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Shape Shifter Rubbings 4: The Final Layer

July 9, 2015 ShellyStokes

Ready for Lesson 4 in our Shape Shifter Rubbings series? Fantastic! Let’s get started. If you have just joined us, here are the links to the first 3 lessons: Lesson 1: The Basic Shape Shifter Concept Lesson 2: Variations on the Theme Lesson 3: Working on a Larger Scale Adding The Final Layer When I […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings 3: Scale It Up

July 2, 2015 ShellyStokes

A few weeks ago, I started a series on Shape Shifter Rubbings. Before we jump into Lesson 3, Here’s a quick recap and links back to the first two lessons. In Lesson 1, I showed you how to make a multi-color rubbing by cutting a shape from a piece of paper, then using both the […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings 2: Trade and Twirl

June 25, 2015 ShellyStokes

Last week, I introduced the topic of Shape Shifter Rubbings. In short, the idea is to cut a shape from a piece of paper, and then use the shape and the cutout to add a secondary shape to paintstik rubbings. I’m not going to repeat all the basic steps, so click over to the Shape […]

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Shape Shifter Rubbings With Shiva Paintstiks

June 18, 2015 ShellyStokes

The thing I love best about teaching is not what I teach my students – it’s what they teach me. During a class I taught at Houston Quilt Market several years ago, one of my students showed me a new way to make a muti-color Paintstik rubbing. I call these Shape Shifter Rubbings – and […]

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My Gift For You – A Paintstik Color Chart

August 8, 2013 ShellyStokes

I’ve shared a number of ideas for keeping track of your Shiva Artist’s Paintstiks. I absolutely love the paper color swatches that I used to create my Swatch Buddies color cards. (You can read about that by clicking here.) While painted swatches are by far the most accurate representation of a color, you really can’t […]

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Ask Shelly: Do I Really Need A Blender Paintstik?

July 11, 2013 ShellyStokes

Many of you have acquired Paintstiks Blenders over the years, and I get a lot of questions about how to use them. Let’s start with what a blender is, and then tackle whether or not we need them. You might be surprised by my advice about these sticks. First of all, let’s be clear about […]

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Charming Painted Pumpkins From Thea McCurry

June 26, 2013 ShellyStokes

I just love it when you send me photos. Really, it makes my day! I’m always thrilled to see what you are doing with Paintstiks, whether it’s something blissfully simple or a complex piece of art. Last week, this photo arrived from Thea McCurry. I found it totally charming and was grateful that she allowed […]

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Ready For A Party?

May 22, 2013 ShellyStokes

We’re counting down to the big day when we reveal the great Shape Shifter Fabric Art Adventure! As I was putting the Shape Shifter Ebook together a few months ago, I realized that this technique had so many possibilities that a book just wouldn’t do it justice. So we’ve planned out an amazing online learning […]

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Win Big In Our Shape Shifter Challenge

January 24, 2013 ShellyStokes

What’s a contest without prizes? Well… interesting, but perhaps not compelling. At least that’s the message a got from a number of you last week. No worries, I can fix that! Before I share the prizes for our Shape Shifter Challenge, I’d like to share my six favorite reasons for entering challenges and contests. Shelly’s […]

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Color Confidence: Test, Do Not Guess

January 23, 2013 ShellyStokes

I was visiting with one of my friends last week and our conversation turned to the Shape Shifter Community Challenge. She is planning to make a handbag and she wanted my opinion on which Paintstik colors would look best on her fabric. I remembered a fantastic idea for testing colors from Nancy Kazlauckas, as well […]

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Shape Shifters Community Challenge

January 10, 2013 ShellyStokes

The Cedar Canyon Community has grown immensely over the past 2 years, and it’s time for us to host our very first Community Challenge! The Shape Shifter concept has so many possibilities – and a Challenge is the perfect way to kick off the year. I can’t wait to see what you come up with! […]

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Enter To Win Our Paint Your Blocks GiveAway

January 3, 2013 ShellyStokes

Start your year off with a bang when you enter our Paint Your Blocks Giveaway! I know that you love the chance to win a really cool prize; I’ve teamed up with my good friend Laura Murray to create a super-duper prize that could be yours! Laura has generously provided one of her fabulous new […]

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