Patterned Papers - Part One

I'm ready to show what I've done with papers created using my homemade printing plate.  And, paired with them, other prints.

Below:  Getting ready to decorate the cover of a green composition book, I've cut strips of blue paper printed with my printing plate; I've also cut strips of green paper printed with my 6" x 6" mask s955 Bulbs and Banners....

Above:  I've chosen the strips that I want to glue to the cover of the book.  

Below:  I've glued the strips to the book cover and added a wood heart decorated with a leftover strip of green paper printed with my 6" x 6" mask s955 Bulbs and Banners --

Above:  The center paper strip was cut from paper printed with a homemade printing plate created using my just-released 4" x 4" mask Carnival M340.

Next, I'll show how I cover wood hearts to create embellishments....

Below: Strips of leftover printed papers, wood hearts and a gluestick.

Above:  I'm covering the face of a heart with glue.

Below: I've pressed the glue-covered heart face-down onto the back of a strip of printed paper.

Above:  After pressing hearts to the backs of leftover paper strips, I've covered each with a paperweight.  

Below:  I have used leftover papers and paper-covered wood hearts to decorate the cover of a greeting card.  (I could have used these elements to decorate a giftbag or an art journal cover.  The hearts alone can become refrigerator magnets with the addition of these.)

Above:  Another greeting card.

Papers printing with a homemade printing plate have even more uses; you readers will have a wider spread of ideas than those I've covered in today's post.

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Daily posts will continue for a week or so as I explore more ideas for using my just-released masks, 6" x 6" Champagne s960 and 4" x 4" Carnival m340.