DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 5 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now begun work on decorating the second folio in this project. Again, as you open it, you see the inside of the first panel and the outside of the third. At this stage, I have completed the inside of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 4 - DECORATING THE FIRST FOLIO I had a very productive long session in the studio today and completed the decoration inside the first folio. I didn't take WIP photos but just ploughed ahead, so the following photos are all of completed panels, which I will describe…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 2 - COVERING AND DECORATIONS I have done further work on the basic covering of the panels in this folio and can now start on the embellishing and decorating. I am going through my various folders of papers and scraps, and I am determined to use as…
CLEAR PACKAGING TAPE TRANSFERS Following Maremi Small Art on YouTube, today I made some more washi tape substitutes using clear packaging tape. I have got some old catalogues which came as junk mail from a local garden centre and they've got some pretty good pictures in them. I spent some time fussy cutting…
DIY WASHI TAPES - SOME NEW ONES Repeating patterns in Krita I have been working in Krita, the open-source photo editor on my Linux laptop, creating some more washi tapes. There is a useful facility for taking a single image and making it into a pattern, which is ideal when one wants to…
SQUARE TISSUE BOX FOLIO 1 - FLORAL Fortunately I have not had to pray for a cold! We are getting through my order of 12 cube-shaped tissue boxes fast enough for me to start upcycling the boxes. Again I am following Chasing Paper on YouTube for another of her excellent tutorials, and again,…
DIY WASHI TAPE - FINALISING THE CANDY STRIPE PROJECT A quick addendum to my previous posts about this DIY washi tape. Cutting the strips After thinking about this further, I managed to cut the strips using my guillotine. With the faulty-printed edge on the right, I lined up the other edge to the…
DIY WASHI TAPE - PAPER, PRINTING, CUTTING AND STORING The washi paper I really shouldn't say "washi paper" because "washi" means paper in Japanese! Anyway, the paper arrived. I was a little disappointed initially because it was not self-adhesive as I'd expected. After further research I discovered that the self-adhesive version is only…
FUSSY CUTTING DIGITALS I have recently downloaded quite a few digital kits for printing, mostly freebies from very generous artists who often create these to celebrate milestones in YouTube subscriber numbers, or for their birthdays and so on. I have also purchased a few kits. These are always very reasonably priced. Once you've…
SHOPPING HAUL Yesterday we had a shopping trip to Newton Abbot. I don't get out that much and a day like this is a real treat! My hubby took himself off to the museum after dropping me off, and I made a beeline for The Works for starters. I spent far longer in…
