How to make an Advent calendar

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 lizzymasonartLeave a comment

You will need to make an Advent calendar

Corrugated card about 1m x 1m, two sheets
P.V.A and glue pot with a brush, large and small
Dark blue and white acrylic paint pen
Water tub for paintbrush and damp cloth
Old toothbrush
Apron and a large table with a cover on to protect it
Glue gun & glue sticks
Scissors
Glitter in chosen colours
Recycled Christmas cards
Ruler and pencil
Stanley knife or craft knife and safety ruler.
Masking tape
Silver card 2 X A4
Black paint pen

Cut out old Christmas cards to make framed square or rectangle pictures.

Lay out your cards on to your a piece of corrugated card large enough to hold them all in a random design, consider where Christmas day will be.

Draw around them in pencil and number each one on the back of the card.

Write number on the door as well in pencil.

Cut along the top, bottom and right side of doors.

Turn over and very lightly score the side that is not cut for door hinging.Make sure you don’t go all the way through.

With masking tape stick card on reverse side on correct doors as shown.

Make a piece of card the same size and cover in P.V.A.

Place books on top to for 30 mins to help the glue bond.

Test all doors and make sure they is no glue seeping through so you don’t get stuck doors!!!

Add blue to the top and blend and dry brush it.

Cut and add side piece to the main advent calendar.

Make one for both sides and glue on from the underneath edge with a glue gun.

When paint is dry glitter images as desired.

With masking tape stick card on correct doors as desired.

Add and cut out any other cards for the bottom of the middle part.

I added trees with green paint to blend images in.

Adding as I went, on fitted nicely in the door.

This one has been cut up so when I glued it on the door still opened.

Keep adding and playing adding glitter as well!!!! LOVE GLITTER

Splat sky the with white paint using white paint and an old toothbrush Cover sky. When dry cover with a light wash of P.V.A and lightly glitter.

Cut some small stars out for numbers on silver card.

With a paint pen write numbers on, I used a large star for number 25 HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Dry with hair dryer and make sure doors are not stuck.

I used some plastic tabs for retail displays for door handles.

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The Painting of a Halloween backdrop…

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 lizzymasonartLeave a comment

Make a Halloween painted backdrop for funky photos and paper art fun…

Then add props as desired or shown in image below, see links to how to make props below…

Make a spooky castle on a rock Make cardboard pumpkins Make a paper crow

To make twig and grass see images below where I have set a twig in a pot with plaster and made paper grass to cover base…

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How to make a paper crow

October 29, 2017November 11, 2018 lizzymasonart1 Comment

To make paper crows you will need…

4 Sheets of black A4 Card or thick paper per crow
Acrylic paint to give depth, I used Blue, Purple and black.
1 30cm Pipe cleaners
Black wool
Glue gun and glue
Scissors
Clean wipe able desk and damp cloth.
Water bucket & brush
30 green 5mm cane
Templates, right click linage below and save as to download and then print to make templates.

WHEN DRAWING TEMPLATES FROM ORIGINAL PRINTED TEMPLATES BY DRAWING AROUND THEM, MAKE A PAIR OF BOTH WINGS, NO 5 & NO 6, PLUS 8 FEATHERS.

Cut out templates and then draw around them and cut out the black paper parts.

Marking out any fold s and cuts as shown via template.

Then join marks out to mark folds ect, with a light pencil line.

Make butterfly effect with paint, add paint to one half and fold on each templete

Then glue the three flood cuts and glue to template No1 as shown.

Glue No 3 template as shown on crows back.

No 4 template glued on top of No3 slightly further up.

Glue No 5 and No 6 templates, the wings on as shown.

Make legs with a A5 cut in half as portrait, by rolling arong the left over half of canes as shown, and glue at end.

Glue No11 templates which are a pair as shown.

Make pipe cleaner feet as shown, with half of the pipe cleaner per foot.

Wind wool around feet till covered and glue end to cover fully.

Glue them to legs and to bottom of crow as shown,

Now make head starting with No9 template

Now make No 10 template which is the beak.

Glue together as shown which is a triangle.

Cut out Tempte No 12 which is a set of 8 feathers.

Cut comb effect as shown on feather, and this is a sample of their placement on one side.

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How to make a spooky castle on a rock.

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 lizzymasonart1 Comment

You will need to make a spooky castle on a rock…

Castle materials/equipment…

An empty crisp box from local shop
Cardboard tube form cling film, 3 or more if desired
Black A4 card
Black tissue paper
Posca paint pens black 5mm and yellow 5mm or 3mm
P.VA, container for glue and brush, 1 inch flat
scissors
Dark green grey and brown acrylic paint
Gold acrylic paint or gold wax
1cm flat brush for dry brushing paint.
Water bucket, cloth and wipe-able surface.
Glue gun and glue stick

Rock materials/equipment….

Plenty of Corrugated cardboard boxes large and smaller for rock.
Glue gun and glue stick
Black tissue paper
P.VA, container for glue and brush 1 inch
Gold acrylic paint or gold wax

I made 3 rectangle boxes out of corrugated card and got 3 cling flim tube cut down as shown.

This is how I dived my cardboard tube, you can do it how you want and play with the amount box and tube you use.

This is how to draw out a template for your boxes, the four corners have tabs for gluing.

Cut out with Stanley knife, safety rule and score folds to bend.

On tabs peel back some of the card to make it thinner and then glue tab.

Reaping the same process as with boxes cut and score folds, plus thin tabs.

Then glue parts as desired with glue gun.

Then I covered the castle with black tissue paper and 50%water and 50%P.V.A MIX.

To make tower roofs draw around a circled object bigger enough for your towers.

Cut out circles and glue together as shown.

Then I made some turrets by drawing lengths of 1 inch strips dived them into 2cm grid. Then cutting 1inch strips and turrets as in image.

Then with a yellow posca paint pen I drew on the windows.

Then painted the roofs grey with a dry brush effect so some black come thorough.

Then a little deep green dry brushed on in places.

Then repeat with a little brown on top for moss.

Then add some gold dry brushing with wax or paint.

Make a door fold paper in half draw half a door and cut.

Add door and draw out lines all around turrets windows and door as shown.

How to make the Rock….

Main rock made from corrugated cardboard.

The large rock sides are segments of card with scored line in ti to bend, glued on with a glue gun.

Then added random bits of card in segments to rock face.

Making a bendy zig zag road down the rock.

Then add layers of card as shown to fill out rock.

Keep going till fully pack out under roads.

Then add side as supports plus hill side.

Detail of suport, I gave it layers for depth.

When happy with all additions I paper mached with blake tissue paper and 50%water 50%P.V.A

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How to make cardboard pumpkins…

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 lizzymasonart1 Comment

To make a cardboard pumpkin set of three, you will need….

Grey card 1mm thick, 8 sheets of A2
Glue gun and glue sticks
Orange acrylic paint with white added for prime coat.
Bright orange acrylic paint
Deep green acrylic paint

Magenta acrylic paint

Flat brush about 1cm for dry brushing.
Pallet or tubs for paint.
Water bucket, cloth & wipe-able surface.
Green paper/Thin card 3 A2 sheets.
Scissors

Cut out parts as shown, with 8 large sides 4 fit in two A2 Sheet and the eight small side fit on one A2 sheet.

Glue the first four together as shown with glue gun.

Then add the last four large side pieces.

Then add slim sides with glue gun as shown.

With a scarp of card draw a circle to make top, on both ends , up to the edges of the sides.

Roll a retengale of card to size appropriate for stalk.

Put a large amount of glue on pumpkin and glue on stalk as shown.

I made three for my display, one small two large.

Paint with orange paint. my first had white in the orange to give a prime coat.

After light orange prime add layers of darker orange til covered.

Cut a strip of green card/paper about inch thick, on horizontal edge of paper.

Twirl and glue end on the base of the pumpkin.

Fold some green card or paper in half for leafs and draw half a pumpkin leaf and the cut.

Add leaves by add half inch strands/stalks form main branch and glue leafs on the end.

The dry brush on magenta patches, gold and small light areas of phthalo blue.

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Make a giant paper flower

September 9, 2017October 12, 2017 lizzymasonartLeave a comment

To make giant paper flowers you will need…

12 Sheets of A4 Card or thick paper in chosen colour per flower
6 A3 Sheets of yellow paper for inserts of flowers & 2 A4
A4 sheets of green card in chosen colour for leaves and flower base I used one A4 as the largest leaf.
Large wax crayon in chosen colour to add texture if desired.
Dark green acrylic paint to give depth to leafs and stalks ect.
Green florist tape, paper version for painting on.
Glue gun and glue
Scissors
Clean wipe able desk and damp cloth.
Water bucket for brush
Large 1 inch flat brush for texture on leafs
Large sticks or stick

Staple 4 sheets of A4 sheets of thick card or paper together

Cut a petal shape out as shown with slit at base to give shape.

Overlay the slit at the base of the petal and glue to give shape.

Then glue the other two together and then as four, as shown.

I then added the same but made from 4 x 2 A5 petal form.

Then to make the pollen, fold a A4 sheet of paper as above.

Keep folding like you do to make snow flakes

Fold to make 16 petals, You should end up with something like this when you cut the end as above.

Then cut two pettlas out and glue two as shown.

The repeat and make pollen cones as shown. Cutting out more segments on each layer as desired to make a layer of pollen cones, as shown. The smaller ones are made with A4 paper.

Glue pollen cones as shown one by one into flower.

With a A3 green card or painted, make a 8 pointed pointed bud base as shown, with same method as pollen.

Cut some card as semi a circle with hole in top, glue to make cone, then glue it on to the end of twig.

Cover bending wire for leaf steam in florist tape.

Make as many leafs as desired from A4, & A5 card folded in half cut and folded out and then painted the glue the leaf cut form card as sown.

Make and add as many leafs as desired and glue flower base on.

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The design and painting of a knight, for Lincoln knights trail 2017

August 21, 2017September 8, 2017 lizzymasonart2 Comments

Above is my design that was SPONSORED BY ST BARNABAS HOSPICE

LINCOLNSHIRE SPIRIT & LOVING EMBRACE

In celebration of our love, Lincolnshire, heritage, and lands, I have created a montage of its Lincolnshire’s unique beauty and nature, big skies, fertile lands, produce, wrapped in the county’s flag, ready to play with your beautiful self, as you are now, as now is when all changes in one moment with love.