Showing posts with label possibly new to you.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label possibly new to you.... Show all posts

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

so, this one time...i spilled some TA product on a photo...


...ruining that copy of the photo of course, but in a really pretty way, LOL!  have you ever tried Tattered Angels products on photo paper?  i've been playing with it lately and have discovered some pretty cool results :)  keep in mind that my pictures blow, as usual, and you really can't appreciate the glimmer and shine plus the vibrant colors on the photo paper until you do this yourself...give it a shot :)
the Mists are neat because the colors are so bright!  you do have very little work time though, the inks settle in immediately. leaving them on a bit longer does give a bit more saturated color (below) - but pretty much what you spray (or flick, or drizzle or paint :D) is what you get...
i think my favorite Tattered Angels product on the photo paper is the chalkboard (below)...normally they result in a soft, dreamy, rapid-dry color, but on this paper...BAAAAM! they float and swirl and blend and make neato new colors with rings and auras around them :D you can use multiple colors of chalk or combine chalk and mist.
i haven't experimented as much with the glam or the glaze yet, but here is one i did with the chalkboard and some glam (below)- pretty stinkin cool!
one last thing i've been playing with is Tattered paints, shaving cream and photo paper.  it's a pretty cool technique - messy, of course, but you get some very nifty results (below). awesome for just the perfect background paper, look for more on this technique in an upcoming class! :D
thanks for looking,

Friday, June 10, 2011

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rule # 1:  shrinky dink is flippin' COOL!  i ran the shrinky dink paper through my printer, punched holes where i wanted them and then baked that sucker for a dimensional, book-like journaling effect. like i said, flippin' cool!

Monday, May 23, 2011

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sew on your page...first off, i don't sew. but i love how it looks.  i used a punch to get my squares uniform (as my cutter LIES to me constantly) and then adhered them with a patch of adhesive (to be sure they stayed where i wanted them, as i am wont to knocking crap off of my table while working), and then just ran my sewing machine in a straight line.  i know, right?  the "straight line" was the hardest part of the layout, LOL!  i love the patchwork look...you can use all of the same patterned papers or mix it up with coordinating papers, like i did.

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layering for a cool title...i ran vellum through the printer two separate times with different fonts in different spaces with different boldnesses.  a bit tricky, but i practiced on regular copy paper to get it just right.

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sometimes a mistake is a cool thing.  evidently, i mounted this letter stamp upside-down...didn't notice it until i stamped it and thought "hey, cool variation on that mixed font thing".

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using different fonts in your titles.  or maybe using upper and lower fonts of the same set...

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add some detail with minimal effort. these are lacing loopy brads...could be used with floss, fibers, ribbons, jute, leather, pretty much anything you can tie.