Hey hey folks, Tamiko here! So glad to create again for you guys this month! I am such a DOG GIRL!! I love them all and they seem to love me, from the smallest of them to the largest. Although it would seem easy to just create a scrapbook page with my Macy, the idea didn't speak to me. I had to do something different, even for me. I spend hours looking at things on pinterest and I find goo-gobs of things I'd like to make/sew. I don't sew yet so I just do what I do with glue and paper until that changes! I found some awesome pendants I was inspired by. Very whimsical take I might add, please check it out below!
Supplies needed (but not limited to):
Helmars Craft & Hobby PVA Glue
Watercolor paper scraps
Corrugated board scraps
Patterned paper scrap
Watercolor paint
Brush
Gold Leaf
Fine point pen
Pencil
Scissors
Threading or Floss
Bead wand
white paint or gesso
I first took some papers and cut them to size, so I could take my Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue and adhere layers of paper. I exposed some of the texture in the corrugated board and ran a lil gesso over the edges with my fingers. I almost stopped because it was truly the perfect ATC (artist trading card), but I said NO.. We need more.
As I was layering the paper pieces I decided to add a bit more dimension by using a paper bead as a kind of bail for the thread, floss or ribbon I would use to hang the pendant. While I made 3 beads.. I only used one... When creating paper beads there are tons of templates that you can google to learn to how to cut the perfect template for the shape bead you want. After I cut my pieces of paper, I watercolor painted them and let the papers dry. My beading wand helps me to quickly and tightly roll the watercolor paper. As I get closer to the tip I applied some Helmars Craft & Hobby PVA Glue and rolled the bead against my fingers until the tip was nice and clinging to the drying bead.
I drew a very loose sketch of a dog with a pencil on my watercolor paper. To assure a primitive appearance I did it with my left hand. Accuracy and realness was NOT something I wanted to achieve. I loosely added color to the dog and fussy cut him from the larger scrap of paper. I also added some wings to him. Fussy cut the wings and added them to my doggy. ::love him, he is so cute:: Added the wings using some Helmars 450 Quick Dry Glue.
I didn't want my pendant to look so flat so I took some small pieces of board and more Helmars Craft & Hobby PVA Glue and propped him up on the pendant!
Added the finished Paper bead with the Helmars 450 Quick Dry Glue also, moreso beacuse the bead needed the gel glue to cushion it against the flat surface.
Finally I took some Helmars Craft & Hobby Glue on my finger tips and added bit to the outside of the pendant... Let it dry, then added some gold leaf to add some sparkle to the pendant! So adorbs!!.. Just brush the extra gold leaf off with a soft brush and TADAH!!
Hope you guys had a blast following along and you try to make a paper pendant! You see you can almost do it with scraps of paper an AWESOME ADHESIVE from Helmars Worldwide!!
