Tutorial Here: DIY Name Scrolls
Tutorial here: How to Make 8-bit Glass Art
You want to see more of my awesome crafts, right? Lately, I've been able to take my crafts and turn them into profitable articles. That means I have lots to show you. For some special kids in my life, I made name scrolls to hang on their bedroom doors. I used bleach and stencils for the names. Bleach is a great way to decorate fabric. Tutorial Here: DIY Name Scrolls For my besties birthday, I wanted to make her some 8-bit wall art using glass tiles. I glued the tiles to foam treating each tile as one pixel. Tutorial here: How to Make 8-bit Glass Art Finally, my foray into papercraft. I am now addicted. Do not be surprised if you continue to see my attempts at making 3D figures from paper. This skull was my first go. I'll get better. Just wait.
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I've shared this puzzle box before, but I feel it deserves more attention. This puzzle box inspired by "Hellraiser" is awesome. Here is a reminder of how awesome it is.
Tutorial Here: DIY Hellraiser Puzzle Box As part I of the gift givings for my bestie's berfday, I decided to make her an accordion box and decorated it with zombie animals. I am still in a newbie when it comes to paper crafting, but I love working with pretty paper. What you all think of my accordion box?
This poor blog has b een neglected for so long, but it isn't because I haven't been crafting. I have been making lots of things. Some are finished, but I've been too lazy to post about them. I've been working on a steampunk angel wing project. It is nearly finished, and I've been considering posting a thorough tutorial on this blog in hopes in entices some readers. Until then, here are some of my newest crafts I was too lazy to tell you about. I saw a cut-out skull hoodie on a Korean drama and wanted one. So, I made one. You can make one, too! Tutorial here: DIY Skull Cutout Hoodie I like coming up with cheap and easy ways to transfer images. These bats on my wall were transferred by scribbling the back of a printed image with a charcoal pencil I got at the dollar store. I taped the image to the wall and then traced the image with a pencil. The charcoal comes off the paper and onto the wall. Finally, I colored in the bats with Sharpies. I made this antique paper art as a Christmas present for my grandma. I antiqued the paper using soy sauce and wrote the quote with a sepia calligraphy pen. Want to learn how to antique paper? Tutorial here: How to Make Antique Paper with Soy Sauce These are my beta Cthulhu socks. I call them beta because they failed, but they have potential. The socks didn't dye green but a light blue. I blame whatever material the socks were made from because the shirts I dyed with them were green. I had to try to make Cthulhu toe socks once I realized that they didn't exist, yet. Tutorial here: How to Make Cthulhu Toe Socks My latest craft has been to decorate ceramic tiles. You can use them as coasters, magnets, or as they were intended. Ceramic tiles are cheap (I paid 16 cents) so it's OK to experiment. Here are some of my designs: Tutorials here: DIY Fimo Slice Ceramic Tiles, DIY Washi Tape Geometric Tiles I also got my hands on some beautiful Chiyogami paper. I didn't want to cut it up or use it in any way that would destroy it. The paper is a work of art. Instead, I decided to turn the pretty paper into wall art.
Tutorial here: How to Make Chiyogami Wall Art Fimo canes are tiny rolls of fimo clay with elaborate designs in the center. These things are awesome. People cut slices of them and place them on their fingernails as decoration. I saw TONS of craft potential with these tiny works of art. I also had some craft fun with transparent paper. I printed geometric designs on them and then colored them with Sharpie markers and Prismacolor pens. This is a great craft for kids. I call them "fake stained glass."
Tutorial and Tips Here: Easy "Stained Glass" Art for Kids I got my hands on a bunch of t-shirts and then found a bunch of random zippers. I knew there was something crafty I could do with them, but what? Oh, yeah! Add the zippers to the shirts! I decided to sew a zipper on the back of one of the t-shirts. I purposely sewed the zipper so that it showed, instead of hidden like most zippers. That way, the zipper was part of the design and decoration. What do you think of my zippered shirt? I like it. Washi tape is Japanese crafty tape that is made from paper. It is thin and often transparent. It comes in tons of colors and designs, kind of like duct tape. It is better than duct tape at times because it is paper and you can remove it easy enough.
I got some washi tape and before long I was taping everything I own. I've got more tape and am brainstorming different ideas to use it. I've seen so many uses online, but I want to come up with something different. So far, I've washi taped my laptop, ps3, ps3 controller, and tablet. Yes, you read that correctly. Gay pride American flag. I made it for a friend because he's been awesome to me lately when I've really needed it. Debate all you want, but I state firmly that these two symbols fit perfectly together. Want to make your own? Here's the link: DIY Gay Pride American Flag Claire's stocks these cute ties with chains, grommets, and safety pins. A couple of my besties loved them, but didn't want to spend over 8 bucks on a tie they might wear once or twice. So, I made them each their own Claire's knock-off safety pin/chain tie. How much did it cost me to make them? $1 each. |
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