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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attempted my first-ever digital collage, and considering it&#8217;s my first attempt, I&#8217;m pretty satisfied with how it turned out! I made this using Photoshop Elements 8. Here&#8217;s the rundown. I used several large brushes to create the background, using several different layers, and modified their opacity. I used a random number generator to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amateursadventuresinart.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4138352&amp;post=442&amp;subd=amateursadventuresinart&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art word of the Year (2011) &#8211; Sparkle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now for my Art Word of the Year I’ve heard increasingly about people who are choosing to select a “word of the year” rather than make New Year’s Resolutions.  I’ve recently begun doing this, too, over the past couple of years, and I&#8217;m doing it again, this year. But in addition to choosing a &#8216;regular&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amateursadventuresinart.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4138352&amp;post=440&amp;subd=amateursadventuresinart&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fascinated by Scrap Paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yes, I know I know, it has been months and months since I posted.  I haven&#8217;t been idle &#8211; just no time to post. But I caught myself staring once again at some scrap paper that I have made, and thought I would share it here, along with a couple of other items from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amateursadventuresinart.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4138352&amp;post=431&amp;subd=amateursadventuresinart&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art-o-mat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OMG, I just found out about the coolest thing, by way of Thrifty Collage Artist. It&#8217;s called the Art-o-mat and is the very coolest thing! Old cigarette machines have been given new life as art vending machines. And they have a cool retro 50s feel to them, too. Take a look! Posted in Art, Fun [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amateursadventuresinart.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4138352&amp;post=158&amp;subd=amateursadventuresinart&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Candy, or Art?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a sad state of affairs when I decided to purchase a chocolate candy bar just for the art-full possibilities of using its label in some yet-to-be-defined art project. Chocolate is an important part of my life. But in this case, the label was more important, and was the motivating factor in its purchase. What&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amateursadventuresinart.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4138352&amp;post=398&amp;subd=amateursadventuresinart&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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