Mini eco. Giant Picture - tutorial! I posted awhile an image that showed off the giant picture I made for my girls’ room – finally, the tutorial is here! It was so cheap – around $13 (that’s $8 for the print, and another $5 worth of an $11 foam board because you won’t need to use the whole board….) UPDATE Sept 2012: – – I LOVE this project so much that I made another one for my Dining Room – and this time I mounted it on plywood.
Get details and a tutorial for mounting on plywood at this link: Giant Picture for Cheap, take 2 First, I saw on IAmMommaHearMeRoar that you could make big prints at office stores (Office Max, Office Depot) for cheap – just ask for the “Engineer’s Print”. Awesome. The only downside is it is in black-and-white, but I liked that, so it wasn’t a problem. So here we go, on to the tutorial- – Giant Picture Supplies –Print in desired size ( I talk about that on down) –Foam Board in desired size (I used a 4×8 sheet, but these 20×30 ones look great too) —Spray Glue (that’s the link to the one I used) Recap: Paper Weave. I thought I'd give you a wee respite from all of the holiday crafts. Although this would make a wonderful Christmas or Hanukkah present. Never too early to start. This is one of those art-projects-for-kids that can be adapted for a sophisticated look. I see these at high-end craft shows all the time.
It's a perfect way to use your reject watercolor paintings or left-over papers. I didn't have any old paintings so I wet a piece of white card stock, dropped food coloring on it, tilted it back and forth, ran it under the faucet again and dabbed it with a paper towel. I placed a long piece of double-stick tape at the top of a piece of copy paper and put the vertical strands next to each other, then wove in the horizontal pieces.
I love putting these in large frames with big mats and small openings. Pretty elegant art made from food coloring - who would have guessed? Here is the Church, Here is the Steeple. Here is an interesting way to make a photo album with all of those wedding pictures. If you are going to a wedding, bring your camera and give this to the bride and groom when they come back from their honeymoon. They will love you! Materials: 2 pieces of mat board (or chip board) 8 1/2" x 11" piece of card stock large photo of church 20 long, thin photos printed on heavy-weight paper (mine were 1 1/4" x 3 1/2") glue stick Tools: paper cutter, scissors or Exacto knife Glue photo of church to the back of the mat board so that the nice color side of the mat board shows when you open the book.
Do not glue photos to the front and back pleats. Place 1/2" of glue on the back left hand side of one of the thin photos. Glue the front and back flaps of the pleats to the inside of the front and back covers. It should look like the above photo. This gift will last longer than those skinny stemmed wine glasses they asked for in their registry. Putting a Name to the Face. I first saw this Photoshop tutorial here. It was wonderful but used CS4, a program that I can't afford. I knew I could do this with PS Elements (it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles as the CS series or the cost) and went about adapting and hopefully simplifying this lesson. There are a number of steps and photos so bear with me. Take your photo and cut out the background. Make it black and white (remove color). Use levels, if necessary to provide a bit of contrast if your photo, like mine, is a little washed out.
Open a new document and type the person's name. With the rectangular marquee tool select a name then go to EDIT>DEFINE BRUSH and name your brush (in this case - aj3). Go back to your posterized photo and select just the black with the magic wand. Add a new layer above the background layer. With the brush tool select the boldest name brush.
Make another blank layer. Click the eyes on on all of the layers except the background. What a colorful child. One Crafty Place » Paper Mache Bird Mobile: Tutorial. Sticker and Cupcake Paper Flowers…and a Coupon for Jo-Ann Stores! How to Make Home-Made Ink.
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