Mandy Russell discovered a product called ComposiMold, a meltable, reusable mold-making material, and shares what she learned in our May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Always on the lookout for new ways to add real texture and dimension to her journal pages, she devised a way to make fast, skin-like molds, allowing her to…

Vicki Chrisman, Nathalie Kalbach, and Catherine Scanlon founded a storytelling project in 2012. Fascinated with vintage photos of people, they decided to create stories for the people in the photos. They called these characters the Whatevers, and picked one photo per month to use in their artwork. They shared their art and stories on their…

Chris Cozen was our “Artist Profile” in the May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Chris is all about color, and enjoys sharing her creative ideas and techniques with others—teaching, and in books and videos. Her vibrant canvases and positive attitude are uplifting and inspirational. We were thrilled to share her story and her art.…

In the May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, Lisa Thorpe shared a creative way to use tin foil. Yes, the same wrap you use in your kitchen. When Lisa doesn’t have the metallic element she wants for a piece of art, she makes it. Items that work best for this technique have interesting texture,…

In our “A Look At” column the May/June 2017 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, Darlene Olivia McElroy shared a variety of techniques for using Grafix® Double Tack Mounting Film to add texture to your artwork. Here are a few more options for you to try. To begin, die cut a shape from the Double Tack…