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November 10, 2018November 26, 2018

ArtFoamies: Thanksgiving/Fall Pumpkins Tutorial

Learn how to make-over these Target dollar spot pumpkins on the ArtFoamies blog today! Hop over to read the tutorial with photos and my inspiration.

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Meet Nicole

I am a mixed media artist and photographer living in the Austin, Texas, area. After returning to school and finishing my degree in 2017 at Iowa State University, I created this website and began my YouTube channel. Creating has always been a part of me, and now I am excited to begin this new adventure sharing my art to the world. Check the about me tab to see my resume and portfolio. I'd love to connect with you! Drop me a comment on one of my blog posts or check out what I'm up to as I share glimpses from my studio and projects on Instagram.

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Grab your sunglasses and check out the bright, bol

Grab your sunglasses and check out the bright, bold, spring flower power! This is what happens when you combine fluorescent, a flower stencil, glass bead gel, deli paper and fun supplies from Erin for the March edition of #mixedmediamenagerie

After opening those fun supplies and realizing I was almost at the center spread of my journal, I had an idea! Watch the video (link in my bio to my YouTube channel) to see how I used some fuzzy beads to create a fun bookmark in the center of my journal. I grabbed a bunch of flower stencils and decided on this BOLD marigold stencil from @iStencilsOnline plus used one of my favorite word stencils, both with spray paint.

DON'T FORGET! We announced an incentive to play along with us!! Post your creation using this month's challenge on instagram using the #mixedmediamenagerie hashtag between now and this weekend, and we are drawing one person to win next month's ephemera pack!!

AND *BONUS* we have a sponsor next month...you are also getting the sponsored product! YAY! We cannot wait to see what you create! (Official rules on my instagram stories highlights!)

Now, hop over to see @lauramixedmedia & @erin.decoste 's creations!

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Welcome home! Yesterday was closing day on this be

Welcome home! Yesterday was closing day on this beautiful new build in North Austin. I just know there will be lots of wonderful moments turning into sweet memories for this home's family.

Did I mention how crazy this housing market is in the atx area right now? This is the last of three watercolors I recently created for @brittanysoldmyhome. All unique, beautiful, new builds that are prefect for each of her clients. Just like the one she helped us find in less than 24 hours - a story for another day. If you are trying to step into this crazy market - contact Brittany today! If you are new to atx, welcome and enjoy the ride!

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Congratulations first-time homeowners on this beau

Congratulations first-time homeowners on this beautiful new-build home in South Austin! I know these walls will hold many memories and adventures as their family grows in this home with the rusty red-orange door.

Thanks to their realtor (and ours!) Brittany for allowing me to create this moment in time for them. If you are looking for a place to call home in the Austin market, contact @brittanysoldmyhome today! You will seriously not regret it.

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Congratulations and welcome home! Yesterday was cl

Congratulations and welcome home! Yesterday was closing day on this newly built home. Isn't this little cottage cute? I truly hope the lovely couple starting their next stage of life creates beautiful memories here. And, someday, when we are ready to downsize, I hope we'll find a little home just as precious as this one!

Thanks again, Brittany, for trusting me with this gift for your clients. (Check out the tiktok she made showing the amazing basket of goodies that this painting was part of!) If you are looking for a new/resale home in Austin, contact @brittanysoldmyhome today - she is the best!

The housing market in the Austin, Texas, area is INSANE! We are so thankful for the house that Brittany found for us two years ago with the perfect room for my studio.

It's been a little quiet over here on the 'gram, but not in my studio as I've had my head down watercoloring a few new homes and some other projects, and I can't wait to share more with you.

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Sometimes artists just need to play! ephemera + a

Sometimes artists just need to play! ephemera + a little crazy color + stabilo + stamps by dina wakley + india Ink and topped off by a stamp from red lead paperworks.

a page to play, explore and not think about the results. (but maybe I should have?) Check out my play time process over on my YouTube channel (link in bio!)

"Artists make pictures of things they know or love or wish for or dream about or imagine."

(or in my case...artists just create becuase they need to, not caring about the results!)

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I often start these pages with colors I don't use

I often start these pages with colors I don't use as much or a strange color combination or a dominant color outside my comfort zone (just wait until the next one!), or, I'll begin with familiar and then add stamps or stencils I haven't used much (if at all!)

This week was definately a strange color combination - check it out on my YouTube channel for the colors and process video (link in bio!).

I haven't used these holbein colors a lot, so I grabbed them again. (I used them last week and maybe the week before? but not all together) They were on the supply list for a couple different classes I took. I'm enjoying the viscosity of the holbein and might pick up a couple more colors! They are really quite lovely. After the paint, some stabilo and the stenciled deli paper I created in the last video.

Once I made the mess of the background, I struggled with the purpose or focal point...until I remembered it was International Women's Day (I created this on 3/8). So, I grabbed these awesome stamps by Dina Wakley to celebrate!
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Recently, I used a piece of deli paper to clean of

Recently, I used a piece of deli paper to clean off an @artgirl38 stencil and saved it to use in my 30 minute journal. I knew it would be perfect for a page! The transparent nature of the deli paper allowed the paint and stencil clean offs that were already on the page to show through. Then, I layered a few mediums and some more stencil clean off from a dina wakley stencil. I love the simplicity of this page! I am going to clean my stencils off on deli paper more often!

Check out how this pages comes together over on my YouTube channel (link in bio!)
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True Confessions.... I used a lot more than 30 min

True Confessions.... I used a lot more than 30 minutes in my 30 minute exercise journal to create this page. Check out the process up on my YouTube channel (link in bio!)

When I began this page I had a *need* to play with color. After the last 2 pages that used basically only my palette papers (deli papers) for the color, I needed to get my brushes and fingers into some paint! I grabbed orange - a color I don't grab too often for my main color - and allowed the page to just become from there.

Layers of ephemera, gesso, golden's heavy body and fluid acrylic (including the original cobalt teal that I hoard), India ink, stabilo all, liquitex spray paint... and Dina Wakley stamps and stencils work together to create magic on my page.

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Honestly, I left my studio not in love with this p

Honestly, I left my studio not in love with this page. When I walked back in today to edit the video, it grew on me a little more. I have to remind myself that this 30 minute journal is about the art of practice, the discoveries, and truly an exercise! Each page does not have to be a work of art worthy of a gallery....and it's important for me to show that to you.

I began with deli paper that I used for palette paper, added some ephemera, then grabbed a stencil from @artgirl38. I ended up spraying way too much through the stencil, created a mess and recovered it a bit with gesso. I topped the page with these butterfly-paper dolls. It looked like a fairy-land they Mary and Jane are the perfect inhabitants.

Hop over to my YouTube channel (link in bio) to see my process...and maybe create your own little fairy-land.

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