by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor If you are a member of the Cedar Canyon Community, you know that I recently announced registration for my new Totally Textured Online Course. The spaces for the small group beginning in January filled up faster than I imagined possible (thank you!), but we have plenty of openings […]
Shelly’s Designs Day 25 – 30
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor Tuesday was the final day of our 30 Designs in 30 Days adventure. It felt like a marathon at times, but we made it! I was about 15 days ahead of the group when we started, but I will be honest. Between keeping up with the group and […]
Shelly’s Designs Day 17-24
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor When 157 people signed up for my 30 Designs in 30 Days course, I was not sure if I was the luckiest lady in the world or just plum crazy! Would I really be able to keep up with such a large group? And, would the course spark […]
Shelly’s Designs Day 9-16
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor My 30 Designs in 30 Days group is keeping me hopping, but I want to keep my promise to post my designs. Here are the next batch of my personal designs for Days 9-16. Day 9 – Fun With Flowers: Create a design with one or more shapes […]
Shelly’s Designs – Day 6-8
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor The first week with my 30 Days of Design Magic group have been nothing short of amazing. It is so thrilling to see beautiful designs coming in from all over the world. As I sort through the photos piling up in my Inbox, I’m learning more and more […]
Shelly’s First Five Designs
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor We are one week into the 30 Days of Design Magic program, and I promised to post all of my designs. And there is so much going on with the class that I am way behind (as usual). Here are the first 5 designs that I did for […]
Keeping a 30 Days of Design Magic Studio Journal
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor When I started my 30 Days of Design Magic, it became clear rather quickly that I needed two things: A way to keep track of all 30 designs and the associated exercises, and A place where I could make notes and doodle about possible follow-up designs. I have […]
Become A Fabric Designer In 30 Days Or Less?
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor If you can cut shapes from a square of black paper, you can design your own personal fabric prints! Yes, I am talking to you! Don’t believe me? Then you have not tried out the nifty method for designing repeating patterns in Design Magic For Paintstik On Fabric. […]
What Are You Going to Make From That?
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor Video: Just What Are You Going To Make From That? In today’s video, I explore three ways to shut off that nagging little voice that says, “just what are you going to make with that?” whenever I want to play. I hope you find my strategies helpful! “Things […]
30 Days of Design Magic
by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor In 2010, I published my second book called Design Magic for Paintstiks on Fabric. I did extensive work with the design method laid out in the book for a couple of years before and after the book was published. Then I set it aside and moved on to […]
