Showing posts with label Pages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pages. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Review in Use: Journal Junkies 365 Toner Transfer

The Journal Junkies refer to toner transfers in both their books. I hav enot had good luck with toner transfers. Generally speaking, they have failed miserably for me. I've used almost every product ever suggested to me over the years with a big fail. The Journal Junkies suggested a product I had not used, Goof Off in the metal can. It is not expensive so I decided to go for it.

It works, it works really well.

You'll need the following products for this:
Goof off in the metal can
Well ventilated area
Journal
Old Spoon, metal or wood
Bristle Brush, natural hair bristles
Masking tape
Toner based print, either from a photocopy machine or a laser printer

Goof off has some nasty chemicals in it, one of them is Xylene, the other is acetone. Don't do this in a small enclosed room, you won't feel good. I had 2 windows open and a fan going.

If you don't have a laser printer make a bunch of prints and go to your local office supply store or copy shop and make a photocopy. Don't do a lot of copies, fresh prints works best for this method.

Some brands of toner work better than others. Brother toner works really well.

Enough blathering, go watch the video.:


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

On the Pages of Put it on Paper

When we were first discussing PioP we really wanted it to be a resource for people new to art journaling as well as the veteran art journaler. One of the first things we decided we had to do was product reviews. Not just any product reviews would do, but the products and books we reviewed had to be good, stuff we really thought was great.

Thisissue I happened to be fortunate enough to get my paws on the brand new line of Stillman and Birn hard bound Beta sketchbooks. The Beta paper is 180lb and perfect for art journaling. Reviewing it, just like using it was a pure joy. Below see some images from Put it on Paper Volume 1 issue 2.



 To see all the images and read the whole review, check out PioP V1#2.