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Handmade Papers Demo

3/15/2019

 
Last week for Demo, we learned about the world of Handmade Papers!! 

There are SO MANY ideas for using your handmade papers... just check out what you can do!! 
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We carry SO MANY beautiful handmade papers!!!! They come from ALL OVER THE WORLD!! 

​Some of them are from Italy.... 
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We carry others that are made from 100% Recycled Cotton Fibers from India... 
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We have a large selection of hand-silk-screened Chiyogami Papers from Japan.. these are some of our favorites because they are SO BEAUTIFUL!
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We LOVE these printed ones from Nepal... these images are always popular around here!! 
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We also carry these fantastic papers made from the Mulberry Plant.. These papers are great for creating Privacy Windows at home because they are a little bit translucent 
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I love the idea of using some of these papers as overlays... Take these papers, for example, that look a little bit like lace. They are GREAT for laying on top of patterned papers to create a *totally different* effect!! 
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You can also use these textured papers to cut out die-cuts!! 
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These handmade ones that are slightly translucent are great for overlays because they pick up the color of paper behind it.. which works GREAT for layering! 
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You can take one of the patterned handmade papers and put a translucent piece of Mulberry paper on top to soften the pattern. THEN you can fussy-cut some of the images to lay on top of the overlay... this makes it so the focal point matches in color to the background. 
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You can also take a piece of handmade paper and cut out some of the images... like the marbled pattern in a paper... and you can use pop dots and mounting tape to add dimension 
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You can "enhance" the handmade papers by simply adding a little bit of shimmer... it is easy to do with the Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen!! 
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You can also make mottled-looking paper by using PVA to adhere pieces of wrinkled Tissue Paper onto a piece of card stock. 

If you stamp an image with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink onto the tissue paper and THEN adhere it, your stamped image will be waterproof and won't move when you glue the tissue paper in place with the wet glue. 

... when I made this card some of the tissue paper ripped... but I actually like the look!!! 
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You can also colorize tissue paper with Distress Inks and the Picket Fence Blending Brushes so you get this beautiful ombre effect... 

I decided to use this die-cut from Impression Obsession (I trimmed off the doe and buck) to make a beautiful serene scene with just the tissue-paper overlay... what an easy and gorgeous effect!! 
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You can make your own decorative handmade papers with inclusions by using a piece of white card stock, some leaves or feathers, PVA, and a very sheer piece of the translucent Mulberry Paper 

I love how we used fresh pieces of Pine and it smells SO GOOD even after being in the paper for a couple days. 
  • Brush on a VERY thin coat of PVA onto a piece of card stock (a foam brush works great) 
  • Next, lay down a feather, dried flower petals, or fresh pines onto the glue 
  • Now, take a piece of VERY thin Mulberry Paper and lay it on top of the inclusions
  • Place a clean paper towel down on top of the Mulberry paper and press firmly making sure to fully press on the Mulberry paper so it adheres evenly.
  • Trim your paper down to size using a paper cutter and some scissors 
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You can take an image from one of the Italian papers and make little squares (folded in half) to add dimension to an image!! 
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Some of these papers are textured.. you can change the color by using your Versamark clear ink pad and embossing powder to make it look like dragon skin!! 
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And, the easiest way to use your translucent handmade papers is to make a sweet little lantern (like this one below using the new Hero Arts Fairy Window) and back the frames with your handmade paper!! It has a great appearance and looks beautiful even if there are no tea-lights on inside! 
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Stop by the store to see all the ideas in person!! We would love to show you ideas to help you feel inspired!! 

See you soon!!

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Translucent Papers, Ideas and More!

2/9/2019

 
Here at the store we carry several different kinds of paper.. and some of our favorite are the Translucent ones 

Check out some of these fun ideas!! 
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When using Translucent Papers, you can really get creative with some of the techniques!! Because the Papers are so thin, however, you need to be careful which papers you use to get certain effects.

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​Let's start with Embossing Folders!

When you run Vellum in an Embossing Folder, it tends to "crack" .. in order to prevent this from happening, we recommend using a "carrier" of a piece of card stock AT THE SAME TIME so the Embossing Folder embosses both the vellum AND the card stock.
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We wanted to know if you could emboss OTHER Translucent Papers.. 

But we found out you CANNOT emboss Matte Dura-Lar... it just DOESN'T hold texture!!! 
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Next we tried Embossing the Handmade Mulberry Paper (Wendy chose the SUPER THIN Mulberry Paper with No Inclusions). As you can see, the paper has a SUPER LIGHT embossed texture... neat for an overlay!! 
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Wendy played around with stamping on the SUPER THIN Mulberry Paper.. Here she used Staz-On Black ink 
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Wendy tore some of the images from the Mulberry Paper and then used Crystal Lacquer to adhere them to a painted white Wooden Canvas. When she did that, the MULBERRY PAPER DISAPPEARED and the image stayed vibrant!!! 
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Wendy also stamped some fun natural images in Archival Ink on the Thin Mulberry Paper so that when she does collage with the papers later the inks WON'T BLEED out... Archival Ink is permanent when dry! 
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You can stamp and Heat Emboss on 3 of these WONDERFUL translucent papers!! 
  • Thick Vellum
  • Dura-Lar Wet Media Film 
  • Dura-Lar Matte Film 
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Vellum has quite a bit of Tooth to it... so it has a rougher-feeling than the Dura-Lar. When you stamp and Heat-Emboss it will WANT TO CURL so make sure your Heat-Gun is nice and hot before you heat-emboss! 
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The Dura-Lar Wet Media Film LOOKS like Acetate but YOU CAN EMBOSS ON IT!!! You can also use dye-based markers on the Wet Media Film!! It also holds embossing beautifully.. just make sure to USE AN EMBOSSING PREP PAD before you emboss otherwise the Embossing Powder will stick everywhere!! 
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One of our FAVORITE PAPERS to use for Heat Embossing is the Matte Dura-Lar .. the Matte Dura-Lar is SO SMOOTH and it embosses WONDERFULLY!! 
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You can combine Dura-Lar Matte and Wet Media Film to do Multi-Step Stamping as well!! 
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I love the look of the Dura-Lar Wet Media Film here... we stamped and Heat-Embossed the Wings and used Tombow Markers to color the wings
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Here, we did a combination of Dura-Lar Matte and Wet Media Film... the effect is wonderful!! 

Gluing down just the middle of the Dragonfly and popping up the wings really makes the image come to life! 
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I LOVE this overlay art piece Wendy created!!!
  • First, Wendy used her Alocohol Inks to colorize the Translucent Papers like Stained Glass!! 
  • Wendy stamped the new Nature Walk image stamps from Darkroom Door onto the Wet Media Film Dura-Lar using Black Staz-On ink 
  • Then, Wendy used the Black Glaze Pen to add doodles and swirls to the papers
  • Next, Wendy cut out the new Hero Arts Butterfly Die-Cut out of black card stock and pasted it down.. it looks like stained glass when you look at the pieces through the light! 

Wendy then created a Tri-Fold out of card stock and then sandwiched the pieces of Vellum, Matte Dura-Lar, and Wet Media Dura-Lar between another card stock Tri-Fold. 

When the light passes through it you can REALLY see the colors!! 

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When the Tri-Fold is closed, you get this really cool card with overlays... 
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But when you open it up.. The colors COME TO LIFE!!!! 
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I am always so impressed with what you can create with the products we carry here at the store!! 

Stop by to see us to get inspired! We would love to see you!

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