Santa comes in all flavors of the rainbow from vanilla through dark chocolate. Worked in either basswood or high density foam they make great additions to your holiday decorations.
I will be adding new Santa patterns over the next few days, so please bookmark my website.
Today’s free patterns were carved using high-density foam. This makes the ornaments easy to carve, and extremely light weight. So you can super-size your ornaments while keeping them light enough to decorate your Christmas tree.
Each pattern pack includes 5 Halloween patterns, 1 bonus pattern, and a full PDF file of instructions, for only $1.95 USD. Availble through Lora Irish’s pattern website, ArtDesignsStudio.com.
2. Open the PDF instruction file. Print the page for the pattern that you want to use onto regular printer paper.
3. Use either spray adhesive or low water content paste glue as Yes! to coat the back of the printed pattern.
4. Center the pattern on your stiff craft felt sheet. Press firmly in place and let dry for several minutes.
5. With fine point embroidery scissors, cut out your shape.
6. Open your sheer curtains and secure your spider webbing to the inside of your front window.
7. Lay, tape, or pin your felt Curtain Critter cut out onto the webbing. Close your sheer curtains.
8. Turn on your indoor table lamp, and turn off your porch light. The light from inside the house will show you cut outs as black silhouette.
Indoor View
Outdoor View
Halloween Curtain Critter Mini-Packs are available in Haunted Houses, Bats, Rats, Cats, Pumpkins, and Spiders. As our Halloween treat for you they prices at only $1.95 USD.
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Collage is the art of using small scraps or pieces of paper, fiber, and printed material to create an image. Its a favorite for scrap booking, altered art, and fine arts. It can also be used for your wood and gourd crafts.
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Mulberry and rice papers have little to no grain. Instead they have a random fibrous base that allows the papers to bend, and adjust to the surface upon which they are applied. They are often semi-transparent which allows the media to show through the paper fibers – you don’t lose your wonderful wood grain of your basswood slab when you lay printed mulberry paper over top the surface.
Plus! They can be used with your home printer. It is so much easier to print a complicated mandala pattern on art paper and then glue that paper to your board, then to try and trace each and every line of the design.
Acrylic-based glues and pastes keep the printed paper from becoming water saturated, which will cause the paper to buckle. Try Yes! Glue, or PVA bookbinding acid-free glue instead of Elmore’s.
I have also posted a new E-Project for creating a Mulberry Paper covered collage wood box, with step-by-step instructions. Currently, July 13th, 2022, there is a Try It Before You Buy It free mandala pattern for the clock shown below posted on ArtDesignsStudio.com’s homepage.
This is a 1/2″ thick, end slab of basswood. Sand the slab with 220-grit sandpaper and remove any dust. Measure for the center point to create the 3/8″ hole needed for the clockworks. Print your free pattern on Mulberry paper. Use YES! glue with a palette knife on the back of the paper. Center the mulberry printed pattern over the clock hole and with your fingers gently rub from the center out on the paper to remove any air bubbles. Let the basswood collage slab dry overnight, then color your mandala with your favorite coloring agent – colored pencils, gel pens, watercolor crayons, soft pastels, and even watercolors. Seal the finished clock with acrylic spray sealer … That’s it, quick, simple, and fun.
My new E-Project focuses on creating a collage covered wood craft box with a mandala design that flows over the top and sides of the box.You will learn:
how-to print the pattern to your art on mulberry paper, rice paper, or hand-crafted art paper how-to remove the pre-made box hardware how-to measure the paper to fit the inside and outside of the box how-to apply the acrylic-based YES! glue how-to roll the paper over the sides of the box how-to cut the lid free from the bottom how-to create a secret inside lid trap door.
Of course, the E-Project covers basic instructions on using colored pencils to highlight your design.
Plus, there is a large, bonus, peony design, shown printed on medium-beige mulberry paper, ready for framing.
Walking Sticks and canes are a favorite wood carving project for both beginning carvers to the most advanced woodworker. This free, online project by Lora Irish will take you through the basic techniques used in choosing your wood staffs and sticks, wood carving cane toppers, cane construction, and finishing used for walking sticks. Learn how to use wood burning in your cane carving to clean the joint lines of your carving and add fine details. Explore the different steps you can use to add bright, bold painted coloring.
