• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Sandy Allnock

Fearfully, wonderfully made! —Ps 139:14

  • Crafty Blog
  • Fine Art Gallery
  • Classes & Learning
    • Online Classes
    • Upcoming Online Events
    • Color Charts
    • Fb Live
  • About
    • The artist
    • Fave supplies
    • My Book
  • Tons of Inspiration
  • Social Media
    • crafty IG
    • Fine Art IG
    • Facebook
    • Crowdcast live
    • Crafty YT
    • Bible journaling YT
    • Pinterest
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • FAQ

Create every day!

I’m an artist, crafter, instructor, author, Bible journaler, plein air painter….if I can add color to it, I do!

My vision

I love to use my God-given gifts to encourage others to find their own artistic gifting, whatever that might be. I truly believe Psalm 139:14 is true of each of us: I am fearfully and wonderfully made; we have been endowed with gifts that are worth sharing! I create to help others to step out and try something new!

I believe everyone is naturally creative.I believe that life is an adventure filled with untapped creativity.I believe that art has the power to transform the world.  I believe that we have a responsibility impact our world for good wherever we can.

My vision is to see a new renaissance unleashed around the globe. Whatever part I can play in realizing that – I’m all in!

My Creative Journey

I’ve been papercrafting since the early 1990s, though my life has been full of creativity since I was a small child. My dream as a young girl was to become an art teacher, as I admired those who had encouraged me.

I attended Frostburg State University, but not in art education as I had planned; this was in the time period when art funding was drastically cut from schools, and my advisor suggested I study graphic design. “Eating is a good thing!” After graduation with a BA degree, I led a long career as a marketing graphic designer and illustrator at agencies and organizations in New York City, San Francisco, Montana, and Washington State.

Papercrafting became a major part of my life in the late 1990s in church ministries and charitable works. I discovered cardmaking, coloring with Copics and pencils, and all my free time was taken up by them! I started blogging finally in 2007 — and haven’t stopped.

My activities eventually led to the start of a wildly successful charity, Operation Write Home. Founded in 2007, I nurtured it into a million-dollar charity – on a shoestring budget, using social media alone. My gifts as a technically savvy content creator and volunteer organizer served the organization well until it closed due to reduced need for our services.

A life in art

In 2013 I left the 9 to 5 world and began making an earnest effort at pursuing a life of art.

My passion to grow in my own skills and share my passion with others led me to increased teaching on my YouTube channel, with tutorials on a growing array of coloring mediums and products. The desire to teach more deeply than is possible on YouTube, I began to create classes at a variety of different levels and in different mediums, and in 2017 opened Art-Classes.com to host them in one big beautiful creative space online.

In the same timeframe, I was approached about writing a book on Bible Journaling, which was quite the adventure! It’s leading to many more opportunities to reach more people – especially those who have never thought of themselves as creative. I become wildly excited at the idea of turning new people on to creating art from their heart! I am honored to share my knowledge and encourage others to step out and become the artists they were meant to be!

As my little business as an artist has grown exponentially, I realized that my childhood dreams are coming true: I have become an art teacher!

My Experience

The ol’ crafty resume…

  • Instructor: Art-Classes.com
  • Content Creation: Ellen Hutson, Hero Arts, Purple Onion Designs, May Arts, My Favorite Things
  • Product Design: Hero Arts, Whimsy Stamps, Stampers Best, Simon Says Stamp.
  • Design Teams:  Ellen Hutson, My Favorite Things, May Arts, Eat Cake Graphics, Oozak, MelJens Designs.
  • Publications: Cardmaker Magazine, Papercrafts Magazine, HubSpot
  • Teaching Online: Art-Classes.com, Imagination International/Copic. Online Card Classes.
  • Teaching In-Person: Absolutely Everything, Impress Cards and Crafts, Queens Ink, Angela’s Happy Stamper, Scrampers, Art n Soul, Hero Arts, Simon Says Create.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)

Footer

Recent Posts

  • Make a bunny scene easel card
  • Pen and Ink Inspiration
  • Wintry Stamped Watercolor
  • Copic Bouquets: An alternate take!
  • Human Rainbow Inspiration

Categories

Bible Journaling
Colored Pencils
Copic Beginner
Copic Intermediate
Copic Advanced
Human Rainbow
Interactive Cards
Watercolor
Watercolor Pens & Pencils
Watercolor Powders

Archives

© 2021 · Sandy Allnock

  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Patreon
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok