How To Make Decorative Tape - Paper Craft Projects. DIY Personalized Envelope Lining. Sending snail mail is so much fun, I miss the days when you send letters to your friends and you purchase a stamp and wait days for them to receive it. From now on I want to make an effort to make cute little cards, letters and envelopes to send to my friends and family because it does really make a difference. The other day I sent a birthday card and personalized the envelope and it turned out pretty sweet, so I thought I would share with you guys how to create your own personalized envelope lining What you need: Print outs of your favorite photographs An envelope Scissors A glue stick Step one: undo one of the envelopes, so you can see it’s template. Step two: cut the top half of the envelope like so, keeping together the middle center and the top fold over. Step three: draw a 1 cm line around the top fold and half a cm around the two sides and trim.
Step four: place your template on top of your chosen print and cut. Step five: glue the back of the printed cut out. Share. How to Make Marble Paper. Cut paper into sizes smaller than the standard 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheet. Use 24-pound paper or thicker, card stock or watercolor paper. Watercolor paper works best for this project. Fill an aluminum baking pan with about an inch of water. Place it outside or in an area covered with a drop cloth. Drop generous amounts of acrylic paint on top of the water, applying multiple drops in a range of coordinating colors across the surface of the water. Mix the colors gently with the stirrer or a toothpick.
Gently place a piece of paper on the top of the water and then carefully lift off. Add more paint after three or four sheets. Place the dipped paper on newspaper to dry or hang it on a line with paper clips. DIY Paper Marbling. Marbling is a printmaking technique that basically looks like capturing a galaxy on a page, except it requires neither subatomic particles nor superhuman skills.
Nowadays you can find video tutorials showing you how to marble everything from silk scarves to fingernails, but I primarily make marbled paper, which you can use as backgrounds for collages or photos, to decorate journals and notebooks, or to wrap small gifts. If I weren’t such a DIY advocate, I would probably buy a marbling kit with step-by-step instructions (and no disrespect if you opt for that!)
, but I prefer to experiment, because the results are more unpredictable! What you’ll need: A set of oil paints Turpentine A few sheets of uncoated paper—regular printer paper will work, as long as it isn’t glossy. Since you’ll be working with paint, you might want to wear old clothes, and cover your workspace with newspapers or a plastic tablecloth to prevent stains. Now on to the marbling: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Make a gift bow from a magazine page.
In gift wrap emergencies when you've got the present but need some wrapping, here's an idea for turning a magazine page into a bow. There may be better ways to stick this thing together, but I used what I had on hand: staples and adhesive glue dots. Double stick tape or brads should work, too. Cut a magazine page lengthwise into 9 strips, 3/4" wide. Leave 3 of the strips full length. Cut one inch off 3 of the strips. Cut two inches off 2 of the strips. Cut the last strip down to 3 1/2" long. If you're using a magazine that's 10 1/2" tall, you'll end up with: 3 strips, 10 1/2" x 3/4" 3 strips, 9 1/2" x 3/4" 2 strips, 8 1/2" x 3/4" 1 strip, 3 1/2" x 3/4" Twist each strip to form a loop at both ends and staple it in the center.
Layer the three longest pieces on top of each other, spacing them evenly and securing each with a glue dot. Use other papers, like a map of your city. How to Cut Quill Pens from Feathers. This is a document written in flux. I'm still experimenting even as we speak (1 June 1999), and as I figure more things out, they will be reflected on this page. Quite a lot of this material is an attempt at reconciling conflicting reports on how to cut a quill. People are of many opinions, but the material's the real test. This is just another account of experience and materials. This is a page about how to cut feathers into useful quill pens. I won't say that if you follow The Instructions Here that you'll get a working pen to your liking, half the battle is really knowing what you like.
I'm going to cover equipment, prep, cutting, and then re-cutting of nibs in this page. Equipment This is the stuff I use to cut quills. 1. First, a bit about feathers. I buy my feathers from local Hobby Lobby, Ben Franklin, or even Michael's; and whatever hobby shop that's filled with odd baskets, dried flowers, leather lacing, candles galore, and beads is the place to hunt down feathers. 2. 3. 1. 2. Low Poly Mask by kongorilla. I'm going to say something your friends have been afraid to tell you: You could stand to lose a few polygons. Here's a blank canvas for the new you. Or your Halloween costume. Or maybe your audition for store mannequin. Or your general purpose anonymity needs. Sometime in the future I hope to make a full head version, but I wanted to post what I've gotten done so far in case someone could use it for Halloween 2012.
I'm going to make a mask with dark paper, and use glow-in-the-dark tape to highlight the edges - I'll be Wireframe Man! EDIT: Since originally posting this, I've seen comments by people stating they intend to make the make the mask using materials other than paper. EDIT: 10/31/12 - Thanks for all the email messages, comments and photos I've been getting! The mask comes in two flavors: "black lines" and "faint lines", which has light blue lines, giving a cleaner look to the final product when used on white paper. Print the mask on stiff cardstock or bristol. Quilling-shapes.jpg (1033×690) How to Make a Quill Pen out of a Feather. Origami Ribbon Bow Tutorial. Origami Cherry Blossom Tutorial ⬇⬇Expand for more info!
⬇⬇ Hi people! In this video I will show you how to make a cherry blossom from 1 piece of paper. If you need to learn to make a pentagon, please check out my recent video on that and come back :) Thanks for watching! Origami Pentagon Hey all, I have made a new pentagon video, hopefully this will be clearer and I am beginning to speak in my videos. Origami Star Flower Tutorial Here is a quite short video on how to make a great origami star flower, it was originally requested by someone on facebook ^_^ You will need a pentagon shape to begin with, so first go here: Then come back :P You can download the diagram for this model at my website here: Enjoy!
Triangular Origami box (non modular) This triangular origami box is made using one piece of paper for the lid, and one piece for the base.