Vellum Shrine/Candleholder with Digistamps

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May 182012
 

Earlier this week I released the half art doll digistamp, and today I turned digistamps, vellum, and clipart into little shrines to all things holy.  Or at least all things that make me happy, and that’s close enough to holy for me!

Materials:

First, print out your art doll.  I wanted my shrine to have extra arms pretty much because I like the idea of actually having extra arms. ;)  I reversed one set of arms just for variety’s sake and printed them all on a sheet of cardstock.  I picked out bits that made me happy out of Crap Hound, printed the Wonderstrange eyeball since anything is improved with the addition of a Wonderstrange eyeball, and cut them out carefully.  If you want them colored, color it up!  I did one of each.

I cut a strip of Dura-Lar 5.5 x 11″ and folded it into quarters.  I used simple scotch tape to seal the open edge.  Cut the top edge jagged or wavy if you want to be fancy, and you KNOW you want to be fancy!  Alternatively, you could roll it into a tube for a cylindrical shrine.  I made mine in varying heights so that the arms wouldn’t get in each others’ way.

Using a permanent glue stick, attach your digistamps to your Dura-Lar and attach the clipart to the hands.   I can’t even express how much I love those handfuls of eyeballs.

Using a paper piercer, embroidery needle, or sterile hypodermic, poke holes through the shoulders of your art doll and the shoulders of each arm. Insert one small brad through all the arms and then through each shoulder, adjusting the arms as needed before you flatten the brads.  Play careful attention when placing your arms if you have a particular order!  On my colored doll, the objects the hands are holding are matched pairs, so I had to be sure to place them in the same order.

Now all that is left is to find a votive holder on your candle shelf (please tell me you have a candle shelf!), light a candle, and slip this over the top, being careful to keep the whole ensemble away from the flames.  Especially the arms!  I have discovered that paper is flammable.  WEIRD!

Now flip the switch and enjoy your creation with the proper ambiance!

Vampire Squid and Jealous Jellyfish: Free Digital Stamps

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May 142012
 

As we continue drawing everything on the 2012 edition of our 100 Things To Draw When You’re Bored list, this week I make my triumphant return from the hellish task of moving to offer underwater hijinks.

Number 45 is “Why I’m afraid to go in the ocean (and other undersea creatures),” and nothing in the ocean is quite as horrifying as the vampire squid. I’m pretty sure this is EXACTLY what it looks like.  I saw it on the Discovery Channel.

Number 65 on the list is “two jellyfish fighting over a hot dog.”  Now I will tell you a little secret about this list:  I don’t remember any of the things that I contributed.  I’m pretty sure everything that involved a sugar skull was probably mine, but the only true specific thing that I remember contributing was two jellyfish fighting over a hot dog.  I’m pretty sure I had 12 different things fighting over a hot dog on the list at one point before the girls staged an intervention.  Since we’ve gone 5.5 months without anyone jumping on that jellyfish deathmatch, I figured it was time.

AND on a completely non-undersea-weirdness-related note, I have this half of an art doll to offer for sale this week!  I’ll be doing something a little fun and a lot whackadoo on Friday (yeah, like you expected any less, right?), so stay tuned!  Or come back.  It’s probably better to come back.  I don’t think you would fare well staring at your computer screen for four days.  The gerbils would starve, the kids would start acting out Lord of the Flies, and your husband would start dating.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to apply warpaint and watch Sister Wives.

 

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Little Monsters Gift Box

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May 112012
 

So Mother’s Day is coming up and remember how your Mom (or WIFE)  told you that you do not need to get her anything? She was lying…totally. In fact, this is one of the oldest tricks in the book and we at Wonderstrange do not want any of our tribe to fall for that this year!!!  Now it may be too late to get her the monogrammed tote bag with the sail boat on it but you can still make a great little box that opens like a book  and stick a gift card, a necklace or even a bag of licorice in it and get full points for being as awesome as you obviously are!

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Eyeball Flowers and Gnaked Gnome: Free Digital Stamps

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May 082012
 

This week you can get an eyeful any way you want it …with a fresh cut bunch of eyeball flowers ( no. 68 on our 100 Things to Draw When You Are Bored 2012 list) or feast your eyes on this Gnaked Gnome (no. 60), who has thankfully preserved his modesty by keeping his hat on. You cannot, however, touch MY eyeball, although if you had been around at the time of this posting, you could have. My dentist got over enthusiastic with the novacaine this afternoon. Feel free to post sympathetic and supportive messages to my numb head . Then go make some art!

To use these images in your own art simply click, size and print.

 

                                         

 

Check back Friday when we help you and your Little Monster  with that last minute Mother’s Day panic attack!

 

abcdefgBookmarks                               Necklaces                            Friendly Monsters                          Wall Art

               

Sci Fi Love: Quick Handmade Signs of Affection for Nerds

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May 042012
 

My name is Ann, and I’m a tiny bit of a nerd.  I say “a tiny bit” because I don’t want to overstate my case:  My pockets are free of protractors and pen protectors, and I cannot recite more than three or four lines of Monty Python’s The Holy Grail, which probably explains why last weekend, during a Magic tournament, the 24-year-old dude next to me said, “You’re kind of like a normal lady!”   (Yes, grasshopper.  Kind of.)  At any rate, I do hang out with quite a few real nerds, including the hottiepants one I married, so I like to think of good, handmade, gifts for people with nerdling tendencies.  Here are a couple of quick, easy, inexpensive ways to show your favorite nerds you care.

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A Thursday on a Tuesday and a Chicken in Fishnets: Free Digital Stamps

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May 012012
 

This week, as Sarah continues to unpack after her move, Ann and Cindy help out the best way we can: By drawing things so Sarah doesn’t have to!  Here, from our list of 100 Things to Draw When You’re Bored, are Thursday Addams (#5), who is a little sexier than her famous sister, and a chicken in fishnets (#72), who may be a crazy old bird but is still sexy in her own mind, which has to count for something.

 

                                                                          

 

To download, just click the one(s) you want, then right click and Save Image As.  To print, click and do a Print Preview, then size as desired.

 

Be sure to check back on Friday, when we offer up cool ways to use this new digital stamp from the shop, “Live Long and Eat Cake”:

 

 

tab+22Bookmarks                               Necklaces                                Assemblage                                 Wall Art

              

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto: Making a Cool Circuit Board Cookbook Stand

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Apr 272012
 

 

For me, a cookbook stand has always been one of those things I kind of want but can’t bring myself to buy because frankly, cookbook stands just aren’t that cute.  For cute, I’ll drop a little dough – but not $75, which is the price of the only cookbook stand I’ve ever seen that I could tolerate having in my kitchen.   When I see price tags like that, I take matters into my own hands.  In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a super cute and spunky little cookbook stand that you can be psyched to have in your kitchen, even when there’s no cookbook in it.

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A Bad Puppet and a Cereal Killer: Free Digital Stamps

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Apr 242012
 

This week, Ann and Cindy both drew inanimate objects armed with knives, which may or may not be a reflection of the fact that we’re both dieting and feeling testy.  And a little bit stabby.

 

For those of you keeping score at home, we present, from our list of 100 Things to Draw When You’re Bored, Number 93, Bad puppet, and Number 31, Cereal killer.

 

                                                          

 

To download, just click the one(s) you want, then right click and Save Image As.  To print, click and do a Print Preview, then size as desired.

 

Hey, you know all of those occasions coming up, like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and graduations and weddings?  We have all kinds of cool digis and fabulous gifts to help you out with those.  Click any of the links below for more details, and be sure to come back for our tutorial on Friday!

 

Mother Love                       Video Game Lover                    Girl with Flowers               Wacky Cookie Couple

              

 

    Rapunzel Necklace                       Great Mothers             Red Riding Hood Necklace            Henry & Anne

              

 

 

 

Mother’s Day Bookmark or Gift Tag

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Apr 202012
 

Mother’s Day is coming up, and as  a Mama, I can tell you that the one thing moms dislike more than having you buy them an extravagant gift you cannot afford is getting NOTHING on the big day! Even if you have one of those “you shouldn’t have” moms, trust me. You should.  And here are two quick, easy projects that will make mom happy: A gift tag and a bookmark your mom can show off to her buddies in book club.

 

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Cute Sushi and One Eyed Woman: Free Digital Stamps

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Apr 172012
 

You might have guessed from our logo that we are all about the eyes here at Wonderstrange. This week’s pair of images from our 100 Things to Draw When You are Bored list has a threesome of cute sushi, all bright eyed and ….uh, not so much on the bushy tails. (Even I have some limits) and a happy little housewife who should have been more careful with the silver polish, because apparently that stuff really WILL put an eye out. So  mark off number 70 and 73 on that list and have fun!

                                                    

 

To download, just click the one(s) you want, then right click and Save Image As.  To print, click and do a Print Preview, then size as desired. No safety goggles are required.

 

Can’t get enough ? Check out the full collection of Wonderstrange Digital Stamps in our  Digital Stamp Shop. Be sure to check out this fun image , which is on sale this week .

 

 You know who deserves a present? YOU!!!  Here are some awesome ideas.

  
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