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Miscellaneous Decorative Techniques - faux techniques, non-diecut decorative ideas, etc.
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Absolutely Beautiful.......
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Jan Dickerson, Thu, 26 May 2005 5:39PM
Wonderful Talent. Did U Study Art??
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Karen, Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:11PM
This is very beautiful work and very inspiring, thank you for sharing such beautiful pieces.
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Leisel Paris, Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:30PM
When it comes to drawing u r very talented. I wish I could be that talented. Keep up the good work.
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Pat Miller-Schwartz, Sun, 11 Jan 2004 9:25AM
Beautiful work of art, and such great ideas.  Thank you for sharing such gorgeous pieces of art.
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Carol, Mon, 28 Oct 2002 3:52PM
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Heart shaped top of candy box  - vellum ribbon, hot pink rose (and leaves) detailed with coloured pencils and pen

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Chocolate candies made from rimmed square and oval with swirl punch accent - Instructions for making 'candy' in the Handouts album

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Gum Drops - rim ovals, and add 'sugar' details with pen

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Salt Water Taffy - 3-D taffy (made from square punch) with vellum 'wrapper'

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box of candy - details of vellum wrapper can be seen in this one

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'faux' feathers lined up as a border - Instructions for making vellum feathers in the Handouts album

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Dream Catcher - 'faux' feathers, cotton buttonhole twist wrapped around a double 5" ring of PMP - try a triple thick ring, or be very careful of your thread tension, the paper ring warps easily.

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'faux' feathers as a corner decoration

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Laced Heart - large heart diecut with 'lie'lets and thin paper 'raffia' threaded through and tied in a bow

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Poinsettia decorated with pen and coloured pencils - 3 red, 6 green leaves and 3 tiny yellow maple leaves in centre - Instructions for shading poinsettias in the Handouts album

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Poinsettia punch art - four 1.5" maple leaf punchies plus gold pen.  See Paper Piecing and Punchies album for more ideas
"This will be something different for..."
"Like this idea for decorating cards ..."
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'Lie'lets - mkae small holes in paper (used leather punch) and edge with metallic pen for a faux eyelet effect

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More tags with 'lie'lets and 'raffia' strings (made with paper and pen only)

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Round Tag - tag and edges cut with CCS and hole punch - chain cut with scallop scissors and highlighted with white pen

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Luggae Tag - tag with 'lie'let, paper strip 'raffia' strings and pen 'top stitching' details - Instructions for making tags in the Handouts album

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Vellum lilies - traced from colouring book, decorated with white and gold pen, yellow and green pencil

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Sweet peas - traced and coloured with pencils, anc cut out

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Sweet peas and leaves - traced and coloured with pencils, anc cut out
"incredible. Absolutely incredible"
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Quick Quilling - faux quilling effect done with pens and Mats and Ribbons template

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Porthole - metallic silver 'rivets' on CCS circles plus a bit of marking pencil white highlights and black shadows

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Egytian Temple Columns - shortcut border strips decorated freehand with pens - separate top pieces

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Egyptian hieroglyph borders - stamped and reinked with brown, copper and white pen

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Egyptian hieroglyph borders - stamped and reinked with gold and white pens

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Quilling designs done with NSD 2002 template

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Crazy Quilt border - done freehand using assorted pens - Instructions for crazy quilt border in the Handouts album

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Another design done with NSD 2002 template

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Clouds - add pen highlights and separate shapes

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How to draw grass on a border or page

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Mayan pyramid paper piecing - prototype

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Christmas Angels, Simple Christmas Tree shapes for two page spreads, Ornament Ideas made with Mats and Ribbons template.

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Simple Christmas Tree shapes - these are meant to span the centre of a two page spread

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Christmas Ornament Ideas made with Mats and Ribbons template

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Menorah - made with rings cut with CCS circle templates, and other pieces.  Tips have been hollowed out with an office hole punch

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A Dreidl made from a triangle with trimmer and scissors/square cutter and decorated with silver pen and white/black marking pencil highlights and shadows

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mini gift bag - 1.25" square, vellum 'tissue' and thin strip of cardstock for handle

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Mini gift box - lid is larger than square base, vellum 'tissue'

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A mulberry-like effect can be obtained by wetting just the edge of a mat, and wearing the paper down to a feathered edge (from the 'reverse' side - the side that darkens more when dampened)  If you remove paper on the 'good' side, a different colour edge is created (take a close look at the bottom edge of the mat)

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reworked 'leather border - less white, more black and brown (bold pens to shade around the design areas)

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crinkle paper, add white, brown and black shading to get a worn leather look

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Tooled leather design done with lines and vines templates, brown, black and metallic silver pens

 
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