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Layers Upon Layers: Mixed Media Art

Archive for December 2007

December 14th, 2007

The best sign in the world!

A friend sent me this in an email. I’ve got nothing to add!

By Cyndi -- 3 comments

December 14th, 2007

A mad scientist’s toothbrush caddy

I’ll bet you didn’t even know that you needed one of these until you saw them, did you? Think of all the possibilities of what you could pour into the bottoms of the tubes.
The instructions are found at Instructables, thanks to deciduous soul.

Tags: Assemblage, Mixed Media, tutorials

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Artist Profile: Nicole Natri

Halloweenhead, 2007
Artist: Nicole Natri
Location: Linköping, Sweden
Blogs:
Nicole Natri Art Nicole’s collage portfolio
Nicole Natri Nicole’s personal blog
Nicole, how do you describe your work?
It’s a process of dissecting our collective history as much as my own personal one. Since I’ve chosen to work only with antique and semi-antique material in my collages, I think the […]

By Cyndi -- 2 comments

December 13th, 2007

How to make solid perfume

Rapiertwit at Instructables has offered an easy recipe for making solid perfume. I have many many cute little containers sitting around waiting for that special project…remember our motto here? never throw anything out?…so I’m all set to get cooking!
Tags: perfume, tutorials

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2007

Call for entries: Belle Armoire Jewelry

Belle Armoire Jewelry, published by Stampington, is now a quarterly magazine. The deadline for submissions for the next issue is January 15, 2008. From the website: If you’d like to share your inspiration and detailed how-to instruction for creating beautiful jewelry with readers, we want to hear from you. Belle Armoire Jewelry covers a […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 12th, 2007

No sewing? No problem!

Learn how to make these faux-quilted ornaments! That’s right, no sewing needed!

You’ll find the easy-peasy directions for Quilt Ball Ornaments at Make Stuff. Now why didn’t I think of this? LOL!!
Tags: Christmas-tree-decorations, Fabric & Fiber, ornaments, quilts, tutorials

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 12th, 2007

Man Made Card

Here’s a great video with a stamping project for men. Just click the link!  This post is dedicated to the very special man in my life: it’s his birthday today, and he would actually do something like this!
Tags: paper arts, stamping, tutorial

By Cyndi -- 3 comments

December 11th, 2007

Creating your own “old” map

Maybe you’d like to do the decorating project from yesterday, but would like to use an antique map. But maybe you don’t have an antique map. Read on…
There are many ways to fake the look of old ephemera for collage, altered books, and mixed media work. Now Luv2help on the TechEBlog has […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments

December 10th, 2007

The Twelve Days of Christmas ornament

Rings & Things is offering a pdf tutorial on making an adorable ornament for your tree or wreath, featuring charms for the Twelve Days of Christmas. If you don’t have time to make this before Christmas gets here, don’t dismay…I think that the Twelve Days of Christmas actually come after the holiday, don’t they? […]

By Cyndi -- 7 comments

December 10th, 2007

Using maps in all of your decorating…

Probably better than using antlers in all of your decorating (sorry, Beauty and the Beast is on my mind recently!).
Actually, I really love the way these older maps look on tables, bowls, and more. Great gift idea for the book or map lover on your list!

Marajane01 gives us the lowdown on how she made […]

By Cyndi -- 0 comments