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We're celebrating Put a Bird on It month with 12 hours of free projects, techniques, and eBooks featuring our feathered friends today. If you missed the 12-hour free fest on our Facebook page , here is a list of links taking you to each free how-to or download. Even if you're not a fan of things...
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Cate Prato
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3 May 2013
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Filed under: collage, mixed media, encaustic, fabric art, Handmade Books, art dolls, art to wear, Mixed Media Art Techniques, Felting, Softies, Embossing, Mixed Media Materials, Metal Art
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Recently I have been upcycling burlap coffee bean bags into café curtains for my kitchen. (Get it? Café curtains?) Burlap coffee bags ready for upcycling. When I started out, I thought I was just going to use the main part of the bags with the cool graphics. I cut apart the first bag in...
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The vestiges of last week's snowstorm still linger in crusted mounds all over our yard. But I can ignore them because of the unmistakable spring sound of birdsong that has been filling the air the last few mornings. Fiber art nest assemblage by Holly Kress Kennedy. Robins, sparrows, chickadees, catbirds...
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The other day I was taking in some eye candy on Pinterest and saw some beautiful mixed-media jewelry made from bent silver spoon handles. Some had beads attached and some had words stamped onto them. Poetry Spoons by Kelli Nina Perkins could be turned into art to wear. I immediately thought of Kelli...
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Paint has always been part of the mixed-media repertoire, but right now, painting is hot, hot, hot. Everyone seems to be painting, learning about painting, or has painting on their creative agenda. 'Freedom to Be,' 26" x 40" mixed-media painting by Christina Miniasian. Christina used...
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Today I'm sharing a little project from Kristen Robinson for making sweet bag for your jewelry or to hold a special little gift. Kristen makes these bags out of wool felt or linen; you can use purchased felt or make it even more personal by upcycling a wool sweater into felt or upcycling your fabric...
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When I need a quick fabric fix, I turn to felt . Felt crafts are like comfort food for me. Working with felt is easy and satisfying, because it comes in a huge array of colors, has enough heft to stand on its own, and the cut edges don’t fray. One of my embroidered felt valentines. Felt projects...
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Making Time for Art Journaling in 2013 A recording of this webinar is now available 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. These creative and prolific artists have written...
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When I was a kid, and when my own children were younger, a Valentine's Day party was de rigueur. Who doesn't like cutting out hearts, gluing them to doilies, and dusting them with glitter? Add some pink punch, paper cups filled with Conversation Hearts, and red-frosted cookies or cupcakes, and...
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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 tins. Cool idea! In the November/December 2011 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors , Laura Ryan uses beer...
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As you read this, I'm on vacation. With any luck, Santa will have brought me a new sewing machine or needle-felting machine , and I'll be playing with it. (Santa, are you watching as I type?) This past year I've explored a fair amount of felting techniques, and I plan to do more with my knowledge...
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Honestly, this year I really did start early on my holiday crafting. But here it is Christmas Eve, and I still have a couple of last-minute presents to create. This winter collage magnet took about an hour to create, including drying time between layers. If you're in the same boat, don't despair...
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Last week I highlighted some last-minute gifts. This week it's all about wrapping. In the 2011-2012 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Gifts , we featured a number of ways to wrap gifts. Some of the wraps were projects and were actually gifts in themselves, like the wine bags and Gifting Pockets. Others...
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Don’t we all dream about discovering an old bundled stack of letters like this? Whether we just want to read them, or use them in an art journal or a new collage series—the find would be monumental. At least that’s how I felt when I found this stack and brought it home to my studio. Just recently I noticed...
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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. Mixed-media paper and fabric art by Rebekah Meier. My latest fascination is with Rebekah...
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Cloth Paper Scissors Today
by
Cate Prato
on
28 Nov 2012
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Filed under: collage, mixed media, assemblage, Cloth Paper Scissors, fabric art, paper art, Mixed Media Art Techniques, Stamping Techniques, Felting, Mixed Media Materials, Mixed Media Painting