MY PROJECTS
off the mat: wednesday addams lol doll
t’s an LOL Doll x Wednesday Addams (28 inches) and I’m in love 😍😍😍.
Catch all the details on YouTube and the replay of the Live with Maria from @foreverkrafty (IG). The file is from Kaela @thesaltyyankee (IG). And drawing a lot of inspo from @carolinascreations_ (IG) after using tulle for the shaker 3D letter. Long live tulle !!! 😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻.
OFF THE MAT: POKEMON PIKACHU AND DITTO
I’ve done pikachu before and didn’t love it because it’s a difficult character to make seamless. So I decided to do both characters where they are seamless and add them together. The 9 is covering a seam but it was a good place for it anyway ☺️. Together the piece is a great size and perfect as a photo prop.
“WILD ONE” SAFARI THEMED CAKE TOPPER
I just loved this safari themed cake topper. It was for a friend and so it doubled as a gift topper. Now I think I need to remake it just to have one in my art room!
CUSTOM AVATAR OFF THE MAT & TEA PARTY NAME CAKE TOPPER
Look at this cutie pie! I had the client work with @thesaltyyankee to create an svg file. Then I got to add all the details. She’s 33 inches and just a doll ❤️❤️❤️.
I wanted to keep the dress simple because it was too hard to match and it would have been a bit distracting. Instead I went for the pom fringe, the layered metallic pink glasses, and the moving bracelet. And off to a tea party …
OFF THE MAT: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR AND SOX
Ok I’m pretty obsessed with this! My original plan was to do it 30
Inches. While I’m cutting I decide to add lights to Buzz’s suit. Then I’m done assembling and about to do the foam board when I decided to add a bauble for Sox’s name tag.
GOOSEBUMPS BIRTHDAY PARTY DECOR AND FAVORS
Thanks to @paperhavenink for showing us how to repackage party favors to make them more fun and personalized!!! The containers are from amazon (links below), add a little ribbon and a personalized sticker label and you have a very complete party. The tutorials are below and this all made for a very Scary Seven birthday party 🥳.
OFF THE MAT: TEENAGE BELLE FOR TOGETHER WE RISE
Teenage Belle - she has her teddy bear which has a soft fluffy feel (flock htv from Poli-tape HTV) and her shoes feel like real tennis shoes (white htv). It’s been so much experimenting and adding to these typical cardstock projects. What do you think??? .
OFF THE MAT: TODDLER BELLE
Toddler Belle is 3 ft tall and pretty much seamless (only in the black areas will you find small seams). She has rolled flowers and lots of pretty glitter cardstock.
And there’s one more Belle coming … teenage Belle!!! Lol. 💙💙💙💙.
OFF THE MAT: BELLE FROM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
I truly love this piece - mostly htv (just not the skin and the black). And I used streamers for the back for a cleaner look.
Her lips look more like lipstick (as opposed to cardstock) and with htv I was able to use two different beautiful browns for her eyes and hair.
OFF THE MAT: SNOOPY’S CHRISTMAS HOUSE
It’s done!!!! Snoopy with real lights and faux snow … it’s better than I had imagined ❤️❤️❤️. Thank you for joining my live on Instagram where we brainstormed and came up with a better idea for the lights!!! This tutorial is broken up into quite a few sessions cause it was definitely time consuming 😝😂🤣… but so worth it IMHO 😁.
OFF THE MAT: SAM - CANNON BUSTERS
It’s just a big puzzle being put back together - S.A.M. from Cannon Busters. I love all the paper used on this project - from the hair to the hair piece to the sweater… ummm just all of it 😆😁😊😂.
OFF THE MAT: CANARY - HUNTER X HUNTER
I’m in love with this character - all the colors and textures on this project 🥰❤️😍. We have foil, glitter, my skin tone cardstock…
Canary - 27 inches of beautiful cardstock 💜❤️💚.There are two colors from my soon-to-be-available cardstock selection (the face and lips). What do you think???
OFF THE MAT: DOC MCSTUFFINS
There’s so much love on this girl! She has 6 shades of my curated skin color cardstock collection. The hair, face, and lips are 3 shades and if you take a look at the bandage, there are another 3 shades there.
And the bandages wobble as well as rotate on the bag. Sooo much fun on this little doctor ❤️❤️❤️❤️.
WATER AND BUBBLES THEMED CAKE TOPPER / SHAKER
So you may recognize this template … because I got so many requests from the axolotl shaker cake topper in July. I decided to create a water themed shaker svg (available HERE)! You can easily change the theme by adding a different main character - the little mermaid, bathtub/spa, mermaid, dolphin, seahorse, narwhal… so many ideas!!! Btw - those change ups were done with @neatoproducts stickers.
OFF THE MAT: HARAJUKU GIRLS
Love love love this project! Both the design space tutorial and the assembly portion are available. I’m really trying to take these projects to another level with different materials, different moving parts, different ways to slice it up to add dimension and allow for bigger pieces to look seamless… so follow me for all the tips and tricks ❤️❤️❤️❤️.
OFF THE MAT: BEARLY ARTS “GLITTER BEAR”
Bearly Arts 30 inch glitter bear!!! It turned out 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. I know … it’s my unbiased, humble opinion 🤣😂😝😁😆.
Tips: Any enclosed area with a seam you can cut out a duplicate piece to cover. For example, the paw print - I cut another white paw print to put over that space to cover the seam.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SHAKERS
Who needs this!!! I’m absolutely in love with this shaker 🖤🖤🖤. I used HTV to personalize the ribbon.Celebrating that special someone … ringing in the news year … this one has potential ❤️❤️❤️.My brother would have loved this shaker. Love you always!!!! And like he always said… you do you. 🥰🥰🥰.
OFF THE MAT: HELLO KITTY
I’m just playing around with Hello Kitty with different sizes and different ways to bling.What do you think?
Showing you all the steps on how I layer and cut the foam board ... and also how I do rhinestones (but this is definitely not my forte!!! lol)
Super easy to add a foam board - it will make the project sturdier and you can set against a table or wall to stand propped up ❤️❤️❤️.
CUSTOM OFF THE MAT AVATAR (and celebrating 25k followers on IG!!)
Who wore it better?! 😁😁😁😁
I hit 25k followers on Instagram this morning and am so excited!!! A big thank you to everyone following along my Useless Craft adventures for all your support !!! 💜💜💜💜.
I had so much fun with this making this custom avatar to celebrate the milestone!!!!
ALICE IN WONDERLAND CAKE TOPPER
Absolutely in love with this cake topper!!!! The hourglass spins and the confetti drops - just to die for!!!
I used the perler beads to do the hourglass shaker slider. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this. And at the end, if it's not clear, I had to add the white paper to the back to keep it from sliding backwards and hitting the cards.