Month: April 2018

April 29th, 2018
WHAT IS PAPER QUILLING AND HOW TO EASILY MAKE IT

  Inside: what is paper quilling and how to make it   Quilling is one of the most easy to do crafts which has one of the most beautiful effects. Paper is a versatile materials but in quelling it definitely has the most striking look compared to the simplicity of its preparation.     WHAT IS QUILLING?   Quilling or paper rolling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is rolled, looped, curled, twisted, and otherwise manipulated to create shapes that make up designs to decorate greetings cards, pictures, boxes, and to make models, jewelry, mobiles, etc. It starts with rolling a strip of paper into a coil and then pinching the coil into shapes that can be glued together. There are advanced techniques and different sized paper that are used to create 3D miniatures, abstract art, flowers, and portraits among many …

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April 22nd, 2018
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A WONDERFUL TUNNEL BOOK THE RIGHT WAY

  Inside: how to easily make a tunnel book the right way   Making a tunnel book is like writing a story. Since I’m terrible at writing stories but I am pretty great at making paper crafts, I decided to teach you how to make a tunnel book. Tunnel books have layers of images in them and each layer is like part of the story…       WHAT IS A TUNNEL BOOK   Tunnel books represent a unique meshing of storytelling with three-dimensional art. These books are a series of cut-paper panels placed one behind the other, creating the illusion of depth and perspective. Often, these are engineered like an accordion, with the two boards pulling apart and the illustrated panels lined up and viewed through a front peep-hole or viewer. Each page features openings that allow the reader to see through the entire book to the back cover. The images on each page work together to form a …

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April 20th, 2018
ONE PAGE WONDER MINI ALBUM

  Inside: how to make a one page wonder mini album   After coming up with ideas for making boxes from only one 12×12 cardstock I had to come up with some fun ideas for one page wonder mini albums too.       MAKING ONE PAGE WONDER MINI ALBUM   Making one page mini albums require a little different approach. There is no cover or binding here. The idea is to create the cover and the pages from the same paper and that require fancy folding.   Here’s how to create it:   Score a 12×12 cardstock vertically at 3 7/8″, 4″, 8″ and 8 1/4″. Turn the paper 90 degrees to the right and score at 2″ and 8″. Fold all the fold lines.       Cut from the bottom of the page on the fold lines up to the first horizontal fold line on 2″. Widen the cuts and create a gap to allow the parts …

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April 13th, 2018
EASY AND SIMPLE ACCORDION MINI ALBUM IN A BOX TUTORIAL

  Inside: how to make an easy and simple accordion mini albumin a box    Making mini albums especially interactive mini albums and making boxes are two of my favorite things to make. So I thought why not combine these two passions of mine into one project! This project is especially easy and simple because I’ve used a ready made box instead of making it from scratch.       WHAT IS AN ACCORDION PHOTO ALBUM   Accordion mini album is a type o a mini album that is folded in a concertina shape. That allows you to add photos on both sides of the mini album, which adds extra space or phoos and journaling.   PROS AND CONS FOR MAKING A MINI ACCORDION BOOK   PROS   There is room for photos in the front and back of each page. It can have an unlimited number of pages because it is not limited by a front or back cover. …

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April 10th, 2018
5 CREATIVE WAYS TO FRAME PHOTOS ON SCRAPBOOK PAGES

  Inside: 5 ways to frame photos on scrapbook pages   Photos are the main element on a scrapbook page that tells the story and sets the mood for the design. So the photo needs to pop out and be the most visible element on the page. The way to make that is to frame it!     HOW TO FRAME PHOTOS IN SCRAPBOOKING   The most easy and well known method to make a frame for a photo is to create a mat around the photo but I have a few more ideas to frame your photos:   1. Arrange embellishments around the photo and create clusters that slightly overlap the edges of the photo. The embellishments will draw your eyes to the photo.     2. Use an embellishment like a window to frame the photo. This embellishment can be from wood, chipboard or resin as long as it has some height to it. The 3D effect will …

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April 3rd, 2018
HOW TO ACTUALLY DOODLE RIGHT ON YOUR ART JOURNAL PAGE

  Inside: how to doodle the right way in your art journal   I don’t know how to draw but that doesn’t stop me from making amazing art journal pages. This is because I doodle instead of draw so I don’t have to worry about accuracy or realistic resemblance I just draw meaningless shapes and abstract lines with out rules at all.       WHAT IS DOODLING   A doodle is a drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a “scribble”. Although it is mostly common with kids, doodling is very common with adults too especially in art.   THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOODLING AND DRAWING   The verb, drawing, means to produce a picture or diagram. Drawing is a work …

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