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Check out our Mixed-media Wearables issue! Read all about our CPS Shoe Party. Make a whimsical pendant or a painted and stitched cuff. Carve stamps from your photos. Meet artist Linda Scharf.  Get technical and create a personal banner. Check out our new reader challenge: Felted Wonders.

 

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Recent Issues

  • Cloth Paper Scissors March/April 2012


    Get technical with our "Wee Planet" tutorial. Discover how to Let Go & Be Bold! Assemble "Dream Boxes." Learn about the Prayer Flag Project. Meet Alice Harrison. Make durable layers with delicate papers. Upcycle lightbulbs to create colorful birds. See the results of our Carve It Up! Reader Challenge. Construct a watercolor tote. Check out our new reader challenge: Supportive Art.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors January/February 2012

    Learn how to start your own art group. Meet artist Patti Munro. Make molds with resin and clay. Do some faux encaustic painting. Get 365 Art Prompts for 2012.
    Discover a new use for recyclables. Add fun and color to your studio with Word Birds and stand-out scissors. Check out the results of our "A Little Me" reader challenge. Read all about the new Luggage Tags challenge, and so much more. . .

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors: November/December 2011

    Meet Cindy Wunsch. Create image transfer magic with instant film. Mix encaustic painting techniques with plexiglass. Use paint and resin in layers. Paint a reverse collage. Enjoy the results of our "Home Sweet Home" Reader Challenge. Take "A Look at...Stretching Canvas." Get ready for our "Cloth Paper Scissors Post" Reader Challenge. Don't miss our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • cloth paper scissors september/october 2011

    Meet Ivan Lovatt. Make your own Steampunk dolls. Carve a reduction print. Make your own custom paper. Print a cyanotype journal from an vintage photo. Build a deconstructed assemblage. Enjoy the results of our "Wild Wire" Reader Challenge. Take a Look At: Water-soluble Art Supplies. Get ready for our "Carve It Up!" Reader Challenge. Don't miss our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • cloth paper scissors july/august 2011

    Our Fabulous Fabric Issue! Meet Nathalie Miebach. Make fused-plastic fabric. Journal on unbound canvas. Created a wearable art cuff. Try mixing paint and digital collage. Bind a book made out of test tubes. Enjoy the results of our "Fabric Swatch" Reader Challenge. Take a look at adding color to fabric. Get ready for our "A Little Me" self-portrait reader challenge. Don't miss our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • cloth paper scissors may/june 2011

    Meet Lisa Klakulak. Make colorful magic with your markers. Journal in 3-D. Create your own letters. Paint portraits inspired by the masters. Make a mixed-media found object assemblage. Enjoy the results of our "Stenciled Garden" Reader Challenge.Take a Look At: cutting tools. Get ready for our "Home Sweet Home" Reader Challenge. Don't miss our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors March/April 2011

    Meet the talented Sandy Webster. Experiment with Restructured Paper. Learn how to make fashionable paper quilts and how to make necklaces from newspaper. Create a wire and clay sculpture. Walk a mile in hand-crafted mixed-media shoes--or just make your own pair. Mix fabric and stitch with encaustics. Take a gander at our "All Buttoned Up" reader challenge results. Look at the In the Mix department for a look at die-cut machines, new products and our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors January/February 2011

    Meet the incredibly colorful Adnan Charara. Experiment with polymer clay book covers. Learn how to mix papermaking with encaustics, and how to make fabric mail art. Create a folder Journal. Take a flip through our reader challenge "mini books." Jump into your own artist collaboration. Look at the In the Mix department for a look at book binding tools, new products, and our On Our Radar artist spotlight. Let us introduce you to the 2011 Artisans and finalists.

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  • cloth paper scissors november/december 2010

    Meet Ruth Rosner and her wonderful found object women. Learn how to make fabulous fabric boxes and try making a wintery wonderland with quirky wire houses. Experiment with embossing on metal tape and play with stencils and foil. Create a faux leather journal and celebrate the holiday with crepe paper garlands. Take a look at the results of our Mixed-media Winter Holiday Gift Swap and be inspired by a papier-mache and thrift-store mash up. Devlve into the In the Mix department for a look at "shiny things", new products and our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors September/October 2010

    Meet Ann Wood and her whimiscal creatures. Learn easy faux silkscreaning and try our paper and plaster pumpkins. Experiment with Steampunk style earrings and play with texture and layers. Create a painted fedora with the Crafty Chica and celebrate the Day of the Dead with Michael deMeng. Take a look at the results to our "A Haunting We Will Go" challenge and see the Judges Choice Calendar Art. Delve into the In the Mix department for a look at new products, adhesive choices and our On Our Radar artist spotlight.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors July/August 2010

    Learn how to make mixed-media pendants with musling. Read about Susan Lenart Kazmer's love of found objects and jewlery. Discover new ideas for Guerrilla Art. Travel to Paris with the Oiseaux sisters. Get the basics on metal embossing. See the results of our "Pendant Swap" Reader Challenge. and check out our In the Mix for a look at writing tools and our artists spotlight on Michelle Daisley Moffitt.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors May/June 2010

    Learn to layer texture with Katy Monnot in the Workshop. Read about Robert Maloney's love of texture in the Artist Profile. Discover a beginner's guide to assemblage and try 3-D printmaking. Spend some time exploring text as a collage element with Lisa Occhipinti, and experiment with a Adrienne Shishko's non-linear approach to collage. Take a look at the results to our "Pass it On: Mail Art Affirmations" Reader Challenge and delve into the new In the Mix department for a look at new products, textural supplies and tools, and our artist Spotlight called On Our Radar.

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors March/April 2010

    Silk screening made easy; Artist Profile: Leo Sewell; Artist to Artist: Erin Zamrzla; Graffiti Paper Quilts; Burned Glue & Paper; Embracing the Blues; "Celebrate Birthdays"; Books with a Repurpose; Mixed Adventures of  a Superhero Series; Birdscapes; Add Dimension with Wood; "Mother Earth" Art Doll Challenge results; "Creative Flag" Retreat Artwork Reader Challenge; "A Haunting We Will Go!" Reader Challenge, What one item is missing in your art space that if added, you think would make a huge difference in your art process?

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  • Cloth Paper Scissors January/February 2010

    Designing Fabric; Sketches on fabric; Mixed-Media approach to quilting; dyeing technique; Sub Urban Art - selective Rusting; Edges; Monoprinting with texture plates; Journal quilts; Spontaneous explorations in color; Re-create your sketchbook images on cloth;  Edges; Goddess at the last minute with Robbi Joy Eklow and much more...

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