July Giveaway - An Altered Book Kit from Judi Stack

Judi Stack enjoys making altered books and put together an altered book kit for our July giveaway. Two large books with cutouts and one smaller board book await your creative energy and imagination to transform them into beautiful books with your own flair.

A how-to book entitled Altered Books 101 along with two Altered Arts magazines offer lots of inspiration.

The kit comes with brushes, sponges, glue spreaders and some of her favorite tools to paint and texture book pages;

a bag of ephemera, decorative papers and a a cutting shape guide. Leave a comment on this blog post to win this fun altered book kit. Good luck!

April Giveaway - A Laurie Weiss Wine Journal

This soft leather-covered wine journal has a place to record not only winery and wine information, but tasting and food notes and purchase information for 108 wines. It has pockets for preprinted winemaker notes or bottle labels, or any other information you want to tuck in them. It tucks in a pocket or purse so is the perfect size to take with you wine tasting.


Check out Laurie's Black Dog Studio website Here for more of her beautiful journals. Comment on this post to enter your name in the hat to win this popular wine journal. Good luck!

February Giveaway By Stephanie Brockway

It's a fun coincidence that I have the pleasure of offering this months giveaway for PAC! I hand carved some flaming hearts for Guardino Galleries, Heart Show. The above one is about 4 inches and is wired, ready to hang on a wall. The "XO" is burned into the wood heart, a sweet message, for someone special or Yourself!

Here is the Gallery showcard, you can see one of my bigger hearts in the lower left hand corner. Or visit the Gallery website here

Part of the process involves shaping the hearts with my carving tools, after cutting out the heart shapes .

Here is a grouping of the different colors and messages. All you have to do is leave a message, and a random drawing is done at the end of the month. I'll mail it right to you!

Here is a wood figurine I just finished carving for an upcoming show, I'll be doing a whole puppet theatre...if you like you can take a peek or keep tabs on my progress. The opening details will be at the end of April, HERE

Thanks for Visiting.

January Giveaway from Cynthia Mooney

January's Portland Art Collective giveaway is a fabric journal made by Cynthia Mooney. The cover ties together and is held by a red button.

Scraps of colorful fabrics are sewn together in quilt-fashion with additional fabric appliques. All are free-motion stitched in place.

The inside cover is just as pretty with Lenox printer's paper signatures. The giveaway includes one of her mini-palettes full of watercolor paints.

Those interested in keeping a journal may want to take one of Cynthia's journal making classes. She also teaches journaling techniques. You can see more of her work on her blog Here. To win this beautiful journal, comment on this post. Winners will be notified the end of January.

October Giveaway from Tory Brokenshire

Each month a Portland Art Collective member gives away a piece of their art, so this month I would like to give away one of my chandelier glass journals. The glass journals are made to stand on a desk or table, they are filled with 80lb water color paper just perfect for a small sketch and a bit of paint. These little gems measure 8"x 2" and sparkle in almost any light.
Please leave a comment to enter your name in the giveaway. A member of our PAC group will post the winner the 1st of Nov. We will also need to identify you so please leave a name, when you win you will see your name and then you can email me with you mailing information. Good Luck!!!

P.S. if you do not know how to leave a comment there are instructions on the right side bar.

September Giveaway by Z'anne Bakke

The Archeologist's FindTurquoise Nuggets, Copper and Coral Beads

For my birthday this month, I decided that I would give the presents. This necklace was created from my stash of turquoise nuggets. In the same drawer was a small package of coral beads. They looked so good together, but needed something else to highlight each piece. I tried pearls, I tried gold, I tried silver, none would work that day. I put everything down, walked away and came back about an hour later to see a small copper bead resting under the package of coral. Well, of course! Out came the copper beads and this necklace fell into place. Isn't it great when that happens?

To enter to win this serendipitous necklace, just post a comment here and at the end of the month we will draw a name from all those commenting. Good Luck to all of you!

To read a little more about this necklace, visit my blog at Z'annes Bazaar

August Giveaway by Dayna Collins

The August Giveaway is a Paper Remnant Journal created and donated by Dayna Collins of Alley Art Studio. Dayna created this journal using found papers and ephemera. You can read more about the creation of these journals by clicking here. The journals hold a whopping 50 pages and are designed so you can write on the pages, glue in photographs, add more pages, or insert your own ephemera into the pockets and envelopes.This is the journal being given away:




In case you would like a better idea of how this journal can be used, here are a few photos of what I did with mine during a three-week stay at the Portland Waterfront (that's the front of my completed journal at the top of this post).




Dayna is a lover of bright, vibrant colors, especially orange, red, and turquoise. She loves texture, whimsy, and making a mess. She is a self-taught artist who delights in taking art classes throughout the Northwest. She is willing to try almost anything, but her favorite mediums are mixed media and assemblage and her favorite tool is using her hands. Dayna facilitates expressive arts workshops in Salem and Portland and for the past few years has successfully guided women through 12-week creative recovery sessions using The Artist’s Way. When not making art, she is a certified drug and alcohol counselor and presents workshops on wellness and communication.

Portland Art Collective members are not eligible for this giveaway, but everyone else who leaves a comment on this post is eligible to win this journal. The lucky winner will be chosen around September 1st. Please be sure and leave your contact information with your comment so we can get in touch with you. Good luck!

May Portland Art Collective Giveaway

Here's our May Portland Art Collective giveaway donated by Paula McNamee. Please comment on this blog post to win a crochet-wire, beaded necklace. The necklace measures 16 inches, made of 28 gauge wire, a variety glass beads and Dupioni silk ribbon.
Close up of beads and wire clasp.
To win, post a comment on this post and the winner will be announced the end of May. Thanks for participating and look forward to our monthly giveaways.