HEAT-EMBOSSED EMBELLISHMENTS What fun I have been having. Die-cut frame centres I recently bought a set of small frame dies, and spent a session cutting them out of scraps of card. I now save all die-cutting waste in a box, ready to make up into Luise Heinzl's Mixed Media Masterboards, but sometimes you…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 8 - GATE FOLD FOLIO PAGE A gate fold is a paper with the two sides folded into the centre, so that when you open them like opening a double door, the larger portion is revealed underneath. I am grateful to Sara-Lee Armstrong for this design, which I saw on…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 7 - A FLORAL PAGE As I mentioned before, I am not following a particular schedule with this project, but just flipping through the prepared signatures and deciding to work on one, whatever order they are in. This page is also in the second signature. It is the third one…
TYPEWRITER ALBUM PART 6 - FROM DISASTER IN PINK TO IN THE PINK In mixed media, there is no such thing as a mistake. There are only more layers! Background Yesterday I began work on the outside of the wings of the centrefold typewriter image in the second signature. I made a mistake…
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 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…
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.…
LUISE HEINZL'S COFFEE AND BRUSHO FLOWERS Another stash-busting project after a fashion. I have a pile of my hubby's incomplete or reject watercolour paintings which I rescued from the bin several years ago. I told him he should paint on the back but if not, please could he recycle them in my direction?…
