MY PROJECTS
OFF THE MAT “CHARLOTTE” DOLL
This project is just a little bit of everything for me - the skin tone cardstock that will be available soon on the Bearly Art site, the doll is named after my daughter, and the group of women that came together for XOXO The Encore! 😍🤩🥰.
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: buddy the elf
He’s so simple yet so cute 💚💚💚. He’s 30 inches and pretty much seamless. I love all the colors that were used with a variety of cardstock - shimmer, glitter, Swiss dots. And I loved duplicating the holly and adding some shape/curl to make it stand out on his shirt.
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.
OFF THE MAT: DOPEY FROM SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Dopey!!!! Two tips for an off the mat project - I hope it was helpful 💚💚💚. Actually 3 if you count using @bearlyarts glue 😁💚.
OFF THE MAT: LA DODGERS HELLO KITTY
Hello Kitty at 22 inches with a moving baseball ⚾️… absolutely love everything about this gal … from the rhinestones to the glitter blue cardstock to the spinning baseball. I had to add the clock mechanism to an off the mat project for the first time. What do you think?
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.
OFF THE MAT: TURNING RED MEI LEE
I love how this turned out- from her sparkling hair to the furry flock fur . Do you love the fur???
Details - 20 inch character in cardstock and using flock from Pink & Main; I mixed two different colors flock to get the right shade of orange.
OFF THE MAT: BRUNO FROM ENCANTO
Bruno, Bruno, Bruno … he’s done! I started him before the convention and finished after coming back … and so I was able to incorporate adhesive flock from @pinkandmain after seeing this at @namtaartmaterialsassociation in Florida. It’s a lot of fun to work with.
Special thanks to @thecraftyblock for the shredded tassels to add to his shirt. If you haven’t seen her Bruno, you need to see what she used for his flip flops! Still my favorite part ❤️❤️❤️.
Svg file is from @thesaltyyankee !!! As well as the other encanto characters ❤️❤️❤️.
Next up is the candle from encanto with the new lights I found from @chibitronics 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻…
OFF THE MAT: ISABELA FROM ENCANTO
I had soooo many cool details for Mirabel that I was worried Isabela would be a flop. And I had already done Frida with lots of flowers. But I love how she turned out … looking like so much more than just a flat cardstock project. (And different from Frida cause I was worried this would look like a Frida 2.0 version).
OFF THE MAT: MIRABEL FROM ENCANTO
It’s all in the details … I love the raised glasses… the htv flock for the black in the shirt … and any time you have an enclosed area like the black butterfly, you can easily get rid of the seams running through by cutting a piece of black cardstock to add over it. In the end, with a 48 inch character, she will have probably a total of .5 inches in seams that won’t be noticeable.
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 😁.
MY TOP 10 FAVORITE PROJECTS OF 2021
Starting with #10 … 3D letters and numbers. If you can believe it, both the 94 and 10k were done in January. Hitting 10k was so momentous for me back in January. I could hardly believe it and now sitting at 31k, I’m feeling …. Well … Sometimes I forget to be happy with my progress because of how often I’ve edited my goals and re-raised the bar… and then missing those elevated goals. I’m sure many of us are in the same boat. So here’s to kicking butt all year long and remembering how kick ass we’ve been the entire year. Who’s with me?
OFF THE MAT: BABY GRINCH
Tips and tricks for an off the mat project.Make baby grinch with me!!! 💚. 30 inches of cardstock 💚💚💚.
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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️.