Creative Notebook: Experiment with Collage, Stamps, and Decoupage

Creative Notebook: Experiment with Collage, Stamps, and Decoupage

“Thank you very much for accompanying me here. I am looking forward to seeing how you have experimented on your notebook applying all the techniques and possibilities that we saw during the course. Now we are going to review the key phases of the project so that you can share it with the Domestika community. I would like you to briefly explain what you have done in each one and accompany the explanation with one or more images. Materials and tools Prepare what is necessary for your cut and paste laboratory, gather your materials, as well as paper supplies, clippings, magazines and everything you need to create. Before getting down to work with your project, start making your samples with collage, decoupage and stamping techniques. Analyze the possibilities of use when using them individually or in combination.

The idea Choose a theme for the content of your creative notebook (animals, plants, characters, objects, hybrids etc). Gather material as a resource library and start setting up your experiments on paper. The notebook Build your notebook from folds and cuts and add a little color. You can take advantage of and generate supplies for decoupage using ultra-thin material to later intervene in your experiments. Experimentation and intervention Adhere each experiment according to the space you choose in your notebook, take care of the adhesion and gradually complete its pages. With your notebook full of paper experiments, add other resources to alter your samples; stamp with stamps, color with some other technique, create more details in decoupage and everything you think could contribute to your project. Alter the file based on the colors, stains and shapes that are on each page, think in layers, what can go on the front, back, inside and do not forget to let it dry between materials and techniques so as not to see the result altered final. Finally, you can intervene with other types of materials in your project; add stapling, hand or machine sewing, some type of finish such as metallic flakes, fabric, embossing or foil, include envelopes, tabs for some section, place eyelets, and everything you can think of. The time has come for you to share your final project with the community by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result and the steps that have led you to it. I look forward to seeing your project and giving you feedback. Although I ask for your patience, I will try to access the forum as much as I can and what my professional projects allow me. Finally, I want to invite you to actively participate in the forum, not only sharing your progress, but also giving advice and trying to help the rest of the community. See you in the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thank you very much for taking this course. I hope that from experimentation and play with pieces of paper, find a useful exercise to disconnect for a while. And why not, find an additional resource to your cut and paste technique. Now it's time for you to get out all your materials and practice with what you learned. As in the course I suggest you start with a series of exercises to practice collage techniques, print and decoupage. Then, Define the theme on which you will work and build your collection with the samples. Create your file, start with the assembly and add color to personalize...”

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Course summary for: Creative Notebook: Experiment with Collage, Stamps, and Decoupage

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (200)
• 6892 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 36m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Collage, Paper Craft, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration