Art Journal Collage with Sherry Canino for Jessica Sporn Designs Creative Team

Hello again creative friends and welcome back to another Team Thursday Post for the Jessica Sporn Designs Creative Team.  Sherry Canino here with a video tutorial for you today using some of the beautiful stencils by Jessica Sporn designs.  We will be creating a mixed media art journal page with some collage using my absolute favorite stencil by Jessica Sporn Designs the 3 Owls and a Branch as our focal image of this page.  So grab your coffee or drink of choice and let’s get creating.

Follow along step-by-step on my YouTube Video.

Thanks so much friends for taking the time to watch wishing everyone lots of love and happiness everyday !!

XO Sherry

Sherry Canino, a former accountant, is a self taught mixed media artist and owner of Canino’s Artistic Café. She also works as an art therapist for a local organization.  Her style is whimsical, colorful and inspirational and has been featured in Syracuse Women’s Magazine.  She offers local as well as private art classes in her Liverpool Studio, and art journal or art therapy classes on location for businesses and schools.  Find Sherry on Facebook , Instagram, Etsy and on her blog.

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DIY Toddler Tank Top - Creative Team Thursday with Kristin Van Valkenburgh

“When kids hit one year old, it’s like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.”

— Johnny Depp

I love little people, especially the really tiny ones. When ours was small, I had the most spectacular collection of girly things and what-nots to adorn her: tulle and tiaras were the norm, and her closet was filled with every shade of pink you could imagine. It was a girly-girl’s dream and I loved every minute of it!

At the time, I also tried my hand at altering baby clothes to make them more special (read, in some way sparkly) and unique. I would add bows, buttons and usually some form of Swarovski crystal to every plain surface I could find. And that’s where this little tank top comes in, the last one left from the bygone era of my girly baby. . .

Wanna know how I did it? Feel free to check out the process video below. It’s only 3 minutes long, which indicates just how quick and easy this project really is. With Jessica Sporn’s fabulous 6 x 6 “Horned Owl” stencil https://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencil-owl-hornedjessica-sporn-p/s247.html), you have everything you need for the cutest ever tank top of your own!

Oh, and about that girly girl of mine?! Yeah, she’s long gone. The once tiny toddler that left a wake of pink puff and glitter wherever she went, is now an 11 year-old tomboy who favors dirt bikes and lizards to anything remotely “girly” like her mom. (Dramatic sigh). Oh well, at least I can still make these cute little tank tops whenever I want. Girly fix? Check!

With love & pink glitter,
Kristin xo


A childhood obsession with Hollywood starlets led to an early life in the theater, where Kristin Van Valkenburgh spent many happy days on set and behind the scenes as both an actress and makeup artist for the stage. Kristin has a passion for all things mixed media and loves to create whimsical pieces with lots of layers, bright, poppy colors, big eyes and positive affirmations. Her work has been featured in numerous Stampington publications including Somerset Studio, SomersetStudio Gallery, Somerset Life, Somerset Apprentice, Artists’ Cafe and Art Journaling.  

You can find Kristin on her blog, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

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A Week With Basquiat via Creative Jumpstart 2016

As you know from last week's post, I signed up for the Documented Life Project 2016 and Creative Jumpstart 2016.   I still haven't jumped into  DLP 2016 yet (soon - I promise!), but Nathalie Kalbach's Creative Jumpstart is rocking my world! 

Here's what I created in the second week, inspired by Jean Michel Basquiat.   You can see two process videos below!

(In the middle piece on the right, I used my Blessings and Whimsy Turret stamps from Rubbermoon.  I love how that turret, on its side, looks like an arrow!)

Diana Trout inspired me to carve my own stamps and use them in some spirited mark-making! 



You can also watch Owl Art Journal Fast Forward on YouTube.

And somehow, and I'm not sure how, Jodi Ohl's lesson led to more owls!



You can also watch Jodi Ohl Inspired Mixed Media Painting on YouTube .

These are all in a gelli plate print journal that I created and bound using lots of Stencil Girl stencils.  (To see a video on how to create your own gelli plate journal, visit "Another Pamphlet Stitched Journal on YouTube here.) 

It was challenging to try and translate Basquiat's influence into my own work.  I discovered that I have a need to make my art "pretty."  Basquiat is very raw, and at times purposefully harsh.  So what I took away was mark making, urban buildings, words, and color.

We've been inspired by Frida Kahlo this week!  So next week, I'll share those pieces and a video as well!  All the CJS videos are downloadable through November 2016, so there's time to enroll if you haven't done so.  It's well worth it! 

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