by Anita Houston | Jun 11, 2015 | Other Crafty Fun Stuff
I’m calling her Artsy Lady instead of Marilyn Monroe, because I didn’t capture Marilyn’s essence with my drawing, but none the less, I was happy with my Artsy Lady painted canvas using lots of DecoArt-Media-goodness and free-handing her face with a...
by Anita Houston | May 14, 2015 | Paper Crafts
How about making an artsy coffee-motif gift card holder for the coffee lover in your life?!! Let’s get started! Materials Needed: Craft Sheet Ranger Surfaces #10 Manilla Tag (2) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Fossilized Amber, Festive Berries, Black Soot Tim...
by Anita Houston | Apr 18, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Hi Bella Crafts lovers! Today I want to show you a super fast and easy tutorial for making a Faux Enameled Glass vase, using Wendy Vecchi’s technique with a little twist, as well as using her products. It took me an hour to make this vase, allowing cooling...
by Anita Houston | Mar 19, 2015 | Altered Art and Mixed Media
Hello Bella Crafts lovers! Anita Houston, The Artful Maven, here today to show you an easy way to get started with one of the oldest art forms, Encaustic Wax. If you have never tried this genre of art before, then this is an easy project to introduce you to using hot...
by Anita Houston | Feb 19, 2015 | Other Crafty Fun Stuff
Hello Bella Crafters! Anita Houston, The Artful Maven, here to bring you an Art Journal spread. Music has always moved me, and helps ignite my creative juices, so I thought I would start a new art journal filled with my favorite tunes. On the recent billboards, the...
