December 2011

82CC: Creature Feature ATCs

December 11, 2011

It’s been a while since we had an 82 Card Challenge update.  These are some we’re working on right now. They look like blobs, don’t they? Back in August or so, the Artist took the amazing Carla Sonheim’s equally-amazing Imaginary Creatures online class.  (Which is fabulous, by the way, and if you get a chance to [...]

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a little passport

December 5, 2011

Every Monday, the Artist has been asking people over on Facebook if there’s anything she can help them with.  She says it’s to give her a break from thinking about Monday, but the monsters are pretty convinced it’s just a procrastination technique to keep her from baking them cookies. Either way, today, our friend Sandie [...]

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Capturing the Imagination: The Republic of Letters

December 4, 2011

  Sometimes, All An Idea Needs…is a Spark. We’re taking a break today from relentless art journal silliness and monster antics to talk about something awesome:  creative inspiration.  (And possibly mail art and art journal silliness, because we can’t help ourselves.) It’s hard to explain why a certain idea can catch fire and take hold, [...]

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Mapping Your Own Course by Journaling

December 2, 2011

We know life’s a process, right?  That right now, you may be at Point A and after a few twists and turns and tunnels, you’ll arrive at Point B, and if you’re one of the lucky creative peeps who keeps a journal, you’ll have all of that documented, like a map in retrospect that charts your [...]

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