Daily Paper Prompt #43: Circles
Wed, September 12, 2012 at 12:29AM The prompt for today is super simple, with so much potential. Use circle punches to create stuff for your collages, scrapbooks, artist trading cards & art journal pages. Cut circles from anything - maps, paint chips, receipts, abstract doodles, to do lists, even art journal pages {talk about re-use, re-cycle, re-purpose!}.
If you don't have a circle punch, there's a delicious quirkiness in hand-cut circles, so don't let that hold you back!
With two different sized punches, punch one circle out then use the larger punch to punch a circle "outside" the empty space remaining of the circle you just punched. Then alternate on the page.
Cut a circle and cut a larger circle. Stamp something in the smaller one and glue on top of the larger.
Glue the circles in random groupings of polka dots and place a photo on top.
Cut circles from two different papers, one much darker than the other. Alternate the circles, overlaping, to create a border around a photo or a journal block.
I have no idea where I got this cake punch, but the idea is that you can punch other shapes or cut carefully with an exacto and layer that onto paint or patterned paper for a neat effect. Also do the large circle/small circle scenario an paint a number or letter inside {or stamp with alpha stamps, or use alpha stickers}. Use these to denote entries on a list or the order of things on a page.
The pages above are from the scrapbooks I did for my daughters (I did one for each kid, birth to about 6, took a year). I don't scrapbook any more, but it's fun to look back at the pages. So different from art journaling.
You can even cut up art journal pages or abstract paintings or experiments and use those little shapes too.
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Reader Comments (1)
I liked this prompt so much I did 2 pieces of art for it :)