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Tag Archives: art techniques

Are you a Deviant?

June 25, 2015by telltalecreations

Using images created by others for background, embellishment or focal images in your own work can be appealing to artists and crafters. Some do not have the time or skill […]

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Taking all the credit

April 28, 2015by telltalecreations

Besides collage, painting is my other favorite art activity.  All my arting and crafting is therapeutic, but painting feels the most freeing.  With collage, I start with an idea of […]

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Zero waste

April 7, 2015by telltalecreations

“Zero waste” is my goal each time I craft. I am ever on the lookout for creative ways to use my leftover paper scraps. Paper strip backgrounds like the one […]

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Rip and tear artist

March 10, 2015by telltalecreations

Five months ago I introduced myself to collage and am now happily addicted. I find working with torn paper highly agreeable. It satisfies my taste for rustic styles. I am committed to […]

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In the flickr of an aye, matey

February 18, 2015by telltalecreations

In arts and crafts, using images created by others for your background, embellishment or focal images is useful for a variety of reasons.  Personally, I have not yet explored all […]

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Gluebook

January 28, 2015by telltalecreations

Behold the first fruit of my gluebook. During a focus on paper collage in the past few months, I discovered the concept of the gluebook. The name tells you everything you […]

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Gamsol and quote graphics

January 9, 2015by telltalecreations

This small piece of art was created last year using colored pencils and the “gamsol technique”. I printed the quote from my computer and traced over with pigment ink pen. […]

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The Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle

An exploration into the thinking that pushed one man to adopt a moneyless lifestyle and the philosophy he developed along the way. It presents radical new perspectives on vital foundations of economic theory that we should question as a society. Explores what it really means to be “sustainable" and offers creative solutions for living a "less is more" lifestyle. Mark presents a unique economic and ecologic message of dire importance.

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Hannah Brencher founded the More Love Letters movement that encourages and facilitates writing letters of encouragement to strangers when they need them most. Her book details the role letter writing always played in her life; how her struggle with depression combined with her desire to help the suffering led her to begin writing love letters to strangers; and how she found ways to open her personal project to global involvement.

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