Wow! Life seems to have really gotten away from me! It has been crazy around here and unfortunately my blogging time has suffered. I am hoping that I can begin to set time aside strictly for me and From Art To Hippos (I mean who am I kidding there is no life outside of what…
Category: mixed media
Finding Inspiration
Good morning everyone! I am in love with this art journal page! I was thumbing through (and creating my ultimate dream art supplies list) a Dick Blick art supplies catalog when I saw this little piece of art on one of the pages. I loved the colors and the textures. So I cut it out…
Better Together
Yesterday FromArtToHippos had an amazing moment! One of the tags I made got shared by The Crafters Workshop on Instagram!! I may have been geeking out a little bit and had to share the news with Lisa! That brought up a conversation we have had on multiple occasions. It is important to us that each…
Gelli Play Tools
Good morning everyone! It has been such a crazy summer for us here at From Art To Hippos! “V” has been keeping me very busy on her summer break and I am starting to get just as excited as she is for school to start again. This means more play time for me! Lisa and…
Mixed Media Monday 6/20/16
I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a nice relaxing one for us. Next weekend is going to be busy, busy, busy and I am not sure when I will be able to create or if I will even have time. Then again, it is summer time and I need to keep the…
Gelli Play Wednesday 6-15-16
Good morning! I was very excited to try out a new technique that I saw for this installment of Gelli Play Wednesday! I love the look of gelli prints that are full of layers. Sometimes I can get them to work and they are amazing. But for the most part I get a muddled mess…
Mixed Media Monday 6-13-16
Good morning everyone! Things have been so very crazy here at home. “V” is home for summer break and that means less time for crafting for mom. We just got a new swimming pool so most of our day is spent outside. With that being said, summer is going to be a bit dicey for…
Mixed Media Bookmarkers
I love to read and have been known to have several book going at the same time. My problem is, I don’t like to dog ear a page and I don’t like buying bookmarkers for 2 plus bucks. Today, I decided to make my own book markers and whatever extras I have, I will give…
Make Your Own Spray Inks!!
Good morning! I have gotten a lot of requests for my “recipe” for my spray inks. So I decided to make a tutorial and show you just how I did it. I love bright colors and most of the spray inks I have ever tried to make dried in a light pastel style. This doesn’t…
Tag You’re It (5/31/16)
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend, I know I did! Of course, it threw my week off hence me being a day late 🙂 I had a marvelous dinner, with my beautiful sister, celebrating her birthday as well as our late Mother’s birthday. “D” and I got some Wii…
Mixed Media Mondays 5-30-16
Good morning! With this page I decided to play with my gelatos which have not been getting much love lately. Usually when I create I add layer upon layer. Today I decided that I just wanted something simple and bright. It turned out perfect if you ask me. 🙂 I listed the supplies in the…
Sleepless Nights #1
I am having trouble falling asleep, so I went to my craft room and started messing around. I flipped through some of my journals and picked one that wasn’t finished and proceeded to prep it to be a background to use later. Here is the page I started with. *I regret while in the…
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