How to make 3 Dimensional artwork

As your crafting Sensei, I am bound by honor (and maybe twine) to give you the secrets of 3 Dimensional art as promised. You can see the original post here.

Are you ready?

Cheese, Gromit!

Well, actually I used this type of grommet but I love Wallace and Gromit so it never hurts to include them since they are made of clay and clay is a crafting item. I may be stretching this whole thing a bit into a post- modern take on existentialist crafting. Who knew burlap was sooo deep.

 Just grab the tool that you use to create your hole 

(called "the hole cutter" on the box…I love simplicity) and an old piece of 2x4. 

You need the 2x4 because the burlap canvas is about as high as the 2x4.

 Just place your hole cutter over the berry that you want to cut and pound with a hammer. This burlap has a film on the back so you need to pound a few times to make it cut through the burlap and this film. Some I removed the whole berry and others I kept the hole cutter at an angle so it only cut half of the berry and then I was able to fold the berry back for the dimensional look. Just do random berries and leave some untouched.

This is what it looks like from behind.

Add some ruby red tissue paper folded in fourths and then smoothed out. Tuck it under the burlap and in-between the burlap and wood frame. This will really make all the berries, well, look like berries. If you are doing a leaf stencil then using green would work here. Any other design other than a circle, you would have to use an X-acto knife or use the hole cutter to start a slit and then use very sharp scissors to cut what you want the rest of the way.

 I finished mine off by cutting a piece of manila folder to size just so it looked professional.

And that is the secret to dimensional artwork, oh great student of the craft.

Well Done. You have earned your belt in Karate Craft.

Always being renewed,

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More Asian inspired art for Michaels Pinterest Party

I hope you are not tired of me talkin' about the Pinterest Party yet because I have one more project to show you. We were asked to make a project and bring it and then make another one at the party. I do have to say that this did not get finished until I got home because we were just too busy! That is a good thing I know. I had a ton of fun helping people figure out how to make their projects their own and also loved seeing how everyone thought out their project. It was so personal and reminded me that crafting isn't just for fun. A LOT of love and thought goes into these things!

On a personal note, I want to thank all of my friends, family, and co-workers who braved the "I am so over this" weather and came out to support me! You helped make it a huge success and for that I am forever grateful.

XOXOXOXOXO to all of you!

So onto the second project. I did not want to make the same project twice but I did want them to be related and not look like my fourth cousin twice removed. In case you did not see my first asian inspired artwork here it is again and here is where you can learn how to make it:

I had shades of copper and red with the black stencil so I needed to use them again in the second piece of art but I reversed how they  were used and I used a different stencil from the Martha Stewart Birds and Berries stencil pack. I just reversed the colors of the bird and the berries since I think berries should be red. 

Then I added dimension to it but in a different way then I had with the red bird art.

and here they are next to each other…..

Sadly they were only like this for a little while…. for they were separated shortly after birth and given to two separate families.

Okay not really so tragic as they were each a prize in the giveaway at the party! Izzy and I had a grand time picking names out of the jar. 

Congratulations to Leslie and Olivia on winning the birds and to Andrea for winning the Michaels bag of goodies!

Now I know you are asking how did I give the second burlap that dimension?????

Did Kim sit there and cut out each individual circle with an X-acto knife???? Now that is crazy talk people and we won't have it here on this blog. My job as your crafting Sensei is to show you tips on how to make your rafting life easier and so it shall be Danielson. But you must have patience….. 

Come back tomorrow to discover the last of the Michaels Pinterest Party posts (don't you absolutely adore alliteration, okay well I imagine it is interesting) and learn about the cool tool necessary to karate chop those holes. 

XOXOXO everyone!

Always being renewed,

Please see the link party page to see where I link arms with those blissfully beautiful bloggers that host every week. So gracious they are along with these other sweet ladies!

Read more at http://diyshowoff.com/2013/04/01/that-diy-party-10/#xgMAcRCgRocl5vmh.99       

 

 

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