The Countdown is ON! Join me at #CollageLabSpringFling

Hello friends! Who's ready for a vacation?! I am so excited that we are just 14 days away from Collage-Lab's SPRING FLING Virtual Retreat where will be teaching my first virtual workshop "Fabulous FAUX Leather". 

Join me on a Safari in making faux backgrounds! In my workshop, I will teach you three easy “Fabulous FAUX Leather” techniques that have really dramatic results using recycled packing paper, newsprint and a few craft supplies you have on hand… the results will amaze you! Get ready to have fun getting messy!

I invite YOU to join me for a month of COLLAGE-FUN at Collage-Lab's SPRING FLING Virtual Retreat! Grab some scissors, a glue stick and a pile of your paper scraps, magazine clippings & ephemera and join me!

The BEST part you can join from wherever you are...

EVERYONE is invited to join the fun!

Join myself and 14 artists from across the globe at

the Collage-Lab SPRING FLING Virtual Retreat!
It all begins March 1st, 2022. 

Get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday and focus on mixed-media collage for a bit. For the entire month of March 2022, Collage-Lab will bring you a variety of full-length recorded classes, Zoom gatherings, and a whole assortment of collage projects and techniques.

Treat yourself to a gift while supporting
your artist community... a WIN-WIN!

Limited spaces remain for only $100 – The Classroom and Private Retreat FB Group are now open to join the fun... there are even some surprise bonuses! SIGN UP TODAY to enjoy this unique Mixed Media Collage Retreat from the comfort of your own home or studio.

For all the details CLICK HERE.

Full Disclosure: the Collage-Lab SPRING FLING Virtual Retreat pays its instructors. By using my affiliate link, bit.ly/SpringFling_withSB to sign up, I will receive a small commission which goes towards continuing my efforts to bring creative inspiration to you for FREE here in webland. I am so grateful to all of you for supporting me and my creative adventures.

I hope to see you there! It will be so much fun!

Sending you all many {{ BIG Crafty HUGS }}
:) Sb

#Cre8time Road Tripping...

Greetings Friends! Hope you are having a fantastic Monday. I just wanted to share a bit from my weekend artsy field trip... and to let you know that the "ANYTHING GOES" challenge at Anything But a Card Challenges has been extended until midnight August 1st, 2015.

The Challenge is OPEN - Anything But a Card Challenges No. 49 is ANYTHING GOES. Share you're creations, whatever it may be... scrapbooking, collage, ATCs, tags, art journal pages, altered shrines... whatever tickles your muse and her fancy!

Over the weekend I took a Cre8time road trip up to a magical place called Art More Place in Melbourne, FL to attend a workshop from the super fantastic Cat Kerr. This is the second workshop I've taken with her learning to make charmed soldered whimsies. If you missed out and would like to take a class from her she will be having another workshop there real soon {CLICK HERE for event listings}. Last month I traveled up to Art More Place for two days of painting "Funky Little Houses" with Jodi Ohl.

Soldering is new to me and I think it's beginning to grow on me. It requires patience, attention to detail and leaves you living on the edge of your seat awaiting the end result. With the excitement of a kid on Christmas morning, I am ready for a day of learning and creating with abandon - stocked with healthy snacks and a jumbo homemade smoothie.

I brief message came across social media the night before instructing us to bring any photos, charms or other misc personal ephemera we would like to use in our pendants - I filled my scrapbook roll-a-round. In my stash I selected items to pair with a supplied stamped mermaid to make a seaside pendant; and an assortment of christmas theme/colored items for a holiday vignette. The time invested in learning new media always gives my muse a giant shot of vitamin "C".

"Mini Soldered Shakers"

Thanks for visiting! CLICK HERE to jump over to Anything But a Card Challenges and see what everyone else has created. I hope you join in and share your creations. Have a creative week! :) Sb