, pens and ARTchix images.

In the project, Martha says to spray paint the pine cones and adhere them to store bought tags with glue. Well, I didn't have any regular spray paint but I did have some glitter spray paint. So, I put a box together (it's best to spray paint into a box to avoid spray painting everywhere, lol) and stuck my pine cones inside and took them down to the basement to spray away. What a disaster! The spray can wouldn't stop spraying and you couldn't really see the glitter spray on them. Oh well!

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Playtime! I pulled out my tags and started adding images and bits of nature. At this point, nothing is glued down or held into place. I've just set things where I think I want them. I tried to keep them really simple: one image + something from nature on a tag.

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Once I had everything in place, it was time to attach everything. On this Bird Tag, I wanted to adhere a bit of greenery, so I sewed it on with waxed linen thread. But before I did, I made the holes with an awl. It's so much easier this way.

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Ta da! Here is my first set of completed tags! Take that Martha! : ) I made all of these tags for the wonderful chix that work here in ARTchix-land.

On the far left, Kathy's Bird Tag has a Handy Red Label, sewn on greenery and is topped with Red Peace Ribbon.

In the middle, Gillian's Angel Tag has a heart rock that I painted with polka dots using acrylic paint from Michaels. It's held onto the card with a Glue Dot (my favorite way to adhere bulky items). It's topped with lovely Nest Ribbon.

On the far right, Marguerite's Bird Tag has a Handy Red Label and mini pine cones adhered with Glue Dots. It's also topped with Red Peace Ribbon.

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Yay, more finished tags! On the far left, Cindy's tag includes an ATC from the Handmade with Love sheet that says "Eat, drink and make art!" (this sheet was on sticker paper so I just stick it into place, easy peasy!) Along with a Handy Red Label (also on sticker paper so no glue involved) and mini pine cone adhered with a Glue Dot. It's topped with cute Owl Ribbon.

Jackie's tag in the middle includes an ATC from the Handmade with Love sheet along with a heart rock that I stuck on with a Glue Dot and a pretty twig that I sewed into place with waxed linen thread. Her tag is also topped with Red Peace Ribbon. Can you tell I love this ribbon? It's unbelievably soft!

Cynthia's tag on the far right includes an ATC from the Handmade with Love, cute mossy twigs that I sewed into place and Nest Ribbon.

This was a really fun, easy project to do! And now Martha has been officially ARTchix-isized! 

Art Challenge #7 (or 9) SUMMARY: Get Inspired by a Project! Find a project that you'd like to do and do it! Look through your magazines, art books, online OR simply make a few tags with a touch of nature as inspired by Martha's project above.

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How To Play in This Art Challenge: Scan your artwork and post it online to your blog, flickr account, website or our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #7 Weekly Art Challenge"). If possible, show us the project you were inspired by as well as your finished piece.

Next, click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and leave a note with a link to your art so I know where to see it online. In addition, please link back to my blog. 

Deadline: Tuesday morning, December 8, 2009 

Prizes: My cute kitties will randomly pick 3 participants and they will each get to pick 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice! Hooray!

Winners & Next Art Challenge To Be Announced: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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Brighten Up Your Holiday Tags & Gifts with our Special of the Week!

After playing with this sheet to make my tags above, I just had to make it the Special of the Week so that you can enjoy it too! Consider getting it on the sticker sheet so that you can just cut and stick! Follow this special link to purchase some!

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GREAT NEWS! If you get our Special of the Week, we'll include this delightful little ATC kit celebrating the color red! Or simply type "SPOIL ME" in the comments section of your order and we'll be sure to tuck one into your order. 

This mini kit includes samples of the following: Holly, Decorative Paper, ATC, Red Flowers and Borders.

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Announcing the Winners of Last Week's Art Challenge!

We had 10 wonderful artists make holiday collages and cards in last week's art challenge. My, we sure are a creative and lovely bunch! Inca was happy to pick the 3 winners:

Congrats Linda, Buddhini and Becky! : )
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Weekly Dose of Cutness: Bruno Hops In

While I was pulling out my supplies for the art challenge this week, Bruno couldn't resist the box that I put together to spray paint my pine cones. Aww, my fuzzy love!

Holiday Cards & More

If you're looking for holiday inspiration and creative ideas, now is the perfect time to jump into my free online class! Come join the fun! : )

Art Challenge #6 (of 9): Get Inspired by Your Loved Ones! (continues this week)

Last week, I made a collage featuring my husband and I and our beloved pets in holiday colors. This week, I'm going to turn that collage into my holiday cards. I'm hoping this will inspire you when you're ready to start making your holiday cards.

Here we go:

First, pull out all of the supplies you think you'll need for making your cards. You can see here that I've got my collage printed out onto sheets of paper, some blank white cards and envelopes from Michaels, scissors, double stick tape, glitter and ARTchix stickers and sheets.

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I find that when you're making lots of cards, it's easiest to make one collage, photocopy it a bunch of times and then add some little touches of creativity. So, for my cards, I decided to attach my collage with double stick tape and add some Gold Decorative Corners (our Blog Special of the Week) to give them an elegant feel.

I found the gold on these corners a bit bright for my collage so I wanted to tone them down a bit. First, I tried a bit of alcohol ink, then walnut ink and finally Golden's Fluid Acrylic. For each one, I dabbed a tiny amount and then rubbed them into the nice details with my finger. My favorite look was the Golden's Fluid Acrylic in Raw Umber. Little bits of paint settled into the nooks and crannies and gave them a nice, old world feel. Perfect!

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Ta da! Here is my first completed holiday card! First, I scanned and printed my collage so that it was roughly 1" smaller than the actual card. Then, I tacked it down with strips of double stick tape. Next, I painted the Gold Corners with a bit of paint and adhered them with a thin layer of Tacky Glue. For a little pizzazz, I added some dots of red glitter with a glitter glue pen from Michaels. And lastly, I signed my name and the year with a Micron pen in the lower right.

For the envelope, I wrote the address with a Micron pen onto one of our Glamorous Labels and stuck it on. Then I rubber stamped a few red stars with an Ancient Page inkpad (water-resistant ink - good for mailing).

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When you open my card, this is what you see! I made and printed a sheet of these labels that show my kitty MoMo with our holiday greetings. And I rubber stamped the same star that is on my envelope all around the inside of the card.

AND for some of my special art friends, I made a pretty paper doll that's also a Christmas ornament. I used double stick tape to attach a Glassine Envelope to the card (which I cut with decorative scissors across the top to turn it into a pocket).

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Here she is when you pull her out of the pocket! I put a bit of our Peace Ribbon around her waist. And I punched a hole at the top and added a bit of sparkly pipe cleaner to turn her into an ornament. And see how she's holding a pretty ticket for "One Art Play Day." For Christmas this year, I wanted to give some of my friends something meaningful, fun and not too expensive. I thought hosting an Art Play Day for them next year would be a fantastic gift.

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For some of my other friends that are not into art, I thought a pretty tag with a certificate for a treat or lunch together would be great! Here I made a tag with our Decorative Papers, Fun Certificates, Crown Ribbon and pink glitter from Martha Stewart.

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For some of my other friends, I thought a pretty tag with a cute button would be nice! It can double as a pretty ornament! Here I made a tag with our new Buttons, Decorative Papers, Gift Tags and Nest Ribbon.

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Art Challenge #6 (or 9) SUMMARY: Get Inspired by Your Loved Ones! Find or take photos of you and your loved ones and make a holiday collage with them in any way you'd like. OPTIONAL: add polka dots and/or add something from nature. OPTIONAL: show us how you turn your collage into your holiday cards like I did above.

How To Play in This Art Challenge: Scan your collage and post it online to your blog, flickr account, website or our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #6 Weekly Art Challenge").

Next, click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and leave a note with a link to your collage so I know where to see it online. In addition, please link back to my blog. 

Deadline: Tuesday morning, December 1, 2009 (you have 1 more week for this challenge)

Prizes: My cute kitties will randomly pick 3 participants and they will each get to pick 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice! Hooray!

Winners & Next Art Challenge To Be Announced: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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Cuten Up Your Holiday Cards & More!

Brighten up your holiday cards and more with these adorable inchie stickers of my kitties and doggie! Get them by ordering our Special of the Week OR simply type "SPOIL ME" in the comments section of your order and we'll be sure to tuck them into your order.

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Weekly Dose of Cuteness: I'm so Thankful for My Beloved Pets!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!

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Quick, Easy and Awesome Holiday Ornaments by Jenny Doh!

Check out these delightful, easy-to-make ornaments on Jenny Doh's blog! Love seeing our Glamorous Tags as fun ornaments! One of these would be so cute tucked into your holiday cards for a special loved one!

Get Inspired & Creative with Art Challenges! (free online class - #6 of 9)

Let's continue expanding our creativity together with a new art challenge! If you want to get a jump start on the holidays this year, now is the perfect time to jump into my free online class! Come join the fun! : )

Art Challenge #6 (of 9): Get Inspired by Your Loved Ones!

The holidays are just around the corner...it's time to start thinking about holiday cards! I find that when making cards, it's easiest to make one collage that you can copy and use as the main image for all of your holiday cards. So, that's what we're going to do for this week and next week. 

First, take or find photos of all of your loved ones that live in your house. I find it difficult to take one good photo with all of my pets so instead, I found a good, digital photo of each of us, made them all approx. the same size in Photoshop and then printed them out.

Next, decide on the colors you think you'd like to use in your holiday collage and pull out papers, ribbons, images, etc. in those colors. I picked red, green, brown and gold. 

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Next, think about how you're going to bring all of your photos together. I decided that I wanted to make a house shape out of our new Red and White Decorative Papers, our new Red and Brown Decorative Papers and our new Red Peace Ribbon.

Then, I decided to turn all of our photos into twinchies (2" square collages)....so I adhered them with a UHU gluestick to watercolor twinchies.

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Play, play, play! Keep in mind that you can add your own personal touch to decorative papers and wrapping papers. Here I added gold polka dots with a DecoColor Liquid Gold Marker to our brown chandelier paper.

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Since I love adding natural elements to my artwork, I added tiny pine branches. I sewed them into place by first marking the holes with an awl and matt, then sewing them on with a needle and waxed red thread.

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Ta da! My holiday collage! It shows all of the loved ones in my household (me, James, Bruno, Stella, Momo and Inca) displaying various wishes that I cut from our Tell Me a Story collage sheets. At the top, you'll find "wishing you" in one of our Handy Red Labels (our Blog Special this week). And here's what we wish for all of you: art bliss, brilliant ideas, abundant love, glorious walks, happy peace and good health.

Next week, I'm going to play with this collage and see how I can turn it into my holiday cards for this year.

Art Challenge #6 (or 9) SUMMARY: Get Inspired by Your Loved Ones! Find or take photos of you and your loved ones and make a holiday collage with them in any way you'd like. OPTIONAL: add polka dots and/or add something from nature. OPTIONAL: show us how you turn your collage into your holiday cards.

How To Play in This Art Challenge: Scan your collage and post it online to your blog, flickr account, website or our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #6 Weekly Art Challenge").

Next, click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and leave a note with a link to your collage so I know where to see it online. In addition, please link back to my blog. 

Deadline: Tuesday morning, December 1, 2009 (you have 2 weeks for this challenge)

Prizes: My cute kitties will randomly pick 3 participants and they will each get to pick 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice! Hooray!

Winners & Next Art Challenge To Be Announced: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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WINNERS from Last Week's Art Challenge

Hooray for the wonderful, creative 10 artists that played in the fifth part of our online class: Get Inspired by Things that You Enjoy! So many creative ways to play with packaging! You can see most of them in our YahooGroup (Photos section: "Helga's Blog: #5 Weekly Art Challenge").   My kitty, Inca, picked 3 winners which will each get 3 free ARTchix sheets of their choice. Hooray! Here's who she picked:

I printed all of the artists' names, cut them out, spread them out on a table and put a treat next to each name. Then Inca got to pick 3 treats to gobble down! The name that was attached to that treat won! What fun! Congrats to Bonnie, Sabine and Laury! 

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Here's your Weekly Dose of Cuteness! Little Inca loves it when I make a big mess on my art table (which I most certainly did while I was making my fun holiday collage for this week).