FOR THE NEW YEAR

Well, tomorrow is a new year and I just thought I'd give you guys a little something to think about doing with your scrap pieces of paper. Don't tell me you don't have any!

I have TONS!!

and I am always trying to figure out new and fun ways to use them.

So here is my latest.

First gather materials. Here I am using a sheet of polyurethane to work on. You could also work on a sheet of freezer paper shiny side up. A surface your papers will not stick to.

An acrylic medium of some kind...Mod Podge works good too...

and your scrap pieces of paper of course :)

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Next start laying your papers down overlapping a little and apply the medium. I like to work upside down. I'm kinda upside down anyway, so there ya' go! I lay my papers upside down on the polyurethane and apply a good coat of medium. You can lay them either way. This is just me.

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When finished, lay flat to dry. Takes a while.

tick tock tick tock.....

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So here is the finished new sheet of paper, right side up.
Now it looks pretty fun like this and you can leave it this way...
BUT...
I think I want to take it a step further and pull it all together with some stencils.
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 First I use the flower part of my stencil "Spring Flower Vase"

 Then I fill in with the "Circle Web" Stencil

and here it is....a brand new sheet of collage paper out of all those scraps!!

Now you can keep going with this....let it dry and add some more stencils on top and/or stamps. You could also do some Gelli Plate printing on it. Mess with it until you have it like you want it.

I am happy with this one, but sometimes it takes a while.

SO....get into those scrap pieces of paper and have fun this new year, making some new sheets of collage papers!!

I liked this process so much I did it with my bigger scraps too!! These are large sheets folded over.

Love it!! New sheets of paper I can do whatever with :)

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IMPORTANT REMINDER!!!!

Tomorrow is the drawing for the painted paper from 12/12/15 Blog. 

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God bless your 2016!!!

Suzi