Hello fellow blogers
some exciting news!!!
Once again I made it at Top 5 at Tickled Pinks!!
Hurray!!!
You can check my winning and entry here
Cheers
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xMx
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Scrapbooking Page Border with turtle!
Hello fellow blogers...so now I've finished my Tear Bear tutorial I can share with you my turtle piecing borders I have made!!
These borders are for a baby boy Lo page.
I've used myy craft robo to cut all the pieces, made a nice pocket tag, used papers, ribbons and flowers from my stash and here it is!!
I'm enetring my project in the following challenges:
Hope you will enjoy my project!!
thanks for stoping by!!
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xMxTear bear Tutorial and free pattern!!
Last month the ladies at Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog honored me with their I Inspire Award for my Tear bears. They also asked me if I would put together a tutorial on how to make the tear bears. I've never done a tutorial before. I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to try something NEW.
Here's my tutorial on how to make a tear cow....
Here's my tutorial on how to make a tear cow....
I must warn you that these little devils are addictive and once you start making them you don’t want to stop!! These are my basic instructions for creating an adorable handmade mulberry paper cow ~ thought to try something different. These are just the basic instructions, but with practice and patience, you will be on your way to creating adorable little tear bears and critters in no time. I will include the pattern for the cow. Then you can make your own patterns for bears or other critters. Also I will provide you with eyes and noses. So let’s begin!
Basic Supplies
- Tear Bear or Critter Pattern
- Extra Thick Mulberry Paper (here we will use black and white)
- Pencil
- Glue Stick or other thick adhesive (Tacky Glue works well.)
- Paint brush and a cup of water OR water barrel brush.
- Scissors or small oval shaped punch for eyes and nose (Fiskars 5/16" Oval or Tear Drop punches work great!) ~ you can print the eyes and nose set I’m giving.
- Black cardstock for the nostrils
- Tweezers (helps to place your eyes and nose)
- White Gel Pen
- Fine tip black Pen
- An old tooth brush to fluff your cow (bear or other creature)
- Chalk (Artist Chalk or Cat’s eye Fluid Chalk for detailing. Use at least 1 shade darker than the paper you are working with) ~ if you don’t have Chalks you can use eye shadows~
- Brown paper for the horns
Tearing our Cow...
Now, let’s get on with the basic instruction...
1. Gather all supplies needed.
2. Tracing Your Pattern: Using your pencil begin tracing you pattern on the ~back~ side (smooth side) of your mulberry paper. NOT THE LUMPY SIDE. Using the back side will hide your pencil marks. Keep you parts about 1/4" apart between each pattern piece. You want to leave enough room between each piece for tearing. For an extra fluffy cow, trace 2 of each part for layering. The best tear bear artists layer their bears for the fluffiest appearance. (In our case Cow artist~ heh)
3. Now that your pieces are traced, go over the parts with your paint brush (or your water barrel brush.). Add some water in your brush and trace it around the pencil trace Make sure that you have wet your paper enough to tear. Only do a few pieces at a time. If you get too much water on the paper, don't worry... it will dry. Wetting the mulberry paper for tearing will enhance your cow's "fluff".
4. Once you've wet a few parts, it's now time to tear. Tear the parts towards you... You will notice that tearing the part towards you will leave more scruffy fibers behind. This is important if you want a fluffy cow.
Now that you have all your "cow parts", let them dry completely before proceeding.
Fluffing, Chalking, Layering...
Now that your cow parts are dried it’s time to fluff, chalk and layer. Take the old toothbrush and brush all the cow parts from the lumpy side. You can pull some fibbers up if you want a "scruffy" look.
Next we will add some chalking details around the edges. This also helps add dimension and creates more visible "fluff".
After detailing, arrange all pieces and pose your cow. Once you’ve got a pose you like glue the pieces together and make your cow. After adhering all parts, allow them some drying time.
Now, add the eyes and nostrils to your cow. Put a dot of glue of your choice on the back. Using tweezers, position the nostrils first, then the eyes. Positioning the nostrils first helps make sure the eyes are evenly placed. Add the horns and glue them.
Next, add eye lashes and a mouth using your fine tip Pen. Add a "dot" of white to the inside of the eyes for sparkle. (This is a general instruction for all tear bears)
There you have it. Your own little cow.
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So hope you liked my tutorial! I want to say a BIG thank you to my very good friend Hazel who provide me the chalks. Thank you sweetie!! Please visit her amazing blog and leave her comments!! she loves to read them!!
Enjoy the tutorial!!
till next time
hugs
xMx
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Teddy Bea altered Candle and a Spanish Freebie!!
Hello my fellow blogers!! Hope each and everyone are really good!!
Here we have a big heat wave with 43 Celsium degrees!! Of course I can't go out with this heat and even sea is really hot!! So we stay in with clima on and try to be...cool!!
Ok today I will share with you the candle I made for bro's friend, Sofia who has birthday this Friday!
The recipe is really easy:
took a candle, my favourite teddy bea stamp, glitter pens and blings. Created 3 beautiful bows with my bow maker and tucked them with pins. I added the same birthday sentiment I used to her book card and that's it!! pretty easy!!
The candle is entered in the following Challenges:
2. Anything goes ~ birthdays
And todays freebie is a Spanish post stamp that I made on my vacation one rainy day!!
Hope it is good and you can use it!! ( It was a request from Lajanette~ chears sweetie~)
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Enjoy my creation and thanks for stoping by!!
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xMxMonday, August 8, 2011
Tickled Pinks Feather Challenge and a freebie!!
hmmm ok ok I know you can't believe how many posts I've done today...but trust me...I thought I would have some internet connection on my holidays to blog all these I have created...but the mountain didn't let me!!
so here is a book card I had create many days ago with a greek sentiment ( I had made it in English too with the help of my good friend Hazel). This book card holds some day creams and scrubs for big bros girlfriend as she has her birthday in a few days... also with this card I created a nice Teddy Bea candle which I will share it with you 2morrow!!
I used lot of folds to create the book imitation.
The book card recipe is :
feathers, handmade pins by me, flowers from my stash, a tickled pink image, sentiment created by me, ribbon blings and glitter!!
it's my first book card and I'm pretty pleased with it!!
The book card is entered in the following challenges:
and here is the freebie!!
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Thanks for stoping by...
till later
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xMx
Crafting for all seasons DT call!
Wow so many posts in one day...but since I was away for 10 days need to catch up my beloved blog!! This post has some of my favourite cards in order to try out for the Crafting for all Seasons DT call. It is a dream to be on a DT....
so here we go...
of course I love all my creations but these are some of my latest!!! You are free to check all my blog!! thanks for stopping by...
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xMx
I'm the "I inspire" winner at Crafting for all seasons Challenge blog!!
Wow... 10 days away but still blogland loves me and makes me a winner!! this time I'm the "I inspire" winner at Crafting for all seasons challenge blog with my tear bears!! And also they asked me to make a tutorial for them!! what a great honor!! so please visit me again cause I will have a nice tutorial to share with you and I will include the design for a nice tear bear!!
till later
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xMx
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