Holly Pictures
You’re going to love this selection of beautiful Holly Pictures. There’s a wonderful rectangular frame made of holly leaves and another golden frame accented with leaves and berries. Perfect for adding your own holiday greetings! […]
Ideas for Background Textures
If you’ve been trying out the decorative paper techniques from my site, you know how much I like to make background textures on paper. I have a big Nike shoe box crammed full of different found materials. When I decide to play with decorating paper, I pull out my box and dive in. […]
How to Make a String Stamp
The sketch paper shown above was decorated using a stamp I made from string. The left side of the picture shows how I painted the sketch paper first and then stamped over it. This is a very fun technique. Creating the string stamp pattern can be very relaxing, in a zen sort of way. And no two are ever alike. […]
How to Create Salt Patterned Paper
The secret to using salt to make designs on your paper is to make sure the surface of the paper is really wet before tossing on the salt. The cool thing about this technique is you can never be sure exactly what will happen! […]
How to Make Bubble Wrap Art
You can create great textures by wadding up different items and then rolling them in paint and then onto your sketch paper. Try wadded-up masking tape, scrunched-up saran wrap, and balled-up bubble wrap for some interesting looks. […]
How to Make Glitter Background Paper
Try making this highly textured decorative paper with glitter, threads, and hole-less silver beads. The paper is really a deep glossy black with lots of silvery texture. […]
How to Make Background Sparkle Paper
It’s hard to see on this scan, but this decorative paper is glittery white and shimmery silver. You can try this technique with lots of different color combinations. […]
How to Make Crayon Resist Paper
Try your hand at making this lovely decorative paper using the crayon resist technique. It’s such much fun and all you need are paints, paper, and crayons! […]
How to Make Gessoed Paper
The gessoed paper is opaque and has a light, leathery feel to it. You can use it as the base for all kinds of decorative papers. […]
How to Make Crystalline Paper
Follow these steps to learn how to make crystalline paper. You’ll get some beautiful, shimmery paper to use in your arts and crafts projects. […]