BOOK PAPER ACCENTS

Book pages have been used in papercrafts/mixed media for many years as there are so many different ways you can use them. Stamping, die-cutting, stencilling over them, tearing them into strips to create a background, and even using them to make a complete collage scene. I have incorporated a few various ways in my samples below. For more detail, click the image.

"Nothing will change"

"Be bold"

"Mint"

"Wildflower"

"Dreams"

"Live Gently"

This is a card I made using a stencil and acrylic paint
over a piece of book paper.

A close-up of the card.

WATERCOLOUR PENCIL TECHNIQUES

 I have several sets of watercolour pencils and find them particularly useful when colouring in small areas on stamped images. They can also be used in other ways and my samples below reflect some of these methods. You can colour through stencils, or pick up colour directly from the lead and then apply that colour straight to the paper (wet or dry paper). You can also colour directly onto a stamp with a damp pencil, spritz lightly and then stamp, plus the usual way of colouring your image with the dry pencils and activating them with water to get a watercolour blended look. For this class I used my woodless Ranger Distress Watercolour Pencils, they are solid pigment with a wrapper around them to keep them and your hands clean and come in the same 72 colour range as the Distress line.

"Beware the beat"


"Fake plants"

"Eat local"


"Disturb the peace"

"Lookin' sharp"

"Count me in"