Creative Tech Summer Retreat 21st July - 23rd July is Now Open for FREE Registration

 

The Creative Tech Summer Retreat is now open for Registration

I wanted to share with you details about the Creative Tech Summer Retreat which is being brought to you by HobbyScool.

This retreat will teach you how to use modern tools like Cricut, Canva, Procreate, AI, and print-on-demand platforms to level up their handmade business or personal projects. If you have always wanted to learn to use these tools for your projects, join now for free and save your spot on the retreat! You can sign up HERE

Example Workshops Include:

• Cricut Projects: Beginner to Intermediate

• Canva 101 for Creatives

• Create Your First Digital Sticker Pack in Procreate

• Intro to AI Art Tools for Creators

• Print-on-Demand for Handmade Sellers

Why not save yourself a spot - You can get your ticket HERE

Even if you don't have all the creative tools you can use the ones you do have and still get a lot of information from each of the teachers.  One of the tools I use at least every day is Canva, I use it in editing photos, videos, creating thumbnails and more, I find it really handy.  You can also add different effects on your photos as well, remove backgrounds, and you will learn and over the 3 days of the Summer Retreat, here is a taste of what you will be learning using Canva:

Brandi Kabacinski

From Camera Roll to Keepsake: Create a Printable Photo Book in Canva

Kim George

Canva to Cash: How to Create and Sell Your First Simple Book on Amazon

Emily Holverson

Birthday Invitation in a Box: Design Your Own Custom Invite in Canva

And this is just 3 of the teachers out of 23!!  If you haven't used Canva before you can sign up for free as well and have a play around before the Retreat begins.  

Before you go

Have you downloaded this month's free creative papers on Patreon before it goes onto the paid tier.

Download this month’s free creative paper on Patreon  

You can check out the video where I share how I used this months papers in a creative project in my art journal, it might spark some ideas for you!

Want to stimulate your creative juices, why not take one of my FREE course on my course platform and while you are there check out some of the other resources available.  Join us on the free Art Resource Hub

While you are there why not explore...

And Finally....

If you would like to focus on your self-care, why not check out:

Filling the Creative Well  or Creative Self Care

 

Eco Creative Summit - A simple way to reset your Creative Practice

 

WHEN YOUR CRAFT SPACE FEELS OVERWHELMING

If the idea of crafting sustainably feels more overwhelming than inspiring, remind yourself that:

• You don't need to overhaul your entire creative practice.
• You don't need expensive specialist equipment.
• You don't need a weekend marathon crafting session.

Most crafting advice assumes unlimited time, budget, and supplies, and real life rarely works that way - what can you do in 15 minutes?.

I'm excited to share the Eco-Creative Summit, a free online event designed for those who want to create sustainably without the overwhelm and buying a whole load of supplies.

This isn't about perfection, it is about building simple, eco-friendly creative habits that actually stick and find out some great ways to reuse, recycle and repair.

Inside, you'll learn: 

• Botanical printing & natural dyeing techniques  
• Wet felting and upcycling methods
• Zero-waste creative habits you can start today
• How to repurpose everyday materials beautifully
• Real-life sustainable crafting for all skill levels

Here are the Summit Guides

The Eco Creative Summit is on Tuesday 21st April and Wednesday 22 April 2026

You can reserve your FREE spot HERE

P.S. Busy during summit week?  The VIP All-Access Pass gives you lifetime access to every workshop plus exclusive eco-creative bonus resources, so you can learn and create at your own pace. 👉 LEARN MORE HERE

Mastering Mixed Media Expo - It has Started Are You Coming To Join Us?

 

I’m so excited to share something wonderful with you! I’ll be teaching at the Mastering Mixed Media Expo 2025 — a free online event filled with inspiration, community, and over 35+ mixed media artists sharing their favorite techniques and ideas.

This two-week celebration of creativity starts today May 1st–14th May, 2025, and I’d love for you to join me.  

[Sign up here for free!]

You’ll get:  

Access to 35+ art workshops from talented mixed media artists;

I’ll be sharing a project I think you’re going to love — playful, textured, and filled with heart.

And if you love to revisit lessons again and again, there’s a VIP option that gives you lifetime access to all the workshops, plus:

✨ Downloadable sessions to keep forever
✨ A bonus virtual gift bag loaded with extras (collage sheets, classes, PDFs &         more!)
✨ A discounted price of just £59 (normally £99) — available for a limited time

[Grab the VIP Pass here]

Whether you're new to mixed media or looking to spark fresh ideas in your practice, this event is made for you.

Click here to join for Free

The Art of the Intuitive Mind - Listen to Your Intuition - FREE Summit 25th - 31st May

I am excited to share that later this month I will be speaking at an event called The Art of The Intuitive Mind and I’d like to invite you to come along. 

It’s a gathering of creative souls who will share the practices and rituals that they use to connect to their intuition and to create from a place of infinite potential.  

When you follow your intuition you are listening to the whispers of your soul, the Holy Spirit rather than the noise of the world around you.  Letting go of what everyone else is doing, how they are doing it, or how you think they think you should be doing it and the limits of what seems possible, instead you follow what feels right in your heart, you sense it, you know it.

When you take action from this place of alignment you get more of what you want in your life, rather than more of what you don’t want.  There are 14 amazing speakers, including myself and we all share our point of view and guide you in an exercise to tap into that place using creativity as the expression.

Following your intuition takes practice, but you can learn to listen to that still small voice, see the spark, or that glimmer that catches your eye, and learn to discern between being led by fear and lack and being guided by peace, being enough, limitless abundance, knowing and trust.  I hope you join us.

Find out more and register for free HERE.

2023 Loving Healing Creating Summit - Unlimited Access

 

The Free Summit has ended

But, it's not too late to get all 

21 Sessions

Loving, Healing and Creating Summit

Organized by Larissa Russel she has brought Healers and Creators together to share Healing with Creativity.

Each presenter has a fantastic session on healing and/or creativity to share with you, it has been great following along. If you haven't had time to look at all the sessions, then the unlimited access is for you. You can enjoy learning and creating for your own healing in your own time.

This is my art journal session for the course, we look at ways to speak encouraging words over ourselves.

LEARN MORE ABOUT UNLIMITED ACCESS

You will get unlimited and immediate access to the sessions
You can access the sessions whenever you want
You have lifetime access
You can save $30 off the price until 16th February 2023

I hope you are able to join us!

Recycled Stamps and Stencils

Check out my FREE Recycled Stamps and Stencils course which shows you how you can create your own mixed media stamps and stencils for your creative projects.

LEARN MORE 

Transcendence - Art and Spirituality Free Summit

 

Transcendence - Art and Spirituality Summit

I am excited to be one of the presenters on the Transcendence: Art & Spirituality Summit.

I am sharing a project that looks at recognizing the things that you are grateful for and speaking encouraging words over your life, as we create an art journal page. There are 27 other presenters sharing amazing sessions such as:

• Radical Positivity

• The Patterns of Spirit

• Connecting to Your Intuition

• Intuition as a Gateway to Creativity

• and much much more!

 

Join us for Transcendence: Art & Spirituality Summit it is running on June 20-25, 2022. 

 

You can register Today for FREE access

Free access for a limited time from June 20-25

 

If you want unlimited access it is available for only $55.55.

 

Join us HERE

Transcendence: Art & Spirituality Summit

 

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Art Resources

Free Resources to check out 

Art Resource Hub

Mixed Media Art Tags

Recycled Stamps and Stencils

More Courses

Loving Healing Creating Summit

 

I have been asked to be a presenter on the Loving Healing Creating Summit.  There are a great line up of presenters coming from a range of disciplines all looking at the way that creativity can impact on our health and well being.

 

Larissa Russell of Creative U invited me to join her in the online summit Loving-Healing-Creating   Larissa and I along with 24 other presenters have created an amazing online experience to push you a little further in your personal healing using different aspects of creativity.

 

Together we are sharing many different ways of healing with creativity... best advice from experts on healing with creativity all in one place… … and it’s FREE for you!

 

In the Loving-Healing-Creating Summit, you’ll find courses to support you in your healing.

 

Courses like:

• Guided Meditation Painting

• Personal Expression in an Art Journal

• Self Portrait Vision Board

• Affirmation Cards

• Movement to Inspire Creativity

• and more!

 

I am excited to share a sneak peek of my session with you which looks at ways to create layers in mixed media art and identify encouraging words that you can use in your creative adventure.

Lots of yummy colour and mark making

Hurry and register for this free event as time is limited, Free access is from February 2-14, 2020.

You can also get unlimited access for only $47 USD (early bird special until Feb 1) CLICK HERE for more information. Looking forward to having you join us.