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This is a fun, if rather tedious, technique Tim Holtz showed in his March tag of 2012<\/a>. (Click on any pic to see a larger version.)<\/p>\n

\"12-tags-of-2012-mosaic-butterfly-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The first step is to cut up all those little bits of paper. \u00a0Think they’re small enough? \u00a0Cut ’em all some more… and probably more yet. Make sure you have tweezers… and patience.<\/p>\n

\"12-tags-of-2012-mosaic-butterflies\"<\/a> I found some chipboard butterflies and dragonflies that have been in my stash for ages. \u00a0I didn’t have any Wondertape, so I pulled apart my Xyron mini sticker maker (it’s never<\/em>\u00a0big enough for anything I want to use anyhow) and used the adhesive from that.<\/p>\n

\"12-tags-of-2012-mosaic-dragonflies\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim used a grayish embossing powder to give the look of grout, but I decided I wanted more of a stained glass appearance so used black. \u00a0I’m liking it. \"12-tags-of-2012-mosaic-dragonfly-close-up\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Both card backgrounds were in my stash of technique experiments. \u00a0The green one involved inking over a heat embossed design. \u00a0The purple one used paint over a mask. \u00a0(Sorry I can’t be more specific than that! \u00a0It was quite some time ago. \u00a0I’m pretty sure both techniques can be found in one of Jennifer McGuire’s Thinking Inking classes. \u00a0Probably weeks two and three, embossing powders and paint dabbers.)<\/p>\n

\"12-tags-of-2012-mosaic-butterfly-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This would be interesting with larger paper scraps as a scrapbook page or card border, but I wouldn’t recommend it for covering too much surface.<\/p>\n

K, done that! \u00a0Happy creating. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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