Even though each season change is exhilarating for me, there’s no doubt that I’ve settled in on AUTUMN as my very favorite season. I’ve be...

Last night while blog-hopping, I was surprised to see that I had been chosen as one of the featured artists on Anything But a Card Challenge...

I am enjoying the technique I learned at willowing , using watercolor crayons for backgrounds. This spread has several layers, including c...

At Studio L3’s Compendium of Curiosities 2, Challenge #22 , this week’s featured technique comes from page 57 of Tim Holtz’s Compendium of...

So, I posted my first portrait attempt a few days ago (see previous post). Yep, it was beginner’s luck. Not that my practice attempt was so ...

Not only have I ALWAYS said I am not creative, but I am most certainly not artistically talented. I have been stretching myself (and enjoyin...

The “blended stains” technique is featured this week in the challenge at Studio L3 , from page 45 of Tim Holtz’s book Compendium of Curios...

First, I want to give credit to Stephanie Ackerman for the inspiration for the bird and the sentiment (from one of her doodles). I love h...

I enjoyed the Enameled Stamping technique so much this week that I made two tags! This technique is described on page 44 of Tim Holtz’s bo...

This week we are already up to Technique #20, using Tim Holtz’s book, Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 2 . This tag uses the technique on...

Ten years ago, on September 8, 2002, RiverOaks launched with its first public service, meeting in a local high school. Tod...

Happy Anniversary to us! Forty-seven years ago today my life became complete! God has blessed us beyond measure, really. We celebrated with ...

Tim Holtz’s September tag uses a technique that is one of my favorites—faux metal. It’s just so much fun to see a plain manila shipping t...