Archive for Paper Pins
Video – Paper Pin Technique
Posted: Friday, May 1st, 2009 | CommentsVideo not viewable to subscribers via email, click here to view the video on my website.
Click on any photo to start a slideshow.
Last month I received a gift of a lovely butterfly paper pin and scalloped circle book from Kelli Purkey and I just *HAD* to make that butterfly myself.
THANK YOU Kelli! You all must go to her site and subscribe immediately (so I get brownie points and therefore more handstamped gifts…).
I completely devoured every detail of her finished pin… the butterfly from God’s Beauty (Level 1 Hostess Set) complete with rhinestone and wire embellishments on a pale plum cardstock (see below).
I decided to make my butterfly look like a ‘monarch’ butterfly and my daughter came down and picked up Kelli’s (purple butterfly, see below) and said “MOM! This is awesome, did you make it?!” to which I replied, “no, I made ALL the other ones… oh, go clean your room!”
So, you can see how beautiful Kelli’s pin is right down to the twisted wire antennae with rhinestones set (yeah, thanks Kelli… I’ll never get the Crystal Effects off my fingers!).
Enjoy the video that I made in ‘real time’… you are seeing the actual process as I was coming up with my May ‘Technique Freak’ club project for tonight (nothing like the last minute). The video was shot with my new Sony Handycam and edited with Sony Vegas Studio Pro (which I taught myself yesterday)!
Holiday Lineup Paper Pin — treasure from trash
Posted: Monday, November 10th, 2008 | CommentsYou can make this from scraps of cardstock! View my video on making paper pins HERE.
So, don’t throw out your scraps (you’ll never look at them the same again)!
The basic ‘pin’ is 4 layers of white paper glued together with ModPodge, a ‘lone’ snowman (the center one) is also 4 layers and added with a Dimensional. You can see my full tutorial here.
All hats and scarves are a single layer of cardstock added on top before lacquering (with Crystal Effects).
And good news… if you missed the previous classes, I have planned a “Holiday Extravaganza” day on Saturday, December 6th where you can take this class again, or take a 25 quick Christmas Card class.
Click here for more details… hope to see you there!
Cardinal Christmas Paper Pin
Posted: Friday, October 31st, 2008 | CommentsThis is one of the paper pins we made on Monday night at my "Paper Porcelain Pin" making class. See my entire tutorial on making these pins here. I’ll be publishing the date of this class (I’m going to do it again) soon.
You can see from the side view (shown left) that I made a second wing in 3 layers of Riding Hood Red paper and then adhered it with a Dimensional.
The face (noteably the eye) lacked clear definition, so I added one layer of the head/beak/neck stamped on white and colored in with marker (Ruby Red & More Mustard)–see last photo below, and then Crystal Effects over the entire thing. The branch and rhinestones were added last.
Okay, so, how did I do?
Eagle ‘Paper Pin’
Posted: Monday, October 6th, 2008 | CommentsOkay, here is another teaser for you. My class on October 25th (see my Calendar) will feature holiday pins (or if you don’t want to make it a pin, you can make it a magnet or leave as an embellishment).
This set "Free & the Brave" is awesome… I love the Eagle, it’s demeanor says ‘don’t mess with me.’
Remember to check out the Step-by-Step tutorial on my Project Gallery HERE.
