The dos and don't when doing cubeecrafts

In this article, I'm using Pucca that I made as an example.

Paper

Standard printer paper should be fine. But if you prefer your figurines to be sturdy buy A4 cardstock that are about 200gsm. I got mine from Evergreen bookstore at S$7.30 for 35 sheets and the brand called A'Zone. I find that the figurines were more solid compared to when I first started out with photo paper or standard printer paper. 

Caution

Be careful when you do such crafts as some of the equipments you use can be quite sharp.
This was what happened to me =( 

Cutting

I usually use this device to cut off the whites out the outermost areas of the A4 paper.

Next, I will use a scissors to cut between the shapes.

I will then use a ruler and a penknife to cut the rest of the edges to give it a smooth finish.
You can also use a scissor if you want to. However, a penknife is still required to cut the slots.

Once you are done. the pieces should look like this.

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Scoring

Score your pieces if you are using cardstock for cleaner folds.
I've tried folding them by hand and they just didn't turn out very well ( it can look lopsided at times).

Fitting the pieces

Create the figurines from bottom up in this order:

1. legs
2. hands
3. body
4. head
5. any other additional attachments

As there may be times that you might not be able to fit the attachments (i.e. legs and hands) on the body etc. So it is recommended to fit them into the slots first before folding them up.

A professional craftsman might tell you that glue is not needed for this trade. BUT if you are not there yet, try using some micro glue dots. These are the ones that I use for mine. I'm no pro you see~ =p

I find that using these keeps the figurine in place and the attachments or slots doesn't fall out.

Hope you love my explanations! If you have any questions on the making of cubeecrafts. 

Please leave me a comment below. 

Thanks for reading~

How to draw animals

I recently stumbled upon a post on Pinterest on how to draw animals. See link.

Some examples that were given were.... a bird, a penguin and a cat~

Say... if you knew me personally, you might probably know that I'm horrible at drawing. Hence, having a step-by-step dummy guide on drawing animals were probably the best thing that can ever happen!

I tried my luck in drawing up the animals.... Surprisingly... they turn out quite well!!

ESPECIALLY the CAT I think?? hahaa~

After that I coloured my mini animals and I have to say, I'm pretty happy with my results!!

If you think my drawings need improvement or you have other step-by-step drawings that you would like me to try out, please leave your comment below!

Thanks for reading!

Susuwatari (Totoro) Paper Craft

While I was trying to look for some characters for my paper craft project from the Studio Ghibli films, I couldn't find the character Susuwatari.

Susuwatari are basically tiny animated dust creatures small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places in the movie My Neighbour, Totoro.

I found out that it was possible to create my own characters from a empty template from cubeecraft

I figured that it wasn't too hard to make my own Susuwatari....

I took this image of a simple graphic of Susuwatari

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And editted using paint to create the template.

My Susuwatari template turned out not too bad =D

And this is my end product!!!

So proud of myself~ it's a good first attempt =D

If you think there are other simple characters out there that you might want me to try a hand at creating, please leave me a comment below! *Disclaimer: I'm really new at this, so don't expect great results =P

Thanks for sharing my joy in making cubeecrafts!

Preparations for Hen's Party

I have a friend that is going to get married this coming March 2013 and I was trying to brain storm for some hen's party ideas for this occasion in hope that she will have a swinging good time at her last week out as a single.

I started out with scrolling through Pinterest which is a great place for brainstorming!

These are some of the ideas I came across...

Cakes

This pretty bridal dress

A sexy hunk popping out from the cake

50 shades of grey 6 pack body

6 pack cookies

Kidnapped Groom

and many many more explicit cakes that I wouldn't be posting here but you got the idea. hahaha~

I have to admit I was pretty excited looking at all these interesting cake ideas, I sent some of these cakes to my friend who just started Jnelle and Jacques and asked her if she could do something like that. 
She too, was new at this and was willing to give it a shot.


I'm so excited to see the outcome! I will update my blog when it's done!!

Update: you can see the outcome here
NEXT.....The activities~

There was this GREAT website that I chanced upon with free bridal shower games.


So I was thinking we should start with a Bridal shower Discovery game to get to know each other first. Most of us were from the same polytechnic but there were a few that were I don't really know that well yet and I hope to know more about them before the big day.

Bridal Shower Discovery Game Download

Following that... we will try to get to know more about the bride with this...

Who knows the Bride best?

THEN...we will test the bride on how well she knows the groom....
I had to send these questions to the groom in advance.

Update: The groom has gotten back on the questions and I am itching to know how well the bride will fair!

Update: The bride scored fairly well for the quiz =D

How well does the bride know the groom?

Lastly, THE BRIDE TORTURE.... WAHHAHA




I will most likely be edit these list of "things-to-do" as it might be too over in an Asian context..

Torture



I also came across some of the Photo Outcome I would love to achieve at the end of the party! 

Looking forward to the party~~ 

Updates: See Outcome here