Unfinished Pooh and directions.

First, I would like to say I am not a blog that will stick with one theme. I am one that likes to mix it up.        I started this project with cardboard layered with double contact paper and spray glue to ensure a more permanent stick.  Measurements I used was 13  1/2  by  14  1/2  in.   When that was dried and secured  I glued brown beans all around the edges of the frame.   Use a good glue, like one for glass or plastic to secure and for it to adhere it's best, if you decide to make this.  After that dried, I sprayed it with a spray glue for shine and for more of a good sticking purpose.  Draw or find a picture you like and place it in the middle of your canvas per say.    Now, I used colored thumb tacks. If you do not find the right color for your character than you could use nail polish or paint with acrylic paints.  Before using your thumb tacks I outlined my Pooh with punched circles  from colored contact paper.  Even though the circles were sticky I still used a basic glue on the back of each circle.  After outlining Pooh then I went to town on thumb tacking my Pooh.  I outlined the eyes before painting and putting a bead for each eye in their place.  The eye brows were punched out black contact paper.  The nose was tiny black beads. I put glue on the nose and sprinkled and pressed lightly and even overlapped to make it look a bit 3 D effect.  After all of Pooh was filled in. I, for the background used silver contact paper punched out after coloring the silver with permanent markers the colors I wanted it to be.   The peach color tacks in front of Pooh is supposed to be his table. Now I wanted the tacks to be sure they stayed in even though they punched in okay I still used glue on the back of each tack just to be surer of staying on. After gluing the background on I used some contact paper and placed it all around the the circle of Pooh.  When all the inside of Pooh is dried then I took a clear spray and sprayed Pooh twice after each spray let it dry.  I wanted a more shinier effect so I used clear nail polish over it all then let it dry.  Now you can take the papers off around Pooh for it was only needed so it would not get on the other parts of the surface where something else will go.  I had genuine leather so I used it by tracing same sized leather circles and cut them out. Then filled in the rest of where the white was that became the trunk of the tree that was Poohs house. I glued starting from the bottom, left to right until reaching the top. I used Omni Gel to glue the leather on. It stuck really well with this.   Remember you can work with and use what you have along with your own creativity to make it your own.  Do not worry too much if you get glue on the outside of the leather to me it gave it the effect of being pine sap so I just wiped it a little here and there.  Isn't it funny of all the steps that can be in a craft. That in your head it only takes a minute to put together.  I enjoyed making this and hope you like it"s results. At any rate thank you for stopping by.  :).