Materials:
Paper glue
Tacky Glue
Index card
Fabric scissors
Paper scissors
Blank notecard or just card stock cut into a rectangle and folded into a card
Felt scraps
Sewing machine
White thread
Buttons, bows… other embellishments
Squeezable black fabric paint
DIRECTIONS:
1) Fold your index card in half. (I cut mine down a bit because my blank card was small.)
2) Draw ½ of the monster on one side of the index card.
3) Cut out the monster.
4) Trace your monster shape onto felt.
5) Use small dabs of glue on the back of your monster. Turn over and press down onto the card stock.
6) Sew around the monster using a zig zag stitch.
7) Trim off thread ends. You can knot them first if you have the time.
8) Add some embellishments such as a bow or a heart shape.
9 Add button eyes using tacky glue
10) Cut out felt teeth and glue down.
11) Draw a mouth with the fabric paint.
12) Let dry.
13) Sign in pencil.
14) Write your own message inside and send to your valentine. You could use, "You're Mine....You just don't know it yet" or "Love Bites" for a more cynical approach.
Neato, a neat blog called Felt-o-rama linked to this tutorial. My favorite, Craftzine blog also featured it. I am so excited. Crafty Mishmash is highlighting my tutorial, too. You can also find it at Cut Out + Keep where I added it. It was "featured" on Instructables today, Feb. 12th, 2010. It was included on Totally Tutorials, too. Another artist was inspired by my tute: Altered Artifacts
14 comments:
Your tutorial is just TOO cute! I've included a link to you on my blog :)
Oh!! Those are the cutest things I've ever seen!!
Very cute, and very creative!
Thank you!
These are the cutest Valentines ever! I wish I'd seen them.... oh, two weeks ago! I made homemade monster valentine cards for my son, but they are just hand-drawn. Not near as cute as these felt guys (and girls)!
just adorable!
Awesome! Thanks
These are so adorable, Tamara! Nice work & great tutorial. I featured it on my blog: http://craftymishmash.blogspot.com/2010/02/quirky-valentine-idea-2-monsters.html
Love it! Come link your cute tute at my party: Thursday's Treasures!!
http://treasuresfortots.blogspot.com/2010/02/thursdays-treasures-week-9.html
super cute! great tute! thanks for sharing!
i just love your monsters. I want to put one in my closet!
Thank you for sharing your awesome project at Thursday’s Treasures last week! Come share your crafty projects in this week’s Thursday’s Treasures too!
http://treasuresfortots.blogspot.com/2010/02/thursdays-treasures-week-10.html
I just stumbled upon this cute craft! I posted it on my blog, http://www.2cuterubberstamps.weebly.com. I thought You may be able to use digital stamps in the same way or for inspiration when you are cutting out characters! I can't wait to try these!
Hi Tamara,
Could I use this tutorial on my blog? I would translate to Portuguese and obviously link you back.
Let me know.
Thank you!
http://bonequinhosdepano.blogspot.com/
Of course you can link. I am sorry it took so long to respond. I haven't been keeping track of comments.
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