The sun is shining and it sure feels nice! With spring finally upon us and Easter right around the corner, I don't know about you but my creative juices are flowing in high gear!
I hope you are feeling as crafty as I am and if not then these 2 new art techniques are sure to inspire.....
Luckily Angelique didn't lose any fingers with that one but that burn sure looked nasty.....so heed her warnings cuz the pain is real!
Now don't put that glue gun away just yet.......
Tina demonstrates how you can add some amazing texture to your canvas using the Hot Glue Gun Technique and OMG is that canvas ever adorable!
Feeling inspired yet???
I hope you will drop by our Oddball Facebook Group and show us what you've been working on, upload your project image to our Monthly Challenge Album for a chance to win some free stamps, use one of last months "Techniques" and win our challenge to get an extra free stamp!
Are you ready to have some fun??! This Reversible Mini Art Journal was super fun and easy to make and I must say......turned out sooooooo cute, I am super excited about it; and hope you are as excited as I am....
I used 2 brand new stamps that I created for a creepy cute take on Easter, they were released in the Oddball Etsy Shop yesterday, but you could use any stamp(s) you want for your journal using the template in my last tutorial to design your front and back covers in photoshop before you print & paint.
Simply download the zip file containing the template (includes a free digi stamp) if you haven't yet downloaded it. The template is a .psd file which is a photoshop file and it contains layers. The layers are labeled so you know where to place your digital image and then which layer to delete the borders before you print, When you place your stamp image you will want to keep it inside the border as anything printed outside of the border will be folded over the cardboard and covered up with glue and the inside pages. Once you are happy with your front and back covers, save and print to size 6" x 6" art paper.
SUPPLY LIST
2 pcs of 6" x 6" craft or art paper
2 pcs of 4.5" x 4.5" cardboard or chipboard
1(+) pcs of long craft or art paper 4" x (a # divisible by 4)
( I used 2 pcs of mixed media paper 4" x 24" and connected them together....you can connect as many pcs as you want together to make it as long as you desire as long as the total length is divisble by 4)
Mod Podge or strong craft glue
ruler
pencil
craft knife or scissors something to cut the cardboard and paper
watercolor paints and brushes or any medium of your choosing
I hope you have fun making your own Reversible Mini Art Journal and I can't wait to see it if you do!!!
I would love you to share your makes in the Oddball Art Stamps FB Group and if you're chosen by random.org as our monthly Facebook Challenge winner and you've created a project using 1 of the techniques from a previous month you will get to pick an extra digi stamp! So that means you will get to choose 4 stamps instead of 3!!!!! (This Tutorial is a March Technique even though the blog isn't getting posted til April 1.)
I will be back on April 5th with a new Technique Tutorial for you......and if you have any requests for tutorials you would like me to do feel free to post in the comments below and I will try to work it in.
And lastly before I go.......there is still 2 more weeks to enter our "Best Friends" Blog Challenge so lets see what you've been creating..... :)
