It’s always fun to design and create your own decorations, so why not embrace this festive season by making your very own three dimensional Angels! These paper decorations can be used for a variety of things, such as tree decorations, cards, gift tags, window decorations or bedroom doorknob hangers.
You will need:
Micador Stylist Watercolours
Roymac Rains™ Watercolour Paper
Roymac Achiever Round Brush size 6
Micador Stay Anywhere Permanent Pen
Micador Sizzle Scissors
From around the house: hole punch, strong sewing needles, thread, tissue or tissue paper and a container of water
Step-by-step
Step 1: Getting your template
Using the template provided, trace your design onto the Roymac Rains paper. From the Rains Pad 230x310mm you should get 8 angels per sheet.
Step 2: Angels
To make one angel, you will need to cut out two angels. If you want to make four angels, cut out eight.
Step 3: Colour
Using the paint and some water, paint the angels. You can make them as bright and beautiful as you want.
Step 4: Bring her to life!
Paint the angel’s dress, hair, star, wings and feet. Make sure the brush is loaded well with colour because it may dry lighter than how it appears when it is wet.
Step 5: Drying time
Once painted, let the angels dry.
Step 6: Details
Using a Stay Anywhere Permanent Marker, add details if desired or outline the angel and her dress. This will help the designs to stand out.
Step 7: Start Sewing
When the paint is dry, take some strong needles and cotton or string and start sewing from the top of the angel’s head down towards the feet.
Step 8: Fun stuff
Once near the feet, start to fill the angel with tissue and continue sewing around the angel’s body.
Step 9: Check the progress
When ¾ of the angel is sewn, check to see if the angel needs more or less stuffing, then finish the angel, sewing all around the outside.
Step 10: Holy Moly!
Once back at the starting point, make a loop with the thread so the angel can be hung from her head on a Christmas tree.
Handy Tips
The colours and designs you can use for your angels are as endless as your imagination!
Fill the angel enough so that she becomes 3D, but not too much that you can’t stitch right around!
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