21 Secrets Fall Give Away

Its hard to believe it, but 21 Secrets will start next week.  It seems so long ago that I was asked to teach for this wonderful workshop.  I almost forgot that I have another free spot that I can give away to one of my lucky readers.  Yes that could be you.

What do you need to do to enter:

Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what is your favorite art supply and how you like to use it.

I'll pick a winner on Saturday.

 

I stopped at Ikea when I was in Utah over the weekend and picked myself up one of these carts for my studio. Got it filled already. Somewhere on Facebook I saw people showing their carts so I had to get myself one. I could easily use another one of these. They are really nice. I saw some people attaching baskets and bicket on the ends to offer more storage.  Its going to be nice to have access to a lot of my supplies in on place. I think I'll probably be changing my mind what goes in the cart after I start using it.

The Winner Is

The winner of my giveaway for 21 Secrets Fall is:   Netty.  Netty I have emailed the information that you will need when the class starts.

For everyone else don't lament because I will be giving away another spot in the class later in September, so stay tuned to this spot for further announcements. Classes start October 1st.

Angels Among Us

If you haven't entered my 21 Secrets giveaway tomorrow is your last chance.    Go see this post for details.


A group of Angels on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland. I spent a lot of time on this street, it was a great central location.

I didn't think I would miss Dublin that much, but I would love to be exploring on O'Connell street once more.

Studying Under The Masters - Portraits and Self-Portraits

The lovely Jeanne Oliver has done it again. She has created another Studying Under The Masters course. This one is focused on Portraits and Self-portraits. Once again 6 weeks, 6 fabulous artists exploring 6 master artists. It sounds like it will be fantastic. Jeanne is having an awesome giveaway of art supplies. You can enter here. here She is giving away 450.00 worth of supplies.

The artists teaching this course are:
Jane Davenport
Jeanne Oliver
Gillian Lee Smith
Cori Dantini
Robin Fingher
Theresa McFayden

The masters are Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Mary Blair, Frida Kahlo, Brett Whiteley, Max Beckmann

I've signed up because I can't resist.  Oh there is an early bird price at 49.00 till the end of the month.  Class is available for 2 years, what a deal. Class starts September 30th. Why don't you join me in class.  I have no affiliation, just love the idea. Plus I am sure hoping to win some of those fabulous art supplies.

21 Secret Fall Giveway

As many of you know I am teaching a course for 21 Secrets Fall.  As one of the teachers I get to give away a free class.  So this is your might be your lucky day.  If you click on the picture above you can go look at the course and see all the amazing classes.

So how do you enter?

1. Just leave a comment on my blog on this post and you get one entry in the drawing. If you could offer one art journaling tip, what would it be?
2. Follow me on twitter - 1 entry, if you already follow me you still get 1 extra entry.
3. Follow me on Facebook - 1 entry, if you already follow me you still get 1 extra entry.
4. If you post or tweet about the drawing - 2 entry's.
Just tell me in the comments your number of entry's and where you have posted. Also let me know how to contact you if you win.

So when will I choose a winner?

The giveaway will happen two weeks from today on  Friday August 29.  So enter and pass it on. Then check back here to see if you've won.

Now its time for some art, I am linking to Paint Party Friday, so here is some painting in my journal.

This is a 2 page spread in my journal for the Spectrum course.  The lesson was from the Desire month and focus was on the Sacred Feminine.  Each month in Spectrum we work with a different word and have several women giving classes.  Its been a wonderful course.





I started out by writing on the page my intentions, then slopping paint on top.  On the right side I focused on feminine symbols.  The noni, the chalice, moon and spiral amongst them. I chose the colors specifically for my intention. Purple for imagination, blue for trust, red for energy, passion, ambition and determination, and green for balance and growth. The dots represent the breath, that giver of life.  I've been using the oil based Sharpie for the white dots and it works pretty good.  It doesn't smell or anything like that. I know I am always looking for the perfect white pen. Often what others use just doesn't work for me. I found my gelly roll white pen worked over this paint too. I never seem to know if my pen is going to work on not. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't so its a long time before I toss them.

On the left side page was more a ghost image of the intense colors on the right. I immediately saw this Goddess figure in the background so I drew her with a scarlet-lime pen and colored in her hair with Pitt artist pens. I added more symbology with markers.

I've Got a Winner

For Kate's holiday giveaway I have a winner.

Its

Serena!  

Congratulations Serena, I  will be contacting you about the details of your win.

Kate's Holiday Giveaway

Its the season for giving and its no different here on the blog. Welcome to my Holiday Giveaway.

To one lucky reader I am offering my Sand Dollar Coaching package. This includes 4 - 45 minute coaching sessions, and 4 follow up emails. Winner will be chosen by random generator. I'll pick a winner on December 24, 5 pm so be sure to enter before then. Just leave a comment on this post. I'd love to hear what was your favorite Christmas gift. If you tweet or post about the giveaway on Facebook I'll put your name in for each entry.  Just let me know if you have posted elsewhere.

A Completed Project and a Gift

I finished this blanket a little while ago. I like how it turned out. I have another project ready to go on the loom which I will talk about in another post.

Quite awhile ago I won a giveaway on my friend Lisa's blog.  It took awhile for her to mail it to me so she included this lovely piece of art with the package.

This big prize included a set of inktense pencils. I love using these, they are so vibrant when water is added to them.

Then there was this bound journal which is really a ledger.

The inside has pages of ledger paper that I will have fun uses for.  Its not old looking of course but it will still be great to use. I could even dye it with tea to age it a bit.

and last but not least a little paper mache' book thats is all set for decorating. Thank you Lisa for being so generous. I sure feel blessed to receive all these goodies.

500th Post Giveaway

Its my 500th post for this incarnation of my blog and I haven't had a give away in a while so here's the bounty. There are a series of zines, a magazine a book and a collection of cards to be used for collage. Instead of giving all this to one person I am going choose five winners.

  First we  have an issue  of Artella's magazine which is full of great articles.

A zine by Samantha Kira-Harding  aka Journal Girl which includes a  interview with Robin-Marie Smith.

A zine by Gina Armfield, with several interviews and articles on Art Journaling.

A collection of cards that will be great for collage in art journals or paintings.  You get at least twenty cards and a few envelopes, plus I may throw in a few extra collage items.



And last I've got a copy of sketchbooking the book by Barbara Stetcher.

So what do you need to do to win one of these, just leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on October 5th,

Inspire and Dream Journal

A couple weeks ago I won a give away on my friend Claire's wonderful blog Decide What You Want. It is this beautiful journal that was made by my friend Zorana.

The cover of this journal is so yummy, there is paper and fabric and words.  The spine has bits of fabric and buttons and beads.  Just feeling the fabric on this journal is a wonderful textile experience. I wish you all could hold it in your hands.

The back cover is just as wonderful as the front.

This is the inside cover.  You can see the pocket and to the right all the pages.  As you can see they are different sizes and shapes.  The papers in the journal are just fabulous.

Inside that pocket were 2 ATC's made by Zorana. I just love them.

Inside the back cover is also a pocket that has a zine in it. I just love this journal. I am so grateful to Claire and Zorana, thanks ladies.

Bodacious Backgrounds Giveaway

Head on over to Violette's blog for a chance at winning a spot in my class Bodacious Backgrounds. She will pick a winner on Friday so go and enter your name today. The class Bodacious Backgrounds begins on May 16.  Its going to be a blast so I hope to see some of you there. There may be another giveaway or two in the works so stay tuned.

The Winners Are....

The winner of Pam Carriker's  book Art at the Speed of Life is Sophie. Sophie I have your address so I'll be sending the book out as soon as I can get it packaged up.

The winner of the spot in my class Mixed Media 101 is Lisa. Lisa I will be sending you class information shortly. Winners were picked by random number generator.   Thanks to all of you who participated. Now back to the regularly scheduled blog.

I made this page yesterday. First I tried out the dauber caps that I had recently bought on some folk art paints to make the ATC. Just a little stamping on top and I was done.  I had picked up a scrapbook paper pad on the Far East just the other day and used one of the papers from it. I stamped bamboo and asian coins on top and added some Japanese fabric tape on the edge. After adding a little journaling I call it done.

I did some playing yesterday. I was trying the technique  I talked about in a this post. I tried it on 3 papers and it never turned out exactly as I planned. I still got interesting papers.  I am using the Colorwash Sprays and not the inks she used in the video. That may be part of the problem, I will probably play some more with the technique cause I think its so cool.

I cut my papers into post card sizes.  I think they will make great backgrounds. I am doing the postcard swap with iHanna again this year.    It is pretty cool to receive arty post cards from all over the world. You make 10 of them which may sound like a lot but once you get started they are so much fun you won't want to stop. These are the postcards I got last year, and the ones I made. You can find out more and sign up here .

Time for a Giveaway

Its time for a give away and I have a great one this time. So what are we celebrating, well first awhile ago I put on my blog a counter for page views. I really don't know if these counters mean anything at all but I had noticed I had about 8,000 views. I never remember my blogiversary so I thought when I get to 10,000 views I will go and have a give away. Well that amount passed too so now I had better get going. There will be 2 prizes this time, the first is

Yes I am giving away a copy of Pam Carriker's book Art at the Speed of Life. It has art and essays from eighteen different artists. I am sure one of you will love to win this.

and the second prize is a free class, yes you get to enroll in Mixed Media 101 free of charge. That is a $40.00 value.   You can find out about this class here 

So what do you need to do to enter this give away:

1. Become a follower and leave a comment and you get one entry. To increase your chances there are more ways to get your name in the prize basket.

Optional Addition entries:
+1 Follow me on Twitter @katespins
+1 Become A facebook fan here
+1 If you blog or tweet about my giveaway.
+1 Subscribe to my newsletter by using the form in my sidebar
+1 Subscribe to my videos on Youtube
+1 Subscribe to my videos on Vimeo

+1 if you are a member of my network, you can join my network here 

Make sure to tell me how many entries in the comments and let me know of a way to reach you.

So that is a possibility of 8 chances to win the each of the prizes. If you win the free class and you have already signed up for my class then you will receive a refund.

Oh I haven't said when I am gong to pick a winner. You can enter until midnight Friday March 18th.  I will pick the winners on the morning of March 19 and post it here.

My 100th Post

Its my 100th post as the Queen.... Time for celebrating so her royal majesty is going to give away a collage packet of some of my favorite things. Scrapbook papers, paste paper, spray painted scraps, embossed wallpaper, red rosin paper,collage images, ribbon and whatever else I can think of. I will also include a little book and paint the first page so you'll have some of my art in a book you decorate for yourself.

How to enter, Just leave a comment on this post I'll choose the winner on December 1st.
















Here are a couple faces for a little project I am involved in. They are painted on cardboard from a granola bar box.











After my idyllic winter post I had to laugh since things went considerably downhill after that. I went to go to a write-in that evening and ended up in the ditch about 3/4 of a mile from my house. I almost got out but not quite. Called my husband 4 times and he never picked up. So I grabbed my purse and started walking home on the icy road. Silly me, I left my gloves in the car, so it was cold and slow going and then I fell on the ice. So I ended up limping my way home.

Is there a happy ending to this story. Well we got the car out, it has no damage, I am fine and I did not kill my husband. He tells me the phone never rang. I never did get to the write in, just stayed home. I had swerved from one side of the road and back again several times and did a 360 before I ended in the ditch. So at that point I was scared to drive again. All is well now but I am surely not looking forward to driving this winter. I just hope this is my only incident and it will be smooth safe driving out there. Be careful everyone.