• Art - Blog - Creativity

    Art Journal

    November 2, 2007 - By 

    This has been a work in progress for quite some time now. The first thing I did was rip a bunch of random pages out. Then took a corner rounding punchto each page. I selected pages to paint leaving 1-3 unpainted pages between. My next step was to punch holes for the stitching. The stitching was done mostly while sitting and waiting for my kiddos during their activities.

    I learned a new background technique on ABC_alteredbookclub and have completely fallen in love with it. It uses acrylic paint and baking soda. I believe it is a Claudine Hellmuth technique originally. I have asked my friend who presented the tutorial permission to link to it…I know she is busy so I will update ASAP.

    UPDATE: Tutorial link

    I used this technique for the covers of my Art Journal.

    Next I plan to start filling the painted backgrounds with…well I haven’t completely decided… It likely will be what strikes me at the time. I know I won’t be doing the pages in order…just randomly picking what suits my mood or subject best at the time.

    This whole project was inpired by Ingrid Dijnkers awesome Art Journals.

     

     

  • Blog - Creativity - Tutorials

    Paper bead tutorial

    July 21, 2007 - By 






    So this is a VERY long time in coming. I had said a few days to my Yahoo group ABC altered book club.

    First I made beads according to this tutorial.

    1)Put dried bead on dowel. pencil, skewer, whatever it will fit snuggly.

    2)Roll bead on a clear embossing ink pad such as Versamark.

    3)Dip inked bead in UTEE.

    4)Heat with heat gun.

    5)Repeat steps 2 and 3.

    6)Roll/dip in embossing powdwers, glitters, and PearlEx mixture.

    7)Heat again…repeat if desired.

    I generally work on one half of the bead at a time…let it cool then turn around and do the other side. I have 4-5 beads going at a time.