My ARTistic Life

Blooms & Shrines

Happy Wednesday!

Hope you're having a great week! Here, in ARTchix-land, I'm hosting a fun art challenge: Flowers. We've also got a great Art Swap wrapping up soon: Mini Bird Shrines. There's still time for you to play in both of these fun activities! Here are the details....

Angie Hall Haviland made this stunning flower-filled collage with our Her Words collage sheet.

Art Challenge: Flowers. In honor of Spring, share your photographs, collages, drawings...anything creative that has brilliant flowers.

How to enter: Post photos online (to your blog, website, etc with a comment and link to this post) or post them to the wall of our Facebook Fan Page OR email them to Gillian and she will post them for you. Maximum 3 entries per person.

Deadline: Monday, April 4, 2011

Prizes: My kitties will pick winners that will receive ARTchix flower-themed goodie bags.

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Angie Miller made this awesome mini bird shrine. Love how she used one of our gears on the front doors. So cool!

Art Swap: Mini Bird Shrines. Make 3 or 6 Mini Gothic Shrines with a Bird theme.

Required ARTchix products: Mini Gothic Shrines (eco or watercolor paper).

For additional art supply ideas, see our Birds Shop By Theme and Eco Embellishments - Mini Birds (sized to fit our Mini Gothic Shrines -  just like the cute mini shrine above).

How to enter: Make and snail mail your mini bird shrines to us by the deadline.

 Deadline: Postmark April 11, 2011 - See our website for mailing info!

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More Shrine Inspiration!

Jackie McColl made this awesome shrine! And there's actually a Mini Shrine inside. How cool is that! You can see how she put little brads on the mini shrine as door handles....and then you can open it up and see the inside. Love it!

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Tootin' My Horn!

I'm a guest curator on Crescendoh this week! Woohoo!

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Weekly Dose of Cuteness: Bruno Takes Time to Smell the Roses

Well, actually daisies, lol. I was setting up our rings, wood daisies and bubbles for an advertising photo and of course, Bruno had to pop over and give 'em a good sniff.

Hope you have a wonderful week! See you next week with our Flower Art Challenge Winners and our Sweetheart Art Swap Finalists! : )

 

 

 

Hooray for new Spring Art Goodies!

Happy Spring!

We've got over 50 new glorious art goodies for you to choose from! Just a few of my faves include our new Awesome Art Rings Kit, Butterfly Eco Embellishments, Venetian Eco Shrines and Windows, Classic and Clover Windows, Butterfly Wood Charms and oh so much more!

Order today and get a Spring-themed goodie bag free with your order. If your order is over $100, we'll tuck some Spring-y cameos into your order too! Quantities are limited so get 'em while you can!

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Green Art Challenge Winners!

Kitty Bruno picks the 3 winners of our green art challenge! Woohoo!

ARTchix products featured: Hummingbird Eco Shapes, Adjustable Rings, Wood Daisies, Mini Art Bubbles, Acrylic Bubbles.

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New Art Challenge: Flowers!

This awesome flower is by Jackie McColl using our new Daisy Eco Shape, Flower Eco Embellishments, Acrylic Bubbles, Medium Art Bubbles collage sheet and Lots of Her Words collage sheet.

Art Challenge: Flowers. In honor of Spring, share your photographs, collages, drawings...anything creative that has brilliant flowers.

How to enter: Post photos online (to your blog, website, etc with a comment and link to this post) or post them to the wall of our Facebook Fan Page OR email them to Gillian and she will post them for you. Maximum 3 entries per person.

Deadline: Monday, April 4, 2011

Prizes: My kitties will pick winners that will receive ARTchix flower-themed goodie bags.

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New Art Swap: Altered Eco Embellishments

Art Swap: Altered Eco Embellishments. Collage, paint, rubber stamp, etc....have fun altering our Eco Embellishments. Check our website this weekend, we'll be posting a class with ideas on how to alter our fun and fabulous Eco Embellishments.

Required ARTchix products: Pick from the following Eco Embellishments (medium size): Flowers, Birds, Butterflies, Gears, Trees, Mermaid Tails.

How to enter:  Alter 5 or 10 of our eco embellishments and mail them to us by the deadline.

Deadline: Postmark May 9, 2011 - See our website for mailing info!

See you next week for more fun and creativity!

 

Happy Green!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you're enjoying this wonderful, festive, green time of year! Right now, I'm hosting a green art challenge. Go through your photos and artwork and see if you can share something green with us. We'd love to see!

This awesome photo was submitted by Alice Marie Hertel.

Art Challenge: The beautiful color GREEN. Share your photographs, collages, drawings...anything creative that showcases the color green.

How to enter: Post photos online (to your blog, website, etc with a comment and link to this post) or post them to the wall of our Facebook Fan Page OR email them to Gillian and she will post them for you. Maximum 3 entries per person.

Deadline: Monday, March 21, 2011

Prizes: My kitties will pick winners that will receive ARTchix green-themed goodie bags.

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Okay, so, it's not a bird shrine...but it sure is an awesome green shrine! By Gena Boone Curtis. : )

Art Swap: Mini Bird Shrines. Make 3 or 6 Mini Gothic Shrines with a Bird theme.

Required ARTchix products: Mini Gothic Shrines (eco or watercolor paper).

For additional art supply ideas, see our Birds Shop By Theme and Eco Embellishments - Mini Birds (sized to fit our Mini Gothic Shrines -  just like the cute mini shrine above).

How to enter: Make and snail mail your mini bird shrines to us by the deadline.

 Deadline: Postmark April 11, 2011 - See our website for mailing info!

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Cute kitty in a little green basket! (Weekly Dose of Cuteness)

Be sure to celebrate the first day of Spring on this coming Sunday! Woohoo! See you next week with more fun and creativity! : )

 

 

Kitties Pick Winners (new YouTube video!)

Happy almost Spring!

I'm trying a little something different today. I've got 2 fun videos to share with you. In the first video, my cute kitties, Inca and Bruno, pick the winners of our Nature Silhouettes Art Challenge. Hope you enjoy it. : )

A big congrats to the winners: Jules Kirk, Mary Willingham Rawson and Paula Boyd Farrington! Please email me with your mailing address and we'll put your prize (fabulous Nature Creativity Kit) in the mail to you!

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And introducing our new Art Challenge....GREEN!

Art Challenge: The beautiful color GREEN. Share your photographs, collages, drawings...anything creative that showcases the color green.

How to enter: Post photos online (to your blog, website, etc with a comment and link to this post) or post them to the wall of our Facebook Fan Page OR email them to Gillian and she will post them for you. Maximum 3 entries per person.

Deadline: Monday, March 21, 2011

Prizes: My kitties will pick winners that will receive ARTchix green-themed goodie bags.

Sure hope you enjoy these videos! I had a lot of fun putting them together for you. I would love your feedback...would you like to see more videos? Suggestions on things you'd like to see? Thank you for your help. : )

 

Steampunk Winners & Silhouettes

Greetings!

I'm pleased to announce our Steampunk ATC Art Swap Winners! We asked you to vote for the winners and here they are...

1st Place: Gerri Herbst!!! Congrats Gerri, you win a $50 ARTchix shopping spree!

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Honorable Mention: Jill Noblitt!!! Congrats Jill, we will be sending you a goodie bag with some of our new Eco Embellishments.

Well done artists! So happy that we can all continue to enjoy this fun Steampunk art on our Chixies Steampunk collage sheet. : )

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Join the fun! 2 Great Actitivites to Fuel Your Creativity!

This gorgeous painting is by Debbie Bianchi.

Art Challenge: Nature Silhouettes. Share your photographs, collages, drawings...anything creative that shows nature silhouettes.

How to enter: Post photos online (to your blog, website, etc with a comment and link to this post) or post them to the wall of our Facebook Fan Page OR email them to Gillian and she will post them for you. Maximum 3 entries per person.

Deadline: Monday, March 7, 2011

Prizes: My kitties will pick winners that will receive a surprise gift.

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This fun mini shrine is by Jackie McColl.

Art Swap: Mini Bird Shrines. Make 3 or 6 Mini Gothic Shrines with a Bird theme.

Required ARTchix products: Mini Gothic Shrines (eco or watercolor paper).

For additional art supply ideas, see our Birds Shop By Theme and Eco Embellishments - Mini Birds (sized to fit our Mini Gothic Shrines -  just like the cute mini shrine above).

How to enter: Make and snail mail your mini bird shrines to us by the deadline.

Deadline: Postmark April 11, 2011 - See our website for mailing info!

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Weekly Dose of Cuteness: Bruno With Extra Fluff

I walked into the room and there was Bruno just waking up from his cat nap...little did he know that he had this giant fluff ball on his face! lol

See you next week with more fun and creativity! : )