TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 5 - TRANSPARENCIES A way to add more interest to an album is to introduce transparent pages or embellishments. Luise Heinzl frequently does this. I was able to print on acetate with my old laser printer but wasn't sure how it would work out on the new one. I am…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 4 - BEGINNING WORK ON THE PAGES Another very fruitful session in the studio this afternoon. I began working on the pages for the album. I am not following any particular order but just going with the creative flow. Signature 1 - blue text page The blue text printout has…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 3 - BUTTERFLIES Today I have had a wonderful time splashing about with spray inks in the studio, and a somewhat frustrating time with die-cutting. Butterflies I am making a collection of butterflies and butterfly-themed papers for the Typewriter Album. Several weeks ago I bought Tim Holtz's "Perspective Butterfly" die…
SCRAP BUSTING - LUISE HEINZL'S MIXED MEDIA MASTERBOARDS - MY SECOND ONE Following on from my previous post where I detailed the creation of the first masterboard, I will now pick up where I left the second one, where I added inks to the wet gesso layer. White acrylic layer I painted on…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 2 - PLANNING THE SIGNATURES Having selected the papers for the pages, the next step was to sort them and decide on the structure of the signatures. This is only a plan at this stage and changes will inevitably take place as the work progresses but at least I've got…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 1 - CHOOSING THE PAPERS FOR THE PAGES A new project which is also part of my scrap and stash busting mission. I recently downloaded Luise Heinzl's Typewriter Ephemera digital kit, which consists of various album elements such as tags, journaling cards and page tabs. Over the past months I…
SCRAP BUSTING - LUISE HEINZL'S MIXED MEDIA MASTERBOARDS This has to be one of the most imaginative forms of scrap busting I have ever come across! Whenever we punch or die-cut any shapes, there is always that negative space paper remaining. Many people simply throw this in the bin but I usually keep…
LUISE HEINZL'S TYPEWRITER EPHEMERA I have just downloaded this kit from Luise's Etsy and love the vintage grunge of it all. I successfully printed out all the sheets on my new printer and am very pleased with the result. The pages consist of printables of page tabs, pockets, belly bands, journaling cards etc.…
