Thistle Designs – Deborah Smart
Creating Unique Art for Your Life
Did you hear the buzz? I swear, the maker world went crazy this weekend, when Tim Holtz released his latest – Distress Watercolor Pencils. It’s all anyone is talking about! Well, that’s not uncommon in the world of creating, as…
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Well, it’s here. The last day of August. If you have young children, I’m sure that you’re knee deep in the throes of back to school shopping, with teenage angst over what’s in fashion this year. Or perhaps your school…
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I recently finished another of the tutorials from the Alcohol Ink Community Spring Conference. Before I started I was a bit worried, as I’d never done one quite like this before. It’s a double sided painting! For this painting, you…
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If you were to take a trip to the beach today, as I’m writing this, you’d find it pretty empty, I think. We’re having an overcast, drizzly rain day today. But the forecast looks great and sunny for the rest…
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You may recall that last week, I shared a look at an alcohol ink painting that I was working on. I gave a hint at what it was; if you missed it, you can see this post HERE. Anyway, I’ve…
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How often do you watch a tutorial, and think “I can do this! This doesn’t look too hard!”. Only to find out, when you try it, it is harder than it looked! Yeah – feathers, not so easy. I spent…
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Happy Monday! I had some fun this weekend, practicing some painting. I also did an abstract 8″ x 10″ piece, in a few of my favourite colours. Creating abstracts with alcohol inks is fun; you go with the flow of…
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You may recall me talking about the Alcohol Ink Conference that took place last month. Those of us who participated had the opportunity to sign up to do an alcohol ink art swap! Of course I signed up – we…
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Happy Monday! Okay – sorry – I didn’t mean to be *too* cheerful, for a Monday *wink*. I’m just happy that I’ve finally carved out some time to work on a new alcohol ink tutorial! You may remember when I…
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I’ve been having fun playing with my resin & new silicone coaster mold! They’re quite sizable, so they do take a lot of resin. Right now, I’m waiting on delivery of more measuring cups, so I thought I’d share the…
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