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May 6th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Aluminum Can Embellishments

If you’re anything like me, you spend half the time you’re drinking your Arizona Tea admiring the can. However, cutting up aluminum cans is kind of like dancing on razor wire barefoot. It is a dumb idea and you’re going to get cut. I drink a lot of this tea in its pretty green and […]

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April 15th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Spatter Background

Sometimes, ideas for projects come from the oddest places. Here is where this Tuesday’s technique came from:

To make a spatter paint background, you’ll need an area where you can be messy. I used a big cardboard box base to protect things, but a gust of wind still blew paint back on the steps. You’ll also […]

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March 11th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Kids’ Fingerprint Frame

You can’t tell I’ve had a lot of quality kid time this week, right? I mean, all of this kid related art doesn’t make it seem obvious or anything. Well, even if I wasn’t hunting for ways to entertain a bunch of little guys this week, I think I’d have to show this adorable tutorial […]

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March 4th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Faux Marbling and Other Home Decor Kits

This is more of a tip than a technique. I went to the thrift store the other day and saw a pink marbling kit for $2. I picked it up and played around with it and this is what I got:
As you can see, I didn’t really stress about making the paper look like marble. […]

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February 26th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Shapes and Acrylic Backgrounds

Yesterday, I got the new Cloth, Paper, Scissors mag. Filled with ideas, as always. I was especially interested in the article on using die cut shapes in our art, but didn’t feel like pulling out my machine to play around. I just cut some bird shapes from paper instead. Then, I applied a layer of […]

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February 19th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Textured Backgrounds

Since I posted a piece with a textured background yesterday, this textured background post by Cyndi from Layers Upon Layers caught my eye. She has a detailed how to for several different backgrounds. One uses foil, one uses masking tape and the other uses cardboard.
I also wanted to remind you of the textured background […]

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February 5th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Weave a Background

I saw this technique in a past issue of Somerset Studio (Nov 2007 - Georgia Gibbons Altered Book). Cut horizontal lines into an old book page or other piece of ephemera using your craft knife. I made wavy lines and stopped them about 1/2 inch from the edges of the paper. Then, cut strips of […]

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January 29th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Altered Valentine’s Day Tree

Remember the craft kit I showed you on Sunday? This is the finished Valentine’s Day tree. To make it, I covered the tree in sheet music. This was an absolute pain to do, because of all the curves. If you do the same kit, you may want to paint and stamp it instead. That’s what […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Rub Your Stamps

You have some deeply etched rubber stamps and no stamp pad? No problem. Just grab a crayon or a charcoal pencil, your stamps and some lightweight paper and make rubbings of them. Of course, the image won’t be reversed the way a stamped image is, so this doesn’t work for word stamps. Place your stamp […]

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January 8th, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Traci Bautista Backgrounds

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I’ve been working on backgrounds inspired by Traci Bautista this week. I wasn’t terribly fond of using paper towels as she recommends, so I went with decorative papers that held up when they were wet. I also followed her directions for experimenting […]

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