July 30th, 2008
Peter is an extremely generous man. Despite his world reknown in the bookbinding world, he has decided to film a video series and make it available on his website, Atelier fur Papierdesign.
Navigating is a little tricky if you don’t know German, but Peter’s pictures and illustrations are so clear that you don’t have to […]
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July 29th, 2008
Since we been talk off and on about organization around here, I thought I should make you aware of an online freebie you can print out for yourself You’re going to love these, and you’re probably going to get addicted to them! Take one ordinary sheet of paper, visit the PocketMod website, select […]
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July 22nd, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
Bear Lake Trail
There are only a few steps used in making a surreal landscape like this, but that doesn’t mean that it’s fast and easy! I spent more time on this piece than on many that have far more steps. Take you time and play around…it’ll be worth it!
Open your original image […]
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July 17th, 2008
Art Attack Thursday!
For a plethora of projects, all the resources and all the steps detailed, visit Mel Stampz! Mel describes herself as “totally shamelessly addicted to stamping and my favourite way to share that is blogging. I love reading about stamping on the blogs of the many talented people who share. I wanted to be […]
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July 15th, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
The Owl and the Pussycat
Acrylic paints, a black fine-tipped marker, and clean sandals are all you need!
Choose your colors of acrylic paint: a main background color and a couple of accent colors.
Using a sponge or foam brush, paint all the leather surfaces of the straps with your main color. Mine was turquoise. […]
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July 8th, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
Here’s the image that I started with for this piece:
It wasn’t high resolution or anything: just a pretty picture. I used Golden’s Digital Ground White, and stroked it onto a piece of waxed paper, adding a few layers until the piece was covered where I planned to print. The image printed out […]
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July 1st, 2008
Technique Tuesday!
Perhaps you feel that there is no need for instruction in mixed media. It’s something that just comes naturally to you. Or on the other hand, maybe you’re just beginning to explore assemblage, altered books and other constructions, and you need a gentle nudge to get you going.
Whether you are a beginner or a […]
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June 26th, 2008
Art Attack Thursday!Â
How sweet is this? And the pattern is free from the Berroco site! In fact, there are quite a number of free patterns available there which you might want to look at. And their yarn is just beautiful. Enjoy your visit :-)
Tags: fiber-arts, knitting, Wearable Art
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June 24th, 2008
If you collect ribbon, pretty soon you know you’ve got a snarly mess, either in a plastic bin, a dozen zip-lock bags, etc. Here’s a really clever idea for keeping them all straight…JM Day shows us how!
Tags: art-storage, tutorials
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June 24th, 2008
Joanna has offered a wonderful tutorial, complete with lots of photos for us visual types, on making paper from your scraps. Not table scraps, silly! Paper scraps that come in the mail everyday. Crafty Daisies has posted the tutorial. Love that blog! Joanna’s website is The Harding Street Assembly Lab. Great name!
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