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Mixed Media Monday Re-Cap 7/1/13 - "Heart" - NEW & IMPROVED SHOW!

I am so happy to report that Mixed Media Monday's are NEW & IMPROVED!  We have new technology we are using and the LIVE feeds are faster and much greater quality!  I was so excited to share that tonight and looks like we have the bugs worked out too!  So without further ado, let's get this July kicked off!

Here is the page I painte LIVE in my 9 X 12 Art Journal: 

MATERIALS LIST:  Decoupage & Paints (DecoArt -Tangelo Orange, Cadmium Yellow, Irish Moss, Cherry Red, Deep Midnight Blue, Country Red, Margarita & Tomato Red), Montana Pen  & Sharpee Paint Markers, Foam Stamps (Memories in the Making), Charcoal Pencil

If you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5.  

VIDEO LINK

 

Since the reorganization of my Decoart Paints shown HERE I am able to find all the colors I need and went for it!  Here are some of the finer details....  

 Thank you again for your patience and for believing in what we are doing as a group.  Mixed Mediam Monday's rock my creative world!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects!   Stay tuned this week for our official July 2013 Creative Dare. See you next Monday LIVE!

 

"Let today be the day you stand strong in the limelight of your own truth, without seeking needless external validation.  Accept no one’s definition of your life except your own, and seek approval only from the people who truly matter in your life. 

 

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Five Things.....

This morning the question was posted on our Mixed Media Monday Facebook Group:

"Here's a question from Tracy today: Name FIVE things right now within sight that make you smile. READY SET GO!"

 

Here are my five items:

 

Flowers given to me...I love flowers especially in my studio........

 

my doodle art journal which I was creative in all weekend...

Yum.......my morning Awake tea in my favorite Mixed Media Monday mug and guess what...it's MONDAY! 

 

This card made for me by the very special Sandee...love seeing Tracy the Artist.  It inspires me....

Red, white and blue Viewtainers for a July promo I am working on this Monday morning.....

 

These are all making me smile.....

"You feel a unique gift burning inside you that you want to offer to the world, to help move it in the right direction.  It may be covered up by years of waiting, doubting and defeat, but it’s present and as bright as ever.  If you look deeply enough, you’ll find it.  There is a capable person inside you that wants to soar, to create, to build, to love, to inspire, to do far more than just exist."

 

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Summer is here and I am feeling the bright colors.  This is the first week with the kiddos home and navigating work, kids and and art!   Monday's Mixed Media LIVE was all about passion on an 11 X 14 canvas:  

MATERIALS LIST:  Gesso & Paints (DecoArt -White Wash, Jack-O'-Lattern, Tsucan Red, Wedgewood Blue, Bright Yellow, Royal Fushia, Razzle Berry Calypso Blue, Saffron Yellow, Turquoise Blue, and Lamp (Ebony) Black), Montana Pen, Stencils (The Crafter's Workshop - TCW219 & TCW381), Charcoal Pencil, Stamp Pad - Versamark Ink & Marvy Heritage, Gelli Plate, and Wood Coffee Cup Album by Genuinely Jane Studios (OUR SPONSOR THIS MONTH!)

IIf you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5.  I apologize for the Ustream issues however I think I found the conflict that is causing an issue or two so next wee we will be good!

CLICK for LINK - Part I

CLICK for LINK - Part 2

 

Since the reorganization of my Decoart Paints shown HERE I am able to find all the colors I need and went for it!  Here are some of the finer details....  

 Thank you again for filling my heart and my Mondays with Mixed Media Mania!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects!   Don't forget our June Creative Dare which is due by the end of the month!!  See you next Monday LIVE!

 

"Happiness at its highest level includes living a life of passion and purpose.  Happy lives are directed lives, pointed at something deeply meaningful.  The happiest amongst us are excited about living because every day offers them another opportunity to do what they love, because truly passionate people have many interests, they are rarely bored, adrift or indolent."

 

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Enjoying the Art Journey...

A couple of weeks ago I completed the last page in my "Dream" 7 X 10 Art Journal which I shared HERE.  It always feels like the end of a wonderful road when I finish a journal and this one was particularly special.  Every page was completed on a Monday night LIVE for Mixed Media Monday's.  Everyone one of those pages has a memory, a theme and an expression of my Life List and who I am.  And it has pieces of everyone who participated, shared their pages and more.  So with that I thank you for this Art Journey that you Shared with me........

A Slide show of Photos HERE to remember that path.....

 

If you missed any of the links and/or videos here is a Recap:

Express Yourself 5/13/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/05/express-yourself.html

Be True to You 4/22/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/04/mixed-media-monday-re-cap-42213-be-true-to-you.html

Shared Friendship 4/15/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/04/mixed-media-monday-re-cap-41513-create-out-of-your-comfort-zone.html

Breathe 4/8/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/04/mixed-media-monday-re-cap-4813-breathe.html

Creating Yourself 3/18/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/03/mixed-media-monday-re-cap-31813-creating-yourself.html

Take Time To Dream 3/4/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/03/mixed-media-monday-recap-3413-button-fun-1.html

Love 2/25/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/02/mixed-media-monday-22513-love-recap.html

Yes 2/18/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/02/mixed-media-mondays-2182013-recap-find-your-place-of-yes.html

Hearst Castle 2/4/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/02/mixed-media-mondays-2413-recapheast.html

Dreams 1/28/13 - http://tracywburgos.typepad.com/treasure_the_momentlove_l/2013/01/dreamsmixed-media-mondays-recap-12813.html

 

My Life List, my Dreams are just getting bigger and the by empowering myself and those around me I realize that I can make them come true.  With that said.....time to start another art journal, another a jouney, new paths with an open heart and a paint brush.  I look forward to sharing that with you all.  

Interested in joining our Mixed Media Monday's Facebook Group?  Just click HERE!  We are LIVE every Monday Night and looking forward to JUNE!

"When it comes to human growth, if curiosity is the engine, creativity is the steering wheel.  Creativity is the most powerful instrument of progress – a mindset that endows resources with a new capacity to create possibility and growth."

 

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Monday I returned LIVE for Mixed Media Monday after a week off for work travel.  I had a great time but was excited to return back to my studio and get that paint brush in my hand.  It was the last page of my 10 X 7 art journal that we started a couple months pack.  I wanted this page to be simple yet special to how I was feeling.......Here is what  painted:  

MATERIALS LIST:  Gesso, Decoupage & Paints (DecoArt - Bright Yellow and Saffron Yellow), PITT Artist Pens, Glaze & Gelatos (Faber Castell Design Memory Craft - Acqua, Boysenberry, Watermelon Rasberry, Margarita Mix, Blood Orange, Banana & Snow Cone), Ink (Tim Hotz and Marvy Uchida) and Charcoal Pencil

If you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5....HERE:

 

I used the NEW Faber Castell Glaze over it and LOVE it.  Here are some of the finer details....  

Thank you so much for joining me on this art journal journey.  The book is done and complete!  Boy does that feel great!  I will post a complete re-cap and video of the completed journal soon.  It is so bittersweet to complete an art journal and look back at it.  I can remember how I felt for each and every one of those pages.  It truly is a part of me that I am thrilled to be sharing.

 Thank you again for filling my heart and my Mondays with Mixed Media Mania!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects!   Don't forget our May 2013 Creative Dare too! See you next Monday, May 20th LIVE at 6:00 pm (PST)

 

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think
I have ended up where I needed to be." ―Douglas Adams."

 

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Birthday Month GIVEAWAY #3 - Genuinely Jane

I am back from a mini  BIRTHDAY getaway and from the National Hardware Show where I had a GREAT time!  Last Saturday was my officaly birthday and what an amazing day/weekend and month it has been.  AND....we are only halfway there!  43 and the NEW ME!  (ok, not so new but sounds better then 43 and FREE!)

A great big THANK YOU to my THIRD Sponsor and giveaway this MONTH.....Genuinely Jane.  I am so excited about their wood products.  Who would not love Birthday presents from them?!   I happen to have some from them and cannot wait for them to sponsor our Creative Dare in June!  Such great ladies and design team!

Here are the two prizes that they are giving away to TWO lucky winners that I will randomly select:

Tag Wood Album:

Bracket Wood Album

 HOW TO ENTER:  Leave a comment below THIS post, comment on my "Like" Tracy Weinzapfel Studios on Facebook AND........please go like Genuinely Jane on Facebook and leave them a THANK YOU saying that "Tracy Weinzapfel sent you and thanks for the birthday fun"or something like that!  For more information on all Genuinely Jane Products you can find them: 

Website: http://www.genuinelyjanestudios.com/index.html
GJS Wood Books: http://www.genuinelyjanestudios.com/gjs-books---retail.html (GJS  books)
Retailer Store http://www.genuinelyjanestudios.com/retail-store.html (related products)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genuinelyjanestudios?fref=ts

 

I will be picking a random winner from one of those places so make sure I see it!  Remember there is still time to enter GIVEAWAY #1 from DecoArt and GIVEAWAY #2 from The Rubber Cafe.  ALL WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THE LAST WEEK OF MAY!  Stay tuned for more presents!  READY, SET, CELEBRATE!

AND........Do NOT Forget that I am back LIVE tonight for Mixed Media Mondays on Ustream at 6:00 pm (pacific time)!  So much to catch up on and time to get creative! I have 6 boxes of DecoArt  paints burning a hole in my studio!

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.
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Tonight was all about free and easy.  Not over-thinking it and just gonig back to some bright colors that I love to work with.  I am finishing the last of the two 20 X 24 paintings that need to be shipped this week so this was the perfect creative break.  

  Here is what I painted LIVE tonight...  

MATERIALS LIST:  Gesso,& Paints (DecoArt - Lamp Ebony Black and Soft Black), Lumiere Paints (Jacquard - Pearl Turquoise, Pearlescent Magenta, & Citrine), Stencils (The Crafter's Workshop- TCW270, TCW219, and TCW284), Ink: Tim Hotz and Marvy Heritage Pad,  Charcoal Pencil, Watercolor Crayons (Caran 'D Ache)

If you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5....HERE PART 1 AND HERE PART 2:

 

some of the finer details....  

Thank you for joining me.  Loved meeting all the new artists who joined along and as always I think those regulars who keep inspiring me along the way.  Tonight's message is one I need to remind myself of and hope it inspires you to BE TRUE TO YOU!!  

 Thank you again for filling my heart and my Mondays with Mixed Media Mania!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects!   Don't forget our April 2013 Creative Dare too!  See you next Monday!

 

"When you have two good options, always go with the one that scares you the most, because that’s the one that’s going to help you grow."

 

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Last Monday I admitted I needed to create out of my comfort zone and was hired to paint two large paintings.  One is large and vibranted (started it on Easter HERE) and the second needs to be a more "Grunge" style.  That is outside of the creating box for me and I was open to any and all ideas this Mixed Media Monday.  This was what was created from that Creative Collaboration...  

MATERIALS LIST:  Gesso,  Decoupage & Paints (DecoArt - Cranberry Wine, Slate Grey, Napa Red, Zinc, Antique Teal, Soft Black), Stencils (The Crafter's Workshop), Ink: Tim Hotz, Charcoal Pencil, Ink: Daler Rowney & Dr. Ph. Martin's

If you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5....HERE:

Ustream was not cooperating with the chat which was lagging but I was effectively able to get all the suggestions coming my way.  This was about just adding as I went along and trusting.  After we went off air I added just a few more details...  

I thank you for joining me and for all the participation!  It was as always so much fun and a great way to motivate me to complete these two 20 X 24 paintings and ship them off in one week.  Time to harness that creative mojo you all gave me and fly with it!  As always I Dare you to take it out of the box and just play/experiment and try something new!

Prayers being said for all those who are effected by the tragedies in Boston, MA.  I know that last night that was all on our minds and the Art filled our Hearts.  I hope this week offers healing.  Thank you again for filling my heart and my Mondays with Mixed Media Mania!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects!   Don't forget our April 2013 Creative Dare too!  See you next Monday!

 

"What you believe either weakens you or makes you stronger.  If you want to give yourself the best gift you could ever receive, believe in yourself.  The foundation of the success you desire is not based on being in a certain place, at a certain level of achievement, or a combination of external factors; it is simply a mindset.  Success is an attitude that comes from powerful beliefs and empowering thoughts."

 

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I am loving 2013 and every month in it gets bigger and better for Mixed Media Monday's in my studio!!  Every week the audience grows larger and yet again I am thrilled to see what April has in store for us.  First off........here is the calendar (click to enlarge and print):

Just a reminder of where you can stay connected with us:

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/112352452239274/ (click to  join)

All shows can be viewed here LIVE FREE:  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tracy-weinzapfel
Make sure to sign up for a FREE Ustream account user name/password to participate in the LIVE Chat.  Feel free to ask questions and be ready for some fun.  We recommend logging in early to avoid a delay.

All recorded Shows can be viewed Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5
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I am excited to announce that our OFFICIAL SPONSOR FOR April is BEACONS ADHESIVES and THE CRAFTER'S WORKSHOP!!



 

 

Thank you so much for joining me and for sharing this creative path with me.  Very excited for this Month!  Stay tuned for the announcement of our official April Creative Dare this week and the winner of our March Creative Dare!!

"It’s not the mistakes and failures you have to worry about, it’s the opportunities you miss when you don’t even try that hurt you the most.  Trying always leads to success regardless of the outcome.  Even mistakes and failures teach you what not to do next time.  Thus, every outcome is aw lesson that makes you stronger and wiser."

 

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Each week I am blown away by the positive response of Mixed Media Mondays.  The viewers are growing, the manufacturer's are asking to be a part of this fun and I am beyond excited!  I look forward to Monday's and who actually says that!  This past Monday was no different and I LOVE what creativity that came from that night.  Here is the 11 X 14 canvas that I painted LIVE.......

 

MATERIALS LIST:  Gesso & Paints (DecoArt - Saffron Yellow, Cool White, Dragon Fruit, Vivid Violet, Whispering Turquoise, Marigold, Desert Turquoise, Blue Chiffon, Ocean Blue, Light Avocado, Black Forest Green, Bluegrass Green, Lemon Yellow), Charcoal Pencil, Adhesive (Beacons 3-in-1), Ink:  Stayz On & Marvy Heritage Ink Pad, Buttons (Buttons Galore & More), Foam Stamps (Making Memories), Stamps (Magenta & Hero)

If you missed it LIVE it is recorded for your viewing pleasure and available on my YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/TraceB5....HERE:

 

I added just a few details after we went off air such as the buttons (I did find the perfect buttons from Buttons Galore & More!) and the Title.  

What a great feeling every week when I look at what has brought us all together!  I welcome everyone to join the Facebook Group HERE and share your projects from our weekend meeting!  

I am working on the April Calendar of Mixed Media Mondays right now and will post ASAP!  Thank you again for filling my heart and my Mondays with Mixed Media Mania!  

 "If you love someone today, tell them.  If you appreciate someone today, tell them.  There might not be a tomorrow.  Today is the day to express your love and admiration."

 

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