What are Prills? Prills are highly pigmented beads of color that one can create wonderful art with! Whether you do a whole art piece with Prills or you use them to add dimension and texture as accents, Prills are the distant cousin to mica flakes. I am currently working on some detailed projects with Prills, so in [...]
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Prilly Fun – Don’t Forget The Children
Posted in Design Team, Embellishments, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects, tagged Prills on February 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Love in February – Canvas
Posted in 101 Heavy, Design Team, Fluid Acrylic Paint, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects, Studio Essentials on February 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I have been painting now for about 3 years. There is not one part of the painting process that I do not love. Abstract art draws me in. And you can take it anywhere….breathe it….throw all your emotions into that paintbrush and paint. Today I would love to share with you my “Love in February” [...]
Lifelong Friends Assemblage
Posted in 101 Heavy, Design Team, Embellishments, Fluid Acrylic Paint, Mica Tiles and Shapes, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects on February 9, 2012 | 5 Comments »
About a month ago, I used a photo stamp for the first time – Senior Ladies 3 1/2″ x 4 3/4″ (#8671) from Viva Las Vegastamps! – and created a card. Every time I looked at the stamp I imagined more and more about the two ladies it shows, sitting outside, side-by-side…. …They’ve known each other [...]
Gilded Imperfections on Burlap
Posted in Design Team, Duo Adhesive, Fluid Acrylic Paint, GildenGlitz, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects, tagged mini prills on February 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Hi! My name is Sally Lynn MacDonald and this is my third post as part of the 2012 Design Team. I hope you enjoy the project. I’m often drawn to experiment with surfaces in unexpected ways. Sometimes the results are good — and sometimes the results are more of a ‘what not to do with xyz surface’ [...]
Thrills and Prills!
Posted in Design Team, Duo Adhesive, Embellishments, GildenGlitz, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), tagged Duo Adhesive, Gilding, ppa, Prills on February 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I am having the best time using USArtquest products! They are so very versatile and the wonderful pops of color are in all the paint, gilding, mica and more! I love color and this company stimulates that love! I am scheduling this post ahead of time as I will have just gotten back from CHA [...]
DIY Altered Vase
Posted in Design Team, GildenGlitz, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Studio Cloth on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It seems like I have a new interest in taking something old and adding a little magic to it…which makes it all new again. And, it is fun at the same time! Here is a quick weekend project and I know you all have vases sitting around just screaming for some attention….right!?! First off [...]
Keeper of This and That
Posted in 101 Heavy, Design Team, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Studio Essentials on January 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Hi Everyone! I hope this Tuesday finds you all doing well and not as shocked as I am that January 2012 is almost ready to end its yearly appearance. Today’s tutorial is truly near and dear to my heart because I love to have pretty little containers in my studio that hold all of the little [...]
Colorful Altered Tray
Posted in Fluid Acrylic Paint, Mica Flakes, Mica Tiles and Shapes, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Watercolor Palettes, tagged Mica Flakes, Perfect Pigment Paint on January 21, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Hi and welcome to my second installment for US Artquest! I love all the cool products that US Artquest has to offer and allows creativity to just flow. My project today has a lot of steps but many are repeated. So let’s get started! These are the products I have on hand from US Artquest. [...]
Studio Paper Perfect Pigment Mono-Print
Posted in Design Team, Fluid Acrylic Paint, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects, tagged ann kristen krier, birds, Mono-print, Perfect Pigments, Studio Paper on January 19, 2012 | 5 Comments »
One of the best things about the USArtQuest Design Team is the ability to experiment. This project started out as an entirely different project for the Studio Paper and Perfect Pigment Acrylics. I am not giving up on that idea, but in so doing – found this really flexible way to make mono-prints. Mono-prints are just that, a [...]
Key to My Heart Mica Tile Earrings
Posted in Design Team, Duo Adhesive, GildenGlitz, Mica Tiles and Shapes, PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive), Projects on January 17, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Hi! My name is Sally Lynn MacDonald and this is my second post as part of the 2012 Design Team. I hope you enjoy the project. Today I decided to make some earrings for Valentine’s Day and my 25th anniversary, which is coming up soon as well. I took a mica tile and ran it through my die [...]


