would have never thought of this for reuse/repurposing!
great idea, and I appreciate you planting the idea!
I also like your stamped papers & want to try that as well
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Nice! What kind of glue did you use to secure the paper?
matte gel medium. I put paper under the covers so I wouldn’t make a mess and glue the pages together.
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Cute! I love your faux Tim Holtz papers too 
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Today, (mostly today), I did a thing.
I follow this thread avidly and then get too hung up on my inexperience when a meet-up happens so never join in.
Even this project had a few weeks of procrastination before moving forward. But I had 3 hours of back to back mostly passive meetings this morning. I wanted to listen and not try and do other work, which I often do, so I thought I would progress this.
I vaguely followed this process: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi1bIQyMoD0
And ended up with this:
I might add a sentiment yet, and definitely something to seal it because I used some pastels that will probably get messy
Anyway, my first attempt as some kind of art journaling I guess, and it’s purple because I like purple!!
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Ooh, I like this! It has sort of a planetary vibe to me.
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I love her work! Nice spin you put on yours…I like the bars on the bottom.
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It was very much a case of work with colours I like and with what I have.
I didn’t have texture paste but I have revisited old threads on here and could maybe make some for future projects. I don’t want to buy more until I am comfortable with ‘doing’. (Unless I go all out crazy and just buy stuff as is also sometimes the way!! But I am trying to be sensible)
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Oh I love your version! It looks great. And nice shading.
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That looks really cool Ren!! I especially like your contrasting colours and the smudgy effect.
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Awesome work! Cool colors. I love your lines and different shapes. Balances out the big circle and adds interest.
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Here is a link to a free workshop to make collage papers. Starts today through Dec1
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I got three bottles of acrylic ink in my Blick order…totally forgot why I bought them…was there a video or did someone mention them in zoom? Not sure how to use these…
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I think you can use them to refill posca pens, but I could be wrong!
File this project on things I make for no reason.
Inspired by Somerset Studio magazine -
The dresses are about 7” tall and mostly hand-cut. I have patterns for a few other designs. Hoping to use stash painted & printed papers and scraps and whimsies and other tiny things that live in my apartment.
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And the map dress is upside down- oops. No biggie.
I mean that I cut it wrong but I like it anyway.
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How awesome that you made these just because you were inspired to. Sometimes inspiration can be so fleeting. Why not take advantage of that spark!
I really like the map one. And the graph paper for the apron is super clever.
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Very nice!