Love is ... Creative Paperclay 3D wall art Tutorial by Gloriann Irizarry

Love is ... Creative Paperclay 3D wall art Tutorial by Gloriann Irizarry

 

To all those wonderful mothers out there I wanted to wish them a Happy mothers day. May be a little late but I like to think of everyday is mothers day anyway. Mothers don't take a v364 days a vacation and we work 24/7 364 days of the year so Happy Mothers days to all.

Thinking of all the unconditional love these wonderful ladies do for their families inspired me to create a 3D wall art named Love is ...
Well for me love is KEY to all wonderful things in life that's why adding other metals elements to the piece besides Creative paperclay will enhance the beauty of any  3D Wall Art Canvas project.

So lets start with the materials used in this project
 

 

Creative Paperclay®
Walnut Hollow Clay Extruder
Aluminum foil
Acrylic Paints Colors
 (White, Tuscan red, Back,  Metallics in Black, pink, purple, blue)
Martha Stewart's Glitters in
(Sugar cube hearts, Rectangles in Sugars plum, Blueberry Slush, Bubble Gum and Sugar Cube)
Paint brushes
Paper towels
Black upholstery thread
Metal Key Findings
Metal Key Hole
Hot glue or Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue 
Solid Cardboard paint canvas
Acrylic Spray sealer in Glossy and Matte.

 

 

 

Grab the aluminum foils and start to create the core for the 3D center piece in shape of a heart.

 

Roll the clay in shape of a snake to make it easier to insert it in the Walnut Hollow extruder.

I prefer this one due to be easier on the hands no need to press it out it works great and has an  Easy Crank Handle.

 

Place the circle face plate with multiple circles to create more than one Creative Paperclay®

strings. Make sure you work these gently so you will have a one continue string of Creative Paperclay to make the knit effect look more natural. Keep the clay moist (not to much water) so they don't break has easy I spray them with a water mist bottle.

 

Roll and twist  2 yarns together so they look like the photo and place them very carefully side by side. Moist them a little so they will stick and create the one piece heart. 

 

Moist them and apply light pressure so they stay together.  

 

Add any other details you want and set it aside to dry. It can be air dry or speed process by putting in the over to dry for one hour at 200 degrees.

 

While the 3D Knit Creative Paperclay® heart dries we can start to work on the canvas paint. 

 

 

Start the canvas with a solid coat of white acrylic paint.

 

While the white paint still wet add a few drops of blue paint on the top, purple in the middle and pink in the bottom and stoke it lightly with a flat soft brush. Start the strokes from the top to the bottom and no need to clean the brush. It is key that you do this lightly in one direction so you can get the blend effect. But feel free to practice and have fun since this is the background there is no wrong way to paint it has long your are having fun.

 

While the paint still wet add the Martha Stewart's Sugar Cube Heart Glitter all over.

 

On the purple portion of the wet paint sprinkle a few Martha Stewart's Sugar Plum Confetti glitter.

Add some Martha Stewart's Blueberry Slush Confetti glitter at the blue portion of the wet acrylic.

 

Add some Martha Stewart's Bubble Gum Confetti to the bottom of the canvas.

 

And to cover any empty spots use the Martha Stewart's Sugar Cube confetti glitter all over the rest.

 

You can have fun sprinkling the glitter all over and creating your own texture background this way.

Set the piece down so the paint will dry and secure the glitter in place.

 

Once the background colors are dry you can do the lettering with regular Black acrylic paint.

Paint it in layers if you want the words to be bold and pop nicely and set it aside to dry.

 

 

At this point you can seal it. Matte finish will be a great seal for this background.

 

 

Now the heart is dry let apply a coat of the rich Tuscan red and set it aside to dry.

 

Now you can make those nice knit effect pop right out of the Paperclay heart by adding a water down coat of the metallic black to the whole piece and using a wet paper towel removed some of the excess black paint off. This will make the red come up and the black will be deposited to create the shadows we are looking for on the yarn stitching.



Set is aside to dry then seal it with the Glossy Spray sealer.

Place the heart in to calculate the correct spacing for the Metal finding keys.

 

 

Use the upholstery thread to attach the keys to the heart.

 

 

Secure the keys in place with the black upholstery thread.

 

If you look you might not even need to drill holes since this sculpture style might have some holes you can use. If not feel free to drill some holes with a hand drill.

 

 

If you are in a hurry you can use Hot glue to add the Key hole and secure the heart to the canvas.

 

 

 

 I do recommend the Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue for a better adhesion of your 3D Creative Paperclay® Knit heart it will be a little slower drying but it seems to hold better.

 

Once the glue dry your wall art is ready to be displayed.

 

Fun project to make and give that special someone that is the KEY in your heart.

Remember

 

 

Have a bless day and if you have any question feel free to visit our  Q&A Facebook Page.

Sincerely

 

Gloriann Irizarry

 

 

 

 

 

Our Special Fairy Garden

Hi!

Today I wanted to share a fairy garden that my grandson and I created with a little help from Creative Paperclay®

He picked out some fairy garden items at the store, but I wanted to make it an extra special experience by creating some of our own. We had so much fun!

We created stepping stones, a pond with fish in it, some mushrooms, and flowers with faces.

Let me show you how we created the pond

I used wire mesh to create a curved shape and added paperclay to it. I rolled a tube of paperclay, cutting pieces to create the bricks on the edge of the pond.

I painted it using Americana multi-surface paint. My grandson added sticker fish and I covered them with glossy accents to make it appear they were under water. Note: The glossy accents will be cloudy when you first pour it but will be clear once it dries.

 

This is how we created the mushrooms

My grandson took a piece of paperclay and rolled it into a ball. He took another piece and rolled it into what would look like a tootsie roll. I took over and formed the ball into the mushroom cap and the roll into the stem.

When dry, glue the cap to the stem and paint.

 

Lets make the stepping stones

My grandson made several small balls and flattened each of them with his palm. I helped to smooth the edges. When dry he painted both sides.

Creating the flower faces

I have a silicon form that has several sizes of faces. I chose the smallest size and painted them.

I picked up some small flowers at the craft store and glued the faces to the centers of the flowers.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here are some more pictures of our fairy garden.

 

 

 

 

This was such a special day of fun and creativity for my grandson and I. 

 

Like most boys, this fairy garden adventures involved large bugs attacking and magical gnomes coming to the rescue!   

 

Thanks you for stopping by! I hope this has inspired you to create some special memories with the little ones in your life using Creative Paperclay®

Shari

I have been creating art for as long as I can remember. I studied graphic design in Portland, Oregon before moving to Denton, Texas and putting all my focus on creating mixed media art. In addition to being on the Creative Paperclay design team, I am a contributor for the Robin's Nest Design Team, an article writer for Mixed Media Art, and a blogger for DecoArt.

I strongly believe in giving back. I volunteer at Scrap Denton Creative Reuse Center where I teach workshops, art camps, and perform art demos. I am very passionate about mixed media art and enjoy helping and watching others discover their creativity.

Hooting Owls

Who ever wanted to have a whole bunch of cute, light weight and inexpensive embellishments to add to their creative projects?  It seems that I can't get enough of having and now making some cute embellishments for my various projects.  My latest interest has been in making small size embellishments to add to the contents of pockets in my pocket letter exchanges with some new friends.

Hi, it's me Ann, from the blog AnnMakes and the Design Team here at Creative Paperclay®.  If you are curious as to what I am talking about please jump over to my blog afterwards where I explain what I am doing.  But for now stick around and see how fun and easy it is to make your very own art supplies with the help of Creative Paperclay®.

All you need are moulds and some air drying Creative Paperclay®!  To make similar decorative paperclips you will also need some paperclips and a really strong adhesive.

First get a mould, sprinkle a very small amount of talcum powder (optional) add the clay, let it set a few minutes.  Pop out of the mould and let it dry.

When the object of your choice is dry, smooth any rough edges (I use Sandits) and then paint or decorate any way you please.  For this little owl I wanted him to shine.  I just used some gold coloured nail polish.

After the owl was dry I glued it to a paperclip and let that dry and cure 24 hours.

Supplies:
Creative Paperclay® modeling material
Sandits sanding tools (http://shopsandits.com)
Beacon Adhesives "Gem-Tac" (http://beaconadhesives.com)
Other supplies:
"Owl" mould from Martha Stewart, Paperclips from Staples, Nail Polish from Mariposa at Dollarama.

Come over and visit me at my blog! Thank you for stopping by.

Fairy Lanterns for Spring Soirées

There's nothing that the fae folk like better than evening dances in the Spring, and May is the perfect month to invite your friends over for a little get-together.   I designed these lanterns for use with LED tea lights, and they can be either hung up or set on a tabletop.

To make your own fairy lanterns you'll need:

Creative Paperclay® modeling material
LED tea lights
acrylic paints in your choice of colors
light cardboard such as the kind that comes from cereal boxes
patterns
pencil
scissors
glue
tissue paper in your choice of color - be aware though, that whatever color you choose will have a yellow light shining through it and will likely be "yellowish" in color.
Delta Ceramcoat gloss exterior/interior varnish
gesso
paintbrushes
plastic wrap
thread
sandpaper and/or Sandits sanding sticks
natural materials for embellishments

pattern page - click to enlarge

First make the form and the "bulb" section of the lantern.
Making the form is a bit tricky, but you'll be able to use it over and over again.

Cut 8 form ribs from cardboard, score along center line

Glue pairs together with spines out to form "book"

The stack should look like this

and open like this

Cut out hub, cut out and remove grey areas.  Open book sections all the way around and arrange in hub to create form.  Do not glue the last pieces together, you will need to fold this back up to remove it from the bulb. Put a few small pieces of tape on the bottom to keep hub from sliding off form while you work on it.

Cut out pieces A,B,C,D, & E from pattern paper and glue in order around form.  Start each strip at the division slot in the book, glue that edge, and continue around form, gluing paper to each rib as you go.  Trim any overlap from the paper slip so that you just have a small tab to tuck into the last segment after you've gone around the form. Note that the last circle of paper goes upside down. When all the strips are in place, remove the hub, open the book, and glue the last tab of each strip in place.  Carefully push the strip in and fold each section one at a time so that the paper creases inward, as shown.

Make sure that your form will still fold flat.

Open it back up and replace in hub.  tape in place again.  Cut a small notch in the hub to hold the thread in the next step.  Cut a piece of thread, approx. 20" long, make a loop in one end and thread the other end through.  Set this aside while you cover the form with two layers of plastic wrap (you will be able to use these many times as well)

 Slide loop of thread over form & plastic and wrap around base of form - put the end of the thread in the notch you just cut which will hold everything in place.

Trim plastic wrap and set this assembly aside.

Prepare tissue paper as follows - cut a 13" square of tissue paper, fold in half, then in half again, then fold ends together to form a triangle (you will have one fold on one side, and three folds on the other).  Cut out a shape roughly the same as your book shape when folded (only this will be larger).  Unfold and place, rough side up, on a board or piece of cardboard that has been covered in plastic wrap.   Starting at the center of the tissue, brush a layer of varnish over the entire piece of tissue paper.  Don't worry if it wrinkles.   It will look something like this.

Allow that layer to dry, then add a second layer.  When that is dry, CAREFULLY peel the entire piece from the plastic wrap.

Once you have your varnished tissue paper ready, place it, varnish side down, over the form and tie with thread in the same manner as you did for the plastic wrap.  The unvarnished side needs to be facing out.  Shape and fold the tissue down onto the form, then brush a layer of varnish over it, making sure you get varnish into the folds and over the entire piece.  When the first layer dries, add a second layer and allow that to dry as well.

When all is dry, unwrap the string from the tissue paper and from the plastic wrap.  Remove the hub and carefully begin folding the form ribs onto each other.  When the book is folded back up, remove it from the bulb.  The plastic wrap will probably come out with it, but if not, remove the plastic wrap.  You now have your tissue paper lantern bulb.  Snip the tip into sections and curl up the ends, if desired.

Cut out collar piece from cardboard.  Score collar tabs and assemble collar.  Punch holes where indicated.  Reassemble form, without the hub, and cover with plastic wrap.  Find a small jar or cup that can hold the form while you sculpt the collar.

Brush white glue over the outside of collar and allow it to get tacky while you roll some Creative Paperclay to about 1/16" thickness.  Apply a layer of clay around the collar, then sculpt as desired.  Leave tabs clear, so that they can be folded later if you want to use the lanterns over the tea lights instead of hanging the lanterns.

In my first layer I sculpted some petal shapes all around the collar

In the second layer I added leaf and vine shapes, leaving some areas open
and lifting some off the first layer so that I'll have areas to
tuck natural materials and embellishments in.

When you are done sculpting, set aside the piece to dry, leaving it on the form.  When the clay has dried, carefully remove the collar from the form, sand clay as necessary, coat inside and out with gesso, and after the gesso has dried, paint as desired.

Cut out interior ring from cardboard.  Test fit it into the collar and trim as necessary.  Remove ring and assemble as follows.

Place tissue bulb end through interior ring and pull down around ring.  Trim and glue into place - you can use paper clips to hold the tissue down while the glue is drying.

 When the bulb piece is completed, glue into place in collar.  If you've split and curled up the ends, you can use a pencil eraser to help you ease the bulb into place.  Otherwise, just place a finger in the collar and pull the ring up into the collar from the inside.  When you have the ring/bulb assembly where you want it, glue securely in place.

Add natural elements and embellishments as desired.  Hang by tabs, and put a tea light in the collar, or push the tabs flat against the inside of the collar and set the lantern over a tea light.  All that's left to do now is invite the fairies!

Thanks for joining me here again - I hope you have a beautiful month of May, with many a dance and an abundance of merriment and magic!

I'd love for you to join me for more projects & art adventures on my personal blog

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Lynda's Tips

One thing I hate - is working hard on a project, and it just doesn't turn out EXACTLY as I envisioned it...and the project I am working on right now - is just that - not turning out how I want it to!  So, today's post is all about making mistakes, and how to correct some of the little things that happen!  

1. When you are working on flat pieces - flatten the Creative Paperclay product out first, and then cut a piece that is a bit bigger than the piece you are working with. Flatten out the piece so it is the same size all the way around.  This helps make your piece be perfect - all the way around!  
2. Use water to help with some of the smaller cracks as the piece is being dried - and to smooth out any of the imperfections of your project.
3. If you want your piece to be perfectly flat - let it dry for a bit (12 hours) in the air, and then put a heavy object on top of it to keep the pieces flat to finish up drying.  
4. Make sure you sketch out your project - think about things a bit before hand, in order to create that "perfect piece"!

Spend time with things - if you know it is a more intense project, start earlier!  Don't be like me and wait until the last moment to get things done!  I can't wait to share with you my finished project, from the tips above! 

Lynda Jeffs 

Creative Paperclay Design Team 

and Memories in Tyme  

        

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