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.

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. 💙💙💙💙.

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.

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 😁.

Tips and tricks for an off the mat project.Make baby grinch with me!!! 💚. 30 inches of cardstock 💚💚💚.

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 ❤️❤️❤️❤️.

Definitely the fairest of them all ❤️❤️❤️. I can’t decide with the flowers or not? And if with flowers, more flowers? Bigger flowers? Different color? It’s still not right. Help!This project was definitely time consuming but I’m in love with it! The words - you guessed it … htv from @politape_us. The color is a gray/black glitter. Just love!!!

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!!!!

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.

Alice is 30 inches and pretty much seamless except for her blue skirt. I wanted to show you how I would approach it in 3 different ways.... I definitely have a favorite ... just curious if we agree which is best 😬🤪 Option 1: creating a deliberate seam. I think this would be better if I could actually design lol. So I changed the image from 2 pieces into 3 pieces. If I could design, I would have made it look more like a pleat (which is what I was going for lol).

So March is Women's History Month and so I love how I stumbled upon Frida through a request from one of my followers. I have to admit that I knew very little about Frida prior to this - her unibrow, she's an artist and from Mexico. She's known for her self portraits, her love of Mexican and indigenous culture, and is a feminist icon... and I picked up a little fact that she loved her jewelry.

The video tutorials were different this time because each process took many hours. So for the design space tutorial, it was more of a ‘tour’ of what was on my canvas, why I did certain things, and how to work this file. Would love to get your thoughts on this!!!! And the assembly video did not go through the entire process. But trust me when I tell you it took many many hours 🤣😂😆.

💀 Jack and sally - 37 inches x 22 inches of cardstock.

Look at that hair shine! I’m so excited to have discovered a new brand of glitter cardstock - Ground Up Creations!Now for the tips:💀 - at 37 inches they are practically seamless!!! In the video you can see a seam running through her dress. But that will disappear when this is glued to a foam board. It will stay flat and won’t catch the light reflection.