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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Clown Tutorial

I thought I would show how I made my clown faces for my  "Happy Birthday Clown Card" that you can see if you scroll down.  I use 2 sizes of heart punches- Nestabilities would work well here but I happen to have the punches.  I also used Stampin Up's large oval punch that you can see I cut in half. I use any paper that has a light pink color because I like it to look like skin. The smaller heart is in white-glue that to the larger pink heart but make sure there is enough room for the colored pen to go around it.   The eyes are from SU's 5 petal punch-cut in half- and the medium heart punch-also cut in half.  I am showing you 2 types of eyes- just for fun! 
Once you have glued the eyes to the large oval half -you can see how I position them-you can go around the eyes with the colored pen. Glue the heart to the bottom of your eyes as shown above.   I used SU's owl punch to punch out a nose. 

I also used SU's owl punch to punch out the eye balls and added a little bit of white gel ink to make my clown come alive.  Use your fine tip pen to make the lines above and below the eyes.  I used Martha Stewart's crown punch for my clown's hair- I did use Tim Holtz's Distressed ink to give it a little style.  You really would be surprised at what punches will work as hair-most of your leaf punches really look great!

I used SU's slot punch for the mouth but I also will sometimes just draw a mouth!  You can really be creative with your clowns and get down right silly!  If my clown doesn't wear a hat- I  usually give them drawn eyebrows.

I wanted to show you the end result!   I haven't finished my card but I might not until I have a need for a clown card.  I might use it for a "Get Well" card or a "Happy Birthday" card or even a "Thinking of you" card. I want to keep my options open for now. I should add that I made the umbrella from the top of the Marianne Design bird cage.  I hope you enjoyed my tutorial!  Let me know if you should have any questions!

11 comments:

  1. Very clear directions. I may try a clown of my own. Can't wait to see the video...

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  2. Clowns are great! Thanks for the information!

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  3. Thank you for the clown directions! My Mom loves clowns and this idea would be great for her Mother's Day card. I have seen other punch art clowns but I really like yours. Thank you for sharing. I would like to ask you a question about the folding of your side step cards but I could not find your email address. My email is postalangel85@gmail.com if you could let me know how you fold your lovely side step cards. They are all different and awesome. I have tried and they turn out crooked. Thank you

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  4. Awesome tutorial Chris! You are my featured artist for my Sunday inspiration blog post. thanks for sharing

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  5. How cute are they!? I'm gonna have to bookmark you. You have some really cute, clever, pretty stuff.

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  6. I love your clown! He is so cute. What do you do for the body, clothes etc.
    Do you use punches for that also of so what ones and how?

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  7. Thanks for your comment! I used a large heart punch for his body and just cut it in half. It tapers down just right for his neck. His shorts are just a square of paper that I cut to look like shorts...sort of rumpily. His arms are the large oval punch that you just cut into the paper a little...then go in and make the cut so it looks like an arm. That gives the arm the slant you need. The hands are a cuttlebug die I have of Mickey Mouse that includes his hands- the shoes are SU's butterfly punch!

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  8. . I have seen other punch art clowns but I really like yours. Thank you for sharing. I would like to ask you a question about the folding of your side step cards but I could not find your email address. My email is postalangel85@gmail.com if you could let me know how you fold your lovely side step cards. They are all different and awesome. I have tried and they turn out crooked. Thank you

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  9. Thank you for your kind comment! You can view this video of jackie's side step card to see how you should fold your card. Here is the link-
    http://jackietopa.typepad.com/addicted_to_stamping/2010/07/side-step-dresser-tutorial.html
    I hope that helps!

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  10. This is fabulous. Have pinned it here:Punchart

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