I was looking through my files, the other day, and decided I wanted to make some of the 3D letters from SVGCuts I had purchased them when they first came out, and never made any of them, so decided it was about time I used them. Once I decided on the letters, I used SCAL to resize them to 4 inches tall. I love the way SVGCuts makes their files so that it is easy to resize all the parts to the same size with out having to guess at it.
The letters I choose were L O V E and here is a picture of them.
The O is a little "off" but they said that the letters with curves are the hardest ones to make. For me the hardest part of making the letters was deciding on embellishments for them. I cut out some patterned paper for the flower on the O and used a heart shaped brad to hold them together. I got the idea for the heart on the L from the Art Glitter blog. But I couldn't think of anything for the other two letters. Over the weekend I was watching some videos on YouTube, and one was from The Gentleman Crafter. I love his videos, he is so fun to watch when he is making things. He cut out a heart from Chipboard, and then decorated it. That got me to thinking, I can cut chipboard with my Silver Bullet Electronic Die cutter, so I grabbed a piece of chipboard and started cutting. I created the heart file from a basic shape and just altered it a bit in SCAL and made different sizes. I started out putting gesso on them then painted them. Once they were dry I used different mediums like Glass Bead Gel and Modeling Paste. The inspiration for those came from the Creative Jump Start videos. I even played around with mixing my own color after taking Julie Fei-Fan Blazers Getting Started class, and made purple for one of the hearts (on the E). I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the extra hearts, but I will hold on to them for future projects.
Here is a closer look at the individual letters and some of the left over hearts.
I added some glitter and white paint to this heart.
I stacked two of the chipboard hearts together, the bottom one is painted, the top heart I put some Heavy Gel Medium on it to give it some texture. Not sure it shows up well in the picture.
On this heart, I used a line of Glossy Accents around the bottom heart, and filled the top heart with Glossy Accents, before gluing them together.
Here are a few of the other hearts I was making to show some of the different ways I painted them. The smaller ones just have a base coat of red on them for now. The pink heart on the right has some Glass Bead gel on it... I think it needs something more, but not sure what just yet. I will probably wait until I am ready to use it for something before I do anything more to it.
On this heart I started with modeling paste and added some pink paint to it, before putting it on the heart. Then I covered it with the Glass Bead gel. I wanted to try some of my spray inks, and the color I choose did NOT look good, so I covered it all up with paint. You can still see the texture of the beads on the heart, but not as much as before I painted it.
I will be making more of the 3D letters from SVGCuts in the future, and I can't wait until I have more time to play with more of the different mediums.
I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by and I hope that you enjoy the journey.
I have been participating in Creative Jump Start 2013 and checking out the blogs of all the wonderful and creative ladies that are doing videos. The other day, I was looking around on Julie Fei-Fan Blazer's blog , and found some interesting classes she is offering this year. They are called Getting Started. Each month, she is going to have an online class in Getting Started with different techniques or supplies for your art. January's class is Getting started with Color Mixing. Feburary's class is Getting Started with the Gelli Plate. and there is a different one each month. Each class is $15, and you don't have to take the class each month. However, if you sign up for all 12, she is offering them for $165 a $15 savings, so it's like getting one class for free. You don't have to sign up for them in the month that they are offered, you can purchase a class at any time during the year. You can check out her site for more information on her classes.
Getting Started with Julie Fei-Fan Blazer
If you have never taken a class from Julie, she packs all her videos full of ideas and inspiration. She also offers a free online class that shows you different ways to use stencils. Stencil 101 I took that class last year, and she packs so much information into her videos, you need to watch them more than once to absorb it all. And like all her other online classes, once you sign up for it, you have access to it for life, so you can go back and watch it when ever you need a bit of inspiration.
Her class on color mixing is going to be my first class. I had decided to buy some good quality acrylic paints (as suggested by Nathalie in one of her Creative Jump Start videos) because Michaels, put their Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Paint (the same used by Nathalie in her video) on sale for 50% off for one day on Wednesday this week. So I bought the 3 primary colors, plus White and Black. I figured for just getting started, I should be able to mix any color I need with those basic colors. And I didn't want to spend a lot of money on colors I wasn't sure I would use. Then the next day, I see Julie Fei-Fan Blazer's blog and the new classes for 2013. Is that serendipitous or what?
So, if you are just Getting Started on your art journey, and need some guidance in how to use different supplies or techniques, you really should check out Julie Fei-Fan Blazers Getting Started classes.
