Frame with angel

A simple tutorial for dollhouses in 1 inch scale. Happy Holydays :)

Frame with angel for Dollhouses

You will need

• Flat wooden sticks 4 mm wide, two 5 cm long and two 4 cm long
• white air-drying clay
• white acrylic paint
• mosquito net
• grey ink
• a little sponge
• item you like (I've used an angel)
• two part silicone mold putty
• paint brush
• white glue
• cyanoacrylate glue
  
  

  

  The steps of the tutorial

  
  

1. Cut the ends of the wooden sticks at 45° and a rectangle of 3,8 x 4,8 cm (= 1.5 x 1.9 in) from the mosquito net.
2. Push the item you would duplicate in the silicone gum. When you have the mould, put a little amount of air-drying clay inside it and wait until th eitem is completely dry.
3. Glue the wooden sticks with the white glue to have a rectangular frame and then paint it whit the white acrylic paint .
4. When the paint is dry, take a little amount of grey ink with the sponge and rub the frame. Let dry.
5. Glue the net on the back of the frame with the cyanoacrylate glue.
6. Glue the replica in the centre of the net with the white glue.

Another kind of decoration for the frame

Have fun! :)

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

Colouring polymer clay

Yesterday I've seen a wonderful video about the creation of an apple in polymer clay, so I've done some experiments with different kind of powders on rough polymer clay.

I've used powder from low cost and high cost chalks, expired eye shadows and pearl ex.

Colours are red and green, polymer clay is white for the first four couples and black for the last one.

The main tool is... my finger :) for a cleaner work you can use a soft brush or a little sponge.

Tools

Here I've used low cost chalks, the powder is not so soft and the colour on the clay is very light.

Low cost chalks

These are high cost chalks, for artists, the powder is fine and on the clay the colour is rich and velvety. I think these are very natural and great for miniature food.

Chalks for artists

Brioches in miniature

These are eye shadows, the effect is light but a little shining. I think they are great to have a watercolour effect.

Eye shadows

Buttons with watercolour effect

Here we have the pearl ex with their metallic and shining effect, mainly on the black clay. The colour often change when applied on the clay.

Pearl ex

Fall leaves

Here the colours after baking. If you have to colour jewerly it is better to protect the item with transparent varnish.

A little strange experiment in the picture below, I've used a spice, maybe turmeric, on white clay :)

Turmeric

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

My warm home

White, light grey, red and all the colors of the winter Nature and a lot of light! This is the style of the northern Europe, so stylish in the latest years also here, in the sunny Italy.

It is difficult, even if not impossible, to find items that fit this cold but sweet style. For example the zinc houses to hold tea lights I've fallen in love with.
I have find them only on the web, Christmas was near and I've wished to create one of them for myself. This is the result.

I've realized the template with Adobe Illustrator after an inspiring surf on the web. I've printed the template on a 300g cardboard, painted it in black and then in silver with irregular brush strokes.

The tea light is a LED tea ligth, no real candles for the paper house ;)

In the dark of the night I've changed the tea light with a short LED chain, the effect is warm and inspiring.

If you'd like to do the house, here and here the tempate in PDF, winter is long and a warm light is always welcome.

For personal use only, commercial uses prohibited

Holly leaves #2

Holly again! This time as a lovely bobby pin :)

You will need

• paper (250 gr)
• air-drying clay or wooden balls
• light and dark green acrylic paint
• red acrylic paint
• ivory acrylic paint
• protective varnish
• bobby pin
• pencil
• scissors
• paint brush
• embossing tool
• shaping mat
• white glue
• cyanoacrylate glue

Follow the previous project HERE up to green painted leaves.

1. Paint the edge of the leaves with the ivory paint.

2. Before the white paint dry, coat with the light green from the edge to the inner part of the leaves.

3. Glue the red little balls.

4. Cut a strip of paper and paint with green varnish.

5. Put the strip o paper inside the bobby pin.

6. Glue the holly leaves to the paper strip.

Arrange the holly pin in your hair.

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

Holly leaves #1

The question mark in the last post was hidden this project :)

A simple decoration to fix on Christmas wreath, gift boxes, nice corners in your home.

You will need

• paper (250 gr)
• air-drying clay or wooden balls
• green acrylic paint
• red acrylic paint
• protective varnish
• magnet (optional)
• pencil
• scissors
• paint brush
• embossing tool
• shaping mat
• white glue
• cyanoacrylate glue

1. Draw three Holly leaves and cut out with scissors.

2 . Put the leaves in the shaping mat and press the edge with the embossing tool. The thorns will rise up.

3. Paint the leaves on both sides and let dry. Paint with protective varnish on both sides and let dry again.

4. Mould by hand three little balls from air-drying clay, let dry.

5. Paint the balls with the red varnish. When dry, paint with protective varnish.

6. If you like, glue a magnet on the back.

Have fun! :)

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

Sea magnet

You need
4 flat wooden sticks
1 little wooden peg
some nautical items (anchor, pebbels, shells, faux starfish)
cord
paper sheets
magnet
blue and white acrylic paint
white 3D liner
brush
sandpaper
glue for wood

Cut from the flat wooden sticks four pieces: 2.8 in high, 0.7in wide, 0.1 in depth.


Sand the flat wooden sticks and paint them with the white acrylic paint on both sides.



Prepare three shades of blue adding a growing amount of blue acrylic paint in the white one. Paint one of the stick in white and three sticks with the other shades of blue (see the picture).
Glue the four pieces of wood.Now you have a 2.8 in square.



Glue a magnet, or four littel magnets, on the back side.


Glue the little wooden peg on the front of the square and also the nautical items and the cord, as you prefer.
Write the word "Sea" with the 3D liner.



You can put in the peg some paper sheets or a little photo.



Happy Holydays! :)

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.

Earrings and bracelets display racks

English version coming soon!

Only for personal use, commercial use is not allowed.