How to Sculpt a Creative Paperclay Crown #artbygloricom

How to Sculpt a one of a kind Creative Paperclay Crown #artbygloricom

Welcome back to the Creative Paperclay® Blog. 

Hi! Its is Gloriann Irizarry here ready to inspire you and guide you to create a one of a kind gold crown to fit any great Queen or king. this project can be easy change in size to fit any of your crafting needs. I promise you that this project will be an easy to follow with step by steps instructions and full of photos to show you how easy is to complete this Creative Paperclay® Craft.

Materials

Creative Paperclay®

Krylon Metallic Gold Spray Paint

White paper 

Acrylic Rhinestone

Cement Glue

 

To start the project grab the size A4 piece of white paper and folded in half.

Draw your desired crown or trace your pattern and cut any excess paper out to create your template.

Unfold the crown template flat and make sure the trim shape is the desired one. Remember this is how the final crown will end up so make sure is all clean and trimmed.

Roll the clay flat on the surface of the table. Make sure is thicker than 1/4 anything less and the crown will be too fragile. The thickness will also depend on the size of the final piece. Remember the bigger the crown the thicken it should be.

Place your paper cut template down. I like to moist the template paper and then use the roller to secure it in place.

To cut the Creative Paperclay® shape I like to use big sewing needles. They are way easier to cut the shape nicely and it flow confortably when your are tracing it down.  

You can little by little make sure the Creative Paperclay® is separating has you trace it down so your crown will have nice clean edges.

While tracing the crown shape make sure you are applying enough pressure. The pressure will ensure the clay has completly cut thru and when you peeled the excess it will nicely separete. 

You should end up with a nice clean crown shape after all clearly excess Creative Paperclay® has been peeled off.

Carefully peel off the template from the traced Creative Paperclay® 

Moist your finger tips and smooth the edges off the fresh cut crown.

To give the crown a nice textured finished use an old stencil brush and tap, tap, tap away.

Carefully tap around the edges of the crown.

  

If the brush tapping gets a little harder moist the Creative Paperclay® it help you create texture when you tap the brush again.

Use the back of the brush and add any design or detail you like your crown to have. Here I added 2 bold lines at the bottom to give it a more antique look.

Another trick I use to give the Creative Paperclay® a fabric pressed texture all you will need is a plastic bag and the back of the paint brush or pencil.

The effects of the texture will be depending on the thickness of the plastic bag.

For this crown I used a Zip lock sandwich bag.

If you want a more star or pressed fabric look use a thicker plastic like a freezer ziplock or similar.

After your happy with the texture pressing carefully remove the clay and folded around to create the crown. Make sure you secure and prop the folded crown shape with either aluminum foil or a bowl of the similar shape and let the crown dry over night.

Once the crown is fully dried you can get ready to use your favorite color.

For this project I chose the Krylon Metallic Gold Spray. 

Spray at least 2 layers of the Gold Metallic or the color of your choice. 

Make sure you wait for the paint to be fully dried before the next layer. Doing this will ensure you a nice finished shinning metallic tone all over the crown.

Let the crowns fully dried before any decoration is applied.

This project was so much fun I was able to make two crowns about 5in wide and 8in tall with one bar of 16ozs Creative Paperclay®

Now that the Spray paint is completely dried fun begins. 

Grab your favorite acrylic rhinestones and decorative 3D stickers. Use the cement glue or favorite glue to secure your embelliments in place. 

Once you are happy with the looks your crown is ready to be displayed, wear or showcased.

Now the possibility are endless and you will be sure to have fun so don't worry feel free to just grab your bar of Creative Paperclay® sit and sculpt. Now if you have any question of want more great ideas for you to create one of a kind projects or have any questions feel free to follow Creative Paperclay® Facebook 

Happy Crafting my friends!

Gloriann Irizarry 

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Creating Paper Texture August 2017 #artbygloricom Tip

August 2017 #artbygloricom Montly Tip

 

 

Hola and Hi to all my wonderful friends. It is Gloriann Irizarry from #artbygloricom once more with a neat and easy tip. It is another wonderful summer day here in Upstate NY.

Since summer is almost done I wanted to share with you a super neat trick I pick up over the years of me sculpting with the super versatile Creative Paperclay.

 

 

 

I like to recycle olf materials so for this one I will use a old brown envelope I recently got from a order in the mail. Cut all arounf the edges of the envelope. Pull the envelope in 2 parts.

 

Now you can cover the one part with clear thin tape and then completely crinkle it up.

 

Now use the tape covered portion facing the nicely moist Creative Paperclay and press it all aound it.

 

Make sure you press firmly and are using the clear tape cover portion. The clear tape will give the envelope the protection it needs to hold the crinkles and will tranfer the texture to the clay very nicely.

 

Dont be afraind to press hard or moving the little crinkled ball of paper around to make diferent imprints on the flat wet layer of Creative Paperclay material.

 

Once you are happy with the results you can set is aside to dry. This is how I make the crinkled texture look on some of my mix media sculpted pieces. Looks great when you paint them because the paint loves to pool in the crevices and will give the piece a more three-dimensional look instead of a flat layer.

 

 

 

It also work good at night when you make any lamp from recycle glass. The harder you press the clay against the glass containes the more light you will get to shine thru the final piece.

 

I hope you find this Tip useful and if so fee free to like and share.

For more fre Creative Paperclay Material ideas and tutorial feel free to follow us. Stay tune.

 

Sincerely

Gloriann Irizarry

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How to CREATE a Totoro Creative Paperclay® mini figure #ArtByGloricom 2/3

 

Here I will link al 3 tutorials once each one of them becomes available online.

 Part 1

How to SCULPT a Totoro Creative Paperclay®  Tea Light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 1/3

 

Part 2

How to CREATE a Totoro Creative Paperclay® mini figure #ArtByGloricom 2/3

 

 

Part  3

How to PAINT a Totoro Creative Paperclay® Tea light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 3/3

  

 

 

 

Hola! It is Gloriann from #ArtbyGloricom here to show you how to sculpt this little guy for you to pose in your Creative Paperclay® Tea Light Fairy House. I will be sculpting a cute wood spirit my girls love so much. His name is Totoro and is a very cute character in the Studio Ghibli film titled My Neighbor Totoro. With these instructions you can make a small Totoro or a use more clay and make a bigger version of him to display or just enjoy him. This is the second part of a three parts tutorials but not to worry because I will be linking every single one of them at the beginning of each tutorial.

Enjoy them and if you like them fee free to share them with all your friends.

Now let begin.

 

 How to CREATE a Totoro Creative Paperclay®

mini figure Tutorial Part 2/3

 

 

Materials

 

Creative Paperclay®

Bamboo skewers

Wire cutter

Water Bottle Mist

Small Brushes

Xacto Hobby Knife

   

 

Start by rolling a little ball of clay and shaped it like an egg.

Grab 2 of the bamboo skewers and Cut 2 sharp tips about a half an inch long. 

The bamboo skewers will be the ears for the wood spirit Totoro.

 I like to use bamboo so the ears are stronger and not so easy to brake when the piece is handled.

 

 

 Now shape the egg into a pear like shape. For the little legs we are going to roll a very small round ball and with a sharp hobby knife cut it in half. doing this will ensure that both legs have the best equal amount of clay.

 

 

To attach the legs grab your brush and get both half balls wet and attach them to the fat part of the pear shape Creative Paperclay®. Work the clay legs secure with the wet brush by stoking and shaping the legs in place.

 

 

To sculpt the hands roll a little bit of Creative Paperclay® into a snake shape about the same length of the pear shape from head to toes.

 

With a Xacto knife cut the snake in half.

 

 

Smooth and curve the end of the now 2 shape little snakes.

Now to attach the 2 little snakes and make them look like little hands is simple by using a wet brush and using light pressure to add the hands to the pear shape body.

 

 

Shape his head like show in the above photo. To attach the bamboo ears get the ends wet and apply light pressure to the head until you achieve your desired ear length. To shape the eyes just simply use the excess cut off bamboo and press the round end to the eyes. Use the Xacto hobby knife  tool and cut little slits in for the little claws and shape  triangle nose.

It is best to add to the

 

 

It is best to add the Totoro to the dried Tea Light Fairy House when he is still wet. That way you can shape him in place and add and adjust him to fit just right. Once you are satisfy set aside and let him dry before your paint him. I will be sharing the step by step painting process in my third and final Totoro fairy House Tea Light tutorial.

 

 

 

I hope you like this series of full step by step photo tutorial and feel free to stay tune for more surprises I have in stock.

 

Find more of my Creative Paperclay® creations search 

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Thank you have a joyful Crafting!

Sincerely

Gloriann Irizarry

 

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How to SCULPT a Totoro Creative Paperclay® Tea Light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 1/3

 

 

Hola! It me Gloriann Irizarry. I wanted to take this opportunity and say hi to all my wonderful family, friends and followers who had always support my arts and crazy crafts adventures. Now I wanted to make this tutorial a little more special for everyone so it is going to be the first of a  3 parts long and it will be full of easy step by steps photos for everyone to enjoy. I hope you like this one of a kind tutorial and please stay tune for more to creative ideas to come.

 

Here I will link al 3 tutorials once each one of them becomes available online.

 

Part 1

How to SCULPT a Totoro Creative Paperclay®  Tea Light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 1/3

 

Part 2

How to CREATE a Totoro Creative Paperclay® mini figure #ArtByGloricom 2/3

 

Part  3

How to PAINT a Totoro Creative Paperclay® Tea light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 3/3

 

 

How to SCULPT a Totoro Creative Paperclay® 

 Tea Light Fairy House #ArtByGloricom 1/3

 

 

Materials are pretty simple You will need

 

Creative Paperclay®

Empty Baby Food Glass Jar

Water Spray Bottle

Soft Paint  Brushes

Studio By Sculpey Tools

Clay or  Fondant Roller

LED Candle Tea Light

 (For Safety reasons only use LED battery operated candles with Creative Paperclay®)

 

 

Start by opening the Creative Paperclay® and roll a sheet big to a 1/4 inch thickness.

Roll enough to cover the entire baby food Jar. I'm using the Beech-Nut ORGANICS or Beech-Nut NATURALS due to have the best shape for my desired house. Baby Food jars come in many sizes and shapes so feel to choose your favorite one.

Don't have a baby or know anyone that could help you find a jar to recycle? is ok just got to Ebay or Amazon  and search for Baby Food Jars. They have a big selection of Jar for you to purchase and recycle on your next craft project. Just browse.

 

 

Place the 1/4 thick over the baby food glass jar.

 

 

Lightly press the clay to the baby food glass jar.

Make sure is flush and cut any excess. Using water a brush and your fingers blend the seems together

   

 

Neat TIP 1:

 

I will give you a tip how to get a nice clean cut on the top of the Baby food glass jar.

Use a thick thread like quilting or dental floss and wrapped around the top of the jar mouth.

Place where you want the cut to be and tight a knot . The pressure of the knot will cut your clay and all you have to do is remove any excess out. Now you have a nice clean cut top. Enjoy!

 

 

Using water and the wet brushes pad the clay smooth to the baby food glass jar.

 

 

Leave the bottom of the baby food glass jar clean of Creative Paperclay® this will help the tea light fairy house be more stable and flat on any surface.

 

 

Now feel free to hit your cookie cutter collection and find any that will look like the desire windows and doors. Don't have any? That is totally ok. You can use a pencil, wooden dowel or anything sharp and free draw indentations on the slightly Creative Paperclay®.

 

 

I so happen to have these cute flower petals cookies cutter  and though would look good for marking the door.

 

 

I use the smaller cookie cutter from the same set and mark where I wanted my windows to be.

 

 

 

I do love to collect small fondant cutters. They are so cute and I know they can be very useful for my Creative Paperclay® projects. So why not make cute little windows with this shape. If you don't have one these can be found online. Search for Shape Fondant Punchers. If no puncher available you can use a needle and draw them pressing down firmly against the Baby Food Glass Jar. I found needles to have neater precision cuts in the wet Creative Paperclay®. 

 

Neat Tip 2:

Next time you happen to be shopping for crafts and art supplies at your favorite store or online don't be shy. Visit the Baking and Cake Decorating Departments. If so full of wonderful neat cutters, molds and rollers that might be useful for your next Creative Paperclay® art project. 

 

 

Cut and extra piece of clay and with your wet fingers shape the door. Now I was looking for a rustic classic look so they shape don't have to be that neat or clean since nature is beautiful with all the little rough shapes.

 

 

Play around and place the windows always thinking of  the illumination effect that the tea light will have at night when the LED candle light is on and in place. 

 

 

Now each Fairy House is different and to tell you the truth there is not a specific pattern out there.

Is all matter of taste and in each project I let the Creative Paperclay®  speak to me. So when I was looking at the house it said I need a small welcome entrance. Easy roll a small ball of Creative Paperclay® and flat it place under your fairy door.

 

 

After I shaped the front door steps the fairy house seems like it need it something. Why not give it a very small green grass lawn. Roll a long enough snake to cover around the bottom of the Baby food glass jar.

 

 

To attach the lawn just wet the area including the rolled snake and using your finger gently padded in place. Adjust to your desired shape and cut any excess out.

 

 

After the lawn is sculpted.

Lets add some flowers to give the Fairy House a more happy whimsical effect. I so happen to have a few fondant flower punchers too. If no flower punchers on hand is ok. You can use the needle tool again and cut free hand a few flowers.

 

 

 

Now to give the Fairy house a more earthy look use your Sculpey, rubber or wooden tool and start by free hand some wood grain patterns. Make sure the clay still wet and also sprayed with a light  mist of water to easy the veining sculpt process. I personally prefer to make these deep. It helps to create a more natural look when you paint then in a later process. Available soon titled

 

How to PAINT a Creative Paperclay®

Tea Light Fairy House 

 

 

Use the same tool and make more indentations around the windows to accents them even more. Trust me all of this will come together in the painting process.

 

 

 

Now to give the law the grass effect I like to use this wire brush tool. Now no worries if you don't have one you can make a nice effect by using a few toothpicks tight up with a small baby  hair band or even an old hard tooth brush could be use.

 

 

Use the same grass making tool and press it against even on the front door to give it a pumice stone look. Weather the front door with has many little holes you want.

 

 

 

Now you can add a door knob and you can see the Fairy House is starting to come together.

 

 Lets set is aside to air dry or you can also speed the drying process by putting the piece in an convectional heat oven for about an hour at about 200 degrees. I don't recommend a non convectional or higher temperatures. Why? Well due to cracks and breakage  the uneven temperatures can crate to you hard work sculpted piece.  

  

 

 

While the fairy house dries we can start working on the house roof by rolling a little ball of Creative Paperclay® close in size to the metal  lid.

 

 

Go ahead secure it and press it firmly on the metal Baby food Jar lid.

 

 

Grab a good amount of Creative Paperclay® and rolled it very thick. If you have a leaf cookie cutter this is the time to use it. Again I love the maple leaves so I will be punching these out of my thick Creative Paperclay® rolled sheet.

 

 

 

Create a trees stem of on the top of the metal baby food lid. Use your Sculpey, rubber or wooden tool and deep sculpt the tree bark veins for a natural effect.

 

 

Make sure the leaves are cut in a very thick rolled out clay. The thickness will help the roof to stay together once it dry. If you cut or punch them too thin they will break off when you are painting or worse after all your hard work is finished. You really don't want the roof to fall apart so make sure they are nice an thick leaves to work with.

 

 

The roof has two layers of leaves. For the first layer cut the maple leaves in 3 pieces like shown in the above photo.

 

 

One by one add the cut maples leaves to the bottom making sure you cover all the metal lid and nothing is showing.  

 

 

More and adjust every single maple leave so the green on the metal lid do not show up.

 

 

For the top layer of the roof use the full cookie cutter form. Again make sure they are thick so when the Creative Paperclay® dry is strong.

 

 

Place the thick punched fondant or cookies cut shapes on the top arrange them has you like them to be. I was able to place 3 full maple leaves shapes and was pretty satisfy on how they turned out.

 

 Lets set is aside to air dry or you can also speed the drying process by putting the piece in an convectional heat oven for about an hour at about 200 degrees. I don't recommend a non convectional or higher temperatures. Why? Well due to cracks and breakage  the uneven temperatures can crate to you hard work sculpted piece.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now it is time to have night time fun. I found these LED Tea Light at my local Dollar Tree Store.

 

 

 

Coming soon so stay tune for more tutorials:

 

Part 2

How to Sculpt a Creative Paperclay® Totoro

 

 Part  3

How to PAINT a Totoro Fairy House Tea Light Creative Paperclay® #ArtByGloricom

 

 

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for updates and more tutorials coming soon .

Happy day and joyful crafting.

Love
Gloriann Irizarry

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