{"id":126,"date":"2022-03-17T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T03:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2022-03-29T10:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T01:50:58","slug":"play-with-old-books-to-make-st-patricks-day-art-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Play with old books to make a St. Patricks Day art card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a hoarder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because I love upcycling old stuff to art\u2026 that\u2019s my excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now here is an old book which I did not read (I&#8217;m a bit sorry to the author!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B98082E6-A345-4B78-8D4B-D964A44DD07C-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This book\u2019s pages were easy to draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FA970E3D-D2ED-432C-8CA1-7C44BF57F13B-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And luckily this book uses great quality paper to paint on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/36F2C3C4-1A8E-4FF8-90F9-2329AC5ED6C5-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is strong enough to hold water color pencil with water .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now! Let\u2019s try a collage with crayon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I made a messy crayon page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DEED90F4-655D-4B15-9FFD-67A594AF0B32-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What do I do now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut a clover shape and look through the shaped cut paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4CE8F361-75AB-4531-A62E-321705298E37-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what I can do with this.  Maybe cut out the crayoned page to make collages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B5D1290E-E193-40B3-9466-6C3EEFD37344-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, attach to a blank card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A3D1CC9F-BFD9-4E51-8D7F-F5EBC0BBD158-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh I like it! Let\u2019s make more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/B01EAD6E-7048-4CEE-B19B-435FD321B21F-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Done! For the message part, I used the PENCO embossing tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DD06F7EE-3E3B-4597-AA5B-AA7AC21A04D1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now sealed and shipped!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a hoarder. Because I love upcycling old stuff to art\u2026 that\u2019s my excuse. Now here is an old book which I did not read (I&#8217;m a bit sorry to the author!) This book\u2019s pages were easy to draw. And luckily this book uses great quality paper to paint on. It is strong enough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/?p=126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play with old books to make a St. Patricks Day art card<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happymogumogu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}