Hi! Remember Grease, the movie? That is one of my favorite movies. Love all the songs and it was on TV again last night as I was washing the dishes. I thought it was a nice coincidence since my project I just completed was somewhat inspired by that Summer Nights song and just summer in general.
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't so rainy here? Storming again today and couldn't take nice pictures in the gloomy weather. Anyway, I had mentioned I was into this 3D paper piecing technique as shown HERE. This is the project that has been driving me a bit bonkers. Maybe I was trying to do too much into one project and I kept changing my mind on what I should do. So it took me much longer to finish this than I had planned. It's not quite how I had envisioned it at first but I guess it's okay and I'm glad to be done with it and move on. Oh, and this project is also for TGF's Retro-fresh challenge--a whole new dimension.
I wanted to make a foam book like the ones they have for kids. I thought it would be fun and different. I looked at one of my kids' foam books to copy how they put it together.
So then I turned this into a summer themed mini scrapbook. Maybe we'll put small photo collages on the empty pages.
I ended up covering the edges of the foam with washi tape. I used 6 mm foam and our local craft store didn't have light blue like I wanted so I used white. Guess it didn't matter since I ended up covering it.
This is Anya from TGF's Sunshine Kit. I paper pieced her using the 3D technique.
Here is a view of the different layers. I also die cut the foam to have a rectangle cutout so that Anya wouldn't get smashed and it would give the page a bit more dimension.
I covered the inside rectangle edge with washi tape too.
The left page is blank. I wasn't sure if I should put a sentiment on there but then just decided to leave it for maybe some short journaling and a photo.
TGF's Surfer Anya. She took a bit of layering. But I do love how she turned out.
She's tucked into the rectangle cutout too.
The last set of pages.
TGF's Surfer Ian.
3D paper pieced again. These were the 3 I did first before Geisha Anya in my previous post.
I "borrowed" some fishy stickers from my kids. Hehe.
Geez, my hands are freezing now even though I have gloves on. Yeah, it's kind of hard to type with gloves on. After lunch I think the kids and I will cuddle together with all our blankets and pillows on the living room floor. Hopefully, they will fall asleep and take a nap. We actually slept like that last night. Kind of like a sleepover in our own living room. Can't wait for some sun.
Hi! I've been working on a couple of projects that at times have been frustrating. And I wonder why do I do what I do? Can't I just make things simple? So I kind of gave up on some things for this magnetic note board. I wanted to create a Mizuhiki butterfly but just could not find a tutorial or figure it out by staring at the photo for hours at a time. So finally I just had to call it quits. Do I really need that butterfly? YES! But I'll have to let it go for my sanity. Not to mention that the weather here has been horrible with rain, thunder, lightning and hail and now wind, and it makes me feel tired and cranky. Driving in this kind of weather is awful too! Today is not as bad but the wind has really picked up.
Anyway, I made this board for the Asian inspired theme over at Anyone for Anya. I also have gotten a little addicted to this new technique (for me, anyway) of 3D paper piecing. The tutorial can be found HERE and it is a bit time consuming but the end product is really neat.
Here is TGF's Geisha Anya that I've paper pieced using the 3D idea. You can see that it doesn't lay flat. You'll have to check out the tutorial to see how it gets that way.
Here is another angle. I've cut out many layers on her hair and even the tiniest flowers on her kimono. I think it's neat that you can achieve the 3D look without using foam or dimensional tape.
This is the completed magnetic board. I covered the metal sheet you can find at the local craft store or even at home improvement stores with Japanese washi paper. I place it into a shadowbox frame since I had one at home just collecting dust.
Because I didn't want to flatten her out, I used dimensionals to attach her onto the board.
I made little magnets too using Tim Holtz's fragments charms and this cute bunny washi paper that I had left over. I added bows with glue dots. I don't have magnets on them yet though! I would've gone today to pick some up but the weather again made me stay home.
How the magnets look on the board. Just pretend that they are actually stuck on.
I have another project using this 3D technique that has also been driving me a bit crazy. Hopefully I'll get that done soon.
