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Altered Book Collage
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Here's a fresh take on a hot, creative craft: turning old books into new art. Give a favorite book new life as a beautiful collage. Just take the old volume, pull out or color photocopy the pages, cut them up, and then arrange the pieces in a fresh new design. That's an altered book collage, and it's a great way for paper crafters and scrapbookers to create a wonderfully personalized objet d'art. Get in on the fun of this super-popular craft with this guide to putting together that very first altered book, and beyond. The entire enjoyable process receives detailed attention. Find out how to choose a theme, the mechanics involved, and a variety of crafting techniques to use, from painting to stitching, from beading to stenciling. Hundreds of sample pages will inspire you to start designing immediately.
Altered Books Workshop: 18 Creative Techniques for Self-Expression
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by Bev Brazelton
Description:
Transform old books into one-of-a-kind pieces of art with Altered Books Workshop! In this book, readers receive detailed instructions for the newest craft craze--altered books--which combines bookmaking, collage, journaling, rubber stamping, papercrafting, stitching, embellishing and much more.
Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, And Other Art From Ephemera
by Nick Bantock
Description:
His internationally best-selling Griffin & Sabine saga is treasured for its blend of lyrical storyline and compelling, imaginative art. Now Nick Bantock gives a short course in visual creativity in Urgent 2nd Class. A tour through the techniques and materials which constitute his signature style, Bantock shares with readers numerous ways ways of using old paper ephemera -- maps, letters, postcards, ledgers, scraps, photos, and many more items -- to create their own idiosyncratic art. Written for people of all artistic skill levels, the materials mentioned are all easily found and inexpensive, and the processes are simple enough to do at home (and with access to the most advanced machinery used in the book, a photocopier). An inspirational guide to the simple artistic techniques which can alchemically transform ephemera into remarkable works, Urgent 2nd Class is the handbook for a new generation of visual poets.
An Altered Journey with Tim Holtz (DVD)
Description:
An Altered Journey -
This DVD is jam-packed with over two hours of projects, tips, and ideas. Tim demonstrates step-by-step, just how easy it is to create timeless artwork using ink and rubber stamps. It’s all here, from greeting cards to scrapbook pages. Let Tim show you how to change dominos, microscope slides, clay, silk and much more into amazing artwork. Grab your inks and get ready to play.
Projects
Enjoy a front row seat while Tim demonstrates: Brushless Watercolor, Distressing with Ink, Alcohol Ink Agates, Brayered Embossing, Faux Batik, Fragments from Clay, Faux Soldering, Domino Diary and Altered Scrapbooking
Interactive Gallery
The gallery is overflowing with more than 90 photographs of sample artwork. When you see something that inspires you jump directly to the technique used to create it.
This is a NTSC format DVD. It has been enabled for regions 1, 2, and 4.
Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages
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by Lynne Perrella
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Creative souls want and need a special place for recording and decoding their interior world a place to download all their creative ideas, a place to remember the events of the day, or a place to doodle, to draw, and to dream. This book is an engaging and intimate glimpse into the personal pages of a wide variety of select artists and journal keepers whose works not only provide visual delight and inspiration but evidence the intensity and devotion that such personal journals invite.
Altered Books 102
by Bete Cote
Description:
Altered Books 102 goes beyond the basics and puts you on a creative path to absorb, learn and experiment. Professional artist Beth Cote assembled a talented design team and invited them to contribute their own personal imaginative visions and creative pathways to altered art.
This is an advanced book, a step beyond Altered Books 101, that skips the beginning techniques and goes straight to the basics of paper engineering. You will learn advanced techniques such as how to make pop-ups, parallel folds, fiber tents, stacked windows, pull tabs, suspended images, spinners, stucco doors, crackled covers, clever cages, computer art, membrane transfers, tape transfers, tissue paper castings, cemented backgrounds and many others.
Get mini lessons on how to use craft store materials such as molding paste, walnut ink, oil pastels, gesso, fluid acrylics and Pinata Inks, plus how to install eyelets, rivets, nailheads and grommets. See how to work with metals, ribbons, chiffon, vintage beadwork, rubber stamp images and machine stitching. And that’s not all. Learn the secrets to collage... finding the materials, where to start, how to alter collage materials and how to make your own backgrounds.
Collage Discovery Workshop: Make Your Own Collage Creations Using Vintage Photos, Found Objects and Ephemera
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by Claudine Hellmuth
Description:
Inside readers will find more than a dozen innovative techniques and step by step demonstrations of 12 different collage projects specifically designed to help them achieve the modern, eclectic collage effect that's so popular today.
Collage Discovery Workshop shows readers how to rust or antique any object for collage and includes four recipes for creating amazing collage backgrounds from peeling paper to textured paint and so much more. In addition, five different image transfer techniques--for layering vintage photos and other art--along with creative excercises, journaling prompts and tips on altering books are included. Projects consist of the following:
*Collaged tin refrigerator magnets
*Heritage collage to honor a friend or relative
*Miniature candy tin assemblages
*Shadowboxes
*Beeswax collages
Stamp Artistry: The All New Stamp Artist's Project Book
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by Rice Freeman-Zachery
Description:Stamping is among the most popular artistic techniques, because its uses are virtually limitless. No matter what medium they work in, artists and decorators alike can use stamping to create one-of-a-kind pieces with simple techniques.
This follow-up book to Rockport?s successful "The Stamp Artist?s Project Book" highlights the latest and best new techniques and cutting-edge materials used in this arena today. It includes projects for everything from stamping in polymer clay to stamped metal jewelry, from using stamps to create an aged look on papers and letters to a stamped artist journal, and from stamped furniture to stamped glass charms.
Covering the gamut of stamping know-how, from basic tools to professional tips to an extensive resource list, this how-to guide is for any artist who wants to incorporate the latest new techniques and trends in his or her work.
Stamp Art Inspirations with MaryJo McGraw
by MaryJo McGraw
Description: This DVD is jam-packed with almost two hours of projects, tips, and ideas. MaryJo shows you, step-by-step, just how easy it is to create gorgeous artwork using rubber stamps. She makes working with many supplies, from shrink plastic to mica tiles, effortless and elegant. Drag out your craft supplies and get ready to play.
Projects
Learn and be inspired from your own front row seat while MaryJo demonstrates: Ink Basics, Glazing with Glue, Quick Collage, Collage Veneer, Glazed Metallics, Faux Fresco, Catalina Tiles, Quick Cards, Heirloom Cards and Mini Book.
Interactive Gallery
The gallery is overflowing with more than 50 pieces of sample artwork. When you see something that inspires you jump directly to the technique used to create it.
Creative Stamping With Mixed Media Techniques
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by Sherrill Kahn
Description: With Sherrill Kahn’s new book, mixed media plus stamping equals breathtaking artistic creations. There’s no end to the projects crafters will be able to create after being introduced to the wide variety of materials and techniques in this must- have book. Readers will learn how to: Create layers of color and texture through embossing Make unique jewelry using children’s puzzle pieces Transform three-dimensional objects, including buttons, books and wire Stamp on such alternative surfaces as glass blocks, metal and wood Decorate and mount ceramic tiles Emboss velvet and create fabric motifs And much, much more! Each idea is accompanied by thoughtfully organized step-by-step instructions, and most include directions for simple sample project—so easy even beginners can begin right away.
Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking
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by Holly Harrison
Description: Today more than ever, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Why? Because two of the hottest new trends in bookmaking are pushing the boundaries of what it means to write, read, and experience a book.
This exciting guide explores the creative processes behind altered books when artists make their own distinctive mark on an already published workand collaborative journals in which many artists come together to create a unique single work.
Readers will learn how to alter treasured books through collage, paint, layering, sewing and more. And they’ll learn how communities of artists can come together to select a topic, set up a project, and ultimately publish or show their finished collaborative work.
Filled with easy, how-to projects and beautiful gallery photos, this book will help artists of any ability to create books that tell unique and personal stories.
Rubber Stamped Jewelry: Includes Essential Techniques and 20 Projects
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by Sharilyn Miller
Description: Beautiful, one-of-a-kind projects that are easy-to-make, rubber stamped jewelry appeals not only to rubber stampers and jewelry makers but to crafters of all skill levels. These fabulous jewelry sets are created with simple techniques that lead to beautiful results.
In no time at all, readers will learn invaluable techniques to create lovely earrings, necklaces, bracelets and brooches using a wide array of easy-to-find materials like fabric, paper, polymer clay and, of course, rubber stamps.
Rubber Stamped Jewelry is divided into four parts: Tools & Materials Stamping Basics and Creative Alternatives Working With Wire & Beads Fiber Art
Guided by simple-to-follow instructions, crafters will find just how easy it is to fashion truly breathtaking and unique jewelry and gifts.
Vintage Greeting Cards With Mary Jo McGraw: Create Timeless Cards Using Family Photos & Keepsakes
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by Mary McGraw
Description: As the scrapbooking and family history crazes continue to grow, memory crafting, vintage and nostalgic themes and retro chic are influencing everything from stationary and giftware to craft products and publications.
Now Mary Jo McGraw capitalizes on these popular trends with a book featuring keepsake card projects using family photographs, paper ephemera, vintage trinkets and retro styling. Readers will discover a range of paper crafting techniques and exciting projects.
Perfect for the beginning card crafter or advanced card crafter looking for new ideas, Vintage Greeting Cards with Mary Jo McGraw will show them how to:
*Use photos of loved ones to create keepsake cards
*Use photo corners to create unusual cards
*Age any paper surface through spritzing, speckling and dipping
*Use antique labels, old movie stubs and newspapers to create unique photo collage cards
*Transfer color copier images to cardstock and photos to polymer clay
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The Art & Craft of Handmade Books: New Ideas and Innovative Techniques (30% off)
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Outstanding Scrapbook Pages: 250 Of the Best Pages and Techniques from the World's #1 Scrapbooking Magazine
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by Kerry Arquette, Memory Makers
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Memory Makers has long been the first source for scrapbook ideas, delivering inspiration and education to scrapbook enthusiasts. In this spectacular volume you'll find the best of the best-hand selected pages from the magazine's last 7 years.
These pages feature the most important techniques that impacted the industry and contributed to the growth of creative scrapbooking. Witness the evolution of punch art, paper tearing, paper weaving, embellishing and more! Draw unbeatable inspiration from the hundreds of stunning page ideas you can use in your own albums.
Sandi Genovese's Three-Dimensional Scrapbooks: Techniques for Building Texture and Style into Your Pages
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by Sandi Genovese
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An exciting new trend is emerging in scrapbooking: adding texture to pages with three-dimensional accessories.
Three-Dimensional Scrapbooks offers a sophisticated yet simple guide to this popular trend, including scores of ideas and tips for creating unforgettable pages that pop. It covers general information, such as how to use tools, find materials, and assemble and create pages. Then, it explores a host of exciting pages using a range of embellishments beads, glass, foil, wire, ribbons, tags, keepsakes, pebbles, and more and offers how-to sidebars filled with tips and techniques for creating a custom look that fits a scrapbooker’s particular style.
This creative, step-by-step guide shows how to integrate fun and interesting elements into any page design.
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by Memory Makers
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An organized workspace makes scrapbooking quicker, easier and more enjoyable. Learn to make the most of the craft space you have available, whether it’s a tiny corner or an entire room. Includes tips for planning and creating an efficient workspace, affordable storage solutions, great flea market scrapbook storage buys, options for cropping-on-the-go, ergonomically correct work solutions and ways to child-proof your scrapbooking area. Plus, advice from veteran scrapbookers that will help keep your workspace running like a well- oiled machine.
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