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indeed but then because i m a meddler a tinkerer a i like this but i like going my own way even better style of crafter i had an idea that much as was the fate of my dolls when i was little he d feel more like my own if i could customise him a little and so next time around i gave him glasses basically i had the moustache and glasses set from dovecraft and i wasn t afraid to use it to create a contrast between the bear and his specs i stamped the figure in a greyish brown shade and the glasses directly on top in black again i added glossy accents only this time to act as the glass in the frames and then well i d tried him with the glasses from the set now i wanted to see what some dapper facial hair would do for him so i gave him a moustache oh and because every good hipster loves to show off their facial hair in an artisan tea coffee shop i added a coffee cup stamp from yet another brand the coffee love stamp set from precious remembrance don t the grid designs on both the bear and the cup work well together i love the surprise elements you can stumble across when combining different supplies and finally because i d used the glasses and a moustache separately and because sometimes more is more i gave him a glasses and a moustache and here are those glossy accented spectacles and for those of you who prefer to work from visuals rather than my ramblings here s a quick re cap of what i ve been trying to say take 5 5 ideas to take away use in your own crafting go with your gut instinct when choosing supplies although you can t always buy everything that catches your eye occasionally when something draws you in and grabs your imagination it s nice to give in and treat yourself i loved mr bear but i didn t know what i d do with him and so i hesitated and now i m glad i went back and collected him he s been fun to play with stamp on to patterned paper to give you an interesting background on to which it s easy to add additional shading the pre coloured base saves you having to colour in from scratch mix and match between stamp sets just because they weren t originally designed to go together doesn t mean you can t make something amazing from the new combination think bacon and maple syrup or sherlock and molly hooper use glossy accents on eyes glasses and noses etc on stamped images i mean not on yourself for goodness sake you re not safe to be on your own are you everything looks better with a moustache see exhibits a and b for the evidence and that s it from me for this week go on make my day or at least 2 whole joyous minutes of it by pinning sharing or commenting on my beary ideas thank you in advance julie product disclosure none of the links in this post are affiliate sponsored and i bought all of the stamps with my own money because i liked them and also because my friend janet said the creative expressions ones in that range stamped really well which swayed me to buy a bear i didn t know i needed all links go directly to the manufacturer s sites but the stamps are available elsewhere if you re in the uk and you re looking for a precious remembrance stockist then try sprinkle twinkle again this isn t a sponsored link i just know it s tricky to find us brands here and that s where i got mine posted by julie kirk at 11 58 5 comments labels cardmaking cards creative expressions mr bear dovecraft moustache precious remembrance email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 22 november 2014 101 alternative crafty supplies where to find them there probably won t be 101 but hey i tried hello hello if you re here reading this then i d guess that either messing about with paper and glue is currently your cup of tea or you d like it to be and have landed here looking for inspiration either way this list of 101 items you could use in collage mixed media general paper crafting must contain at least one thing that sparks your imagination and gets you reaching for something new and it will demonstrate that there are plenty of less obvious but still inspiring supplies and sources out there that you don t always need to spend a lot of money on the latest trends and that there are many creative alternatives out there just waiting to be discovered and incorporated into your next project but before we begin i ll confess that it s more like 101 ish materials and ideas give or take a few so i m hoping that you will contribute your own ideas in the comments then i ll add them to the list what you didn t think i d be doing all the work did you and even though i was inspired to write the list now as part of my altered book and collage adventure the ideas behind it are universal and can relate to any kind of collage mixed media project so let s begin our search for new supplies shall we i ve divided the list into the various places in which you ll find them and you may be pleased to hear that for many of the categories you won t even need to leave the comfort of your house pyjamas let s start by going as far as your front door and if you are in your pyjamas it s probably best if you stray no further than that for now a supplies you might find in your hallway 1 junk mail ok yes it is annoying when you see all the mail on the mat begin to feel important and loved and then realise it s actually all take away menus and offers to quote you to cut down trees you don t have but before you drop it into the recycling bin scan your eye over it for any interesting images colours textures or phrases you could snip out and keep think of it as a free collage supply delivery service 2 security envelopes one of the few pleasures of opening official looking mail is in finding a new print inside the envelope i know it s not just me here s an art journal page i made featuring a security envelope and also a scrapbook page one of many postal themed projects in my going postal series similarly 3 wording phrases from envelopes such as the printed matter snippet on this page other fun slogans that can come in useful on journal pages include fragile and do not bend 4 postage stamps there s always something vaguely romantic and nostalgic about those perfectly petite and colourful rectangles that drop on to your door mat if you don t receive much stamped mail then seek out a vintage pack again going postal featured lots of projects using stamps such as this scrapbook page 5 magazines once you ve read them take the scissors to them is your coat and bag hanging up in the hall then go and check them for 6 train tickets 7 car parking tickets 8 b us tickets 9 receipts not only can these make interesting backdrops in their own right because of the specific details they contain date location what you bought etc they re great for using on pages that document a particular event moment in time here s an art journal page of mine where i used a bus ticket and receipt 10 paper bags from your purchases when you come home and dump your shopping in the hall take a look at the paper bags before throwing them away i keep pretty much all of mine and while the small ones make useful pockets for junk journals like in my summertime junk journal the full size bags make perfect full size journals scrapbooks in their own right if you took the christmas craft class 12 days which i hosted with kirsty neale a few years back there s a full tutorial on how to make one dig out your class notes 11 price tags hang tags while you re there sorting through your purchases so you can keep the bag remember to save those hang tags too some of those are a work of art in themselves and make fun additions to pages i made a whole mini book from hang tags too 12 packing paper i don t know what it is about brown paper packages that i find so attractive let s blame julie andrews shall we and part of me can t bear to throw it away when a parcel was delivered to me containing lots of paper as wadding inside i kept it and made a journal with it check out the instructions here 13 cardboard boxes ah where would my junk journals be without a good old cardboard box cardboard covers can easily be decorated and disguised entirely unless you like cardboard packing materials so much you want to keep some of it on display yes of course i fall into the latter category ok with all your supply hunting you ve probably worked up a thirst by now so let s grab a cuppa b supplies you might find in your kitchen 14 tea bags yes the actual tea bag not the paper bag it comes in anna dabrowska finnabair created this lovely page from tea bags 15 individual tea bag packets some of these have pretty designs prints in fact a whole craft technique emerged form them tea bag folding but you can equally use the prints in scrappy style collage 16 tea bag labels i used one of these in the background to this messy journal page a while ago 17 coffee filters they re papery and textured so they re fair game for painting inking on 18 deli paper this can be tricky to get hold of in the uk but it s nice stuff to paint on use with a gelli plate if you can get hold of it 19 kitchen roll yes the stuff you mop up spills with but if your spills are pretty inky ones then try my step by step faux alcohol inks tutorial with them 20 patterned napkins pretty affordable especially if you just save one from the lunch table you find yourself at and when you separate the layers they re very easy to glue to any surface like a canvas here my friend kirsty neale shows step by step how you can up cycle a stool using napkins 21 food packaging it s always worth casting a creative eye over the boxes and packets in your food cupboards you just never know when a font graphic or print will leap out at you here s a breakdown of a journal page i blogged during my rubbish week series featuring food packaging 22 egg boxes yes i have used an egg box as a junk journ al cover what i was a nice one 23 recipe cards i bought a pack of these i hardly ever refer to a recipe therefore they became collage fodder c supplies you might find in your office 24 lined paper boring only if you don t love stationary who doesn t love stationary i like to use it as a base for journaling with my typewriter 25 graph paper what can i say i took cdt craft design technology for my gcses and there was a lot of tech drawing involved maybe this is where my love of it came from but all in all graph paper does have a charm of its own maybe a geeky one and it looks great in collage the same goes for any old lined gridded etc school books you might have in the loft or ones you find in junk shops car boot sales slightly aged paper is my favourite to work with i m a sucker for authenticity 26 sticky notes post its if you need a splash of neon and let s face it everyone needs a splash of neon sometime them reach for a sticky note sorted 27 desk pad y know those pads of paper you can doodle on etc while you re working browsing pinterest occasionally i find i ve doodled written something particularly nice interesting and i tear it off for future use 28 index cards i use these a lot in my junk journals again they re great for typing stamping on to 29 postcards new blank ones are just as useful as index cards for making quick journal pages 30 diary pages any unused pages in old diaries fit into the same category as lined peper etc all good collage journaling materials it s a reason to hang on to all those promotional ones freebies on the front of magazines that you get inundated with at christmas and new year 31 laminator sheets i once made fashion accessories by heat laminating patterned papers so i see no reason why you shouldn t 32 print outs i also once used a water stained computer print out as the base for a journal page well printer ink is so expensive you might as well set it to work for you same goes for 33 bad photo prints again ink is so expensive plus i like a challenge why not re use any imperfect prints you ve made visit my fu ll tutorial here 34 wrapping paper is not just for christmas birthdays it s for playing with all year round so many colours and prints you d be a crazy print neglecting fool not to save some scraps for your collage journal pages d supplies you might find in your craft room cupboard if you re a more traditional card maker or scrapbooker and have been joining in with my altered book and collage adventure or if you ve always wanted to try something a little messier more freestyle more collagey art journally mixed media ish then you might be put off by thinking that trying a new style would automatically mean a whole new set of supplies well i m happy to say there s absolutely no need whatsoever it s like when dorothy discovers in the wizard of oz that she had everything she needed all along and to paraphrase bananarama who d have thought that would be a phrase you d find yourself reading today it aint what you use it s the way that you use it as so many seemingly traditional crafty supplies can be transformed when incorporated into collage etc here are a few ideas 35 patterned papers you ve had for years papers you no longer love maybe these will look better snipped into small strips and used in abstract collage if not have a session where you lay them all out and paint over them knock back their colours with gesso they can then become backgrounds or snippets 36 origami papers some of these have really pretty designs so are worth snipping and experimenting with even if you never plan to fold them 37 tissue paper perfect for covering canvases or for layering up under painted layers to create texture 38 crepe paper again nice base textures also nice to die cut 39 handmade papers more texture lovely to paint on too and they absorb inks nicely too similarly 40 watercolour paper if you ve dabbled in painting then you might have a pad of this laying around it s great for using with inks as well as paint and the beauty of my favoured style of collage where i chop papers up fairly small is that i can experiment with inky painty techniques on the paper then snip it up and use it in an abstract design purely for its interesting colour pattern etc the image at no 41 features some pale inked designs on watercolour paper 41 corrugated card i think this one extends on from my love of packaging supplies and textures snip staple enjoy 42 vellum or parchment call me the emperor s new collage artist but i enjoyed adding a translucent layer to some of my recent pages you can just make out where i stapled it plus the more grainy parchment paper was nice to type on as i did here above with my journaling 43 acetate ok yes this is even more see through than vellum but it can be used for more than shaker cards paint on it alcohol ink it promarker it chop it up punch holes in it stitch through it combine it with no 19 kitchen roll to make faux alcohol ink effects and while we re on the topic of translucent materials 44 mica tiles like me you might have some of these languishing in the back of your cupboard for a long time i wondered what on earth i was meant to do with these ...