My mom, Kathy, put together a video showing how she makes “tea bag” style ephemera for her junk journals! Kathy does a lot of interesting things with used tea bags and other “junk” items. She developed this ephemera square after looking for a way to…
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Be a more confident artist: share your art online!
There comes a point when you want to share something you’ve made. You’re really excited about a particular collage and want to show it off– so you join a few Facebook groups, make an account on Flickr, maybe even start an art Instagram page. And…
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From journal to collage: Finding inspiration from life experiences
Many of my own collages are created through thinking about a specific event or feeling I’ve had recently, and developing a visual story for them. Though the connection between my experience and my collage may not be obvious to anyone but myself, it makes for…
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Where to get free fonts for digital art (and how to upload fonts to Canva)
Normally collages are pretty image-heavy, and don’t have a whole heap of text. But if you’ve started making digital art journal pages (like me), then you’re suddenly including a lot of text in your collages! And obviously you need to use a font that goes…
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How to make a digital collage: Finding a subject
Collages are an excellent way to tell a story or show your perspective on something. While it’s fun to just slap images onto a background and see what happens, it can be even more satisfying to create something that expresses a specific idea. For instance,…
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How to make a digital collage: Focus image
Depending on your collage style, you may or may not want to have a “focus image.” I come from the world of mixed media art journals, where usually there’s a specific photo or drawing that the rest of the page is centered around. Having a…
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How to declutter a paper ephemera collection
If you’ve been crafting for a while, you’ve probably collected a huge amount of paper, photos, magazines, and junk— not to mention all the paint, ink, stamps, and stencils that you need to make an art journal. Having a huge ephemera collection can be great,…
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