Hand-Painted Papers

I'm addicted to making painted papers.  Most of them start out on the Gelli Plate, but I also just throw some paint down on others.  They are so pretty and you can use them for so many things.

I've cut them up and used them to make cards, collages, bookmarks, and in my art journal.  You could cut them down into Artist Trading Card (ATC) size and have a ready-made background.

Since we seem to have a "deli paper" shortgage in my area, I've start using tracing paper instead.  I found several pads of tracing paper in my, ridiculously, large art supply stash, and it's exactly like deli paper (and you don't have that obnoxious fold line in the middle).

I'm going to sell some of my papers on Etsy.  I've also cut out little circles and doo-dads with a punch.  These would be great for scrapbookers and cardmakers.

Here are a few of the papers that I have for sale.

 

 

 

Please check out my hand painted papers!!

Peace,
Cyndi


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Tile Coasters

Tonight it's tile coasters.  This is all you need to make a pretty set of coasters:

4 inch ceramic tiles (they're about 13 cents a piece)

Decorative paper (I used scrapbook paper)

Mod Podge

Paintbrush or foam brush

Polycrylic (I used Minwax clear satin)

Felt circles or tiny rubber "feet"

Cut the paper into 3.75" squares.  Cover the tile with Mod Podge.  Center the paper on the tile.  I used an old credit card to smooth out the paper and make sure that it was completely adhered around the edges.  Brush a coat of Mod Podge over the paper.  It looks nice when you brush it in one direction so that you don't have crazy brush strokes visible.  When this layer dries, apply another layer of Mod Podge.  This time, brush it in the opposite direction.  You don't have to, but I think it looks better this way.  When this coat is entirely dry, brush on a coat of polycrylic, covering the sides of the tile also.  Lastly, attach some felt circles or rubber "feet" at each corner of the bottom of the tile.  That's it!

These make a really nice gift.  In fact, I gave my sister a set on Thanksgiving.  I going to put some up for sale in my etsy shop within the next day or so.

Peace,

Cyndi

Really Quick Framed Doilies

Here's one that I was able to complete.

I found plain black plastic frames at Michael's for 50 cents.  (Whatta ya gonna do - when something's .50, you buy it.)  4 sheets of linen scrapbook paper for .12 a piece, and 4 doilies for $1.00 a piece.  The doilies were in the dollar bins.

So I just trimmed the paper to fit inside of the frame.  Used some double-sided tape to attach the doilies and VOILA.  As you can see by the pictures, I could have done a little better job with the doilies.  If you iron them before you tape them, I'm sure that they would be more even.

So, let's see $1.72 times 4 is $6.88, plus tax.  Not bad and it only took about 30 minutes start to finish!