I read this through *twice* and spent the day doing all of the suggested things the second time; that’s how much I loved this book. So many creative prompts and ideas for your creative practice. Although this book is about creating art to share, it’s full of mixed media techniques for you to try. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys making things, even if you’re a beginner.

Thank you to NetGalley and to Walter Foster Publishing for this ARC.

Loved this book as it is very close to the art I make! Lovely clear photographs and great tips throughout this book.
Would buy this in hard copy to add to my mounting number of craft books.
Well done to the author!
Many thanx to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for allowing me to read and review this lovely book

What a beautiful little art book! I love the ideas for making mini art to pass onto others to spread joy. This great book has plenty of inspiration to get someone who may not necessarily be artistically inclined with simple ideas and suggestions. Beautiful, colorful, and creative photos and easy to follow instructions. Love it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I love the idea of shareable art! I thought it has some fun ideas for paper crafts, definitely ideas for beginners or for people who have a hard time coming up with creative ideas on their own.

I love this book!!! I will definitely use some of the ideas in my studio and the pictures of the art are really inspiring.

These projects are not just fun, but very simple!

Going over the pages and projects I couldn't help but smile. They made me happy! I look forward to trying out these new techniques in my own mixed-media journal.

The colourful cover and a love of crafting drew me to this book. I make a lot of homemade birthday cards and was hoping for some new ideas and techniques. The step-by-step guides are easy to follow with clear photos for each step. There are 8 different Art Paper instructions and 9 Shareable Projects to follow, so while not a huge amount, they can be adapted and are sure to inspire creativity.

Thank you Netgalley, Quarto publishing and Sarah J. Gardner for this ARC.

Share Your Joy : Mixed media shareable art is a practical guide to discovering your creativity using mixed media and then sending your art out into the world to share with other people. The main focus is making a variety of postcards and notecards in creative and personal ways that you can then send on to friends, family and strangers. The book is bursting with colour and inspiration and would be a bit of fun for anyone to have a go at.

This is such a fun book. She offers all kinds of creative ways to make gorgeous crafting papers and then lots of ways to use them. My daughter would love some of these. I wish there were more projects that aren’t just paper items like postcards and ATCs but I can come up with my own new ways to use them. This is a book I think my daughter would love and it inspired me to want to do all kinds of creative art.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a cute book! It's fairly short and has some instructions on making some mixed media art. There's a lot of focus on making cards including postcards and experimenting with different kinds of media. It seems like the kind of book that's about inspiring creative ideas with a few paper-based examples.

Share Your Joy: Mixed Media Shareable Art is a lovely reference work for those interested in finding a new way to explore their creativity and share their creations with others. The book covers different supplies that can be utilised in the creative process before moving on to sample projects such as handmade postcards and note cards, with a particular focus on small items that could be shared with pen pals in letters. Various different techniques are explored, so there should be an option to suit everyone. Highly recommended if you are looking for a new creative pursuit that can be done on a small scale. This book will be of particular interest to those with busy lives who don't have the time to commit to larger-scale artistic works. I am giving it four stars.

So, I probably should have read a bit more into what this book was about, because I'm not so much about paper crafts like this. But I did read it and go through all of the instructions. I liked a lot of what Gardner presented from the description of the things she uses in the art she creates to the detailed instructions for various projects. I found that the book gave enough information for someone who is just starting out to be able to take up paper paint crafts but also offered some inspiration to someone who may have worked in this space before. My favourites were the woven paper and the drawings where she combined ink outlines with more abstract paint elements to create a repeating pattern with a background.

While I may not try these crafts myself, I can appreciate that this is a good how to and inspiration source.