Papercraft

Hiya! I once received a wax seal as a present and stumbled upon some more in a shop recently and fell in love again with the idea of learning calligraphy, so I was just wondering whether any of you had any tips for starting out with calligraphy? The best tools, paper and...

Where do you lovely crafters get your pretty patterned paper from? I just have plain coloured paper and card. I have found some thinner paper which is pretty, but it costs 40-70p for one sheet A4 size. I'd like to buy more, and with some variation other then roses and white...

Me and one of my girl friends went out shopping today for a project she had in mind for father's day. She wants to make a flying paper lantern in memory of her grandpa. She has almost everything she needs to make it, but we can't seem to find fire proofing product. We went to...

Hi just wondering if anyone has any amazing ideas for a craft I can do at camp? It has to be something that the campers will want to make (and take home) but that is fun to make. I have an hour an a half to do it in. so.... any ideas? (-:

Hi ladies (and folks) I'm a 54 brasilian guy and I'm very fond of origami I've found Cut Out + Keep through "Stumble upon", and I saw very interesting pieces here. I've created a page all about paper folding. I'd like to invite you to visit it. I think you'll like all the...

OK guys is anything to precious to craft. I've just been given my great aunts Kathy's autograph book which dates from 1926-1945. At this time she was a school matron at a private girls school in Surrey. It's full of hand drawn images, beautiful sketches and poems from that...

I had one of these for christmas - its sooooo cool!! But Im not entirely sure how to decorate it...any design ideas?? Its made from paper mache if that helps - and I had some poster paints with it =) xxxx

I want to make some small scrap books for Christmas, for my friends, and I was wondering if anyone knew anywhere, either in Australia, or online that will ship (preferably cheaply) to Ausralia?

Has anyone done any quilling. I want to make a lot of flowers. Wondering how hard it is.

For our schools next production, I really want the tickets to be shaped like a bunny rabbit. We're doing Harvey, and because my teacher put me as an officer for the dept., my job says I have to be creative, and that includes making tickets lol So I want them to look like a...

So, I want to try doing different papercrafts at least once every two days. I picked up some card stock from michaels for $4. (Scrap packs are awesome). And I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for these? There are a lot of different sizes: - 5 in x 5 in. - 7 in x 5 in. - 7...

Hi peeps! I was wondering if anyone knew or could recommend where I could find paper mache animals, frames, boxes etc to decorate as decoupage (the silk sheets), preferably mail order but I can travel to London as well... Thanks for your help! Thanks Aimee xx

I collect alot of pictures that i want to use in future projects but im unsure about the best way to store it, any suggestions? Or projects i could do to use up some of the images ive collected.

hey guys, i've been meaning to makemy own stencis to put on shirts useing the silkscreeningmethos it callsfor somemodpodge does anyone know where i can get it in Canada? or even better, any sustitutes forit,orhowtomake it at home? i wikipedia-ed itbutuknowitsalways safer toask...

HEY HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.. HAHA LIKE ALWAYS ANY WAYS DOES ANY ONE USE TRANSFER PAPER TO PUT PICS ON YOUR FABRIC? I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE TO IRON IT ON RIGHT WHEN YOU PRINT IT OR CAN YOU PRINT IT AND A FEW DAYS LATER IRON IT ON.. DOES IT MATTER?

Hey there! :3 Is there any way to make a clear drying mod podge kinda glue yourself? with household ingredients? I'm kind of short on cash these days, and i really want it x3 Tnx! 3 ~liz

I just fell in love with the whole idea of altered books but have no idea where to begin :/ Does anyone know of any tutorials or how to's online that I can use for a reference? Thanks in advance

Hi, I've been trying to get ahold of freezer paper, but can't seem to find any where that sells it in the UK. Anyone have any suggestions? I've looked on ebay but 1) it costs a fortune and 2) it's in America and I'm to inpatient. Thanks. *high five*

Hi there - I've been reading the instructions and how-to's to use "freezer paper" to cut out your design and then iron to your t-shirt... but I can't find any "freezer paper" here in Canada or its known under a different name. Can anyone help me with this? instructions look...

i hope this goes here. well i've been doing quite a bit of decoupage lately, but i have a problem with the pictures wrinkling. is this normal? is there a way to keep this from happening? maybe i'm doing it wrong? hah. i first brush some of the mod podge on the surface (my most...

I just joined....so as a peace offering I found this killer Shin Tanaka post about papercraft and Japan. They have the prot outs to make your own...fun project! Hope you enjoy www.japan-c.com/blogs/27

I've recently become addicted to handmaking paper - it's just so awesome! But i'm not sure how to make it really thin... you know, like the paper that comes from nepal that i guess is made out of some kind of reed? I'm going for that thin sort, but the stuff i make always...

I'm working on an altered book that i will be giving to my mom . The book is nearly complete but i still have a few more page chunks that i need to fill. She's coming by my house on Tuesday and i'll give it to her then So i need to have this finished before then. I'll post...

Hello fellow craftsters, I'm in need of your help I want to make my friend a journal for her birthday to encourage her to start writing again but I have no idea what to do. I'm going to buy a cheap journal from the dollarstore and decorate it but I don't know what to add to...

Hi! I stumbled on this site earlier (and so glad I did!) and saw the book binding idea... Could someone tell me if this could work on scrapbooks? Or is there an idea out there that someone could give me? I am a preschool teacher and I have been scrapbooking all year for my...

Well i know the basics of it, doing it in elementary school and all, but i want to know if there is a way i could make it look better, and less lumpy.

Does anybody happen to know how to make some?

Hi all, Great to be here in the community! This is a draft of a collage I'm working on for my wife/partner for our 6th wedding anniversary. I'm a real newbie at collage, so I know it's pretty superficial. It's kind of a hodge-podge of things we like or have experienced...

hello! just joined a couple of seconds ago. but i've been loving this site for the longest time. anyway, the folded notebook here [url:f30a5]http://cutoutandkeep.net/projects/folded_notebook/[/url:f30a5] inspired me to make a sort of poetry collage . just thought i'd...