Take 5: Holiday Tag by Ursula Smith

Have you never used paint on a tag or card? Why not? Give it a try!

Here is a quick tag (but you could use the same process on a card as well). It looks like it took you a long time, but the time it takes is less than 5 minutes! There is drying time, so plan to do this over a couple of days.

This Micaceous Iron Oxide paint by Golden is one of my favorite paints. It has a little bit of glimmer and texture to it, so it really makes your projects stand out and look totally glam ;) .

This would be an excellent choice for making a tag for a bottle of wine (or your other favorite beverage) to take as a hostess gift while you make the rounds of Holiday parties! Enjoy!!

By Take 5, 10, and 15 Specialist

Ursula Smith

Ursula's Digital Mixed Media

One of our regular features will be our 5, 10, and 15 minutes art and craft projects of which Ursula is the creator. Ursula believes and practices using whatever time you have to make art, stay creative, and make it work!

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Happy Halloween From The Cre8ive Klatch

From all of us to all of you...

have the spookiest Halloween ever!!

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Thanks to Itkupilli for the clip art graphics that I used to put this together.

Ideas For Bringing Back Your Muse

Do you ever find yourself in a creative slump? A day or more of fleeting ideas and a lack of creativity? It feels like you just can’t come up with an idea or figure out what or how to tackle your creative tasks?

What do you do? How do you bring back your muse? What ideas do you use to coax your art back?

I took a poll from our fantastically artistic group..who just like you…has those same moments and this is what they said...

I have a great network of creatives from a variety of backgrounds that I lean on. Artists, musicians, dancers, writers....I could go on.... I brainstorm with them, swap ideas, explore my project, and before I know it, the creative juices start to flow. I truly believe that we create more than we could alone when we allow another into our play world!

Scribble Swarm

Also the Scribble Swarm.  Another thing I do is just start scribbling. Doodling has become an art form, so if I think of it that way, it is about being creative. But scribbling can be messy and energetic. 
Rachél Payne of Creativity Tribe

Do something non-art related
Like dishes, laundry, purge a closet. Also just painting super freely/abstractly in my art journal that no one has to see. That gets me in the mood!
Jill Lambert of Jill’s Dream

Get up and dance to a great song. Pull out some great books and/or magazines and look for color, texture & shapes. Go for a walk. Do something boring.        Linda Kinnaman of Linda Kay’s Art

I go for a walk in nature … Or my favourite way is to visit a store in town that I find inspiring and makes me feel like I am "Refilling the Well" {a little artist's date a'la Julia Cameron} then I go home, put some music on, get my art supplies out and get onto it.          
Cat Athena Louise of Bohemian Dream

I go for a drive or read.     
Ursula Smith of Ursula-Smith.com

Drag out some of my 843678986 Stampington magazines.
Lori Leissner of LeissnerArt

Start a non-creative project that I don't want to do! That almost always works!
Janet Forrest of Tattered N' Worn

I go to nature or meditate... Clear my mind of the local traffic.... Daily crainess...
Kim Hyer of A Paper Addict

I do something unrelated to art. Dishes, start something in the crockpot, chop firewood or something else physical. Works everytime.
Sally Rose of Hidden Talents

Pinterest, I just get on and do something creative - I usually start by finding something I like on Pinterest and copying it then I make another one and modify it and another making it more my own.
Michelle Reynolds of Shells in the Bush

As for me…well...my first inclination is to clean the studio. But you can read my top 6 fixes for my creative slump over at my blog...Susan’s Art Circus

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C’mon over and tell us what you do when your muse leaves you!

Until next time,

Susan

Gr8full For All Of You...and Moving Forward.

Well...we have been here for almost two months. All our bio posts have run and you, our reader, have stuck with us through our experimental soft launch. I truly want to tell you how gr8full I am that you've shared your precious time here. 

This has been an idea on the back burner for quite some time and its a thrill to have it come to life.

If you missed any of our fabulous artists you can look them up on our biography page.

Moving forward we are going to start with some fabulous ways to make gifts for Christmas...which if you've looked at a calendar is coming up fast! Too fast...

The girls also have some tips for your studio. Moving it from your home to an outside space, how to fit one into your house, and if you have a studio why its okay that its never tidy.

Business tips, show season foibles, quick cre8ive things for the holidays, and lots, lots more.

Our hope is you will continue to come back for more...continue to find something here to connect with...discover cre8ive ways that resonate with you.

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Gr8Full Cre8ives Project: Signs of Gratitude

Signs of Gratitude

Gratitude helps lift the Cre8ive Spirit, so the crew here at Cre8ive Klatch is sharing what brings us joy and peace through the Gr8Full Cre8ives Project.  Here are our Signs of Gratitude!

We would love to know what you are gr8full for.  Let us know in the comments or join the conversation in the Cre8ive Klatch Facebook Group!