With spring fully upon us and summer just around the corner, it's the perfect time to get outdoors and find inspiration . . .and some fun supplies for art making. In one of my blog posts in the fall...
I love buttons. I don't know why, but they have always appealed to me, called to me . . . and become somewhat of an obsession. I collect them from a variety of venues: yard sales, flea markets, and...
I have randomly chosen two lucky winners of the Faux Lampwork Headpins by Shayna Butler. Lucky readers " iamvics2 " and " HazelMcElhenny " are the winners! Please contact me with your...
In the May/June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors , Shayna Butler shows readers how to create Faux Lampwork Headpins. Using Sculpey ® oven-bake clay, wire, acrylic paints, and some ingenuity, Shayna creates...
Or should I say collage fabric? Do you love collage and love fabric but haven't dared to experiment and combine those two loves? Or maybe you have — but in the truest sense of the word: cutting...
The Cloth Paper Scissors team (Jenn Mason, Tina Hussey, and me), along with designer Larissa Davis, decended on photographer Sharon White's photography studio last Thursday. Armed with bins and bins...
Silhouettes, animals, fairy tale scenes. Photos, landscapes, flowers, and planets. These are just a few of the themes presented in our Tunnel Book Challenge . The entries were colorful and inspiring ....
The snow continued to pile up outside my house most of the day, beckoning to me. But alas . . . there was work to be done. That doesn't mean the snow didn't inspire me to try something later. Remembering...
Do your letters tend to have swirls and tails and flourish? Is the dot on the letter i ever replaced with a heart or flower? Do you like to play around with the height or width of your letters? Are you...
Happy Valentine's Day! I am lucky to be able to work with all of the talented contributing artists for Cloth Paper Scissors . Not only do I get to see their art, up close and personal, and learn new...
Making art for art's sake is a wonderful and enjoyable thing. We all know that. Making art to support a cause is a whole other story, but one, we have learned, our contributors and readers are happy...
Reader challenges are always a fun activity . . . for our readers and for us! Readers get to stretch their creative wings and we get to see lots and lots of wonderful art. I don't know if you, our...
Are you tired of giving the same style valentine every year? Do you need some inspiration? Look at these lovelies, taken from the May/June 2007 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors . In her "Lost and Found"...
Mixed-media artists are known for their adventureous approach to art making. One look at any Materials list in an issue of Cloth Paper Scissors will immediately show the vast array of items and products...
It's time (again) to raid the recycle bins and see what inspires! While paging through back issues of Cloth Paper Scissors, I came upon some fun jewelry made from recycled items: beer caps and metal...
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