May 13th, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
These simple collages make excellent backgrounds for either more physical collage work or for digital work on a scanned copy.
Materials & Tools:
Large sheet of heavy watercolor paper
Selection of colored and decorative papers, stock paper weight
Matte medium
Foam brush
Waxed paper
Exacto knife
Clear plastic measure
Cutting board
Tear stock papers into uneven strips and arrange in an overlapped pattern.
When the […]
By Cyndi -- 4 comments
May 8th, 2008
Art Attack Thursday!
What a great DIY project! If you’ve got exposed beams in your house, how about putting the space to good use and building in some bookshelves? Thanks to Apartment Therapy (more specifically, thanks to Dad!) for coming up with and sharing this great idea. Apartment Therapy’s tagline is “Saving the world, one […]
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May 6th, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
You’re not going to believe how easy it is to do this surface treatment. I’ve asked people to try to figure out what the material is without letting them feel the backside of it, and they always guess leather! Like I said yesterday, it looks a lot more like leather in real life […]
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April 29th, 2008
Check out this cute video tutorial! Judy teaches us how to make a very simple style of journal, using two 4×6 inch photos as the covers. I’m sure you could substitute other sizes of photos if you’d like. This is a real quick and easy gift idea, and also a great way to use some […]
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April 28th, 2008
Make Art Monday!
Little Jenny C (aka LJC) has created a Kodak gallery slide show of the steps she takes to create the cutest teacup candles I’ve ever seen. Well, actually, they’re the only teacup candles I’ve ever seen! I’m making these for gifts next year :-)
Tags: candles, Mixed Media
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April 23rd, 2008
We’ve explored lots and lots of fun collage techniques here on Layers Upon Layers. I figured it was past time to compile some of the methods. This post doesn’t include all fo the techniques like image transfers and making background papers…those posts have been compiled elsewhere! You can always find an up-to-date list […]
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April 22nd, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
It took several days to make Now, Not Later. First, there were a couple of steps that needed time to dry overnight before moving on, and second, it just took me awhile to figure out what all I wanted to include in the assemblage. I tend to pull out all my possible materials that […]
By Cyndi -- 12 comments
April 16th, 2008
We’ve gone over a LOT of different methods for doing image transfers here on Layers Upon Layers, and I thought it might be handy to compile a list all in one place! You can always find an up-to-date list in the Pages section in the right-hand sidebar.
Polymer medium transfer film
Paper image transfers - plain and […]
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April 15th, 2008
Isn’t this a great idea? Thanks to Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, we’ll all be out cutting the seatbelts out of unlocked cars. Just kidding! You can get them from junkyards legally…
Even better, Lenore shows us how to make the swap. Sweet!
Tags: Fabric & Fiber, handbags, Mixed Media, tutorials, Wearable […]
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April 15th, 2008
The fabulous blog, Craft Tutorials, has provided a step-by-step tutorial on making contact prints. As many different types of image transfers as we’ve discussed here, this is one that I missed! It’s simple, and just plain brilliant! Thanks Donna :-)
Tags: Collage, Digital Art, image-transfer, Mixed Media, Photography, tutorial
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