Dry the River Horses (a 3D paper-craft poster project) Dry the River created these huge paper-craft horse posters in collaboration with FOAM creative Xavier Barrade. This short film shows the posters being crafted and fly-posted. Xavier designed the horses in 3D with Google Sketch Up before printing out and assembling the component parts. Each horse took around 35 hours to build. www.facebook.com twitter.com soundcloud.com www.drytheriver.net Dry the River on iTunes www.itunes.com
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Chan4Crafts.Blogspot.com Make crafts out of ice cream containers! Use any small paper ice cream container. Wash it out real good and let it dry for 48 hours. The reason for this is that you want to let the water dry in the cracks before you paint or decorate the cup. This was a suggestion from NaturalStrongHair on youtube. She had recommended creating something out of ice cream containers. I had never thought of the idea until she mentioned this. I thought it was a great idea. For this project, I used standard white paint. I started off spray painting but that would’ve taken too many coats. I brushed on a coat of primer then added a coat of white paint. This saved me a lot of time. I decided to turn the cup into a little pink flower arrangement. I decorated the outside with little green flat acrylic beads and I trimmed it with little pink lace. I added a hot pink and white polka dot ribbon on the front . I used packing peanuts for my flowers stems to stick into and hold them in place. Then I shredded some green paper for my grass. I wanted to do something with the tops. I decided to make a little bird cage. I had some popsicle sticks around the house. I painted those white then added a coat of white sparkly to make them shimmer. I decorated the cage with scrapbook paper, lace, and pink flowers. I also used flowers inside the bird cage since I didn’t have any birds to use. To complete the project, I dressed it up with pearls. I also used pearls and fashioned them into a …
Learn how to make beautiful paper flower decorations. Follow our simple step by step instructions to create handmade decorations suitable for any occasion. Visit our Ideas Library for instructions on what you need and how to make these paper flower decorations: www.hobbycraft.co.uk
For more information, visit www.crafterscompanion.co.uk The Clevercut is our 5 in 1 rotary paper trimmer, with four in-built interchangeable blades on an easy to switch rotary head. The cutting blades comprise straight, skip, wave and score. The Clevercut incorporates an integrated corner rounder punch, and has a five sheet cutting capacity with an extendible base plate allowing you to cut up to A3 or 12″ x 12″ papers.
follow a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a 3″ x 4.5″ x 1″ paper candy box (for chocolates, or other candy) with dividers and a window in the cover. enjoy! visit my blog: www.lillylaagedesigns.com for more ideas and inspiration!
