{Valentines day} pixelated popup card I‘ve been scratching my head trying to come up with a card for my hubby {AKA the non-romantic type}. I finally decided to make this pixely popup heart card! They are really minimal (which I love) and take about 20 minutes to make (that includes the card, insert and envelope). You can even make some pixely confetti to put inside the card (if you are a big kid like me!). Full instructions and printable templates below! (BTW I remember seeing something similar in a popup book years ago. How to 1. (If you have a cutting machine then see note at end of post!) Cut along the black lines and score the grey lines. 3. 5. 7. Edited to add: The lovely Kayla from saynotsweetanne has send me a .dfx file of the card which you can use if you have a cutting machine.
Home How to make a natural air freshener, and assemble your own laboratory for concocting teas, salves, and syrups | @offbeathome As a little girl I mixed up shampoos and lotions in my laboratory, trying to improve on the toiletries we had. I never came up with anything worth mentioning, but I did once get scolded for spilling my mom's shampoo all over the bathroom rug. A friend of mine told me about the "laboratory" she'd had at age 12, in which she created, among other things, the cure for AIDs. You probably won't cure any diseases with your apothecary, but you will scratch that youthful itch to create something useful out of ordinary ingredients. narfmore I'll get your mad scientist career started with a list of ingredients to start a home apothecary, with which you'll be able to make herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, eye pillows, and infused oils. Starter herbs and their properties You can find these herbs online or in stores with large bulk herb selections. So, oils. Starter oils Most essential oils aren't cheap, but a little goes a long way. AND! Storage Lavender Mint Room Spray & Linen Mist Ingredients
Easy Toothpick Painting with Kids If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our mailing list. Thanks for visiting! Have you ever painted with a toothpick before? If yes, you know how fun and easy it is. And we have a fun crafty photo challenge for all of you. Don’t have kids? Crafting with my daughter is one of the highlights of our weekends. Today’s craft idea is a super fun one, and to prove it, here is a quick video of how I did this with my daughter this past weekend. I challenged myself by making a crafty tutorial video, and now I challenge you to plan a little crafty time this weekend and share your pictures with us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook using the hashtag #craftyiscontagious. This is what you will need for your own toothpick painting fun: Supply list: Here is how this simple painting technique works: Start by randomly squirting decoupage on top of your wood shapeThen squirt on paint colors randomly on topUse a toothpick to spread and mix the paints to make cool designsLet dry Warning! Happy Crafting!
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Artist Paints Ocean Stones With Thousands Of Tiny Dots To Create Colorful Mandalas Elspeth McLean, an Australian artist based in Canada, creates hypnotizing paintings of mandalas on smooth and perfectly round ocean stones that will soothe your soul and fill your wold with color. She paints her beautiful explosions of color with tiny dots, which makes her works even more symmetrical and soothing. Show Full Text Beautiful stones and other artwork can be found on McLean’s Etsy shop. Free Robots Colouring Pages Do you love Robots? Do you know someone who loves Robots? Today, we share some super fabulous Robot Colouring Pages. I think they are simply fabulous and should appeal to grown ups and kids alike. Whether you are looking for Grown Up Colouring Pages or Kids Colouring Pages, I think these Robots are simply wonderful. Enjoy these free Robot Colouring Pages! We have MANY MORE colouring pages for you to choose from – both for kids (with some great preschool packs) and adults. ———-> click here for your Free Robot Colouring Pages <————— ———-> AND here (the 3rd one at the back) Free Robot Colouring Pages <————— You may also REALLY LOVE our Dreams Matter colouring pages! I have been asked a number of times what pens we use and have – we have this set from Faber Castell, they are brilliant and I highly recommend them! US Readers UK Readers This set of 3 colouring pages are an extract from a special set of colouring book by Lynette Rozine (check out her Dreams Matter colouring pages too). US Readers
Origami Paper Folding Papercraft Flower Petal Box | PaperCraftCentral.net - All About PaperCrafts and Origami March 16th, 2009 | Posted in Box This origami box, Petal Box, is made by cutting the paper in the form of 4 petals and a square at the center of the 4 petals. When you joing all the 4 petals it forms a nice gift box. Below are the pictures with different views of the Petal origami box. Origami Box - Petal Box Closed view – Top Closed view – Side Be Sociable, Share! 2851 views, 34 so far today | Latvian Artist Creates Elaborate Fairytale Book Covers That Are Simply Magical May 092015 Aniko Kolesnikova is a Latvia-based designer and artist who specializes in creating fantastic book covers that are nothing short of magical! Kolesnikova, who works under the name Mandarin Duck, uses polymer to craft book and journal covers inspired by dragons, animals, nature, and fantasy. Check out some of her amazing creations! The details are blowing me away… Enjoy! Mandarin Duck Starry Eyed Indian Elephant Nature’s Footprint Frog Insect Floral Journal Seduction Skull & Roses Blue Dragon The Lighthouse What did I tell you? Mandarin Duck Credit: Mandarin Duck
Colouring Pages for Grown Ups - Meaningful Mandalas We are back. With YET MORE FREE Colouring Pages for Grown Ups – they are so very addictive and we can’t stop doing them here at Red Ted Art HQ. I will printing out a whole set of these colouring pages to take away on holiday for us – great for at the Airport or when having a quiet moment at our accomodation. Today, we have some MEANINGFUL MANDALAS. I think Mandala Colouring Pages are probably one of my favourite – love the symmetry and patterns to Mandala – almost creating a beautiful rhythm to your colouring. I hope you will enjoy these lovely free Meaningful Mandalas Colouring Pages! We have MANY MORE colouring pages for you to choose from – both for kids (with some great preschool packs) and adults. ————> Click here to Print Your Meaningful Mandalas <—————— You may also REALLY LOVE our Dreams Matter colouring pages! US Readers UK Readers This set of 3 colouring pages are an extract from a special set of colouring book by Lynette Rozine (check out her Dreams Matter colouring pages too).
sipho mabona’s origami Check out this gorgeous stopmotion animation created for Asics with an all paper origami cast. The artist behind the paper genius is Sipho Mabona, renowned in his native Netherlands and the world for his sophisticated origami skills, from tessellation lampshades to inflatable puffer fish to a large-scale gallery space. More of his works and origami animations after the jump. Images of the ASICS origami lounge in Berlin koi origami installation the awesome inflatable fugu origami crease pattern for the cockroach origami cockroach origami tessellation lampshade images via mabona origami Tagged as: animation, origami, Paper, paperfolding
The Things She Makes: Papercraft Stars A few weeks ago, I posted a paper geometric heart tutorial and have fallen back in love with simple paper crafts. The next shape that seemed obvious for me to become obsessed with was stars. There are many a tutorial of this simple technique to transform a flat 2D star into a 3D embellishment, but here is my contribution. What I Used: Card Pencil / Ruler / Scissors Optional: template For this DIY, I created myself a simple 5-point star at the size I wanted and used this to trace around on my coloured card [but any star printed from google/Word/Pages/cut from a magazine will work just as well: Once you have traced around your template, cut your star and mark the center [note: this does not have to be exact at all. Using your scissors, score lines from this marked center to each point of the star [on a 5-point star this is 10 lines in total]: Now, for the folding - starting from the top point and working our way anti-clockwise. ...then to the line to the left, fold this away: see you next time x
20 Classic Summer Crafts We do love the Seasons and we love how the crafts vary through the seasons too – Summer Crafts to me are all about lazy afternoons with plenty of time to finish your work, outdoor games and garden crafts and playing with water. It is about hanging out with friends, making your own lemonade and feeling the grass between your toes. So. I have picked out some of our favourite Classic Summer Crafts from around the web (and Red Ted Art) – either they already are Classic Childhood Crafts for the Summer… or they soon will be! Hope you enjoy them and fancy having a go Ring Toss Any thing upcycled and thrifty is right up my street. Garden Tic Tac Toe A “new kid on the block” – well a new kid to me – over recent weeks, I have been getting to know the delights that Thrive 360 Living has on offer. Bug Hotel Another craft that has been on my to do list or literally forever is this simple bug hotel! Pinwheel Summer wouldn’t be the same without a Pinwheel. Kite Making Side Walk Chalk Friendship Bracelets