Paper & Mixed Media Craftalong 2020

@Abbeeroad it was a stencil, leopard print I think?

@Magpie I tried some pink splatters at the end, but I don’t think I did enough - also, I think a splatter box would be a good idea because I sent paint flying, and this is a space where I sew as well :stuck_out_tongue:

@AIMR @Lynx I think I’m going to cut some tags to start with :slight_smile:

@Bunny1kenobi thank you :hugs: that’s what I was going for!

… off to try to find the doodle class

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Yes! I hope folks will share their progress. I still have to sign up. I watched the first fodder video yesterday at least! :sweat_smile:

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Zero luck with the Gelli Print image transfers, but I think it has to do with the types of paper I had to experiment with. I’ll try again when a different batch of images come my way. Still, it got me printing a ton of pages for my LC summer challenge project, and it led to getting color onto ALL my remaining French-English dictionary pages, moving them from the “raw materials” area to the “fodder” category! :laughing: I didn’t have much solid-color paper to work with before, so now I have a good bunch. A taste of the rainbow:

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Very nice, they will be great to work with

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Last night I did some slow art journalling, I was inspired by a picture I saw on Instagram. I was drawn to the concept of slow drawing and used the circles a chance to be mindful at the end of a busy Sunday. Not sure if if there was a correlation to sleeping so well, but I did! I might go back and add some more layers or journaling to the page.

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This is really nice. I love the blue textures you’ve achieved

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I think making those would be very soothing and perhaps release some good hormones that helped with your sleep!

Beautiful contrast and love how you left the white all around…

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Just wanted to show some of the items I made for my partners in the Paper Embellishment & Ephemera swap. I photographed them in pairs so I couldn’t post until they both received.

Paper dolls

Water colored circles

Fabric and book page envelopes

Inspirational quote cards and altered playing cards


Origami pockets

Book page pockets with decorative napkins & tissue paper

Book page tags - I can’t find the inspirational video but it’s just one page, folded in half twice, cut in tag shape, and sewn. After that, decorate as you would any tag.

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Such wonderful and fun things!

I just love your dolls and the origami pockets!

So many ideas…

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Awesome! I didn’t join that swap because I thought it was like bead soup and I had to have a paper stash. :sweat_smile: Such fun stuff. Your colors are fantastic.

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I love all the things you are all making so much!

I was was one of @Smmarrt’s lucky recipients :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: the paper doll is the coolest. I hope you’ll join next time there’s another round @Abbeeroad, it’s a great swap!

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I took a pile of junk mail and envelopes and made gelli prints



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I love these! Are you using acrylics and stencils?

I had a gelli plate jump in my cart at Michael’s the other day, I need to give it a try.

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It’s so much fun. And yep. Acrylics and stencils. And a brayer.

And I’ll gelli print anything. Book pages, trash, coffee filters, tissue paper, deli paper, etc.

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Love how it jumped into your cart. It’s a lot of fun and a little addictive.

@geekgirl - I keep meaning to make a “doodle” book for my mom - she likes to color so I thought gel prints + gel pens = fun times for mom. Just need to get it together!!

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wow…those are wonderful!

My box of junk mail is overflowing…and, I also found a huge stack of paper that was meant to go into photo albums…I haven’t done a physical photo album in years…and have no idea where even my wedding album is…time to break in the new gelli that I found…lol

I am also going to go through a bunch of old black and white photos from various family members and scale them back…maybe I can find uses for the ones that I have no idea who the people in the picture are! lol

Making stuff to fill up my new book…

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Swap package arrived, I can show some things made out of masterboards!

Cards

Mini envelopes with tiny cards inside

Collage tags

Tiny book

The inside pages are security envelopes! Thanks for the idea @Reinikka

Another small book

I tried a new-to-me binding technique, it’s a single piece of paper.

The wee houses are magazine cut outs.

Masterboards are marvellous!

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Wow! So much amazing masterboard inspiration!!

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I’m sure those science cards were meant for me, but they aren’t here. I’m confused. :thinking: :laughing:

Love that little book!

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Everything is fab…and mine, all mine :slight_smile:

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