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How many of you love those adorable little tear bears you see on cards,
tags, scrapbook layouts and other papercraft projects? Tear bears are not as
complicated as most people think. It's Easy as 1...2...3... .
Instructions:
1.Use a pencil to draw out a simple pattern on a piece of mulberry paper
(simple patters can be found in colouring books and paper piecing books or even
on-line).
2. Use a very fine tipped paint brush which is slightly wet (not dripping) and
trace the pencil line, then tear where the thin wet line is around each piece
and set aside each piece to dry. The tearing along the thin wet lines will
cause the mulberry paper to become fuzzy, but that is alright because you will
want your bear fuzzy (you can make a tear puppy, elephant, frog etc..., the
tear bear technique can be applied to most other simple paper piecing
projects).
3. After each piece is dry, use small amounts of adhesive to put your tear bear
or tear critter together.
Tips:
1. Use pop dots for the nose, paws and ears to create a special effect.
2. Use chalk in the ears and on the cheeks.
3. Instead of fussing with a tiny little white centers for the eyes, use a
quality white gel pen instead.
4. The thicker the paper, the fuzzier the bear- try other variations of hand
made paper.
5. For a really cute tear bear, it's all about the 'details'. Add a little bow
or flower at the top of it's head, maybe make a pair of paper overall's or even
a baseball cap or bonnet. The skies the limit with your creation!
Global Scrapbooking, where the world comes to scrapbook, provides scrapbook
tips and techniques on its website, http://www.globalscrapbooking.com
and for Scrapbooking Roads, http://www.scrapbookingroads.com,
the online directory to scrapbook stores, consultants and scrapbook resources.
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