I just tapped the sharpener off onto my scrap paper between sharpening each color 😉

Thank you! It’s been a very rough year for me. Hopefully will have some more Idea-ology paper product tutorials in the new year!

@ I know the feeling!!! Hope the next one brings us joy- peace & lots of fun! 🥰🙏🏻🎄🎁

Would be a great holiday gift that lasts all year long…I call those the to me, from me gifts 😉

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Hi there! They are a screw cap, they open pretty easily. Hope that helps!

I think it is worth the time and expense for sure (I look at it as a monthly treat to myself!). I know a ton of techniques but I definitely have learned a few new ones in FS. For the months where I have done the technique somewhere in the past, I look at it as an opportunity to have some creative time. I always learn a new tip or two in any lesson, or different way to do something. It is time that I enjoy. Maybe take it and set a time each week to work on the lessons!

@ Thank you for your considered response. I appreciate your perspective.

That is the way I feel about it...no idea why!

@@cheironI get it. Sometimes something is so special to us that we are afraid to mess it up or we think whatever we do with it has to be equally special. I do the exact same thing with art supplies, but especially fabric or the really expensive yarns, you know the ones that are 30$+ a skein. It is hard to find a project that is worthy. At times it is almost as though fantasizing about a potential project feels better than actually making it. Those feelings are part of a scarcity mind set that almost makes disappointment inevitable. The first method I have for accepting the abundance in my life is clarity of expectation. It is so easy to have hidden expectations, because so often our expectations come in the form of images and those images can be a flash. So I try to bring my expectations into focus mostly by writing descriptions of the images that flash through my head and what they represent in terms of my desires. (Credit where credit is due. My therapist taught me to do this decades ago when I was dating and dates rarely lived up to my fantasies. I transferred the technique to making art.) My first love when it comes to making is jewelry. And I always say that the best thing about being able to make jewelry is being able to remake jewelry. I break pieces down and refashion them regularly. Sometimes I take my Dremel to a piece and literally cut it up. The OP is right about your Coptic journal. You already have the skills and tools you need; if you put something on a page you end up not liking you can gesso over it and start over. It’s amazing how many times you can do this. You could even deconstruct the journal and reassemble it into something else altogether. I have observed your work over the years and I know this to be true. The other method I employ to embrace my abundance is to make practice meaningful. A big hang up I have (not saying you do) when it comes to making art is that what I create will not be worthy of the supplies that I use. So I started giving away my practice pieces. I do this by putting art in geo caches. I put bits and pieces in caches and leave them for others to find. The other way I give away my practice pieces is through donations. I found one of the most comfortable ways to practice fabric surface design was on undergarments. Because then I wasn’t wasting anything. I could wear my practice. Only I made so many practice pieces that I made more than I can practically store. I have more than 60 pairs of panties. I know. Ridiculous. But then I learned that shelters are always in need of underwear and socks. So I still practice on underwear and socks, but I donate the clothing to shelters. Boxers are fun to work on. My point isn’t to get other artists to donate their art, but rather to find a way to make honing your skills and learning about your supplies so meaningful to you that you cannot ever view practice as wasteful. This way when I make something that ends up disappointing me it becomes practice in my mind and if I am pleased with a piece then it’s what I intended all along and it is the final piece. Thanks to @differenttakethanmost for the question. It really got me thinking. Obviously. I’m even going to journal about it. 😂

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Thank you! The surface is a photo backdrop from Poppy Bee Surfaces. I used it for the video but my normal work surface is the Tim Holtz glass mat 😉

You are so sweet to share the information when you didn't have to. It is a lovely background to showcase your Fodder 3 art. I also love Tim's glass mat! Thanks again!

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Those houses😍😍😍

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Thank you so much Sharon! And thanks for stopping by!

Thanks so much Wendy! I definitely enjoy each and every month of Fodder School!

Glad you like them! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Thank you so much! Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hi Nicole! Thank you so much for subscribing!

@@cheironYour welcome😊I’m enjoying your videos

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How kind of you! I loved making this little tin, I hope you enjoy making yours :)

I hope you love it! I sure do love using mine.

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So glad you liked it! I am still using my palette...and still loving it!

Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you so much! It's one of my favorites too :)

Thanks so much! I always forget how much I love playing with them!

You are so welcome! They really are great colors!

Thanks so much 😊 Have fun making it!

Thank you so very much! Chronicle is a fast favorite of mine too!

I have lots of watercolors too, but these are in the colors of Distress!

@@cheiron I KNOW! lol

My pleasure! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Thanks so much Wendy! I am looking forward to the live as well. “See” you on Saturday 😀

Thank you so much! So kind of you to say 😊

Of course i want all of the Holtzy goodness but i have 2 teenagers and they like to eat…. Every day…. 3 times a day at least!!!

Yes Tim is right always use what you have or even if you have it all it’s fun to work with a limited palette and challenge yourself! Here’s to happy accidents 😀

Have fun! I hope you love the results!

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much my crafty pal! I always appreciate you stopping by!!!

Great suggestion on the metallic mixatives. I will add that to the list of future videos!

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You are so welcome! I hope you have fun making these!