Contents:

For Keeps--Journals

One Way to Do it--Paper Art  Tutorials

Tips & Trends--More of a process focus than project instructions

Entertaining Reading--essays, creative writing

Norma Anne Chattin, The Artful Tourist
                             Make something of it
Articles & Tutorials
Creative Reading
Paper Art Doll 2003
This page was last updated: June 27, 2011
Norma Anne is the humble princess of her own domain. Many thanks to all who help and apologies for my mistakes. All artwork and articles copyright Norma Anne Chattin 2000-present. Please do not reproduce with permission.  Contact Norma Anne at NAChattin@NAChattin.com

Entertaining Reading
Tips, Trends & Ideas
One Way to Do It
Flash Cards! Quick Color Swipes with Chalks--Break out those chalks and dust some quick and beautiful color onto your designs.

Say it all with Paper--How it's possible and fun to create projects without using printed designer paper

Flower Binge!--Photos, tutorial and tons of links for more resources

Corner Bookmarks--Fun project for gifts, cards, and scrapbooks

Flash Cards! Double Sided Paper Technique--Video and written tutorial. Use double sided paper to cut your card making time in half.

Inspiration from Others--The two-score front fold card--An easy and fun way to mix up your card making designs without having to spend hours in the process.

Flash Cards! More Die Cut Strippers-- A fresh approach to the die cut stripper technique using a Valentine theme

Wooden Wizard or Santa Necklaces- Online article published January 2010 about making wooden pendants from scraps of lumber using decorative painting techniques. EASY! Hint: Click on printable version to see a clearer view of article.

Photo Ornament from Floppy Diskette WITH VIDEO- additional photos, ideas, and notes on this project from TV Lesson.com

Flash Cards Series--"Unique Color Options for Collage Stamps" Use one collage-style stamp with a variety of techniques to make at least 8 greeting cards in less than one hour.

Flash Cards Series-"Trick or Tweet--ready, SET, go" Use a coordinating stamp set with simple layout designs to make at least 8 cards in less than one hour.

Flash Card Series-"Collage Cut up" The beauty of stamping on print papers, cutting, and reassembling images to make some great cards in a flash.

Hybrid Digital Calendars--Try one any time of year

Journals- Make them, keep them, give them away

Customized Chip Cans--Easy gifts for grins

Poppin' Good Gifts to Make-Two fun ways to wrap up some fun popcorn gifts

Die Cut Strippers -The most fun you can have with paper. A quick and enjoyable way to create multiple cards with minimal supplies.

Buckle Card- This page is mostly pictures with links to a fabulous tutorial on Split Coast Stampers that inspired my cards.

Photo Greeting Cards--Companion page for Suite 101 article and online class

Digital Paper Crafting with PhotoShop Elements--a series of tutorials into digital art

Flash Cards! Obsession Valentines 2004--Use premade tags and one "theme stamp" throughout a card set.

Tea Bag Enclosures for Cards--An Artful Tourist Design as seen in Stampington Magazine's Tempting Template 2005

Color First-Stamp Second -Fool proof art cards with collage stamps and direct to paper techniques.

Stickers and Rub-Ons-Companion piece to article in Suite 101.

Journal Your Way to Creativity--Make a journal for yourself to honor your thoughts and expressions.

Using Pigment Powders--Those little one ounce jars of shimmery pigment powder can add a big impact to your paper art










A Tribute to my Art in the Trailer Park Studio:  My fifth room dedicated to creativity

What's in a Name-How the Artful Tourist came to life

Mom with a Mission-A tribute to my mother's love in motion

VerChat Wedding-Follow the progress of our nuptial adventures
Anna Griffin Card Kits--Never say never--I did not expect to fall in love with a card making kit, but this one has me entranced.

Destination Heartfelt Art: Join me for a journey into my creative soul

    02.11 See the New Studio--By summer 2010 I had sold off over 50% of my "stuff" and installed new organization and decor i       into the studio. I loved working in it so much the new video tour was delayed. Now you can see that it's been this way for            months.

    02.09 Studio Overhaul-- The impetus for this journey and a glimpse into my current studio

    03.09 Mail Art My Way- Sending artsy moments to my loved ones.

    03.18.09 Stick Figures Return- New contributions to the Stick Figure Series as a result of the Destination Heartfelt Art

   04.20.09 Journal Your Way--Create your own journal and live a noteworthy life.


How Writers and Artists can use Journals to Develop Creativity-  Top rated article at Helium.com covers how a journal can spark other projects and more

Renew This Book! -A video tutorial series
Part 1--Selecting Your Canvas
Part 2--Cut, Color, & Paste Jump Start Plan
Part 3--More Cutting Coloring and pasting
Part 4-Honoring the Process
Part 5-Continuing Maintenance

Corner Marks the Journal--A simple tutorial to create markers for your most inspirational journal pages.

Journals- All the write stuff--Make them, keep them, give them away

Start a Journal NOW- tips to get yourself to the page right away

Journaling Writing Prompts--Article on Helium.com

Gentlefolk, Start Your Journals--Post on Artful Tourist Blog

For Keeps--Your Very Own Journal--Published at AuthSpot.com


For Keeps--the journal series