Comments on: Tutorial: Choosing Paper/Card for your Art Journal http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/ It's All about the Journey; Handbound books, Rubber Stamping, Paper Crafting and Tutorials. Where will your crafting journey take you? Fri, 24 May 2013 20:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: billiescraftroom http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-10751 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:26:27 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-10751 Ohh I’ve seen it done..but not sure if I could bring myself to do that yet. Mind you if I REALLY hated a page perhaps.

I’m going with put the page asside and come back to it some time later. Pages that I thought were awful at the time, when I return to them weeks or more later look better.

]]> By: Annie http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-10742 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:11:51 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-10742 You can also paint over pages you don’t like and start over.

]]> By: billiescraftroom http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-7180 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:21:45 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-7180 Hi Gilly

Thanks for dropping by. You know I still find that some days all is right in my art world and I love the results, other days it looks awful. I use this method for most of my journals now, that way if a page or sketch looks wrong, I don’t have to keep it in there. That said, don’t throw out pages you don’t like. Try putting them in a different box, I have been very critical of art I’ve done in the past, but looking back on the pages now, they aren’t nearly as bad as I first though.

You may find as you learn new techniques that you can re-work older pages into something new, that you like even more.

Keep going, its worth it.

Best wishes

Billie :)

]]> By: Gilly http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-7170 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:09:42 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-7170 Great info here Billie. I love the fact that you are being very honest when you say you are not happy with all your pages. I am just starting out myself and yes, I am not feeling it with some pages. I have been binding my own with rings, and I like what some suggested about how you might get sick of the journal before you are done!

Thanks for all the info!

]]> By: Badge: Art Journals (revised) « larajla creates http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-4202 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:49:11 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-4202 [...] billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal [...]

]]> By: morganallison http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-3150 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:09:01 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-3150 I love the idea of making your own journal! I’m one of those people who will write in a journal for a few months, get bored, and buy a new one. Which gets expensive. I could definitely see myself making some of my own! If I do, I’ll use some of your tips for sure :)

I love chatting with fellow crafters so please stop by my blog and drop a quick hello! Maybe we can exchange some tips or projects

http://morganallison.wordpress.com/

]]> By: billiescraftroom http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-3146 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:43:33 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-3146 Hi Lynn

You can totally mix n match your papers if you are using a punch and bind system. Anything sturdy enough to take lots of washes will probably be ok on its own, if you are using 220gsm cartridge paper or less it might be worth leaving the back of the page blank so you could glue on a reinforcing strip of heavier card where you punch the holes. To stop the page tearing out, but used gently it would still be ok without it. If you are going for the longstitch version then the lighter pages will get a lot of suppert within other pages. I’ve mixed a few 80gsm sheets in the centers of water colour card, this gives lots of support and plenty of variables of paper type.

We are back to wet n dark here at the moment, so I’m guessing it will be summer to get decent light.

Best wishes

Billie :)

]]> By: Lynn Claridge http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/tutorial-choosing-papercard-for-your-art-journal/#comment-3136 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:57:10 +0000 http://billiescraftroom.wordpress.com/?p=6935#comment-3136 I saw some of your art journalling pages over on UK Stampers and this is something on my ‘Have a go at that’ list :) I love the idea of mixed media creating, probably not very good at it but I can but try!
Loved your pages too :)

I like the idea of loose pages because then presumably you could mix and match the base pages couldn’t you? Depending on what you want to do you could use a combination of cardstock, cartridge paper and watercolour paper or wouldn’t this work?

Think my ‘have a go at that’ list is almost as long as my wish list :) Trouble with having the house up for sale is that I can’t get out too many craft things because of hiding it all away again!

Look forward to the tutorial.

Hugs
Lynn xx

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