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…
DESIGNING MY OWN WASHI TAPES I recently bought some candy striped washi tapes which I really love, but they are quite hard to find, quite expensive, and usually come with a pretty hefty postage rate as well. I thought how cool it would be to design my own. I recently made some from…
TISSUE BOX FOLIOS PART 3 - COMPLETION OF VINTAGE GRUNGE FOLIO I have now completed the Vintage Grunge Folio and am very pleased with how this turned out. It has more elements to it than the Floral one and is pretty grungey. During the making of it, I incorporated a few ideas that…
