art pendant made from paper

use this paper and a circle template

Choose whatever size circle that you want. Trace and cut it out. File the edges a bit to smooth.

Using your circle template again, start drawing many circles and half circles to look like...

....this!

Choose your paint colors (of course, let your imagination go wild here!) I used acrylic paint and acrylic ink. oh and I made a mess!

keep going...

Now it's all painted . make sure it's dry. I give it a shot with my heat tool.

Next, I outlined all my circles in black...makes it POP!

make sure your outlines are dry and then flip it over and paint the back!

Once your piece is thoroughly dry give it a few coats of gloss, letting it dry in between coats. Do this to both the front and back.

After the gloss has dried completely, punch your hole. I use an eyelet setter. Make sure you punch approximately 1/8 of an inch down. Otherwise if you are too close to the edge it can split your paper. ALSO you may want to skip punching a hole altogether and use a glue on aarnraku type of bail. (note * a regular hole punch will not work when using this paper)

ready for a jump ring!

now put it on a cord or chain...

make art. wear art!

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This caddy is simple and inexpensive to make!

here are the things I used to make my art supply caddy

I used this empty coffee container too!

measure and mark the mailing tubes to be the height that you want for your 'cups'. I made mine 3, 3.5, 3.75, 4, 4.25 and 4.5 inches. I left the coffee container it's full size.

I cut my tubes using a hand saw and a mitre box. There is probably a better way but this is all I could figure out without powers tools! Mine did not come out perfectly straight-but after a little sanding, it looked fine! This was the hardest part and probably would have been a little easier if my saw was not so dull! *HINT: use a sharp saw!

Here is what a cut piece looked like- a little rough around the edges. Nothing a jumbo nail file won't take care of!

Here are the tubes (cups) all cut. I like to place them on the caddy to see how I want to arrange them.

smooth all of the edges with a big nail file.

The next step(s) are to cut your fabric to fit each tube, leave about 1 or 2 inches overhang at the top so that you can fold it over. Brush on a generous amount of mod podge all over the outside of your tube.

roll your fabric around the tube, making sure the fabric is lined up along the bottom edge and that your fabric is smooth and free from wrinkles. Fold a small "seam" at the end and glue it all down using mod podge again.

Here is one "cup" almost completed. I cut a few small notches at the top so that I could fold it all down inside the rim and it would lay smoothly.

Here are the cups completed. Now make sure they are aranged just the way you want them.

Glue them in place. I used quick set industrial glue.

Ta Da!

start with a piece of shrink plastic approx.3.5x4.5 inches. sand one side until sheen is gone.

draw your image on the sanded side using your sharpie marker. (if you are satisfied with your drawing, I recommend making a copy of your image so that you may trace it again in the future).

cut out your shrink plastic image

color (the rough side) using your pencils

punch holes for the arms, legs and "hair".

this is what the rough side looks like once it is all colored and the holes are punched.

now you can shrink it using a craft heat gun (you may also use an oven or toaster oven-follow manufacturer directions for this procedure).

shrink it until it is flat. let it cool before handling.

add wire and beads for hair. "curl" hair using round nose pliers.

continue adding wire to make hair full and cover up the punch holes and add arms and legs.

make a separate little heart on scrap of plastic, cut out and shrink.

glue on a pin back and/or bail on the side that you colored on-the opposite side (shiny side) will be your front.

Isn't she cute?