For tissue box craft from paper, we will choose washi paper, so the tissue box has Japanese style. For making the tissue box, use wood glue that mixed with water (50:50).
This tissue box is made from cartoon that contain of 2 parts: the container to place tissue and the cover.
The tissue container is wrapped with black washi paper while the cover is wrapped with motive washi paper. Before the cover is wrapped with motive paper, you can give list in the edge of your cover box (just simply wrap the edge part of the cover with black washi paper). Read the rest of this entry »
Do you want to make rose flower craft from fabric? This is the way…
Flower
Cut the material ( you can choose pink silk) with half circle shape for inner crown (6 pieces) and outer crown with more big diameter (24 pieces).
Then we will make the flower crown. Join 2 slices of materials (put the good surface inside). Divide the edge material that curve become 3 parts. Baste at the curve part material with this method: the first and third part of curve material are basted with common way, but for second part, after you baste it, then you can give a pull to make the material wrinkle. Then reverse the material, put the good surface outside. Arrange the crowns become a flower.
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Egg shell can be changed become high art value craft. How can you do it?
First, choose the egg that really white with smooth surface. It needs quite long time to changes the ordinary egg shell become decorated shell, especially when we have to empty its content with special equipment. The shell skin must be treated carefully so it isn’t break. The hole to take out its content must be made as small as possible. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you like doll or maybe you want to make it for your kids? I get this picture of clown doll. It looks funny and easy to made, even just with your hand.
If you want to make some dolls, you may make other dolls with different model of hair like curly, straight and add it with various hats. You can also make a doll without leg, and use your doll for craft or embed your needles.
If you want to make a doll without legs, so you just need to baste the edge part of circle cloth, pull it and with dacron or cotton.
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Preservative solution will produce dry flower that has color and softness like fresh flower. You also can give the other color as you want. This preservative solution usually is safe for environment.
Drying technique
The plant that will be dried must be processed at the latest 4 hours after picked. In this process, there are 3 phases that should be done.
- Holding (preservation solution absorption).
Cut your flower stem about 4 cm to throw away the air bubble that can impede preservation solution absorption. For the holding process you can mix the preservation solution and distillation water with ratio 1 : 3. Enter the stem tip in warm preservation solution until you get the color that you want (usually take about 3-4 days).
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Drying process with desiccant can produce better flower and dry leaf for craft material than simple drying process. These ingredients can be used as drying media:
- Sand
Before used, wash the sand and dry up. The sand can be reused after dried up.
- Silica gel
Only need 48-72 hours to produce dry flower. After absorb the water, silica gel will turn to pink up to clear. It shows that silica gel can’t absorb the water anymore. Silica gel can be used again with put it in oven at 120°C until turn to blue color or you can sauté it.
- Borax
Borax usage can cause the dry flower that resulted is rather rolled so it is better to mix borax and sand with ratio 2 : 1.
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In this process, the plant will become flat so it is suitable for decorative craft material in the card or painting. The plant will has more fade color like brown, gray, beige and light yellow. In pressing method, we need some pressing tool like:
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Two pieces of plywood 30×30 cm. Make a hole at all corners to entering the bolt.
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Four pieces of bolt with key (like wing).
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Eleven pieces of cartoon 30×30 cm.
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Twenty pieces of absorber paper ( you can use newspaper) 30×30 cm.
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