More with scrapbook paper

The latest in scrapbook paper art. I have several sketches of dancers and I took another drawing and created a silhouette using the colorful scrapbook paper. You can make your own work of art with the right frame and matting. Be creative, cut out butterflies or dragonflies. Create an entire scene cutting out intricate detailed silhouettes using various scrapbook papers and colors. You are only limited by your imagination.

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Scrap Book Paper

ART

Scrap booking is all the rave these days. I feel like those people that say things like, everyone is doing, blah, blah, blah. Of course there are some people that have no clue about this phenomenon.
Scrap books are nothing new, but the concept has changed slightly by creating colorful sheets and books that people don’t have to do as much work. Scrap books can be very simple or very original and artistic.
The possibilities of what you can do with scrap book paper is endless. Here is one project that I created which can be framed and hung on the wall as instant art.



I drew on the opposite side and then cut out the image reverse it and then you can glue it onto another piece of scrapbook paper or anything to create art.

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What is art?

The creation of art… The artist is usually a misunderstood person. People are intrigued by their talent, but don’t always understand it. Some visual pieces are pretty to look at and some are more complex. Not only does it tell a story on the canvas, but there is also a story of how and why it was created. Secrets lie in the works of all artists in all forms.
The fantasy unfolds for a person who doesn’t dare experience what they create or they’ve dabbled on the thought and let it manifest itself into something more. Fiction allows an artist to say what they hold deep in the bowels of their inner core. All of their fears get to be presented through images and words. Pain and suffering surface through poems and lyrics. The mood swings and torture from music. Life like art, is filled with beauty, surrealism, truth, honesty, pleasure, betrayal, misfortune and pain.

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Still Scrapbooking

I've been working on my scrapbook today which inspired me to work on my biography. What I like about the scrapbook is the set up. The book came with 20 pages which gives me 40 pages to work with. It will start with the year in which I was born and end in the year 2010. I am concentrating on the last 10 yrs, but the front pages are dedicated to specific people and the years are not in sequence. Like art it just takes a form of its own. I can always rearrange the pages in cronological order once the book is complete. It's surprising the things that you remember when you do a project like this. I've been finding letters and notes from people that are no longer part of my life. I've tried to reconnect with some people, but for their own reasons they don't want to relive their past. I must say, I can understand, but I've also realized that you can't run from your past. There is always something that pops up that will remind you of certain events.

Transforming ordinary items

The image is a shadow created from the patio table.

Art can be found in virtually anything. As I’ve said many times, it’s only limited to your imagination. In a time of recycling and helping the environment there are some things we can use to make beautiful works of art. When I was in Hawaii, one of the wineries made candle holders out of the wine bottles. All wine drinkers have purchased wine that had beautiful decorative bottles and we didn’t want to get rid of the bottle after the wine was gone. You can buy a candle globe that can go over the bottle and put a small candle in the opening and you have a candle. You can also turn wine bottles into lamps. You can buy cords and drill a small hole into the bottle to run the cord. Had the socket for the bulb and you’ve created a unique lamp. Make several and give them as gifts or sell them. You can also take the plane bottles and remove the labels and then take some of your favorite scrapbook paper that matches the décor in the room and decorate the bottle with various strips around the top, center and bottom. Add some glitter or beads and sit on a window sill and let the light create art within the art on the walls and ceiling.

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Scrapbooking a life

This digital photo is called (2headsrbetta)

I started putting together a scrap book of my life story this year. This project inspired me to write as much of what I could remember. I’m glad I can remember a lot of things and I can make sense of what brought me to the place I am today. Therapy comes in all forms, but art is the greatest therapy of all. The choice of colors, the flow of words or the doodles that we create while we are just staring off into space all mean something.

Although I can remember many events, the dates are the problem. I may recall that something happened in first grade which allows me to pin point a year, but not the exact date. If something happened in school it would normally fall between August and May. That only matters if I really want to get detailed. The fact that I remember an incident should overshadow when it exactly happened. I’m also realizing I have photographs of people that I can’t remember their names. At some point they posed in front of my camera, but they didn’t make a big enough impact for me to remember who they were.

I’ve also discovered journal entries about certain people and I can’t place a face to the name. I’ve met so many people in my life which I guess makes it hard to remember them all. That’s one of the reasons I started keeping a journal for those little encounters. The people you see in passing. You may have a conversation in the grocery or at a local bar. The conversation was long enough to get a name, but not enough to form a friendship.

That could be an interesting exercise to take all of the pictures of people I don’t know and create a collage. Maybe it will trigger a memory.

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