Paper Arts Bulletin

Hello to all! Today's menu focuses on easy ways to explore printmaking.     If, like me, you’ve been itching to try your hand at using a Gelli Arts printing plate, but cannot afford to purchase one, I’ve rounded up some inexpensive alternatives using tools and art supplies you probably already have on hand.    Mixed media superstar Traci Bautista has many ideas on how to create different types of prints, including using puffy paints to make prints.       Alisa Burke shows how to make monotype prints with a plastic bag .    Jenny Doh, formerly of Stampington & Company, now of Crescendoh.com , shows how to make stamps from craft foam marshmallows .  Another method for making stamps from craft foam is here .   My first foray into paper crafts as an adult was making leaf prints on fancy papers and card stock.  Cindy from Skip to My Lou has a great tutorial about leaf prints.     Although leaf printing is...

This year's harsh winter may be keeping you indoors, but here are a few items for your enjoyment, starting first with some upcoming paper arts events: Creating Keepsakes has begun its annual CKC scrapbooking conventions at sites all over the United States.  Registration is open for upcoming events in St. Louis, Portland, Manchester, NH, and Buffalo.  Registration for the Phoenix event will open on February 12, 2014.  Go here  for the list of upcoming cities and registration details.  The CKC events start in April.  Perhaps the weather will have warmed up by then.   Art Journal Every Day is an online group Julie Fei-Fan Balzer started on her blog a few years ago. This is not an e-course so much as a group of papercrafters dedicated to working in their art journals every day.  Balzer has an Art Journal Every Day post on her blog every Friday.  There is no cost to join the group, and you can choose to upload your journal pages to the Art Jo...