Saturday, October 23, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Card completed
I used the tut from below to create this card and book mark for a swap. See the you tube video labeled Ranger/Tim Holtz demos Adirondack Alcohol Inks
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Magazine and Shoe Polish Collage
Items needed
Sturdy Board like illustration board or cardboard
Magazines
Rubber Cement and rubber cement eraser
White school glue, Elmer’s is fine. Must dry clear.
Can of Shoe polish
Paper towels
Tracing paper, Pencil, Marker and Eraser for mistakes
Sketch a line drawing on your board.
Tip
You do not want a detailed drawing. You will be filling the picture in with magazine pieces.
You also do not want large pieces because it will be hard to find that perfect magazine page to use. The leaf and frog were a bit too large and I had a hard time finding a large enough piece out of a magazine to use.
After you completed your drawing you will start piecing your collage with magazine clippings. You will work one section at a time building your artwork until it is complete. Use the tracing paper and copy one piece and make a transfer one onto a magazine page and cut it out. If you need instructions on using the tracing paper as a transfer follow the link. (Use the one that is not the mirrored image) (LINK NOT AVAILABLE YET)
Tips
You do not want to use high quality magazines with glossy pictures like National geographic or Architect Digest. This technique will not work on those magazines.
Look for color that will match your picture. The color will rub off and change so it will be a surprise on what your art piece will turn out. Choosing patterns is really important because the colors will blend and the pattern will be lost but read the next tip.
Even though patterns are lost try to stay away from recognizable magazine pieces. Since the frog was a big piece I had trouble finding a non-recognizable magazine piece that would fit. My first two choices were disregarded because one had a ladies head it in and the other page had a dog in it. I did not want these to distinct objects to be in my collage. I made an underwater scene and I used a page from a catalog. The page I used had a computer for sale. I turned it side ways and slapped it on my design. The computer was quite noticeable in the end piece. So noticeable the lady who framed it, framed it as a portrait. Bless my stepfather’s heart who thought my art work was worthy of being professionally framed.
After you cut out your piece from the magazine you will glue the magazine piece to your board. Rubber cement is the best choice. The reasoning is because it does not wrinkle the paper. It also can be a very forgiving glue. You have time to reposition the glue until you get it into that perfect spot. Also any glue that seeps out is easy to clean up. First let it dry. Then with a rubber cement eraser or your finger rub it off. Make sure you read the label for the glue very carefully. It is a very strong smelling glue and that should be taken into consideration where you use the glue. I read the label and it did not have a safety warning about skin contact before I rubbed any extra off my project, but if you are concerned then purchase a rubber cement eraser. They can be found in the art section of any craft store.
Once you finished filling in all your magazine pieces onto your project it is time to pull out the Elmer’s school glue. This glue is basically going to be used as a resist. Any portion of your picture you do not want the color to change you put a line of glue on it.
I like to outline the pieces of magazine I used. As you can see with the frog picture I tore pieces of blue and green for the background and rubber cemented them down. I outlined each piece. I also made lines inside the frog and the frogs eyeball. For the caterpillar/humming bird picture I outlined each piece. Notably I outlined the leave at the bottom corner for dimension. When I say line I mean line. You do not need to brush it on. You want to keep the line for texture and interest.
Let the glue dry completely. I mean completely. Really Completely, don’t skip on this part dry. It is boring watching glue dry so go make a linocut block. Just make sure the glue is dry. As in no longer white but clear.
Tip
Do not lay anything on top the wet glue picture. Done that not pretty.
Here comes the fun and magical part. Pull out the can of shoe polish and your paper towels. I like to use the cordovan colored shoe polish.
I have never used the brown. Scoop up some polish with your paper towel and start rubbing it onto your project. Use small circles and do one section at a time. As my grandma would say, put some elbow grease into it. Rub and rub and rub and rub and rub some more. Watch your magazine colors change before your very eyes. When you are finished use a clean paper towel and wipe off excessive shoe polish from the artwork. Put on an easel, stand back and admire your artwork.
Oddly enough I worked for days on the humming bird collage and I wipped up the frog in an hour or so. I really like the frog over the humming bird.
Some notable notes on the humming bird picture
The hummingbird wings are made out of fancy painted furniture ads
The body is picture of lilacs
The leaves at the bottom right is a turtle’s body
The flower petals are miscellaneous Christmas pictures.
The tree to the left is a coffee make ad.
The bee’s wings are a lady’s face.
cards
Sturdy Board like illustration board or cardboard
Magazines
Rubber Cement and rubber cement eraser
White school glue, Elmer’s is fine. Must dry clear.
Can of Shoe polish
Paper towels
Tracing paper, Pencil, Marker and Eraser for mistakes
Sketch a line drawing on your board.
Tip
You do not want a detailed drawing. You will be filling the picture in with magazine pieces.
You also do not want large pieces because it will be hard to find that perfect magazine page to use. The leaf and frog were a bit too large and I had a hard time finding a large enough piece out of a magazine to use.
After you completed your drawing you will start piecing your collage with magazine clippings. You will work one section at a time building your artwork until it is complete. Use the tracing paper and copy one piece and make a transfer one onto a magazine page and cut it out. If you need instructions on using the tracing paper as a transfer follow the link. (Use the one that is not the mirrored image) (LINK NOT AVAILABLE YET)
Tips
You do not want to use high quality magazines with glossy pictures like National geographic or Architect Digest. This technique will not work on those magazines.
Look for color that will match your picture. The color will rub off and change so it will be a surprise on what your art piece will turn out. Choosing patterns is really important because the colors will blend and the pattern will be lost but read the next tip.
Even though patterns are lost try to stay away from recognizable magazine pieces. Since the frog was a big piece I had trouble finding a non-recognizable magazine piece that would fit. My first two choices were disregarded because one had a ladies head it in and the other page had a dog in it. I did not want these to distinct objects to be in my collage. I made an underwater scene and I used a page from a catalog. The page I used had a computer for sale. I turned it side ways and slapped it on my design. The computer was quite noticeable in the end piece. So noticeable the lady who framed it, framed it as a portrait. Bless my stepfather’s heart who thought my art work was worthy of being professionally framed.
After you cut out your piece from the magazine you will glue the magazine piece to your board. Rubber cement is the best choice. The reasoning is because it does not wrinkle the paper. It also can be a very forgiving glue. You have time to reposition the glue until you get it into that perfect spot. Also any glue that seeps out is easy to clean up. First let it dry. Then with a rubber cement eraser or your finger rub it off. Make sure you read the label for the glue very carefully. It is a very strong smelling glue and that should be taken into consideration where you use the glue. I read the label and it did not have a safety warning about skin contact before I rubbed any extra off my project, but if you are concerned then purchase a rubber cement eraser. They can be found in the art section of any craft store.
Once you finished filling in all your magazine pieces onto your project it is time to pull out the Elmer’s school glue. This glue is basically going to be used as a resist. Any portion of your picture you do not want the color to change you put a line of glue on it.
I like to outline the pieces of magazine I used. As you can see with the frog picture I tore pieces of blue and green for the background and rubber cemented them down. I outlined each piece. I also made lines inside the frog and the frogs eyeball. For the caterpillar/humming bird picture I outlined each piece. Notably I outlined the leave at the bottom corner for dimension. When I say line I mean line. You do not need to brush it on. You want to keep the line for texture and interest.
Let the glue dry completely. I mean completely. Really Completely, don’t skip on this part dry. It is boring watching glue dry so go make a linocut block. Just make sure the glue is dry. As in no longer white but clear.
Tip
Do not lay anything on top the wet glue picture. Done that not pretty.
Here comes the fun and magical part. Pull out the can of shoe polish and your paper towels. I like to use the cordovan colored shoe polish.
I have never used the brown. Scoop up some polish with your paper towel and start rubbing it onto your project. Use small circles and do one section at a time. As my grandma would say, put some elbow grease into it. Rub and rub and rub and rub and rub some more. Watch your magazine colors change before your very eyes. When you are finished use a clean paper towel and wipe off excessive shoe polish from the artwork. Put on an easel, stand back and admire your artwork.
Oddly enough I worked for days on the humming bird collage and I wipped up the frog in an hour or so. I really like the frog over the humming bird.
Some notable notes on the humming bird picture
The hummingbird wings are made out of fancy painted furniture ads
The body is picture of lilacs
The leaves at the bottom right is a turtle’s body
The flower petals are miscellaneous Christmas pictures.
The tree to the left is a coffee make ad.
The bee’s wings are a lady’s face.
cards
Friday, June 18, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
What I have been up to
I had a bit of sadness so I hadnt been creating much. I have plans to spend a lot of times in the new craft room aka the dinning room instead of watching reruns.
I created two collages
and finished the photography note book.
I wrote a how to on on transfering lines then I will write a how to on the collages.
Just a sneaky peak.... shoe polish. You will need a can of shoe polish.
I created two collages
and finished the photography note book.
I wrote a how to on on transfering lines then I will write a how to on the collages.
Just a sneaky peak.... shoe polish. You will need a can of shoe polish.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Mini Scrap Book from paper bags
Mini Scrap Book from paper bags.
This is a very cute and very easy to put together mini scrapbook. You could also use it as a greeting card if you would like. This is my very first tutorial be gentle with me!
I am creating the blank book. It is up to you to fill it up with your scrap booking style.
First collect your supplies. You will need:
Lunch bags … the amount depends on how many pages you want. Read thru the directions to see how many bags you might want. The examples are 4 and 5 bags.
Each bag has four pages and two pull outs
Hole punch
Ruler
Writing Utensil.
Scissor or Paper Trimmer
Ribbon (not much)
Card Stock
And all your scrap booking supplies
Lay the folded lunch bag on the table. The bottom of the bag should be on top.
Fold the flat bottom of the bag over to end of the bag. You will see a crease already on the bag at the base of the bottom. This is where you cut the bag off that you do not need. I showed for demonstration purposes a dark marker line where to cut.
Cut at the line thru both sides of the bag.
My paper cutter had a tough time getting through all the pages so I used scissors.
You will have a bag with two open ends now.
Fold the bag in half.
Repeat the above steps for each bag.
Find the middle of the bag and make a mark along the edge
Mark at equal distance where you want your holes to be.
I have three on my sample.
Punch out the holes with a hand hole punch.
Line the hole punched bag with your next bag and mark where you have your holes.
Punch.
Mark the holes and punch the rest of your bags.
Stack the bags one on top of each other. Do not nestle them inside each other.
Align all the bags up so the holes match.
Cut your Ribbon to equal pieces that will be long enough and thread thru the holes.
Tie in knots.
Cut card stock to fit inside
The ones I used are 4”x4.5”
Tuck them into the pages.
You can put photos or what every you want on both sides.
Optional add tabs, ribbon as tabs I also seen those clear office hanging office files tabs that you can slide in a tab with a description of what’s on the pull out.
This is a very cute and very easy to put together mini scrapbook. You could also use it as a greeting card if you would like. This is my very first tutorial be gentle with me!
I am creating the blank book. It is up to you to fill it up with your scrap booking style.
First collect your supplies. You will need:
Lunch bags … the amount depends on how many pages you want. Read thru the directions to see how many bags you might want. The examples are 4 and 5 bags.
Each bag has four pages and two pull outs
Hole punch
Ruler
Writing Utensil.
Scissor or Paper Trimmer
Ribbon (not much)
Card Stock
And all your scrap booking supplies
Lay the folded lunch bag on the table. The bottom of the bag should be on top.
Fold the flat bottom of the bag over to end of the bag. You will see a crease already on the bag at the base of the bottom. This is where you cut the bag off that you do not need. I showed for demonstration purposes a dark marker line where to cut.
Cut at the line thru both sides of the bag.
My paper cutter had a tough time getting through all the pages so I used scissors.
You will have a bag with two open ends now.
Fold the bag in half.
Repeat the above steps for each bag.
Find the middle of the bag and make a mark along the edge
Mark at equal distance where you want your holes to be.
I have three on my sample.
Punch out the holes with a hand hole punch.
Line the hole punched bag with your next bag and mark where you have your holes.
Punch.
Mark the holes and punch the rest of your bags.
Stack the bags one on top of each other. Do not nestle them inside each other.
Align all the bags up so the holes match.
Cut your Ribbon to equal pieces that will be long enough and thread thru the holes.
Tie in knots.
Cut card stock to fit inside
The ones I used are 4”x4.5”
Tuck them into the pages.
You can put photos or what every you want on both sides.
Optional add tabs, ribbon as tabs I also seen those clear office hanging office files tabs that you can slide in a tab with a description of what’s on the pull out.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
A Year in Cards - Masculine Cards
Love you tube. How did we live with out it? Another video to give inspiration.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Working on a new painting
I am working on a new painting. It is a water color of a house that is up the street from us. Pretty neat so far! Pictures may or may not follow. Depending on the finished product.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
LINO CUT SKULL AND CROSS BONES
while conner was making his mess I was making a lino cut skull and cross bones. After I finished I did some test prints. Looking pretty cool. Neat for cards. I will eventually make a lino cut bow so I can have a girl too.
crafting with conner
Conner wanted to make art
He finished his piece and I ended up cleaning his mess while he fell asleep on the couch... gonna have to nip that one in the bud
EEEKS there is a ghost in this picture
He finished his piece and I ended up cleaning his mess while he fell asleep on the couch... gonna have to nip that one in the bud
EEEKS there is a ghost in this picture
Friday, April 2, 2010
what I am working on
one two page scrap book layout
one one page scrap book layout
one composition book
one page scrap book
two page layout (only one page is shown but they are both similiar)
one one page scrap book layout
one composition book
one page scrap book
two page layout (only one page is shown but they are both similiar)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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