Learn how to layer stencils for more dynamic, professional-looking prints by combining patterns of different sizes and scales. This technique helps you build depth, texture, and visual balance so your layers feel intentional.

I'm excited to share my newest stamp collection—Tall Textures Foam Stamps! This release features ten original patterned foam stamp designs, each measuring 12 inches long and designed with flexibility in mind. Unlike traditional foam stamps, these can be bent into circles, arches, waves, and serpentine shapes, allowing you to create flowing patterns and continuous designs that move across your artwork.

Discover how to use stencils in a softer, more painterly way by creating subtle background layers with a stencil brush. This technique adds depth and structure to your artwork without harsh edges, helping your layers feel more integrated and cohesive.

Barb and I call this Lift and Print, where foam stamps are used to lift paint from one plate and transfer it to another. This indirect approach creates soft, subtle marks that feel embedded in the print—and gives you two unique prints from a single process.

What happens when Funky Florals meet Mona Lisa Metal Leaf Flakes? Join Barb and me as we layer our way to rich, shimmering gel prints perfect for collage and mixed media.

Explore the new Funky Florals stencil collection—ten bold floral designs used in a fresh, painterly way on the gel plate. By painting through the stencils, you’ll create soft, expressive prints that bring movement, color, and a hand-done feel to your journals, collage, and mixed media work.

From the photograph I captured on a quiet morning walk in Mulranny, Ireland to the many hours spent building the wool and background, this collage became a true labor of love. More than a sheep portrait, it reminds me of a special place and the people who call it home.

Today’s Tidbit shows you how to use Tacky-when-Dry Gel Medium to add texture and pattern to your metallic leaf in mixed media projects!

What if you could add color to your collage without covering what’s underneath? This simple technique with medical exam paper creates luminous, transparent layers that bring everything together.

A quick tutorial and a BIG favor…..
In this week's video, I'll show you how I create shimmering metallic prints and then layer a stencil design over the top to add pattern, texture, and visual interest. The combination of metallic leaf and stenciling creates gorgeous printed papers that are perfect for collage, mixed media artwork, journals, cards, and so much more.

I am so very excited to announce my NEW Klimt Women fine-line foam stamps. I think you will love these for card making, gel printing, art journaling, mixed media, paper crafts, and more!

Discover how this simple material can add meaning, structure, and layered interest to your work. From collage to gel printing, you’ll see how these versatile pieces can become both design elements and creative tools in your process.

As this competition has gained attention, I know some people have had questions about how it works, what the fundraising component supports, and how voting happens. This week, the team behind People’s Artist released a video explaining the project in much greater detail, so I’m sharing that Instagram reel here in case it answers any questions that may not have been covered in my previous posts.

This NEW stencil collection brings a completely new energy into the creative process. Where curves feel soft and intuitive, these designs introduce rhythm, repetition, and a sense of visual architecture. Geo Boogie is here!

Join me for an overseas art adventure. If not now, when?

Johnny Depp Presents: The People’s Artist–WOULD YOU VOTE FOR ME?

These NEW designs are all about fine-line detail and grunge-inspired marks. Unlike foam stamps, which give you bold texture, these offer precision, intricacy, and a completely new level of mark-making in your mixed media work.

In this video, I’m joined by Barb from Joggles as we explore how this lightweight, semi-transparent paper can completely transform your mixed media collage work. Watch as we layer, overlap, and build depth using painted papers, allowing colors and textures to show through in a beautiful, painterly way.

Oil pastel meets gel plate in this week’s new video! I’m sharing a simple resist technique that creates gorgeous texture and layered collage papers using stencils and a heavy hand with pastel. Come experiment with me.

Discover the Mini Marks Medley, my brand-new collection of 21 tiny foam stamps designed to add big personality to your mixed media layers. Inspired by hand-carved wine cork stamps, these little tools are perfect for quick marks, texture, and playful backgrounds. Small in size, huge in creative possibilities!