Let’s Make cards & Use what we have!

Hi friends! If you make Christmas cards, you know time is running out if you want to get them made and sent before the holidays. I did a cardmaking livestream yesterday where we made 5 cards using our stash. If you want some ideas and inspiration for your cards this year, or some company while you craft, play the video!

A general list of supplies I will likely use (affiliate links used), but keep in mind I am using older stuff and non-Christmas papers. You can mix and match your supplies to get more use out of them. Use what you have, and if you need anything, refer to the list below.

• Vintage style Christmas rubber stamps. I am using some stamps by Crafty Individuals that I got from Top Flight Stamps, they still have some and you can use my code: thefrugalcrafter10 for 10% off: https://topflightstamps.com/search?q=crafty+individuals+christmas
• These stamps have a similar vibe: https://amzn.to/3Mf3ZcT and https://amzn.to/3MC1hOD
• The diamond set is called “Stampendous Christmas Diamonds Clear Stamps SSC1210 and you can find it on ebay for around $15
• Christmas sentiments (darkroom door) https://topflightstamps.com/products/darkroom-door-rubber-stamp-set-joyful-christmas?_pos=2&_sid=3aefc2aa9&_ss=r
• Other sentiments: https://amzn.to/4pG4KKj
• Ink pads:
• For stamping I used Archival ink because it is waterproof and I am using waterbased media on it: https://amzn.to/48BXAA4
• For inking I used a variety of waterbased inks: Gina K https://tidd.ly/48CoIin Memento: https://amzn.to/48ygEyY Distress: https://amzn.to/3MmiQlH Harmony & Prism work great too. Any dye inks are fine for the inking I will demonstrate so use what you have.
• Ink blending brushes Small: https://amzn.to/48BYLzu Medium: https://amzn.to/3KutMxc
• I made a pinecone embellishment with a die that is no longer available but this set is similar: https://amzn.to/48BBUEh
• Wax seals: https://amzn.to/4oxmXJd *You can get premade wax seal stickers too!
• Trims like: Vintage Lace: https://amzn.to/3K9uOi9 Pom-pom: https://amzn.to/48vdEnc (Dollar tree has it for $1.50/pack)
• Bakers twine: https://amzn.to/48vdEnc
• Cardstock Vintage papers https://amzn.to/48AHZ3K
• Double sided tape
• Liquid glue
• hot glue
• Stamp edge scissors
• Deckle tearing ruler: https://amzn.to/48hErVb
• Gold gilding paste: https://amzn.to/49TSKAy
• Metallic Markers https://amzn.to/3KzngFo
• Watercolor pencils: https://amzn.to/4pCE4Ko
• Watercolor brush pens: https://amzn.to/446SoCJ
• Wink of stella clear and gold glitter pens: https://amzn.to/4asndpn
• Stardust pen: https://amzn.to/3MjCvCP
• Washi sticker books: https://amzn.to/48hQKkj
• Washi postage https://amzn.to/44GXkyr
• Wax pick up tool: https://amzn.to/44O0X5E
• Teflon bone folder: https://amzn.to/4ixfOXU or single: https://amzn.to/3KecOTM

Don’t forget, my Hand-Painted Holiday class 50% off relaunch special is still going on. You can see all the projects, including the new projects for 2025 projects here. Til next time, happy crafting!

Sat Chat 11/29/25

Hi friends, Happy After Thanksgiving weekend! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. We got the porch mostly decorated for Christmas today, put away all the fall decorations inside, and cleaned the house to get ready to decorate for Christmas. We will enjoy a bit of sparse, minimalist design for a few days, tho. I’ll catch you up on everything else in Sat Chat!

Stuff I mentioned:

• I just added 3 new projects to Hand-Painted Holiday! If you bought this class in the past, you can log in and find the new projects in your account. If you would like to enroll, you can save 50% with this link *Use coupon code HH2025 if the discount doesn’t appear automatically
• New projects up in Critique Club
• YouTube Projects I mentioned:
• Circle grid mixed media page
• Wet Winsheild at night gouache painting timelapse
• Pastel vineyard timelapse
• Artist Gift Guide
• December Calendar: Tomorrow!
• Cardmaking Craftalong: Next Wednesday
• I posted my Black Friday and craft sale finds here
• Here is my Amazon Black Friday/Cyber Monday art supply list (affiliate link)

That’s all for today, Happy crafting!

Waterdrops And Glowing Lights in Gouache (and Black Friday Art Supply Deals)

Hi friends! I have a really fun project to share with you today!

When I saw the reference photo from the #liquidpaintchallenge this week, I knew I had to paint it. It was easier than I thought! You can find a real-time tutorial of this painting up now in Critique Club, along with over 150 other real-time tutorials in a variety of art media, all for $7,50 a month!

Supplies (affiliate links used)

• Utchrect Gouache mixing set of 8
• Black mixed media paper
• Taklon brushes
• *I couldn’t find the foam dot tools I used but I think this would work well or a not-to-fuzzy Q-tip or a new pencil eraser
• Bubble ceramic palette

Black Friday Art & Craft Supply Deals

I have been posting deals I found over on the community tab on YouTube this week, but here are the storewide sales I have found today. There were some decent deals but nothing I that I thought was extraordinary (except for the bundles at Scrapbook.com), so if there was something you were planning to buy, have a look, if not you can safely skip it, I think:)

• I have made a page for the best Black Friday Deals I have found on Amazon *I will update this list throughout the weekend when I see good deals.
• Blick has their Black Friday sale up, and they have a $10 e gift card free with orders over $100 with code WKD2025. They have free tubes of white M Graham with the purchase of 3 tubes of gouache, acrylic or oil paint, and their sale prices are pretty good! They still have the Prismacolor set of 150 for $90 too!
• If you are looking for deals on brand-name supplies like Schminke, check out Jackson’s Black Friday Sale
• Scrapbook.com has a FANTASTIC Black Friday sale here AND you get an additional 15% off with code: BLACKFRIDAY DEALS OF NOTE: Spectrum noir tri blend markers with storage racks $89 (regular $265) And another bundle for $59 (regular $205) Sizzix Big Shot bundle for $99 (regular $230) AND you get an extra 15% off these sale prices! There are also lots of cute crafting storage items on sale, it’s worth a look!
• Important info on Color Cubes! The Color Cubes are not going to be discounted, but they have sold out of volumes 1 and 4 singles in several countries, and stock is low on the bundles, so if you want to purchase one of the Color Cube sets for Christmas delivery, I would do it now, as restocks will arrive after Christmas. Sarah Renea Clark has the Swatch Dex and Coloring Planner on Sale, tho! Please let me know if you have seen any epic art/craft deals that I missed!

Affiliate links used. Happy crafting!

Live Art Gift Guide & New Hand-Painted Holiday Projects!

Hi friends! First up, I want to let you know I added 3 new projects in Hand-Painted Holiday! If you bought the class in the past, you can log in and enjoy the new lessons! If you would like to enroll and get access to all Handpainted Holiday projects, you can for 50% off during this relaunch period. Simply click the discount link to see the other projects in the course and enroll at 50% off if you like what you see! I can’t wait to paint with you! *Use coupon code HH2025 if the discount doesn’t appear automatically.

Speaking of holidays, I will be doing my artist gift guide live this year! I thought it would be fun and useful to do this live because viewers can ask specific questions as we go through the recommendations, and I can offer specific recommendations to meet their needs. Since I have Jason in the studio for my live streams now, he can relay questions to me so I don’t have to miss a beat. I hope this is extra helpful in determining what to get the artist in your life this holiday season (even if the artist is you!) In order to ask questions in the live stream, you need to watch on the YouTube watch page at 12 pm Eastern time today and submit your questions in the chat. A replay will be available after the stream has ended.

Lindsay’s Official 2025 Artist Gift Guide Recommendations!

• Stocking stuffers: Fiskars lever craft knife https://amzn.to/4rkB3jz *add a box of refill blades: https://amzn.to/3XieIpk
• Flat Compass https://amzn.to/4ajUL90 Paint
• Puck https://amzn.to/4rqfmyW
• Masters brush cleaner or mini kit https://amzn.to/49ESGEt
• Clear Gesso: https://amzn.to/4pqQO6U
• The Portable Painter watercolor palette: https://amzn.to/48jdRJS (with expansion pans) *You can also get the pans or palette separately. Blick, palette only: https://tidd.ly/4irUmUm Jumbo clips: https://amzn.to/3XjFptu
• Watercolor Lightwish wood boxes (with paint) https://amzn.to/4okPnGa
• Lightwish wood boxes (empty with tripod mount) https://amzn.to/4822S91
• Fuumuui wood palettes https://amzn.to/48iL3kP
• Fuumuui dual ended brushes https://amzn.to/48jda3t watercolor block: https://amzn.to/4oNssEJ
• Ceramic Bubble palette https://amzn.to/482l2HG
• Funto bag kit https://amzn.to/43PhJkD
• Lyra watercolor crayons https://amzn.to/44qJ1xJ
• Viviva Colors travel folio sketchbook kit: https://amzn.to/44qJ1xJ *They have a coloring “meditation” version too, which is fun! https://vivivacolors.com/collections/viviva-travel-paint-kits?sca_ref=2493003.BlZADayESe
• Mini palettes from Alchmest X’s Journey Save 15% off your entire order at Alchemist X’s Journey through December 5th with the coupon code 15LINDSAY2025 *One coupon per customer, good for 15% off entire order at https://alchemistxjourney.com/
• Yasutomo ceramic pan Japanese watercolor set or singles: https://tidd.ly/4acE92X
• Gouache:
• Utrecht Artist’s gouache mixing set of 8 (or any single tubes) https://tidd.ly/3XQMxhi
• Alcohol markers:
• Meicolor grey set (the best grey set and budget-friendly) The 12, 20 or 30 sets are all good choices! https://amzn.to/4og2JmY
• *Ohuhu alcohol markers and marker pads are also great options: https://amzn.to/4afoEaB
• Colored pencils:
• Derwent Drawing set of 72 Blick: https://tidd.ly/4mRBoXF BF
• Sale Prismacolor set of 150 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3XhMx9S Blick: https://tidd.ly/4odUKaa
• Budget-wax/soft Woomer 72 https://amzn.to/4adGKd4
• Budget oil/hard: Ohuhu https://amzn.to/4pwavdp
• *Also the Artistic Eye (formerly Artisto) has wonderful watercolor and traditional colored pencils, I highly recommend! https://amzn.to/3LXT4nS
• Afmat sharpener https://amzn.to/4ak38RY
• Oils:
• R&F drawing oils https://tidd.ly/3JZwACm
• Phoenix water-soluble oil paint sticks https://amzn.to/4pCoQp3
• Invisible Glove barrier cream https://amzn.to/3Kpsqnl
• Big Tube of Titanium white https://amzn.to/3LXZK5j
• Acrylic:
• Himi acrylics: https://amzn.to/4riHmUU and Spray: https://amzn.to/49GGeEo *these have a matte finish and stay wet in the palette for ages. When you use up the paint, you can use the palette for a stay wet palette.
• A big tube of white paint: https://amzn.to/4osO7RC
• Pastels:
• Oil-Mungyo box set https://amzn.to/4omUmGv
• Pan Pastel expansion pack https://amzn.to/48vFjFD *All new colors this year to add to the previous 80, no duplicates. More selection on Pan Pastels on Blick: https://tidd.ly/3JVN26F
• Schimke white pastels box of 3 https://tidd.ly/48d4BHe (or assort wth other colors, you pay less when you buy 3 sticks, but they can be assorted)
• Kalour pastel pencils https://amzn.to/49Baroh
• Other:
• Color Cubes https://sarahrenaeclark.com/colorcube/?ref=98
• Mini messenger bag unisex “purse” https://amzn.to/4acSwUY
• Book: Artist’s Guide to Sketching by James Gurney: https://amzn.to/4pua2IG
• Sketchbook Floozy Universal Mini Template: https://collabs.shop/rhelay
• Sketchbook Floozy Universal Template: https://collabs.shop/wihyih
• My online art classes https://lindsayweirich.teachable.com/ *Check the “give a gift” box at checkout

Phew! That was quite a list! I tried to go for products that were well made, high quality, useful, and your artist would be unlikely to have already (or wouldn’t mind a spare.) I hope you find it useful, and I hope to see you soon, either at the livestream or in class! Happy crafting!

*Affiliate links used.

Let’s Make A House Mouse Christmas CArd!

Hi friends! I know my blogging has been sporadic, but I have been posting 4 videos a week still on YouTube, so if you want to catch up on what you missed, you can see all my recent videos here. I decided to share a Christmas card today because time is of the essence, and I am coloring with alcohol markers, and if you are doing any cards with marker coloring, you need even more time.

That said, I will not be making house mouse cards for my entire Christmas list, so if you get one, you are very special. In today’s video, I will share how I choose colors to use in a project and marker coloring techniques to get the best results. I am using Ohuhu markers. They are very popular and on sale for Black Friday now. They also recently changed their color number system to make it easier to understand, so if you have an older set, you can download conversion charts and printable number cap stickers that you can color and add to your set for the best results. Plus, a hand colored swatch will be better than any plastic color chip.

Supplies (Affiliate links used)

• Ohuhu Markers (I use colors from the 320 set)
• Ohuhu Marker pad
• Ohuhu dual ended fineliners
• White Gel pens
• Alcohol ink safe stamp pad or mini pads *you can get refills for either pad, so go with what fits your needs and budget. They won’t need reinking for a while for a casual user.
• Christmas scrapbook paper *I could not find the Christmas Goodies paper pad I have, but you can use what you like. Remember to match your marker choices to the paper you want to use. More selection here
• Bakers twine
• Double-sided tape
• House Mouse Christmas stamps

I will have a Christmas Card bonanza live stream next week, Wednesday, December 3rd, at noon Eastern time, so mark it on your calendar if you want to do some batch cards. I’ll have lots of other painting projects before then, too! I will try to get them posted here, but if you are tired of waiting, you can find them earlier on YouTube. Happy crafting!

Christmas Ornament Painting Party Today at 12pm ET!

Hi friends! Join Jason and me live at noon Eastern Time today as we play with acrylic markers and make Christmas ornaments! You can learn about the various types of paint markers available today. This isn’t a sponsored video; you can ask about any brand, and if I have used it, I will give you the details or a demo if I have it on hand.

You can watch the livestream or the replay in the video player below, but if you want to chat live, be sure to tune in at 12pm today over on YouTube!

I will be painting on some leftover Arteza wood slices; they are the only brand I have used and are smooth and ready to paint on. Mini canvases would be cute too! Feel free to join even if Christmas isn’t your thing, because the tools and techniques can be used on other surfaces for any subject. I hope to see you on YouTube at 12 pm Eastern time today for a fun and festive livestream!

Happy Crafting!

Fun, Quick, Mini Landscapes!

Hi friends! I am still getting back in the swing of things around here, and I have been struggling with energy and motivation, so I decided to make some mini landscapes.

I came up with this project months ago after purchasing some small frame embossing folders, but I lost steam on it. Then I found the supplies for it when I was cleaning the other day, so I thought it would be fun to do during this week’s livestream. To make things simple, I used reference photos from the Color Cube, and I just found out that all the images are ok to use as references. Sarah Renea Clark got permission for the food ones in the first editions, too, so they are all good to use! Yay!

Grab your supplies and paint along with the video below, or use it as a jumping-off point for your own mini masterpieces!

Supplies (Affiliate links used)

• Watercolor paper *This project is great to use up small sheets or scraps
• The Color Cube
• masking tape
• watercolor brushes
• watercolor paint (phoenix twist palette)
• *I used some frame embossing folders as a base to paint in, they are not essential, you could hand-draw or stamp frames too.
• Buutiger white gel pens
• soft scrubber brushes

There are many options for references for this project you could use:

• Your own reference photos
• A photo reference book like this one: https://amzn.to/47S7tJo *check used copies for the best deal.
• Websites like mapcrunch: https://www.mapcrunch.com/
• Calendars, magazines, other websites

I hope you found this inspiring and til next time happy crafting!

Autumn Watercolor Landscape

Hi friends! It’s November, and if you are doing the watercolor calendar project, here is the latest offering! You can paint along in a sketchbook if you want as well.

Supplies (affiliate links used)

• Meilaing/Pretty Excellent watercolor (comes with the waterbrush we are using)
• Sepia fineliners
• Watercolor greeting cards
• White charcoal/pastel pencil
• Flat compass (optional)
• Other: Pencil eraser transfer paper (if using patterns) paper towel Heat tool/hair dryer
• Reference photo

The launch month special on my class Line & Wash Fall Favorites is over, but it is always open for enrollment if you want to join. Happy crafting!

Were Back From Italy, Let’s Paint!

Hi friends! Today I did a live painting lesson on YouTube. We painted this door knocker from a photo I took in Florence.

You can watch the replay in the player below. Be sure to sign up for my Substack newsletter if you don’t want to miss a notification of a future livestream.

Supplies: (affiliate links used)

• A Gallo Watercolors *Handmade watercolors from Italy, a gift from Vilma, who came to the retreat!
• Rosa Watercolor
• Watercolor sketchbook made with Arches paper
• Watercolor brushes
• Derwent Drawing pencil in Chinese White
• Mentioned: Color Cube
• The reference photo is on my YouTube community tab

I had so much fun during my trip to Italy! Meeting fellow artists, painting, seeing the sights, and enjoying local food and wine were amazing! If you want to join me for my next retreat in Greece next May you can sign up here.

Happy crafting!