As promised, I'm posting two more of my Artisan Award contest entries. Today's post contains my two 3-D items.
The first item is made with the Just Jawing stamp set. When I first saw this set, I have to admit that I did not like it. I thought it was weird. Really weird. Somehow goth and yet cute. Weird. Ick. Ugh. Blew! However, the more I saw it used, the more I liked it (talk about the power of peer pressure). Add to that the Rockabilly Designer Series Paper (which sadly retired shortly after I made this) and I was in love!
I made a box using the usual 2-4-6-8 box template, with a slight variation in where I put the score lines. The box/bag ended up being about 3 inches wide on the widest side and about 1 1/2 inches wide on the shortest side. Since I used DSP, I could easily punch the handle using the largest star punch. I also used some of my absolute favorite (and of course, now retired) Stampin' Up! ribbon, which sadly only came in a ribbon "bundle." I used the red ribbon from the Dress Up Ribbon Originals. I also used a button from the now retired Button Bouquet. Of course, all of these retirements weren't a surprise as well, the items all used the 2008-9 In Colors, which were conveniently my absolute favorite In Colors we've ever had!
I also used Fine Galaxy glitter (the red one) and Mono Multi glue. I believe I used Sticky Strip to adhere the "box" together as if I used Snail, it would fall apart. Snail is simply not strong enough to hold 3-D items together, even if they're only made with DSP. However, Sticky Strip will hold just about anything together!
As you can see, I stamped the skull stamp in Stazon Black onto one of the patterns in Rockabilly DSP, cut it out, glued it onto another design (the Kiwi Kiss dots) from the same pack and cut it out again, leaving a small Kiwi Kiss border. In fact, Rockabilly is the only paper I used for this project, except for a tiny bit of Whisper White that I used to paper piece onto the bones and teeth. Wait, aren't teeth also bones? Apparently not. The things you learn...
The design on the belly band is really simple. I hand cut a skull and cross bones from one of the pieces in Rockabilly and adhered it onto a Kiwi Kiss button. Then, I adhered the button to the star punched from another pattern from Rockabilly (the same as I used for the box itself - the black glossy striped piece). And lastly , I punched a scalloped circle from another pattern from Rockabilly, adhered the star (and stuff) to it and then adhered it all to the belly band. It actually all went together fairly quickly.
And for my second project.
This one is cool, if I say so myself. The pictures do not do it justice and I did not make a second one to keep for myself as it was somewhat of a pain in the rear to make. Despite many tries, I could not get the color to show properly. The color of the sleigh is Riding Hood Red, which is a nice deep crimson. I used textured cardstock to give it a big more dimension.
The concept is very simple. I found a stinking cute sleigh and reindeer set from K & Company last Christmas, bought it, and never put it together. Then, I got to wondering if I could make a cool sleigh using the Top Note and Join in the Cheer dies. Enter, the result:
I bet you're wondering how I did the "legs." That's a good question! I cut six layers of Chocolate Chip cardstock for each leg and used Mono Multi to glue them together. Now, had this not been a SU contest, I would have just used my Xyron, but I had to work within their supplies. The weird thing on using this method is that it makes the layered paper feel like a really thick felt. It was kinda funky and totally flexible. However, since I glued the entire strips together before deciding which parts I wanted to use, I had extras to use on other projects.
Assuming you're past the, "that girl is high for trying to glue six layers of small scrolly letters together!" thought, you may be wondering why I used six layers. Well, the answer is simple. I tried three first and the legs wouldn't hold the sleigh, so I upped it. Six held the sleigh well, even when I pushed on it. I did let the legs dry really well (actually for about a week) to make sure they would hold the sleigh.
I didn't use a pattern to make this sleigh. I literally just played around with it until I got what I wanted. I did use Sticky Strip to adhere the sleigh for all posterity. I also put a shelf in the sleigh to hold the presents. For the presents, I just made little boxes using scraps of paper from the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' kit, Bella Rose DSP, and Taste of Textiles (which I LOVE and unfortunately they retired, argh!). I used various hemp twines (most of which are also now retired...see a theme?) to make "ribbon" for the packages. I used Sticky Strip to adhere the packages together and to the sleigh.
The front and back of the sleigh are not attached to the sides. Rather, they're all attached to the bottom, which holds it all together. To make it stronger, I actually attached an axle of sorts to the bottom of the sleigh to both hold the thing together and help support the legs. I actually attached the legs using Mono Multi, since I did not have the space to use Sticky Strip without it showing. Weird, I know, but it worked.
The scrolly parts on the sides are simply cuts from the Join in the Cheer die with vanilla half backed pearls from the Pretties Kit. And yes, I only used one layer of paper for those embellishments. ;)
And to leave you and for your viewing pleasure, a view of the backside...
Cute Stuff Karen!!! Good Luck!!!
Posted by: Raquel Blanco | Wednesday, August 05, 2009 at 10:34 AM