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40% off some old time favorites and a freebie!

I decided to take a design break over November, choosing instead to re-release some of my older Christmas items. These sets, while older, are still some of my favorite things and I believe represents some of my best work. These brush sets are shmootzy, sparkly and just downright fun!  Maybe they will be new to you, this holiday season!? As a reminder everything in my shoppe is 40% off until the end of December.

As a little gift, I'm including this sample from my Merry Merry set....

Christmas Blessings,
N.

 

Happy Birthday Blog Hop!!

Hello there! It's a great week for JessicaSprague.com! We are celebrathing our 5th Birthday and we've got lots of fun planned for you!

First, head on over to JS.com and check out all the Birthday Celebration happenin's!! There is a alot going on...Jessica's got an amazing FREE class for you, along with tutorials from your favorite instructors. In addition, we are having a sale and some great giveaways!

I'm also excited to share with you today's BLOG HOP, where, if you follow along, you can come away with a great Beach Party kit! First on the stop is Jessica's blog, so don't forget to stop there FIRST!

Next, is my contribution to the hop, which you can grab here.

Now, head on over to Pink Paislee's blog to get the next installment of the Beach Party kit!

Have fun and don't forget to visit JessicaSprague.com all week for all the Birthday Fun! *** All download links will be available until Sunday June 24th at midnight Eastern time. **

Hugs!
Nan

 

Painted Moments

I am so excited to tell you about a new product that just came out today. Painted Moments are 12x12 painted backgrounds that are a little bit artsy and a little messy. The thing I'm most excited about is that while they are perfect for art journaling, they can also be used as a 12x12 quickpage. Just add your pictures and journaling for a unique and beautiful page in a snap!

I just love what the creative team at JessicaSprague.com has done with these painted pages and I wanted to share them with you today....what an amazingly talented and creative bunch!

Painted Moments are 25% off today, Monday, May 21, so give them a try.

Hugs!
N

 

 

Reverie Atelier

I am so blessed to be able to create for a living and I'm especially blessed when it comes to having amazing online artists for friends!! This month, I'm lucky enough to work with a group known as Reverie Atelier....Christine Honsigner, Aja Abney, Shen Guthrie and Danielle. We collaborated on a really beautiful kit called "Retro Spring"! It's filled with vintage finds, prints and retro-goodness! Our goal was to make an eclectic kit similar to what you may find when visiting your Grandma's house... a little kitsch, a little vintage and a whole lot of fun!

This kit includes 22 papers, 52 elements, an alpha and a bonus template…It is so pretty that I wanted to share it with you here, along with gorgeous layouts from some amazing artists! If you want to get the kit, you can use the coupon code 50NRJAPR12 in my shoppe to get 50% off your next order of $10.00 or more. This expires April 30th and is limited to one per user.

And now, without further ado... here is Retro Spring!

 

Valentine's Day Freebie

Happy St. Valentine's Day to you!

Hope that love is finding you today! Love comes in so many forms and can be as simple as a smile from a stranger, a hug from a child, or a passionate kiss from your true love!

I've got some sweet Vintage Valentine's  in my shoppe today! Why not grab them to print out and give to your Valentine? Or use them in a layout all about the loves in your life?

To celebrate this special day, I've created some sweet little hearts for you! I used my new NeoColor II Wax Crayons.. they are so much fun to work with! Bright, beautiful colors and they spread easily with water. I've got three hearts, plus a little card, in .png format.

Lots of LOVE!
N.

A New Digital Home!!

I couldn't be more thrilled to share with you that starting today I have a new home for my digital designs!!  I am now at JessicaSprague.com!  You can read all about it here!

Jessica and her team have been fantastic and so welcoming. I am still pinching myself! I will be slowly releasing my current products over the course of the next few weeks, as well as adding some new things here and there. I met Jessica a few years back when we were both teaching at a digital scrapbooking convention in Provo, Utah. She was warm, kind and stayed to help me set up my classroom. Her generosity and enthusiasm for digital scrapbooking really shone through and I'm just delighted to be working with her.

We are currently teaching a Digital Art Journaling class at JS.com and are having a blast. The students have been so enthusiastic and have been creating some real works of art. Art Journaling, whether done digitally or with paints, is a fantastic way to spend time creating... getting lost in the process and it can also be very healing.

I wanted to give a shout-out to my friends and colleagues at CatScrap to say "thank you" for everything. This is not goodbye...I'll be seeing you around!

Hugs!
N

Creating your own Subway Art (and other new things!)

I am super excited to share a new downloadable workshop that I have today at CatScrap — SubWay Art! I have been taking a mixed media course with the amazing Christy Tomlinson. In her She Had Three Hearts art journaling course, she teaches so many techniques in that class that it would blow your mind! LOL!

One of the techniques she teaches is Image Transfer. It has a really cool effect, in that parts of the image that you are transferring will tear off in places and it gives it a perfectly distressed look. I've been wanting to make my own subway art for a while and I thought that image transfer would be the way to go. It's super messy but fun and in the end you have a really unique piece of art to hang in your home.

Here is my finished artwork. I've set it up on a shelf in my living room and it makes the perfect accent!

 

You can get this workshop today at CatScrap for 20% off!

In addition, last week I created a new set of Dreamy Photo Accents.

This set is number 4 and it's all about florals! Check out what our amazing creative team did with them...

I had some fun with these photo accents as well! I used them to create Thankfully Yours  art cards. You can print these out and frame them, use them as gift tags or place cards or even affix them to a bottle of wine for a fun gift. The possibilities are endless!

Hope you are having a great day whereever you are!
N.

 

Summertime is all about Alfresco!!

Summer is in full gear at the Janitz household! We've been busy riding bikes, reading, gardening and taking care of our obese Corgi, Sonny. We have him on a strict diet and exercise regiman. The vet said it was critical! We love that little guy and want him to stay around a while.

My own exercise regimen has been drastically changed as I am struggling with what I think is plantar fasciitis in my right foot. It is painful for me even to walk and it's making my hip inflamed as well. I go see a sport doc on the 19th. I may start swimming!

No plans to go camping for a while but we are keeping busy! Friday we're going to the Plymouth Art Fair, here in town and then Ellie's cousins come in from Colorado. And in a few weeks, we'll be heading out to California to visit my sister. I can't wait to show Ellie the city I fell in love with - San Francsico!

I'm really excited to share with you my first real "kit" in a while with elements and everything! LOL! As most of you know I am more at home designing grungy backgrounds and brushes, but this was really for me to create! And you have to check out all the gorgeous goodies at CatScrap for the Summer Catwalk!

Alfresco papers and elements are now 20% off at CatScrap this week! Here's a peek and if you use coupon code alfresco at checkout, it will take an additional 25% off either of these items!

Have a great week!
N

 

A New Art Single and some Painty Stuff!

I am really excited about my new Art Single, up today at CatScrap! It is a bit different for me stylistically, but I have to say I love it! I got out my paints and mediums and collaged the background, then painted the coffee cup separately, in gouache paints. I love these paints because they are water based and easy to work with, but also very vibrant and more opaque than watercolors. Then I put it together digitally, so it truly is Mixed Media! (if you think of your computer as a medium, which I truly do). You can print it and frame it as art, use it in card making or other paper crafts or anything your mind can dream up!

I also have some new brush strokes for you, made from those gouache paints. They are perfect to add some accents on your pages for journaling or titles, or to use in your digital Art Journaling projects!

Happy Creating!
N.

You Gotta Have Art!!

 

Today I've got two new products up... Vintage Bloom WallArt contains two separate pieces of art, in beautiful vintage colors and patterns, that coordinate perfectly together!

And my new Art Singles No. 1 The Earth Laughs is a single piece or art that can be framed or put on canvas or even made into a card to send to someone!

I'm really excited about these because the possibilities are endless. Not only can you can print them and frame them for home decor, but you can also use them in paper-crafting or cardmaking (and of course scrapbooking too!)

The good news is they are 20% off today at CatScrap!

Hugs!
Nan