What's In Your Texture Box - Texturing Paper Ideas


	What's In Your Texture Box - Texturing Paper Ideas

franstuff

6-9-2008 7:28 PM

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paper art, altered books, texture, art

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Ideas of household items to use to texturize and decorate paper.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/492a019c-f892-49a5-8f46-84fdd9a7cc39/FDAC894C-35FB-4B80-BB9D-D468A6EB802F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm" href="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">karenswhimsy.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm"><DIV id="maintext">If you've been trying out the background paper techniques from my site, you know how much I like to decorate paper using different textures. I have a big Nike shoe box crammed full of stuff. When I decide to play with decorating paper, I pull out my box and dive in. <BR /><BR />I thought it would be fun to make a list of all the things that we can use to make neat patterns on paper. This paper can be used to make cards, collages, altered books, stationary, picture frames, journals, boxes . . . all types of things.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm"><H1>Background Texture :: What's Inside Your Texture Box?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/karenswhimsy.com/img/5BDC3CA3-3265-4F61-8EC7-44330E928BD3" alt="Background Texture" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm"><H2>What's Inside MY Texture Box:</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/background-texture.htm"><P>burlap<BR />doilies<BR />assorted sponges<BR />cheesecloth<BR />chop sticks<BR />popsicle sticks<BR />lace<BR />punched metal ribbon<BR />bubble wrap<BR />plastic and wire mesh<BR />bottle caps<BR />wine bottle corks<BR />assorted coffee cup holders<BR />large background rubber stamps<BR /><A href="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/string-stamp.htm"></A>string stamps</A><//A><BR />yarns and string<BR />netting<BR /><BR />I'd love to hear from you! Why don't you email me and tell me what you use for textures, and I'll add it to the list: <A href="http://karenswhimsy.com/play/mailto:karen@karenswhimsy.com">karen@karenswhimsy.com</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FDAC894C-35FB-4B80-BB9D-D468A6EB802F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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