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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for December 2006

December 20th, 2006

Painting practice pages

I think by now, most people are familiar with the fun site that allows you to pretend that you’re Jackson Pollock. If you haven’t tried it, take a minute and check it out now. Really! I’ll wait for you :-)
It’s fun, huh? But guess what? The fun is just beginning. There are more sites out […]

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December 19th, 2006

Do you have a few extra minutes?

Probably not, but just in case you do, Carolina of NeoVamp Jewelry has shared a remarkably simple way to make jewelry boxes that are really cute!

The pattern is really easy, and you could easily whip off a few of these while you’re waiting for the cookies to bake, finishing your Christmas cards, finding the lost […]

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December 19th, 2006

Paper towel transfers…more background papers

You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too many background papers lying around waiting for inspiration! Here’s another fun and easy technique…but again, be forewarned that it can be addictive.

Put down a piece of freezer paper to protect your work surface…this is a very juicy technique!
Dip thick paper towels into several bright […]

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December 19th, 2006

Frottage background papers

Technique Tuesday!

I used this method of making multi-textured background papers in last week’s Make Art Monday project. Although the background paper is flat, it seems so dimensional. Here’s how to achieve this effect!

Using very thin paper, make rubbings of interestingly textured objects. Try rubbing with wax candles (white) to make reverse rubbings, using the wax […]

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December 18th, 2006

Shopping trolley art

Since shopping carts (or trolleys, as they’re called in England) are everywhere in our view at this time of the year, I thought you might be interested in what some people have ended up doing with them.  No, not because they’re angry with the poor carts, but because someone else was irresponsible!
RiverCare volunteers, in England, […]

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December 18th, 2006

Daylight Fades

Make Art Monday

After giving a piece of handmade paper a batik treatment, I scanned it so that it could be used in my digital work. The two main images in this piece, “Daylight Fades”, are fragments from pictures that I took while vacationing in western New York. I’ve used both the rusted-out truck and the […]

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December 16th, 2006

A wonderful Christmas gift

Kate, over at Babylune, is planning on buying a wonderful Christmas gift from World Vision for people in the developing world. The exact purchase will depend upon visitors…so click on over there and visit her!

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December 15th, 2006

Creativity. We could all use more!

I’m sure you’ve had the experience before where you keep running into the same idea or meme over and over within a very short period of time. It happened to me recently, and what really struck me as funny about it was that the sources were so totally different from each other, even though they […]

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December 15th, 2006

Hanukkah begins at sundown

A blessed festival of lights to all who celebrate it. Peace and goodwill to all those who don’t!

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December 15th, 2006

Three more days!

My Day Friday
Nate will be home from Guatemala in just three more days. We’re looking forward to a good long visit and to getting some new pictures!

Here’s the view around the orphanage

Nate’s job is to teach, no matter what the topic!

Tags: Guatemala

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