Mixed-Media Techniques

There’s a mixed-media art technique that’s right for you. Browse these free articles and learn how to make assemblage art, use stencils, create an art journal . . . we cover everything mixed-media! What will you make today?

Texture & Layers with Paint and Stencils

It’s National Craft Month! And in honor of all things crafty, we’re excited to take part in the Interweave blog hop. When asked what craft we would take to a desert island, of course the Cloth Paper Scissors team started thinking about Lisa Kesler’s highly textured multi-media project, which uses handmade stencils and found objects.…

papercuts by Mirjam Keune from Winter 2018 Cloth Paper Scissors. Photos by Mark Elson.

Cloth Paper Scissors Winter 2018 Online Extra: Festive Papercuts

In the Winter 2018 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, Mirjam Keune shares her magical papercuts. With her simple folding technique, you’ll get a perfectly symmetrical design. No matter what your cutting or drawing skill level is, you’ll be pleased with the results. These papercut designs are a perfect personalized gift for the holidays. “I am…

Paper Holiday Scrap-Art Gift Tags: Crazy and Colorful Gift Embellishments

Our special Paper Holiday magazine has tons of creative ideas for this festive season, including home décor projects, fun-to-make gifts, and techniques for creating beautiful cards and gift wrap. This article, showing how to make cheerful gift tags from paper scraps, offers a taste of what’s inside the issue! –Jeannine This holiday season, I decided to tweak…

improve your hand lettering with Lettering Lessons

Lettering Lessons 2018: Have Fun with Hand Lettering and Marie Browning

Marie Browning’s Lettering Lesson is full of fun ideas for hand lettering and for embellishing hand lettering with design and color. You’ll fall in love with brush-tip watercolor markers when you learn Marie’s tricks for making the marker work for you in creating artful designs and flourishes. If hand lettering has you stymied, Marie’s Fat…

Because of its translucency, tracing paper can be an artist’s best friend when it comes to auditioning designs for artwork.

Sandrine Pelissier’s 4 Tips for Trying Out Patterns

Patterns are a fun addition to any design, but they can be very time consuming to create, especially for large projects. Before committing to an idea, it is nice to be able to visualize how a color or a pattern will look so you can more confidently apply it to your work. Here are four…