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Dina Wakley, our featured artist of the month, shares a multitude of mixed-media techniques and tips in all of her work for creating expressive art. Here are a few of our favorites.

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Learn how to create a custom romantic art journal that you can fill with all of your favorite art journaling techniques.

Learn how to create a deck of art cards that can serve as prompts for when you need creative inspiration; also learn how to make a box to hold them.

Prayer flags have been around for thousands of years, but today’s fiber artists are putting their own spin on the ancient tradition. A growing number of artists are using these small but meaningful flags as an outlet for expressing their hopes, dreams, and concerns—and the design possibilities are endless. You can use shibori techniques, sun printing,…

Learn how you can transform pretty papers into scaled-down clothing as you create stunning and unique mixed-media paper dresses!

An art studio cleanup can make a huge difference in your mood and energy. Being organized and having a routine frees you from the chaos of disorder, allowing you to create more confidently and freely. Doesn’t that sound great?

Artist Jodi Ohl shows you how to create fantastic collage ornaments from your paper stash. These embellishments are perfect for decorating and gift giving.

Since this is a time of giving, we have a great gift just for you: vintage ephemera downloads from my personal collection of really old stuff!

An art studio cleanup can make a huge difference in your mood and energy. Being organized and having a routine frees you from the chaos of disorder, allowing you to create more confidently and freely. Doesn’t that sound great?

Have fun with hand lettering and make a beautiful handmade watercolor paper book using techniques from Joanne Sharpe's Letter Love Ultimate Collection.

See how to make fun folded books with pages just ready for you to add your art! No sewing or stitching required with this handmade book technique!

Making art is easier, Jeanne Oliver says, when you know which tools work best for your creative process. Here are her top 10 mixed-media tools for making art!

Every few weeks or so I get an itch to make a handmade book, and this time my efforts are being fueled by something special: our new Bookbinding Collection.

I recently rediscovered the charm of little paper flexagons, known in the cardmaking world as never-ending or infinity cards. I find it fascinating to unfold each page, revealing the card maker’s vision beneath, until I magically end up back where I started. Infinity cards also make an ideal mixed-media substrate. I use them to make…

Learn how to create mixed-media nature art by using natural items such as leaves and twigs to make book covers, handmade prints, and collages.

I am honored to have an article published in the Summer 2013 edition of Cloth Paper Scissors PAGES magazine. It is on the newsstands now. The digital version is available here. I wrote about my watercolor doodles and showed how to photocopy the paintings, cut them up and use them in art journal pages. I have a lot of these types of paintings on my blog, like here, here, and this page using the watercolor doodles. Cloth Paper Scissors does … Read more... →