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 

#artbygloricom

#bygloricom

Crown Me

It seemed like a good day to make a crown Everyone calls me the Queen (of Glue) and it was also a rainy day and I had time on my hands.

Supply List

Creative Paperclay®
Acrylic paint
Glitter
Embellishments
Mark making tools

I started by rolling out my clay. I use playing cards to get an even height when rolling. I used a knife to cut out the crown's points then made my marks in the clay.

The next step was to shape it over a tapered glass covered in plastic wrap. As soon as it set up a little I bent the tips of the crown outward then I let it dry thoroughly. The plastic wrap made it super easy to slide off the glass.

Last was to paint it, add embellishments and a little glitter. As I am writing this I am thinking of all the alternatives I could do to the design plus all the things I could do with crowns.

Don't you just love where art and your imagination can take you?

— Darlene Olivia McElroy

Lyneen's Last Quick Tip

This is my last post as a member of the Creative Paperclay® Design Team. I have had a great time sharing my ideas with you this past year. 

For my final not so quick tip I thought I would share some of the projects I have done over this last year.  When viewing them I noticed they all had one thing in common, all of them are finished with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer, most have Terry Sproul Mixers. 

What I have found is Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer is a one step finish on Creative Paperclay®.  When I used the lacquer mixed with the mixers I only had to paint my projects one time and had a sealed coating on the Creative Paperclay®. 

This mask was for my Creative Paperclay® Design Team application in April of 2012, it was never posted on the Creative Paperclay® blog. Made by molding Creative Paperclay over an inexpensive mask. The flower is a paper napkin adhered with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. The rest of the mask is painted with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers: Red Garnet and Citrine mixed (making a beautiful tangerine color.)  See more about the Mask HERE on my blog!

For this altered tin I molded a Frozen Charlotte with Creative Paperclay® from an Articus mold. She was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Citrine. Original post is HERE!

My Creative Paperclay® wall pocket was inspired by vintage Victorian wall pockets. The pocket was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Bronze. It has a very vintage look, see the original post HERE.

The Creative Paperclay® Fascinator is one of the only projects  that I painted with craft paint (black) and came back and sealed it with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer. Original post HERE!

The Creative Paperclay® crown fit for a princess was painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold. One of the only projects I gave a second coat of the Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer/Mixers.  I was after a "rich golden color." Original post HERE!

This inexpensive bird house was altered with Creative Paperclay® peices. The Creative Paperclay® pieces were painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers:large leaves -  Pearl Green, tiny flowers - Citrine Pearl, large flowers - Rose Pearl, small leaves - Tanzanite Pearl mixed with Shimmer Citrine and birds Aquamarine Pearl. Original post HERE!

 

 

The Fall Tree was created for the Creative Paperclay® and Amazing Mold Putty Blog Hop, which was never posted on the Creative Paperclay® blog. The leaves are molded out of Creative Paperclay® and painted with Sakura 3D Crystal Lacquer and Terry Sproul Mixers - Citrine Pearl, Rose Pearl and Shimmer Garnet. I love how the colors mixed when I painted the leaves. Original post HERE!

You can bet I will be using Creative Paperclay® in many of my future projects and will be sharing them on my blog, Dreaming of Castles.  

A Crown fit for a Princess!

I am so fascinated by Fascinators!!!  Since the Royal Couple are celebrating their first anniversary I thought it would be appropriate to create my own CROWN! This crown would be perfect for a "princess" party! ONLY IN PINK!

I took about a quarter of the Creative Paperclay® from the bag and worked it a little.  Then by hand I spread the clay out on transparencies.  Once it was pretty thin I used the rolling pin and shims to get a smooth surface on the Creative  Paperclay® to work on.  About an 1/8 of an inch. Making sure it is long enough for the pattern. 

The crown is pattern I cut measuring 11 inches in length.  Lay it on the Creative Paperclay® with a cutting tool carefully cut around the edge of the pattern.    

Randomly stamp the crown with swirls gently to give the crown some decorative dimension. This set of stamps are from Viva Las Vegastamps! Swirl Plate# 1333

With a little water create  slip on the two edges of the crown that need to be joined. Gently work the Paperclay® together at the seam. To help keep the round base I set a cup in the middle of the crown while it dried.  Let it dry overnight, up to 48 hours depending on humididty.

Mix Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold then paint the crown set aside to dry about a half an hour then give it a second layer!  While the lacquer is still wet lightly sprinkle with Terri Sprouls Gold Glitz Vintage Glass Particles.  Add a few Robins Nest Dew Drops and a large gem on the highest rise of the crown. 

You can see how small the crown is in my hand.  This will be attached to a headband ready for any "princess" to wear!