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Mr. Big Top Craft Project Instructions

Mr. Big Top

Skill Level: * *

Use Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints and Sticky-Back Canvas to make a quirky, fun vintage circus shrine.

Created by Claudine Hellmuth ©2008
 

Materials List:
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints - Modern Red, Yellow Pastel, Landscape Green, Sky Blue, Classic Teal
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium™ - Matte
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky Back Canvas - 8½" x 11"
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint Brushes
Archival™ Inkpad - Jet Black
Inkssentials™ Non-Stick Craft Sheet™
Inkssentials™ Mini Mister (filled with water)
Inkssentials™ Pop-it™ Shapes - Circles
• Circle and clear alphabet rubber stamps, Hero Arts, www.heroarts.com
• Black pen, Faber-Castell PITT in size S, www.faber-castell.us
• Photocopied image of man
• Wooden shrine from craft store


Instructions

(1) Paint the wooden shrine using Sky Blue and Classic Teal paint on the inside and outside. Paint the roof and base using Modern Red. Set aside to dry.

(2) Paint a 5" x 5" square of Sticky-Back Canvas using Modern Red, a 2" x 4" rectangle using Yellow Pastel, and a 3" x 3" square with Landscape Green (this will later become the hat).

(3) Place Gesso onto your Non-Stick Craft Sheet. Spread out on the surface to make a small puddle to stamp into. Using the clear circle stamp, stamp into the wet Gesso and then stamp onto the Sticky-Back Canvas that was painted Modern Red. Set aside to dry.

(4) Cut out the photocopied image of the man, and draw a little handlebar mustache, beard, add clothes and a bow-tie.

(5) Cut a top hat shape from the Landscape Green painted Sticky-Back Canvas. Draw on black lines to define the hat shape. Remove backing paper and stick to Mr. Big Top’s head.

(6) Place Mr. Big Top into the back of the shrine using a few Pop-It Shapes to make your image at the height that you want.

(7) Cut the Modern Red Sticky-Back Canvas into “theater curtain” shapes. One on either side of the shrine and one for the top. Peel off paper backing and adhere to the shrine.

(8) From the Yellow Pastel Sticky-Back Canvas cut a “cloud shape” and stamp Mr. Big Top inside it using the Jet Black ink pad. Add dotted lines around the shape using the black pen. Peel off backing paper from the Sticky-Back Canvas and adhere to the shrine.

(9) For a finishing touch, add white dots along roofline and base of the shrine by dipping a paintbrush handle into the Gesso and dotting along the edge. Use black pen to add roof shingles to the top of the roof.
 

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