Arty Crafty News Update for March 2021

Thank you for visiting the 'Art by Jenny' arty treasure shop (my art and craft shop). I hope you're keeping well, staying safe and enjoying daily moments using your favourite treasures. Creating art is so good for our hearts, minds and hands :)

Latest Arty News Update ... Fresh deliveries of treasures have arrived, more every week with today's delivery including restocks of Dylusions accessories (new designs will be here soon), Idea-Ology Paper Dolls and Papers (everything in the new release has been ordered, looks amazing), Sizzix dies (Under the Sea, sets 1 and 2 plus Perspecitve Butterfly), Oxide Ink Pads and Reinkers are all in stock, the pretty pink Kitsch Flamingo is here and much more.

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If you can't see what you're looking for inStore, it doesn't mean its not here or on the way, it might be on my 'to do list' aka box of tricks next to my desk :)

Quick Update for Brand New Treasure ... Arriving between now and April,  more from all our favourite designers - Tim Holtz idea-Ology papers, ephemera, adornments and other amazing treasures - Stamps from Darkroom Door - Shimmer Paints (and other treasures, see next para) from Dyan Reaveley - and a few more that I couldn't resist buying that I know you'll love just as much as I do - perfect to collect, use and share!

Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley Arty News! ... So exciting! Have you watched the latest news from Dyan yet? She's created gorgeous Shimmer Paints (6 colours), a very handy Cutting Mat, groovy Accessory Bag (larger than the others), and 2 new sets of Collage Sheets filled with eccentric fun designs ready for us to use in our own artwork.

I love the recent designs from Dylusions too. This fun and quirky collection of quilting and patchwork inspired stamps and stencils calls to my homespun handstitched heart. Stamp, colour, cut out and collage to your heart's delight with these fantastic designs - perfect for journal pages, scrapbooking, documenting life's adventures, making cards and mixed media artwork... or just stamp them out for colouring in with Posca pencils, Distress inks, Dylusions ink sprays, textas, or whatever is in your crayon tin! To see them all, visit my shop, links to Dyan's category of treasures is easy to find :) Have fun!

Click here for all Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley

Pink Ink Designs Stamps and Stencils are inStore! ... From the UK are a wonderful collection of stamps and stencils, founded by a pair of textile artists who discovered the love of stamping! Pink Ink Designs features giraffes, lions, turtles, whales, fairies and faeries, gnomes, bees, seahorses and much more. I'm slowly adding to my collection, I mean to my shop's shelves but (yep, you know) just gotta get them online! lol :) They look beautiful and stamp / print beautifully too... fine lines, gorgeous artwork. Check out the "Thistlehogs" who are back in stock, love these adorables!

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Need to do something relaxing? Try Brush Lettering! ... Calligraphy and hand lettering is a fantastic skill to practice, especially as stamped alphabets just aren't the same as our own unique handwriting. If you can hold a pen, be it in your hand, toes or mouth (there are some incredibly clever people in our world), then you too can do Brush Lettering. Use your own enhanced handwriting to write quotes, names, days, greetings, shopping lists, anything!

Kelly Klapstein of Kelly Creates, teaches us how through easy to understand workbooks, practice papers, brush pens, metallic markers and fine pens, all in stock. The main lesson to remember? Write s-l-o-w-l-y, then go even slower! Kelly always says to allow at least 5 seconds for each individual letter...! Try it, its alot slower than it sounds. Snail paced writing encourages our minds to concentrate, which means it has to let go of all the other noise and pay all its attention to the pen and paper. Try it today, its relaxing and rewarding.

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Make more time for art!

Create, stamp, stencil, colour, repeat - get creative so you too can feel all the wonderful therapeutic benefits that it provides. There are no rules and you can't make mistakes, so simply enjoy every arty moment! Its amazing how much art and all creativity can help our hearts and minds :) Enjoy!

FREE Mixed Media Tutorials ... Over at the Art by Jenny blog, where I'm encouraging everyone to create a life less ordinary through art, is a growing collection of easy to follow, step by step tutorials with large clear photos and loads of information. If there's a particular technique you're searching for or you need a hand, I'm always here to help. Click here to visit the blog. fyi, plans are in place to update the blog with fresh ideas and new artwork.

To keep up to date with behind the scenes, latest product news and fabulous finds, visit the shop's blog at www.shop.artbyjenny.com.au/blogs/art-and-craft-news, Facebook at ArtbyJenny.GGofRB or Instagram at @art.by.jenny.

Sing out if you need a hand or have questions, I'm always here to help.

Stay safe, be crafty and have a Happy creative day!
:)
Jenny
Artist

Art by Jenny ... art and craft supplies (arty treasures), commission artwork, illustration and design
p - 0428 898 120
Online shop ... www.shop.artbyjenny.com.au

FREE Art Tutorials at my blog, "A Life Less Ordinary" ... www.artbyjennydesign.blogspot.com.au
My Facebook Page ... www.facebook.com/ArtbyJenny.GGofRB
Art.by.Jenny at Instagram ... www.instagram.com/art.by.jenny

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