Every time I walk into a store that sells paper goods like handmade cards and art papers, I long to own a paper store. The idea of being surrounded by the colors, patterns, and textures of printed and handmade paper all day simply moves me.

Recently I asked our Facebook friends for their favorite low- or no-cost art supplies for mixed media. In mere minutes our resourceful followers provided a long list of ideas—some familiar and some new to me.

A while back I wrote about Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's techniques for successfully making custom rubber stamps had me eager to try rubber stamp carving myself. I asked for your advice, and you gave it!

Listen in as our talented art journal panel, Jacqueline Newbold, Dawn Sokol, and Pam Carriker, discuss their favorite ways to work art journaling into their everyday lives.

This technique for making inside pages for handmade books brings back the fun and excitement of making photocopies. The technique is quite simple, writes Kathryn Antyr in PAGES magazine: "Collect objects, photocopy them, and paint the copy with watered-down acrylics."

Just when I think I'm starting to catch up on all the mixed-media fabric art projects I want to make, I get the new issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, and I discover yet another project I just have to do.

How do you sign your art? With a Sharpie® and your signature? With a little cartouche-like monogram? Maybe you have a stylized signature you use just for artwork (as opposed to writing checks.) There are many ways to sign your artwork creatively, from printmaking techniques to lettering to stamping. Here, I've rounded up a few examples for you to try:

Babies. Puppies. Disney princesses. What do they have in common? Big eyes, a large forehead, and features scrunched up cutely in the middle of the face. It's what's called a pleasing face, according to artist Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. One that makes you want to look at it. One that makes you smile. In other words, a face that might be useful for your collage art.