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How To: Make watermarks in paper for security
Don't fret too much if your watermark is barely noticeable when you're finished with this project - the less obvious it is, the better a job you've done. Watermarkers are present in many types of paper, especially the monetary kind. If you hold up a ten dollar bill you'll see a watermark of Thomas Jefferson's face on the right, proving the bill is real.
How To: Make a mini book out of a 12x12" piece of paper
First of all you need a single sheet of paper 12 by 12 inches to make a mini book with four pages and measures 6 by 3 inches. You also need a tool for making creases and a knife to cut the paper. Start by folding the paper in half and then crease the middle line. You must always try to make the crease line as crisp and sharp as possible. Now open it out and then again fold it in the middle in the other side. After this step you have to place the paper with the length facing towards you. Now f...
How To: Fold a ninja star (shuriken) out of paper
In this Weapons video tutorial you will learn how to fold a ninja star (shuriken) out of paper. Take a square piece of paper and fold it in half and tear it off to get two pieces of rectangular paper. Fold each piece of paper in half lengthwise. Then fold one end of each paper like a triangle. Fold the other end in the opposite way. Now fold both the ends to get a bigger triangles and the final shape of the paper should be like ‘Z’. Put both the pieces over each other in the form of a cross. ...
How To: Make cool paper claws
How to make cool paper claws:Flameboy2202 shows us how to make cool claws with paper. They are really simple and can be used at Halloween. All you need is a eight and half by eleven sheet of paper. Take the paper, fold the top right corner; try to make it as even as possible. Now, take the top point and fold it to make a pyramid kind of formation. Now take the bottom two corners and fold them in. Fold the bottom upwards so that you have a perfect triangle. Flip it over and see, you have a per...
HowTo: Paper Plate Geometry
Oh, what fun you can have with a little math + a little origami. Bradford Hansen-Smith folds intricate geometric sculptures entirely from paper plates and is kind enough to offer a few HowTo's to get you started. Examples of his work below; scroll all the way down for the HowTo.
How To: Throw a paper airplane far
This video will teach you the three most important tips which you will need in order to throw a paper airplane far. First, you will need to use your dominant or stronger hand. Next, you will need to throw the airplane as if you were throwing a baseball, taking a slight forwards step as you throw it as well. Finally, you will need to make sure that you release the paper airplane at the proper point of your throw, at the maximum part of the arc and not when your arm starts arcing downwards. By ...
How To: Create an amazing 3D paper design
This video shows us how to create an amazing 3D design using a single sheet of paper. You will need: cutter printed template of the 3D design. Procedure: Download the template using this link. Print the template. Cut all the solid lines on the template. Fold all the broken lines on the template as shown. Arrange the paper in such a way that it looks like the 3D design shown on the video. Follow these steps and you will have your very own amazing 3D paper design!
How To: Make a DIY zine with paper & scissors
If paper art is your forte and you are looking for some new and exciting ideas to do with paper, then your search ends here. Watch this video and teach yourself how to make a do-it-yourself zine. Sam Proof tells you how to make a zine in minutes. You will be needing a sheet of paper, a pair of scissors and a pen. The instructions are all very easy to follow. You can use this idea to create your own comic booklet or anything that needs printing in a zine.
How To: Fold an Origami Magic Rose Cube
Origami, by its nature, injects a bit of magic into its incredibly tangled, convoluted folds and motifs that turn a flat sheet of paper into a living, breathing creature/work of art.
How To: Fold and fly a tumblewing walkalong glider
The science-fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke, once said, "That any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". Who would have thought that we could create a wave of air with a piece of cardboard, and fly a folded sheet of telephone book paper on the wave of air? With this three-part video tutorial, you can find out how you can fly a piece of paper, making it surf on a wave of air. See how to make an origami tumblewing glider.
How To: Make an MP40 Gun Out of Paper
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to fold and assemble an MP40 gun out of paper. Using just paper, scissors and tape, you can make a toy replica gun with working parts. (Of course, it will lack the firepower of a real MP40!)
News: Rotating Kinetic Transforming Gear Heart
Amazing video of Haruki Nakamura's Gear's Heart. The pieces fit together like a gear, skip to 0:49 in the video to see it in action. Check out Nakamura's site for more of his work. Previously, Make Optimus Prime papercraft.
How To: Chalk an embossed image for a card
Create a card with an embossing machine and chalk. Any embossed image can be colored in easily with a little big of chalk for a soft effect. Watch this video card-making tutorial and learn how to use embossed paper and chalk to make a card.
How To: Fold a letter "Arrow Style"
Follow these visual instructions to fold a letter into a cute, compact arrow shape. If you ever passed notes in class, this folding method falls among some of the more sophisticated styles. When practicing folding a letter into an arrow, make sure to write on it so as to be sure to conceal the letter's content during the folding process.
How To: Make a Peek-A-Boo card
Store bought card can sometimes seem impersonal and rushed, and it's always so hard to find the right one. But, handmaking a card for someone can show them how much you care. This video tutorial will show you how to create something that we at WonderHowTo think is a super cute card idea.
How To: Weave paper strips together into braids
This how-to video tutorial demonstrates how to weave paper strips together to create a braid like shape. Learn how to fold a paper braid for craft, paper, and even scrapbooking projects.
How To: Use chalks in card-making
This video tutorial shows techniques for how to implement chalks into card making. Chalk adds a finish unique to ink. Learn how to incorporate new but simple techniques into the craft of card making.
How To: Transfer from transfer paper onto polymer clay
This video shows how to use Magic Transfer paper to do the easiest transfers ever! Learn how to decorate polymer clay with transfer paper.
How To: Make a German paper star
Make a German paper star. You need 4 strips of paper that are 17 inches long and 1/2 and inch wide. Part 1 of 2 - How to Make a German paper star.
How To: Make a yin yang paper box
Make a yin yang paper box. It's really fabulous. It's kind of like origami, but not really.
How To: Make a Kirigami hummingbird with papyrus paper
This beautiful Kirigami captures the moment a hummingbird kisses a blossom. Just download, print, cut and assemble, it's easy. It's better than giving a card, it's giving a piece of art. Best of all, you can make them again and again. Download a pattern for free at http://www.easycutpopup.com.
How To: Kirigami a dragonfly pop-up card
If you enjoy arts and crafts, pop-up, scrapbooking and origami, you will enjoy these craft projects too. Like origami, kirigami is the craft of paper, with the added technique of paper cutting. Kirigami will enhance any origami, pop-up and scrapbook projects and scrapbook and origami techniques will enhance kirigami. Kirigami pop-up blossoms, butterflies and puppets make unique gifts or cards for any occasion and the recipient will enjoy seeing their gift, card or pop-up take form before thei...
How To: Make a penrose triangle
Kipkay demonstrates how to make a penrose triangle, an impossible object, out of paper. This is a very well known optical illusion in three dimensions. Make a penrose triangle.
How To: Make a Seafarer Rope Cut Collective Card
This card looks fabulous and it is so easy to put together, the longest part is cutting the paper, but if you enjoy papercutting then this is just for you, however you could adapt the design and use the full Rope design paper from Anna Griffin to create this beauty. I have used embellishments and paper cut shapes to add to the card front and create something really cool. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Rose & Trimmings Edge Card
This card project is a little bit different and will show you how to make a trimmings side edge card, using some fabulous products from Anna Griffin, including the Trimmings 12" dies and the Rose designer collection. The card is easy to make and looks so pretty, but it is a 'easy when you see how' card. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Weaved Trimmings Die Card
This card is so pretty, a little bit different but very easy when you see how I have used the Trimmings Die both for the front of the card and the insert. The Anna Griffin Trimmings dies are so versatile and at 12inches in length will suit both cardmaking and scrapbooking, I have shown here how you can use them in cardmaking to create this little number! Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Pink Vintage Ornate Frame Topper Card
This is such a pretty card and so quick to make, it is really ornate with the layers of the frame making the corners look even more complex. It is a really easy card to make and the pink n' black combination just make it all even better.. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Rose Designer Collection Floral Card
This project sees me create a stunning card using the Anna Griffin Rose Designer Collection and the 12" Trimmings dies, together they are the perfect combination. The card is a full floral and includes using the stickers from the kit as well as some of the beautiful embellishments. I have even included some paper folding to give the card even more depth. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Die Cut Your Flip Cards Using the Big Shot
This little demonstration was a request to show how I die cut the Anna Griffin Flip card base die that was included in the Flip Card Kit. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Go 'Flipping Fabulous' Flip Card Crazy
Lets go flipping crazy for the new cardmaking kit from Anna Griffin, and this kit is amazing, full of gorgeous cardmaking products to make the fabulous flips card and the dies to keep making them long after the contents have gone.
How To: Use Mixed Media Iron for Foil & Applique
This is a little bit different and looks at the new hot iron from Stix2 that can be used for so many things in your crafty life.. and make short work of those pesky hems!
News: How to Make a Seafarer Scrapbooking Page
This scrapbooking page was so easy to create using great products and the fabulous new collection from Anna griffin of the Seafarer Designer Paper/Card Collection.
How To: Make Ornate Frame 3D Layer Card
This is a great card, and built by creating the layers using one of the Ornate frames die, it looks amazing when it is finished and not to high that it won't fit in the envelope, as long as your 3D foam isn't the really thick foam. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Pastel Pretty Trimmings Pleated Card
This card is stunning, and so easy to create with a few little tricks to make the card interesting, including paperfolding and embossing. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Happy Fathers Day Card
This card is so quick and easy to make for Dad.. Sometimes the men in our life can be tough to create for and this is something that takes the headache out of it. Using the For Him embossing folders to make a great creation that will hopefully inspire you. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Spectacular Layered Silver Flourish Fan Card
This card is a work of art however it is so easy when you have seen how it is put together. following this easy project you will be able to create a masterpiece of your own. Using lots of the Anna Griffin Silver flourish stickers, I create this card in front of you, showing the steps I have taken including making a fabulous insert to match. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Half Paper Fans for Crafting
This fabulous technique creates half fans for your cards, scrapbooking and projects using the Anna Griffin Paper Tricks 2 Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Double Ornate Fretwork Card
This card is so easy and quick using both the inside and the outside of a die cut. The card is so pretty and uses minimal items to make it. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make Paper Shaped Rosettes
This technique shows how to make the paper shaped rosettes that are so easy and quick to make, they add depth to your projects and alot of interest. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial
How To: Make a Vintage Gold Butterfly Topper Quickie Card
This project is such a beauty and so easy to create, it looks fabulous when it is finished plus you will be amazed at how quick it is. Using just a few items out of the world class range from Anna Griffin this card will take your creativity to new level. Step 1: Now Watch the Tutorial