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.

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?

Peter Pan themed moving cake topper!!! It’s finally done! I love the lights on Tinkerbell… that might be my favorite part. This topper uses an easy peasy time mechanism - what’s difficult is making the entire theme work and incorporating the spinning piece but for this project it worked well. I just love it!

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 …

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.

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 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻…

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).

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.

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 😁.

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 😆😁😊😂.

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???

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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️.

I love this svg template … it can be changed up with just different colors and elements… you might even want to hop on over to @jmcparties1979 for her version of hocus pocus.

And shoutout to @strawsticksnbricks for letting me use her apple 🍎 ❤️❤️❤️.

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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️.

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.

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 ❤️❤️❤️.

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!!!!

I love using Canva to get the most out of the photo paper (8.5 x 11 inches). There’s no need to use Cricut’s print then cut since the entire page is used and there’s no cutting needed.I might do these for Charlotte’s lunch when she has a big test or tryout and needs encouragement 💜💜💜. Of course they’re also great for party favors.

My video fail turned this into a comparison project LOL. So we have two different types of sticker paper as well as lights!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠There's a matte version which has this rubbery feel texture that is super cool. While the colors aren't as vibrant, I really do like the paper. This one has the multi-color lights from Amazon. Now if you're wondering why the lights aren't as bright, it's because I forgot to turn off the lights and they had been going for well over 24 hours straight. Also I have the lights behind the sticker paper.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Now onto the glossy version. I used the white lights (also from Amazon) BUT this time I cut out the sticker paper where the lights are and put vellum paper. So the lights are really bright! ⁠⁠⁠Usually I prefer the multi lights, but the bright white lights matched his smile and it was perfect for a car.

Love love love how this turned out!!! Mixing a little luminous htv with my usual glitter cardstock for this craziness 🤡🤡😱just perfection 💛💛💛

26 inches and he glows in the dark! I used the luminous htv (heat transfer vinyl from Poli-Tape) on cardstock to get a super scary effect. In love!!

Tips:

1. I like to weld pieces together to make it easier to piece together and have fewer pieces to keep track of. For example check out the collar. I added little circles to connect pieces.

2. I struggled with the htv a bit because I didn’t apply enough pressure and heat. Next time it’ll be better. But I absolutely loved the results.