Hi everyone! Today I have a 3-D tutorial, for two chairs, one for Halloween and one for Christmas. This month the theme at Eileen Hull's Art with Heart challenge is Hauntings & Holidays. The team also got some lovely Graphic 45 papers to use.
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I made two chairs with the 3-D Adirondack Chair die, both of them work either as decoration or as gifts, for Christmas and Halloween. These are real fun to make and very easy. I used papers from the A Christmas Carol and the World's Fair paper pads.
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For the Halloween chair, I only used patterned paper for the pieces to the left.
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Sand and ink as before. Ink the backs and the bare pieces with Antique Linen and Pumice Stone.
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Glue the back pieces to the chair and stamp with a skull stamp. Stamp the rest of the pieces with other Halloween stamps.
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Assemble the chairs by first gluing the chair part to the base and then attaching the legs with brads, as shown here.
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First, I was planning that the skeleton should be reading in his comfy chair, but I changed my mind and made a little tablet instead. Anton drew a zombie game on the tablet for the skeleton to play.
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Here you can see the game playing in action. I made him a blanket by dying some cheesecloth with Hickory Smoke.
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Doesn't he look pleased with himself?
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Thank you so much for stopping by today! There is still time to join in the challenge!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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