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What to learn how to make curly hair with watercolor? Well, you will like my new YouTube tutorial. In this beginner friendly video, I shared how to make these fluffy black curls for this art journal style page. Also, in the tutorial you will see how I finished her face and added glitter to her top. I just love the way she turned out in this celebratory look. She is ready for Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve parties. Check out the video, subscribe and give this video a "thumbs up". Thank you!  Link Here Painting hair is such a relaxing process. You just go with the flow and have fun. I hope you will give it a try.  If you want to know what "Art Journaling" is, check out this blog post. HERE Also for more information, visit  "Art & Art Journaling" page here on Inspired Me 411. Thanks for visiting today and happy holidays!

Happy Holidays! While we are in the season of gift giving, how about giving yourself the gift of art? If you are a beginner or experienced artist, here is a list of online  events you will LOVE.  In this blog post, you will see 11 art experiences happening now through 2026. These are the wonderful ladies hosting these events. More details like dates, fees and more are listed below. Visit their websites for more information and features offered. So good! Genna Blackburn Jessica Swift Shelley Klammer Tamara LaPorte Kara Bullock Ida Andersen Lang Olga Furman Susan Yeates Dionne Woods Amber Kuileimailani Bonnici If you are interested in Woman Unleashed, sign up soon. It starts December 21, 2025. Also, here is a previous blog post about upcoming events, too.  Art Events Blog Post Genna Blackburn 75 Days of Drawing Genna Blackburn Starts: January 22, 2026 Fee Weekly Live Session, Prompts & Community Jessica Swift 100 Creative Days  Jessica Swift Starts: January 22, 202...

Happy Holidays! If you are looking for some Christmas scrapbooking or card making ideas, I have some YouTube videos that might fill you with inspiration. The first one is my husband, Ron and I creating a fun Christmas tree layout. A great way to use up your scraps of patterned paper. Click Here If you love making cards, check out my YouTube Christmas Card playlist. Some of the cards are my stylish ladies, gnomes and Julie Nutting doll stamps.   Click Here Here is one of the Christmas Julie Nutting doll "Jessi" tutorial. She turned out so pretty. I hope you give this a try with your doll stamps. Click Here I hope you find some inspiration on this blog post that will help make your Christmas "merry and bright." Have a nice crafty day!

If you love arts and crafts, you will enjoy visiting and participating at  HobbyScool . They host multiple online craft events throughout the year. These events are full of great teachers and inspiration. I signed-up for their holiday event and it was so well organized with a variety of crafts. Also, these events are free with a VIP upgrade. The next online workshop is called "Creative Vision" Retreat and will be held January 20-22, 2026. This event will be great to help you prepare for the new year.   They also have a community section where you can interact with other crafters. I love it when these events have there own chat section. In my opinion, it makes it easy to watch the videos and on the same site, chat and share pictures. So cool! I hope this resource is helpful for you. Take care and have a nice day!

It's that time of the year again. If you are in need of some Christmas card ideas this blog post is for you. Here are a few YouTube videos and playlists that have lots of ideas. Check it out!  One of my favorite cards I made. Alicia of Call Me Crafty Al "December 2025 Sheetload of Cards" Click Here Ann of Positively Papercraft "10 Easy Christmas Cards - Use Your Stash" Click Here Craft Roulette LIVE While making your cards you can watch this LIVE cardmaking game on YouTube every Friday night. It's a lot of fun! Click Here Gina K. Designs "12 Days of Christmas- Day 1" Click Here K. Warner "Holiday Card Series 2025 Day 1- Five Marker Scenes" Click Here Kelly's Christmas Card Tutorials Click Here Michaels' 12 Days of Cardmaking 2024 Click Here Also, check out my "Papercrafts" page here on Inspired Me 411 for a list of papercrafters,. I hope this helps! Take care and have a wonderful day!

Over 10 years ago, I stumbled upon art journaling and boy was I thrilled. I used to watch artists Donna Downey and Julie Fei Fan Balzer's YouTube videos regularly and learned so much.  As I began this fun discovery, I found it to be surprisingly soothing, exciting and therapeutic.  This was one of my first journal pages from 2013. In this blog post, I will share with you my definition of art journaling, my experience and some resources for you to try. What is art journaling? This is a form of journaling that uses art supplies like inks, acrylic paints, markers, stamps or even patterned papers to express your feelings of the day.  Just use your supplies with or without words and have fun. I like to do faces but you can do whatever you want. Mark making, shapes, words, mandalas, or collage. You can use stencils, stickers or simple gestures like swatching paint on a page.  If you would like to see my style of art journaling, watch one of my latest YouTube videos.  ...