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Scrapbooking Haul

Friday, January 27th, 2012

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It has some great products for sale at a great price
Michaels and JoAnn– flowers, stamps, beads, Tim Holtz die, Dollar store ice cube tray/molds, Pink Smash Book

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My Scrapbooking Room

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Hi everyone! I am a consultant with Close to my HeArt and this is my Scrapbooking room. This video has so many tips on how to stay organized. Please subscribe, I will be adding many more scrapbooking and cardmaking tutorials to my page. Shop online with me at justinehovey.myctmh.com or visit my blog justinehovey.myblogspot.com

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How to make a hardcover mini art journal

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Here I will show you how to make your own hardcover book! You can use this little book to make a fun tiny sized Art journal with.
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Easy Scrapbooking Ideas

Sunday, December 25th, 2011

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Make an Arts & Crafts decorative notepad for scrapbooking. All you need is paper, ribbon, craft bond glue, hot glue, and decorative scrapbooking paper. You can use these in scrapbooking projects. Also these make great gifts, especially for the holidays. In addition, you can put these in gift baskets and sell them for profit.

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Scrapbooking Ideas : Scrapbooking Techniques

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Different scrapbooking techniques include pic-folio books, digital albums and traditional cut-and-paste pages. Find a scrapbooking style that best represents the desired look with helpful tips from a professional scrapbooking consultant in this free video on preserving memories.

Expert: Michele Wright, Katy Chittick & Becky Omel
Contact: www.creativememories.com
Bio: Michele Wright, Katy Chittick and Becky Omel are Creative Memories consultants with more than 50 years of combined Scrapbooking experience.
Filmmaker: Sharon Rutter

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Scrapbooking Basic Grey Mini Album Gift Idea (BlueMoon DT Project) .m4v

Monday, September 19th, 2011

*** HAPPY HOLIDAYS *** SUPER EXCITED *** A Simple Fun Fast Mini Album Gift!! GET these amazing goodies to make this mini at:
http://www.bluemoonScrapbooking.com/
and PLAY.. PLAY!! YOUR GOING TO LOVE IT!! Don’t worry about cutting up these gorgeous amazing prints! Just do it :) ta-hee.. SUPER FUN!

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Hope everyone’s having a happy holiday season!

With A Holly-Jolly Grin,
Steff :)

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Scrapbooking Tag Art

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

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This is a video about my special tag. I tried to make a victorian style tag so I used nice scrapbook light blue-green and cream beige paper with glitter and swirls. I dressed up the tag with white lace at the top and blue ribbon at the bottom. Then I added blue organza ribbon for the tie.

To decorate the tag, I make a paper flower out of white cardstock paper. I got this idea from Babsmart6. I wasn’t able to tear the flower because my hands stArted to hurt, so I used scissors. If you’re able to tear, it will look more life like and realistic. I finished off the flower with white paint and white sparkly glue and I added a little bling to the flower with a single blue-green acryclic bead.

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Scrapbooking for Beginners : How to Choose an Album for Scrapbooking

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Learn how to choose an album for a scrapbook and record memories in this free video on Arts and crafts. Get Scrapbooking and journaling ideas.

Expert: Stephanie Ovak
Bio: Stephanie Ovak has always been interested in genealogy and family history and has been a true scrapbooker for the last eight years.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Painting Tips- Glazing: Finishing a Painting with Transparent Oil Paint

Friday, August 19th, 2011

What is Glazing? The technical answer is 1.) multiple thin layers of transparent oil paint (applied at the end of a painting)….but what I want YOU to remember is 2.) Glazing is pure magic 3.) Knowing how to glaze will take your painting abilities to the next level.

1.) Why glazing is an important painting strategy
2.) (We will touch a little bit on) The science of refracted light
3.) Which paints to use. (How can you tell if a paint is a glazing color?)
4.) Which brushes to use for glazing
5.) How to do it! (The technique of glazing oil paint)

Glaze layers happen at the final stages of a painting, so lets take you to the end of the painting that you just saw right now. I am going to keep things concise and to the point. Give me your full attention for the next few minutes and you will acquire a solid understanding of glazing.

1- Why is glazing an important painting strategy?

Think about the last time that you had a sunburn. When sunburns heal, a layer of skin usually peels off your body. Take a second to remember what that skin looks like. The peel of skin is very thin, smooth and it is possible to see light through it.

Our outermost layers of skin, the epidermis, is comprised of multiple layers of skin similar to the peeled layer of skin that you just imagined. Glazing, the application of multiple, thin, transparent to translucent layers, is like the epidermis of a painting and it is important for an artist to know how to glaze so that he or she can get a more life like effect to their work.

2- The Science of Refracted Light
Light refracts through the transparent and translucent layers of a painting. In other words, it penetrates these layers and picks up any color that these layers contain. A good analogy for this concept is a seashell on the beach. Think of how the color of a seashell seems to change when it is covered with ocean water. The shell seems to change color, but in actuality, all physical characteristics of the shell remain the same. The sunlight refracting through the water alters the shells appearance just as glaze layers affect the final appearance of a painting.

3- Which paints to use
Paint colors have different characteristics. For instance, red, is not just red when it comes to painting. Cadmium red, the color on the left, is extremely opaque and has a great covering power. The color on the right, alizarin crimson is extremely transparent with a lesser covering power. Notice how you can see the blue line through the alizarin crimson, but not the cadmium red.

Most paint companies label the outside of their paint tubes to communicate these differences. Usually a box or circle is used to say if a paint is transparent, translucent or opaque. A filled box or circle is a symbol stating that a color is opaque while the opposite is true if a paint is transparent.

When you glaze, you would add Painting medium such as liquin to the paint. It is easy to glaze with transparent colors such as alizarin crimson but it is also possible to glaze with the cadmium red. In order to glaze with an opaque color, use a little bit of paint and a lot of painting medium. I would advise any beginner or novice painter to stick with transparent and translucent paints.

4.) Which brushes to use

When you glaze, have multiple soft tipped brushes within reach. A variety of sizes and shapes including round tip and fan brushes are ideal. Now we are ready for the demonstration

I did the glazing in three sittings over 21 days. It is important to let the paint thoroughly dry between glazes. If it doesnt, you will stArt picing up some of the previous layer. Notice that I am starting off by using two brushes. One to apply paint and the other to move the paint around. This is called dry brush technique and it is your most important glazing strategy. Dry brush gives you a smooth untextured finish……

I wouldnt recommend this for anyone trying glazing for the first time, but I am actually using titanium white when I create a highlight…..that is a white with extreme covering power….equal to what you saw with cadmium red. I use that only in the brighter highlight areas and when I use it, I use a ton of painting medium with it. ……..

The shadows get a little tricky, I try to look at my reference photo to match the shape but I am very aware of their edges as well. If there is a soft edge, I soften it with another dry brush….This is VERY IMPORTANT….Do not clean your brush in mineral spirits or turpenoid. Instead, just wipe your brush on a paper towel because those paint thinners will dissolve the entire glaze…..If a brush becomes unworkable, put it aside and use another soft tipped brush.

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How to Sew a Whip Stitch by Hand

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

This video demonstrates how to sew a whip stitch by hand. This stitch is great for hemming fabric and for decorative stitching.

To view the Article associated with this video, visit us at http://cyberseams.com/article/105045/basics/how_to_sew_by_hand_basic_stitches.html

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