52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
I am welcoming again, my friend and fellow creative mom, Julie Lancaster, to this writing space today (you can tell it's not me because of her first sentence
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
I know it can be hard to decide where to begin, so to make it easy on you, I've compiled a list of my top 10 free bookbinding tutorials.
I recently rediscovered the charm of little paper flexagons, known in the cardmaking world as never-ending or infinity cards. I find it fascinating to unfold each page, revealing the card maker’s vision beneath, until I magically end up back where I started. Infinity cards also make an ideal mixed-media substrate. I use them to make…
Take a page from an old book and have a go at found poetry. Add pretty doodles to make altered book art poems.
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Altered books are a popular paper craft. You recycle an old book with your art, ideas and inspiration. Get information, ideas and tips on altered books. Learn how to prep and create your own art in a one of a kind piece. Get everything you need to know and understand.
Unleash your inner ghoul this Halloween season and join us for a spine-tingling, craft-inspiring journey into the world of Halloween junk journaling! Whether you're a seasoned journaler or a newbie looking for a bewitching way to capture the magic of the season, this course is tailor-made for you.
easy altered vintage book
I recently started an altered book project that will serve as a journal of my recollected childhood memories. I’m going to show you how I prep my pages and I invite you to play along with me …
Well I've been busy creating lately and thought I would share a tutorial with you. This one shows you how to use newspaper on your layouts i...
Hello friends :) Happy New Year, lol! I can't believe that I haven't blogged in 6 months. Life has been busy I guess, right?! I recently had a lot of fun in the studio making little paper houses. I posted several photos on my Facebook page. The response has been great and I've had several requests for a tutorial, so I wanted to share that with you all. Here it is... Step 1: I took some mop up paper I had saved. It was basically a piece of paper I had taped down to my work space to protect it from paint, sprays, etc. Step 2: I cut out some basic house shapes, no measuring! Just wing it, more fun indeed. Step 3: I cut some windows and doors out of a contrasting color. This helps them to sort of pop forward from the house itself and adds some interest. Glue these down with a glue stick. Step 4: I used a water soluble journaling pen (Pilot G-2 07) to outline the house, roof, windows and door. Step 5: I took a water brush and brushed lightly over the lines I drew. This gave a darker definition and helps pop those doors and windows!! :) Step 6: I added doodles, dots and little design elements to unify colors and shapes. I also added some words and hearts. Don't forget to draw a door knob! Below are some pics of various houses I have made. Hope this has helped fuel your creative juices. Have fun making these, but be warned they are very addictive! :)
easy altered vintage book
I thought I'd document the process of making an altered book – my way! Below are photo's showing the process of making The Edge of the Wood altered book. The Edge of the Wood and Deer in the Forest…
Remember when I shared about all those gorgeous vintage patterns I found at the local Goodwill? Now I'm sharing tons of awesome craft ideas using vintage sewing patterns! I love the idea of re-using old patterns for new projects -- the graphics and illustrations are so gorgeous! As a word of caution, if you are planning to make copies of your pattern, check the copyright first. Many pattern envelopes and illustrations were copyrighted, and quite a few of the vintage patterns have had their copyrights renewed, so you will want to do your research before making copies. Here is an article about copyright law and crafting. MontclairMade on Etsy, has these adorable gift tags. So. Stinking. Cute. I love these pattern weights made from heavy washers and decoupaged paper from Pin and Paper. Use old patterns to organize your sewing space, like these from Cathe Holden, Just Something I Made. Use a pattern envelope to decorate a tote bag, like this one from georgiapeachez on Etsy. Have a lazer cutter? Make pins to give as gifts, like these from Red Revival. Image from Poppytalk. Use the tissue to wrap a gift! I also use the tissue inside gift bags and boxes. Heather Bullard Use the tissue patterns to cover a lampshade. BHG Use the illustrations in an art journal, like this one from Sandra Pearce. Use the patterns for wallpaper! Image from Meet Me at Mikes. You will want to check for copyright before doing this, but isn't this tote bag from the Tom Kat Studio darling? I'm so excited about all these fun ideas for using my vintage pattern haul! Which projects would you do? Help me decide! Click here to check out more of the amazing vintage patterns found at our local Goodwill! You might also like this post about making jewelry from fabric scraps. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to House Revivals in the sidebar, so you won't miss the fun projects we have planned. Find us on Facebook, too, so you can catch all the "in between" stuff, and see what I'm working on daily on Instagram. Feel free to link today's project to your favorite social media sites. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
How to Transfer Images onto Paper by Rebecca Parsons. Such a great Mixed Media technique, perfect to use in Art Journals or Junk Journals!
Turn Trashy Books into Treasured Items Before I share pictures and this post with you, I have a disclaimer. No literature was harmed in this project. All books that were altered were not only dumpster dive finds but were probably trash for the mind as well.....Not that they were THAT kind of trash, I go
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I LOVE experimenting with making my altered books and one of the things that fascinated me was how to make flip out pages for extra interest and storage. These tips and ideas will work for junk journals too! This walk through tutorial will show the materials and how to make the flips fast and easy.
Hello my dear friends :) Today it's gonna be a little special. Why ? I am gonna talk as usual about projects, videos etc but... I will also talk about you guys, yes YOU ! But before that... let me just share with you the yummy textures created in All about Texture video :) I had to capture those textured cards before I turn them into coloured art pages! Only now, when I look at them all together I see why you enjoyed this video so much. I do feel inspired already only by looking at them :) Finally I had a chance to make some individual photos :) I also added some titles for better explanation. It's like a library of the texture ideas :) In one video we created 20 different textures, I showed you all from start to finish. We used product packaging, recycled cardboard that everyone has at home. Those looks like big, fat tags :) At the end of the video I quickly finished one of the textured backgrunds and created this piece! After watching several of my videos wheter they were about texture or starting a page... you have shared a huge amount of projects with me! I would love to share those with you today. Take time and look at them closely! Stunning pieces! Thank you dear friends for watching my videos, for taking time to create and for sharing your makes on my Facebook and my Instagram. I am so grateful for each and everyone of you and so very proud! You shared plenty projects on Instagram... when you use #maremismallart not only me but others are able to see your art too ! If you missed the video all about 'TEXTURE', here it is :) Textures, all in one! I am in looooove :) I knew you were waiting for another episode of 'TEXTURE' series so I made a NEW video where I finished 2 packing cards! For those who didn't see it, please feel free to watch it :) Again, you have made my day by sharing your attempts, stunning creative works where some of you just started the mixed media journey for the first time, some were stuck with no inspiration and some of you just felt like creating. It is my biggest pleasure and reward to see your makes, to see your trials and to walk next to YOU in your creative path. Look at this collage of stunning projects inspired by my videos, I am absolutely stunned and proud! From the bottom of my heart... THANK YOU! You have given me so much love and support that I am not even sure how to thank for. You found courage to make a piece, then you were strong enough to share it with us on Maremi's Facebook, I am proud and HAPPY! Lastly I wish to share my latest recycled cards... I adore the texture and how different those are. To all You Artists! I hope you found this post inspirational and most importantly it will encourage you to START, to open up and use your stash, to look for your creativity... with all Maremi's Friends you can try, you can start and break the blank page, experiment and ENJOY ! If you are not too sure visit my YouTube channel for more beginners videos - Click here :) Ok enough of talking :) :) ps. do share your art inspired by my videos with us on Facebook or Instagram :) ps.2 Did you see I am a teacher in Wanderlust 2017 ?! If you wish to read more please click HERE :) I love, love love you, Marta xxx
Discover what is an altered book journal now. You'll also learn how to make an altered book including how to choose and prepare your book.
Discover how to make your inkjet prints waterproof with this simple and inexpensive method. Such a useful DIY craft technique.
I am indeed an English major geek of the highest order, so I was totally excited to see this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme of "Based on a Book." Why not make a project where the book is the actual base? So here is my altered Rolodex-ish file made out of a book. As a person who was taught to never ever fold the pages of books, this was a morally-challenging challenge! I started with a big book (1200+ pages) of American poetry (forgive me Whitman!!) I seriously felt pain and guilt with each fold, but then I thought, what better book to have at my fingertips, even if it took on a new shape? Surround me with literary greats in one form or another and I feel inspired. This is the first time I've made this type of structure, so I'm by no means an expert at doling out advice, but here's what I did. I started in the middle of the book and took a section of 5-6 pages. I looped the section in half toward the spine. (Disclaimer! I forgot to take process pics early-on, so the next couple of pictures are of a totally different book just to show my process). I tucked the section into the spine as tightly as I could. Then I folded the section flat and repeated that process about fifty thousand times (it actually wasn't that bad!). I alternated so that I'd fold a few sections to the left of the center section I started with, then I would fold a few sections to the right of the center section. Working on it from both sides kept things more even. Here it is (picture flipped vertically) when it was done: Once I had my structure in place, I took patterned paper and started making files/dividers using rectangular dies and the We R Memory Keepers Tab Punch Board and a great little die from Penny Black called Tabs and Toggles. Once I had my files made, I started putting everything into the book. The pages held things nicely! If you wanted thinner book sections, you could certainly fold fewer pages at a time, but I liked the look of the chunkier sections. I scribbled down some ideas and techniques on some of the file cards and then I started putting in some of my finished cards and tags. I'm always running out of wall space to display things I've made, so I thought this was a great alternate location. So it contains tricks and tips and some of my former projects. I thought it could be an "inspiration station" of sorts. At the end of the day, this held A LOT of goodies and it's nice to have all of these notes and projects in one centralized location. And hopefully this project doesn't get me black-balled within the librarian community! This book does look pretty happy in my craft room, though, right? So I'm hoping that means all will be forgiven! Maybe I should've called this the "everything but the kitchen sink" project because I used a lot of paper from different collections. Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp: We R Memory Keepers Tab Punch Board Simon Says Stamp Basic Rectangles Dies Becky Higgins Project Life die set Penny Black Tabs & Toggles Die Set Sizzix Big Shot Idea-ology Paper Dolls Authentique Fabulous 3x4 Journaling Cards Idea-ology Ruler Ribbon Bo Bunny Faith 12 x 12 Paper Pack Bo Bunny Life in Color 12 x12 Paper Pack Maggie Holmes Crate Paper Chasing Dreams 12 x 12 Paper Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 Paper MME Hello Gorgeous 12 x 12 Paper Jen Hadfield Everyday 12 x 12 Paper Illustrated Faith Bright and Brave 12 x 12 Paper Shimelle Little by Little 12 x 12 Paper Authentique Fabulous 12 x 12 Paper MME Hooray 12 x 12 Paper Echo Park Petticoats and Pinstripes 12 x 12 Paper Happiness is Homemade 12 x 12 paper by Echo Park Bo Bunny Believe 12 x 12 Paper Simple Stories Reset Girl 12 x12 Paper Authentique Infused 12 x 12 Paper Simple Stories Basics Snap Color Vibe 12x12 Paper I am seriously excited to see how you are inspired by books this week! Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!
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52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
