Cathy Michaels Design by Cathy Bluteau

So what's new ...

As I mentioned, I am working on some fun new things for the shop.  I want to do some spring cleaning in the shop so don't forget that my buy one item get the second 50% off is still on.  Head on over here!

We need to make way for some new ideas, new items, and new colors.  Here is a sneak peek at some of the new things coming up:

some assembly still required   ; )

Oh I can't wait to show you these finished and ready to be placed in the shop.

Have a great rest of the weekend (I a probably busy working at way at these right now as we speak)

Check out my new stash

Oh Boy!  The day has started and I am bubbling, yes bubbling with new ideas.  Yesterday on my way home from the office I stopped by my local Scrapbook store and with the help of Gisele (my friend) and new salesperson at the scrapbook store and check out the stash I cam away with!!!!

 

 

Remember these

 

Well now with my new Zutter Bind it All I am going to be making some crazy crazy journals and things.  My head is spinning with ideas and I just need to get started.....

If any of you have one send me your tips and tricks.

You can see I also bought a lot of new stencils and stamps and yes and a set of new watercolor paints because that's next on my list of things I want to do.

More later this week - maybe even today - right now I just need to get started!!!

 

PS.  I have been getting a lot of questions on my Doodle "Squares" so stay tuned for an upcoming morning art video!

 

Okay - so I'm square

These square paintings continue to consume my time.  I think its because I can work on them mindlessly and really just feel like I am working in a coloring book.  I also bought a copper paper pen which drips out of a bottle and adds dimension to your shapes.  I've been experimenting using it different ways but it still doesn't provide the sheen that I am looking for in these dots or shapes so I'm still looking.

Here are the latest ...

i was trying to highlight my word for 2012 here - clarity

love these close up shots

here you can see the copper pen and the raised effect it has on the paper

the full monty

Oh I forget - I introduced circles here!!

and more squares

and the full shot

Enjoy your Tuesday

More Journals - Life List

First off I wanted to say thank you to all of you already involved in my new online class Drawing 101 - the response has been unbelievable.  You still can of course register over here.

As I mentioned I am working on many journals at once.  The one below is my Life List Journal- an ambitious topic but a fun project - I'll share more on the list and the journal in coming days

  

This one is done in a small moleskine.  I gessoed some of the pages and it just works beautifully - I talked about using moleskines in one of my journaling classes and this is a classic example of how I use them

iHanna's Post Card Swap 2012

So I joined this postcard swap  over at ihanna's blog and have been giv en 10 addresses that I have to mail postcards to.  When I got the addresses I thought oh no - what have I taken on ... 10 postcards - uh oh.

So I sat down in my studio and thought well I'll start one and then I'll see how it goes.

Well, needless to say as you will see below - I went on a rampage.  Once I started creating one and then two and then three I just couldn't stop.

I even did some with fabric by just stitching the fabric right onto the postcard!

I treated each postcard like a mini collage and I had so much fun doing them that I think I ended up with about 15 (instead of the 10).  I'll show you the rest later this week.!!