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Nov 29th-22:00 GMT (5pm EST)
Artist Traci Bautista


Traci is creative director and owner of treiC Designs. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Woodbury University, with a major in Graphic Design and Marketing. Prior to becoming a full-time artist, Traci Bautista held jobs as a graphic designer, event planner, marketing director, professional cheerleader, elementary art history teacher, fashion designer, Web designer, and tradeshow manager – just to name a few. Experiences that she gained in these positions, coupled with her innate drive to explore and create without boundaries are what contribute to her growing success as a collage and mixed media artist.

Traci travels across the country and internationally to offer workshops and classes on handmade books, art journals, mixed-media collage, and surface design. Combining her love of designing clothes, doodling and lettering, Traci creates vibrantly colored handmade journals, custom handbags and paintings that are layered with rich textures of stained papers, painted sewn fabric, “girlie glam” ink drawings and free style lettering. Her artwork has been featured in Somerset Studio, Altered Couture, cloth.paper.scissors, Creative TECHniques, Belle Armoire and various books. She has been a regular guest artist on HGTV & DIY Network Craft Lab. Traci is the author of, Collage Unleashed, and writes a regular column called Creativity Unleashed in Somerset Studio Magazine. To learn more about her artwork, events and daily musings visit www.treicdesigns.com or her blog http://kollaj.typepad.com.


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Craft Gossip Blog

Book review: Manga Cross-Stitch

mangaThe arrival of this book in my house provoked squealing, jumping, and uninhibited happy dancing. Not from me; from my manga- and anime-loving daughter! Don’t get me wrong: This colorful book full of lively needlework designs made my heart sing. But if Manga Cross-Stitch is intended to incite the young to get acquainted with needle and floss, then I think my…


Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

The snow is falling here , putting me in a winter and holiday sort of mood!

I found this adorable snowman with two Bichon Frise dogs created by Ginny Baker in honor of the snow blanketing the ground. Such a sweet polymer clay sculpture! The dogs and the snowman have a great sense of…


Book review: Stitchy Kitty Fuzzy Puppy

kittyInterweave Press has done it again! On a cuteness scale of 1 to 10, the projects in this book rate at least a 12. You’ll enjoy every page of Stitchy Kitty Fuzzy Puppy: 60 Motifs to Stitch Everywhere. Interweave says (and I wholeheartedly agree):

This how-to craft book by Japanese embroiderer Ayako Otsuka combines embroidery, stumpwork, and sewing projects to create the…


Kit Club Feature and a Giveaway!: Scrapbooking from the Inside Out

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Yearning Kit

Overview

Scrapbooking from the Inside Out approaches kits differently. Each month the kit is designed around a specific emotion, and includes products that can help you express what that emotion means in your life. The club offers one mega kit with a 6-month subscription price of $42.95. The kit can be considered as a main kit plus and add-on in…


How-to: Reindeer on Ice Pond Melt & Pour Soaps

GoPlanetEarth.com posted a fun video tutorial showing how to create Reindeer on Ice Pond Melt & Pour Soaps. This is a fun project that is perfect for the upcoming holiday season!


 

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Monthly Challenges

October's Challenge winner is Leslie Cohen.

November Challenge This months challenge is being sponsored by Craftcast!

The month of November is filled with anticipation of the coming holidays. Gathering with family and friends to share special meals, memories and holiday cheer. The challenge for November is to create a journal page, quilt or piece of art in any medium, size or technique reflecting the holiday spirit. Post your challenge piece by Midnight November 30, 2009 to be eligible to win a free online class from Craftcast!
************************************************************************************************************* The Rules: You must post a photo of your piece in the flickr group set up for this challenge by midnight 11/30/09. Your art must be a piece created in the month of November 2009. Artwork created prior to November 2009 is not eligible. Doesn't matter where in the world you live, you can enter the challenge so international group members are encouraged to enter the challenge. Post all of your photos in the Flickr webpage. If you have any questions post them on the forum.

Hot Topic of the Month!

Are you planning on making gifts for the holidays this year? If you are, what will you be making? Do you have a favorite source for gift making project ideas?

Visit the forum here if you'd like to participate in this discussion!

Monthly Challenge Photos

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Astrid Zucker

Where do you find your fabrics? 9 Replies

I don't have many fabric stores around here. I have tried Jo-Anns but rarely find fabric I am looking for. I am looking for fabric with writing and calligraphy. I also like faces. Any suggestions? ...

Started by Astrid Zucker. Last reply by Clare Milei Nov 10.

Sue Bleiweiss

Hot topic question of the month - November 2009! 5 Replies

Are you planning on making gifts for the holidays this year? If you are, what will you be making? Do you have a favorite source for gift making project ideas?

Started by Sue Bleiweiss. Last reply by Michele chisholm Leavitt Nov 9.

Myfanwy

New TV programme 10 Replies

Next week brings the start of a new TV series on the internet and UK TV. It features several fiber/textile artists and will also be available on DVD. Find out more at www.colouricious.com. What wou...

Started by Myfanwy. Last reply by Myfanwy Nov 3.

Mixed Media Art

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alshepmcr has added a photo to the pool:

no

just say no to everything
for the next 24 hours

What If (What Remains)

Kevissimo has added a photo to the pool:

What If (What Remains)

Florence, Italy

another tiny oilgraph on a tiny panel
made from a contact sheet
no digital
no photoshop

Pedicab Bar

FLETCH! has added a photo to the pool:

Pedicab Bar

Me painting.
Photo Tony Alma

Amor

old76/suezq has added a photo to the pool:

Amor

Acrylic collage on board 41x51 cm (2009) - I found this 1988 Elton John single (45 or 12"), which was already in my EJ single collection, at an record auction in Tucson. So I thought it would be perfect to use for an unusal collage, with the picture sleeve AND the vinyl record reworked in the collage....
"And there's a word in Spanish I don't understand".... Well, Elton may not understand it...but I guess it's about AMOR ... "LOVE is all you need", said John Lennon once.
old76
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A WORD IN SPANISH
Music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
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I don't know why
I just know I do
I just can't explain
In this language that I use
Something leaves me speechless
Each time that you approach
Each time you glide right through me
As if I was a ghost

If I only could tell you
If you only would listen
I've got a line or two to use on you
I've got a romance we could christen

And there's a word in Spanish I don't understand
But I heard it in a film one time spoken by the leading man
He said it with devotion, he sounded so sincere
And the words he spoke in Spanish brought the female lead to tears
A word in Spanish, a word in Spanish...

If you can't comprehend
Read it in my eyes
If you don't understand it's love
In a thin disguise
And what it takes to move you
Each time that you resist
Is more than just a pretty face
To prove that I exist

When manners make no difference
And my gifts all lay undone
I trade my accent in on chance
And fall back on a foreign tongue

Rumor

Enno de Kroon has added a photo to the pool:

Rumor

Eggcubism, acrylic on eggcarton, 2007.

Collection Peter Klaus Foundation, Germany.

Contemporary Textile Art

common humanity wip3

arlee has added a photo to the pool:

common humanity wip3

i felt compelled this year to honour Remembrance Day in stitch

postcard in frame

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postcard in frame

mixed media / fabric paper postcard in frame

mixed media collage

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mixed media collage

mixed media collage in frame

mixed media collage

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mixed media collage

mixed media collage / postcards in frame

Detail of the printed silk chiffon and green silk hankies

Clasheen has added a photo to the pool:

Detail of the printed silk chiffon and green silk hankies

Detail and texture from my Icelandic wool, printed silk chiffon and dark green silk hankies felt hat. This wool is now for sale on my new Etsy supply shop!

 
 

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The Art List

Camera Obscura Photography Competition

DEADLINE FEBRUARY 01, 2010 - $1500 in Awards Photography Contests, Juried Art Shows - [...]

The Best of the USA - Call to Artists

DEADLINE DECEMBER 28, 2009 Contests, Juried Art Shows - Acrylic, Ceramics, Crafts, Digital Media, Glass, Mosiac, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed media, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Poetry, Watercolor, Video/Film, Art Gallery A call for submission of original works of art for “The Best of the USA,” including, but not limited to painting, sculpture, glasswork, ceramics, drawing, and [...]

MyArtworkSpace.com 2nd Annual Winter Art Competition

DEADLINE JANUARY 31, 2010 - $1750 in Awards Art Contests, Juried Art Shows - Acrylic, Ceramics, Crafts, Digital Media, Glass, Mosiac, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed media, Metalsmithing, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Photography, Poetry, Watercolor, Video/Film, Art Gallery Myartworkspace.com invites artists anywhere in the world to enter its [...]

Emerald Spring Exhibition 2010

DEADLINE MARCH 01, 2010 - $6000 in Awards Art Contests, Juried Art Shows - [...]

SPLIT SECOND IMPULSE - Call to Artists

DEADLINE DECEMBER 06, 2009 Contests, Juried Art Shows - Pastel Art Gallery Open to all artists working in traditional or digital photography. [...]

International Art Competitions

Elements of Water, Fine Art Photography Show - Fort Collins, Colorado

$720 in awards. Deadline: November 17, 2009

Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century - Astoria, Oregon

$1000 in cash prizes. Up to $2000 in purchase awards. One artist will be chosen to be featured in a solo show. Deadline: November 23, 2009

30th Annual College Photography Contest - Online Competition

1st place: $2000 + Nikon D90 camera; 2nd place $1000 + camera; cash for 3rd-4th place. Deadline: November 23, 2009

Emerging Artists 2010 - Hudson, New York

$1000 cash, $2400 in publication awards. Deadline: November 30, 2009

Florida's Art in State Buildings Program - Gainesville, Florida

Art budget: $95,000. Deadline: December 1, 2009

Art competitions

Alpan International 2010 - Huntington, New York

$1,000 cash award for Best of Show. Deadline: March 15, 2010

Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition - Lynchburg, Virginia

Cash Prizes over $3000, Best in Show: $1000. Deadline: February 1, 2010

13th Annual Open International Show - Santa Cruz, California

$1500 Best of Show plus $8000-$10,000 cash and materials. Deadline: May 16, 2010

Water: More or Less - Dallas, Texas

$1,500 in awards. Deadline: December 5, 2009
 

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