Bernie Berlin - phone book & tissue paper

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Bernie Berlin - phone book & tissue paper

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Even earlier this week but since so many of us are cyber-cropping, here's something else to play with.
I'm blending 2 lessons together again since they're similar. I skipped the Nev'r Dull (my lungs can't take the chemicals!).
Phone book paper -
This is just so easy - glue your page from the phone book onto your ATC. Coat it with a mix of acrylic paint & glazing medium (again, use what you have!). Remove exess with a baby wipe. Apply a second color for depth. Dry well (I hate that part). Decorate (fun part).

Tissue paper - Christy helped us with this technique at ReCreate in October - use gel medium to adhere tissue paper to your card. Add more layers and the crumplier the better :). Paint over the top layer - this is when you can smush down any air bubbles. Decorate!
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Phone book paper - used an ad for an exterminator which made me think of spiders and halloween. Almost added some green to make it qualify for Christy's challenge :)
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Just used these two techinques to start some art journal backgrounds. Thanks for posting these this am.
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Way to go! Seems like once I have a background, it's easy from there.
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Pam-- I am using the phone book BG for RA RRATCs. Such fun. I may use the tissue paper technique for the second set.
Love your SPOOKY bug ATC.
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wwwwaaaahhhhhhh i dont have a phone book. i can definately give the tissue paper one a go though. i'm so glad you posted this one! just this morning i moved a piece of tissue paper on my dresser and thought....now why was i saving this? i remember it was for a specific technique. :lol:
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oops forgot to add....
FANTASTIC job pam! love the creepy bugs with the ad. perfect!
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I had to scrounge for a phone book - we rarely use one. Not that I can read them which means I'd have to go scrounging for reading glasses.
If you don't have a phone book, use copy from any type of ad or catalog to see what you can come up with.
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good idea! i have tons of japanese ads laying around here. i'm sure when they pack our things they are going to wonder why i have all these "papers". :lol:
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I'm glad you said that, Pam and Michelle. DH got a package from Hong Kong yesterday. Once I saw the newspaper padding and the pretty stamps with birds on, I ran off with that stuff! and I was thinking of this challenge.
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Maybe I can try these tomorrow. I'm kinda at a stand still for the rest of the day.
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Very cool! Definitely in my 'try it next' pile..
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Cool - thanks for sharing - I have some old phone books laying around - may have to try this on some ATC's.

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We had just gotten some phone books - don't know if they were kept or not but I'll go searching. May just have to get that BB book one of these days.
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here is the tissue paper technique--I used it for a 2 page spread in someone's art journal
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