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brought to you in
living colour by Quietfire Design
September 2004 - Issue
37
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Welcome to September! I love September! It always seems a time for a fresh start. And if you're anything like me, you love to visit the stationery stores which are bursting with back to school supplies - pens, pencils, glues, books. Oh, joy! Doesn't it make you want to start a new journal? If you've been playing outside all summer, now might be your chance to get back to your art supplies and be inspired by all the summer images still floating in your head. If you're a scrapbooker, it's time to collect up those summer photos and create some fabulous memories. Many of you will be glad to know I've discovered how to easily make thumbnail images! I hope this allows your computer to load the whole newsletter without being overwhelmed. Here is what's in this months newsletter: and there's always more that I can't categorize!!
Changes
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you are ordering by mail, you will notice that the
Please drop into my other website: It changes every month!
While you nourish your creative spririt by reading this newsletter, don't forget your creative body needs nourishment inside and out! |
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Artwerx 2004I was so busy at Artwerx this year that I didn't take many photos! Here are a few I hope you'll enjoy.
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Kalligraphia 2004
Although there were 5 days of classes, I was only there for the Altered Word and and one extra day. If you'd like to see the class
photos from that workshop, please go to the The cover photo shown here is from Mary's book which looked a lot different before altering took place!
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Ellen had this great idea to
do little collages on those business card magnets that you can purchase
at office supply stores. So. We had a swap!
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Suzanne's Schedule 2004 and 2005 Fall 2004
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Windows of Life ChallengeAll the participants had to do was decorate a slide mount or coin mount and send it in! It can be mounted on a post card, ATC or other piece of art. It can be art all by itself!
First
Prize Here are the wonderful submissions to the Summer Challenge. Thanks
so much to everyone who sent in a entry. I wish everyone could win!
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Stolen Moments |
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Reversing type for Copy Transfers When you wish to apply words to your altered art using a chemical transfer such as the Chartpak Marker Blender, you need to reverse your letters or they will transfer backwards.... oops. There are several ways of reversing your letters. Apparently some copiers will do this for you, but you can do it on your computer and then print them out. Remember this must be a laser copy or a photocopy not an inkjet copy. I use a drawing program to convert my type into a bitmap then flip it like below.
Once your letters are reversed, you may place the paper with the letters on them face down in position. Rub the back of the paper with the Chartpak Marker Blender and the letters will transfer. byhand subscriber Diane Foster was wonderful to experiment with Microsoft Word to figure out how she could easily reverse the text. Here are her instructions. On the Microsoft Word menu go to Insert Thanks Diane! |
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Recent
additons to the byhand Products family! "I like the fact that you let me know when you are sending my orders in two separate packages. Your personal touches, the little surprises you include in your packages and the items you find to add to your pages of available items along with your thoughfulness, are the reason I like to place orders with you. Thank you" Linda K I'm delighted to receive comments from satisfied customers! Thanks Linda! |
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New on the Calligraphy Page If you click the image you will see it larger, but for more details, please go the the appropriate page.
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New on the OCS Page!
Recent Additions to the Paper Joys page
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If there is any information you would like to see in this newsletter,
let me know. Each month I will email you to let you know the new issue
is published. If you know someone who would like to receive notice of
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The original title lettering of byhand was done with a Mitchell's Roundhand Nib, size 0, and Higgins Eternal Ink. Quietfire Design Rubber stamps were used to create the other designs. |
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Thank you for your help and your understanding.
Kalligraphia
2004 was held in Lethbridge Alberta on the college campus. The weather
was marvelous and the food to die for!
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