Hello readers, June is a challenge month for Shel C and me. We make ATCs. This is one of the many challenges we offer monthly on Art Joy of Sharing and The Pick a Stick challenge Facebook groups. Have you joined the fun yet? I hope you enjoyed the eye candy. We have more in store for you so stay tuned. #ArtistTradingCards #ArtJoyofSharing #PickaStick

June has been designated The artist trading card Challenge month. My friend Shel C and I have issued this challenge for a number of years now. This post is from the first week of #atcad2019. I hope you enjoy them and play along. The trick is to make an artist trading card every day in the month of June and post it on social media. #ArtistTradingCards #ArtJoyofSharing

So this is something a little bit different. Typically I do a YouTube tutorial for my creative year each month. However, I think I just killed a computer. Updates are not always as easy as one would think. Anyway if you follow me on any social media you know that June has been a month for artist trading cards and challenges. If you are following my creative year, you will also know that passion is the theme for the month of June. I took that theme and interpreted it into this

Hello friends, I am back from the weekend of crafty fun at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour show in Rockford Illinois. My gal pal, Molly and I had a great time getting inky. My favorite find was Nuvo glitter paint pens and paste. You can see all the details here. A new company to me, Technique Junkies, was at the make and takes and I had a chance to play first hand. They have a Facebook group and challenge so check them out. This month’s challenge is an ATC using collage. I made this

If you haven’t already found us, let me introduce you to my newest endeavor. some of you may know I have started a YouTube channel collaboration with Shel C. We have been broadcasting live for several months now and I have to say it’s been a challenge and a lot of fun. Here are some recent projects. Tissue paper collage in Art Journal Close ups Another abstract collage in my journal Close ups Painted tissue papers on the drying rack Steampunk assemblage If you enjoy the above

New Year and fresh new changes...

Hello friends, I have some catching up to do. If you haven’t found our new YouTube channel yet, check it out. Art Joy of Sharing LIVE Stream. Above are a couple of journal ideas from the show. We did a Pick a Stick challenge live the first week. Above is the page I worked on. Last week we made pocket pages. There were loads of ideas flying. We stream each Thursday at 10 Central. I hope you can join us. I completed my missions for September as mission controller. It was great

Hi everyone it's Peg, I thought it was time I shared with you some of the exciting news. Shel C of Paper Ocotillo Studio and I BitsnPieces have been working on a collaboration project for a couple of months now. Some of you may already know we launched the Art Joy of Sharing Facebook group which is at 300 members and climbing already. This is a safe group for all artists to share their work in. No bullies allowed. In conjunction with that group Shel and I are launching a shar