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Love my dolls and their encouraging quotes? Do you journal? Do you have a friend who journals?
I wrote a book based on prompts that feature my little ladies. 

For the Love of Journaling 1

(They are art journal prompts for overcoming creative blocks)

You will find it here: 


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Craftybegonia: The Art of Crafts and the Crafts in Art

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There are no set rules in mixed media, that is why it is so great for the creative flow. I love to mix crafts with art and art with crafts. You can too. Do you crochet? You can use some of your crochet motifs as stamps and also as stencils. Look at this experiment I did with a little motif I crocheted.

Crochet Motif For Stencil or Stamp

Materials-

Baby yarn

F crochet hook

Magic ring.

Work 11 dc with a ch 1 in between into magic ring. Fasten off, weave in tails.

Apply watered white glue on one side to make the acrylic yarn less absorbent (I do not use wool.) Let dry.

Repeat the process on the other side. Apply two layers of white Gesso on the top side and let dry. Repeat on the back. You will have a usable stencil or stamp that is all yours.

I used this motif as a stencil to produce this mixed media page for a painty page to be used later for a collage.

Step 1- Gesso page (I actually used a notepad page)

Step 2- Using fluid acrylic paints in shades of purple, pink and peach, create a background (you can use a natural sponge, for example.)

Step 3- Using your little stencil and glittery gel pens, draw the circles.

Step 4- Add other layers as you wish.

Here's where mine went.


Have fun!

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My Art Tutorials on YouTube—Faux Tie-dyed Paper With Circles

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Another fun tutorial for you to enjoy creating your own "painty paper" for art and crafts!

 
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My Art Tutorials on YouTube—Faux Tie-dyed Paper Tutorial With Square Paper

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My Art Tutorials on YouTube—Faux Tie-dyed Paper Tutorial With Triangles

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Do you dabble in Art Journaling, Junk Journaling, card-making, and even scrapbooking? Making your own paper for decorations is not only fun but a way to make your work truly unique and definitely YOURS. This tutorial will teach you how to make another "painty paper" to have fun with.

 
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My Art Tutorials on You Tube—Faux Tie-died Paper 2

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My Art Tutorials on You Tube—Faux Tie-died Paper

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Making painty papers is a wonderful way to have a stash readily available when you want to work on your journal or make a new collage. Sometimes, the papers themselves provide a burst of inspiration as you combine their colors with other elements that strike your fancy. This tutorial will teach you a very easy way to imitate paper tie-dying by using folding. The possibilities are endless, they depend upon your own inspiration and creativity, the color palette that you choose, and on how you fold the paper.

Let me share this tutorial with you to get your creative juices flowing:



You will need:

* Water-based markers (I used Faber Castell but use any kind you have).

* Paper (you need pliable paper, such as thin rice paper. For experimentation, I used thin coffee, filters, you can use Deli Paper, also the kind of paper used to wrap sandwiches or parchment paper. I haven't tried tissue paper but I am not sure it would not fall apart when folded while wet.)

* Spray bottle half full with water. 



Have all your materials ready on hand.

If necessary, use some plastic sheeting to protect your table.



* Step 1-

Flatten your coffee filter.


* Step 2- 

Picking your own color palette, start painting the coffee filter with your markers. You can make triangles, circles, squares, stripes, zigzags, etc.















Now think of what you want to use your beautiful painty paper for!








































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