How to make a Minion Birthday card

How to make a Minion Birthday card

Hello everyone,
This month I made a sweet Birthday card for my friend who is a big fan of the Minions so heres a little tutorial on how to make your own.

What you will need:

Scissors
Glue (I used a glue stick, Ignore the PVA in the picture I took that before I found where I put the glue sticks)
Scrap paper
Black felt tip pen
Grey Felt or paper
A yellow card (hopefully you can get a matching yellow envelope)

Paper in black, white and brown though you may want green if you wish to make a card designed around Bob, to use for his one green eye.
This cute lil' guy:

Step 1:
On your scrap paper draw out a set of circles.
You will need one large circle for the eye, a smaller circle for the iris and an even smaller one for the pupil.
Then a circle which is larger than the eye with another inside for the goggles.
I used several cups to  draw around

Cut these circles out and ensure that they fit onto your card. if they are too big or too small try drawing some more circles on the scrap paper until you feel it is right. This will help you save your coloured paper for the final card.
Renember if you are making a card of a minion with two eyes instead of one the two eyes are generally smaller than one so make the circles smaller for this variation.

Step 2:
Take the ring for the goggles and use it as a template to cut it out of your grey paper or felt. If cutting out of felt it is easier to do so if you pin the paper to the felt to keep it still as you cut.
Then cut out the rest of the circles
The largest in white
The middle one in Brown
The smallest in black.

Step 3:

Take your card and round out the top two corners as shown in the below picture.

Step 4:

Glue the white circle on to the card slightly above half way up.

Step 5:

Next cut two rectangles of black paper. They need to go between the edge of the white circle and the edges of the card when glued on. These represent the band which holds the Minions goggles on.

Step 6:

Glue on your circle of grey paper/ felt, make sure it covers the edges of the white circle and no white peeks out from behind it. 

Step 7:

Glue on your Iris and pupil and allow the glue to dry before the next step.

Step 8:
Now for the fun part, take your black pen and draw on the mouth and hair of your Minion.
It may well be a good excuse to re-watch the Minions movie to work out what expression and hair cut you want to use. :)

Step 9:

Finally don't forget to write inside your card. Here are a few Phrases in Minion language you may find useful for this:

Minion language -> English

Bello -> Hello

Para Tu -> For you

Bi-do -> I'm sorry

Poopeye! -> Goodbye!

Muak Muak Muak -> Kiss Kiss? 

Banana! -> Banana! 

Alternatively try out this fun website for more message ideas: http://minionstranslator.com/

For more Minion themed crafts here are some links:

How to make an evil purple Minion

Upcycle an old Christmas Bauble into a Minion decoration

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Large bubble alphabet - cross stitch design

Large bubble alphabet -  cross stitch design

Colour	Used in these areas:	DMC Number	Anchor Number
Dark blue	Letter outlines	820	134
Light blue	Letter main colour	3325	129
White	Shiny areas on letters	5200	1

Hello everyone,
Today heres something a little different, a large bold alphabet made to look like bubbles.

If you wanted you could change up the colours from blue to make the alphabet look like balloons, just add a little backstitch string to the bottom of the letters to complete the effect.

This design would be brilliant to use in a bathroom sign which makes it feel just like a lovely luxurious bubble bath. Alternatively something simple and summer themed as bubbles always remind me of blowing bubbles in the garden on hot summer days.

For more Alphabet cross stitch designs here are some links:

Alphabets
Blue and green alphabet sampler
Fancy alphabet cross stitch design
Big bold cross stitch alphabet
Easter egg alphabet
Meme caption alphabet
Big backstitch alphabet
Retro styled half and half alphabet
Happy new year, whole stitches single colour Alphabet
Pumpkin themed Halloween Alphabet
Simple thick block cross stitch alphabet with whole stitches only

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Green cartoon dinosaur cross stitch design

Green cartoon dinosaur cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers	DMC thread numbers
Black	403	310
White	1	5200
Dark green	268	937
Green	239	702

This design was drawn originally with Anchor colours in my cross stitch design program. Use Anchor threads to get the closest match to the picture. I used a conversion chart to get the DMC numbers.

Hello everyone
I wanted to draw a simple cute dinosaur for my lovely nephew who is so into dinosaurs right now. He loves playing with his little toy dinos and having them roar at everything, even his mum which she is highly amused about. 

This design is based off the outline shown in the image hosted here:
https://pixabay.com/en/dino-dinosaur-dragon-lizard-147507/

For more cross stitch designs for kids:
Geometric black and purple cross stitch design
Rainbow coloured Geometric pattern
Pretty circle of Butterflies and Flowers
Wishing well card sized cross stitch design
Primrose Fairy
Question Mark Maze
China blue flower motif
Girl blowing a Dandelion
Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Make a Wish - Dandelion seeds turning into Butterflies
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif

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How to make a Squirtle Squad decoration - Christmas bauble upcycling

How to make a Squirtle Squad decoration - Christmas bauble upcycling

Hello everyone,
Today I will be showing you how to turn an old Christmas bauble into a cool Squirtle Squad decoration. I know this tutorial comes a little late for Christmas but you don't have to put this particular decoration on the Christmas tree since it can be used any time.

For those who don't know the Squirtle Squad are a gang of hooligan Squirtle shown in the episode 'Here comes the Squirtle Squad' They wear glasses and cause trouble. I can't help finding these guys adorable particularly when the Squirtles later become fire fighters.

What you will need:
A Christmas bauble
Some black or blue scrapbooking foam
Black, white and pink acrylic paint (also blue if your bauble is not already blue)
String or ribbon
Craft glue
Paint sealant spray (optional)

Step 1:
If your bauble is already blue skip this step. If it is not you will need to get your blue acrylic pant and cover it all over. I find it helps to place the bauble in a egg cup to keep it still while you paint it. A freshly painted bauble rolling over your table is sure to make a mess.
Allow your bauble to dry thoroughly.

Step 2:
Pick which of the Squirtle Squad members you want to make and cut out the shape of the glasses out of your scrapbooking foam. Here I have made the leaders glasses in black but its just as east to do the normal squad members glasses with two circles of blue foam.

Note: Keep in mind the size of the bauble you intend to use when deciding how big the glasses should be. The bigger the bauble the bigger the glasses to make them in proportion to the bauble. If you are unsure what will look right try a few test shapes out of paper before cutting the foam.

Here I'm making the leader of the Squirtle Squad so used the shape of his pointed glasses.

Step 3:
Now we are going to include the shine on the glasses.
Use your white acrylic paint  to paint the stripes on the glasses for the leader or the circles included on the glasses on the rest of the squad. Be sure to take a look at a reference picture of your chosen Squirtle for an idea of placement.

Note: Some types of foam can absorb paint a little. If you find that the stripes are not as prominent as you'd like them to be just pop on another coat of paint to help them stand out.

Step 4:
After ensuring your original coat of blue paint is dry. Next its time to paint on the mouth and nose.
Take a look at the following reference picture for an idea of the mouth shape. I found it easiest to paint on the black first then fill in the pink for the tongue after the black paint as dried.
The nose is just two little dashes above the mouth in black paint.

Note: As before to keep your bauble stable it can help to place it in a cup or egg cup to stop it rolling around.

Step 5:(optional)
Once your paint has fully dried you can optionally use paint sealant spray according to the packet instructions. This will help stop the paint from chipping off if the bauble is dropped or handled but if its only going to be hanging up you may be fine not using it.

Step 6:
The last step after everything is dry, Paint, and sealant spray if you used it. is to glue on the glasses above the painted mouth and nose.
Hold it in place until the glue gets tacky then leave it to dry before hanging your new decoration up.

So there we have it an idea to make a lovely deocration based on one of my all time favourite episodes of the Pokemon cartoon. I hope you all enjoy making this one as much as I did.

Much love and happy crafting
Gemma :)

For more ideas on what to do with your old Christmas baubles here are some links:

Christmas Bauble Upcycling

Upcycling worn out Christmas Baubles
Spiderman Halloween decoration
How to make a Bloody handprint Halloween decoration from an old Christmas bauble
How to make a dripping bauble Halloween decoration.
Pokemon Gastly Halloween decoration
How to make a Wrapped sweet Christmas decoration.
How to make a Jake the dog decoration
How to make a Chain Chomp Christmas bauble

Other Upcycling

Upcycled bunting from left over wrapping paper
How to make wool covered letters - Kids craft

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A Princess sleeps here, Pink text with cute pink flowers - Cushion sized cross stitch design

A Princess sleeps here, Pink text with cute pink flowers - Cushion sized cross stitch design

Colour	DMC Number	Anchor Number
Pink	956	54
Yellow	444	290
Green	987	245

This design was drawn originally with Anchor colours in my cross stitch design program. Use Anchor threads to get the closest match to the picture. I used a conversion chart to get the DMC numbers.

Please let me know if any colours are off and I will amend them in the chart.

Hello everyone
This is a quick design for my friend who is having a baby soon. She couldn't wait to find out the gender so asked as soon as she could for the nurses doing the scan to let her know and the result is that her new baby will be a beautiful baby girl.
This design can be used in a little girls bedroom, either on a little quilt or as a wall hanging to go over the cot or bed.
Why not try using a nice alphabet to add your princesses name to this design with the beautiful pink colour or another thread to match.

Heres a nice fancy alphabet using whole stitches only which would look nice with this design:
Fancy Alphabet with whole stitches only cross stitch design

I had lots of fun designing the little crown on this design, I think I'd like to do another version in which the crown is far more prominent to really show off the princess theme.

For some more bright and fun cross stitches here are a few links :D

Geometric black and purple cross stitch design
Rainbow coloured Geometric pattern
Pretty circle of Butterflies and Flowers
Wishing well card sized cross stitch design
Primrose Fairy
Question Mark Maze
China blue flower motif
Girl blowing a Dandelion
Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Make a Wish - Dandelion seeds turning into Butterflies
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif

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Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake - My Little Pony cross stitch design

Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake cross stitch design

Sunshine' sunshine, Ladybugs awake

Clap your hooves and do a little shake

Colours:

Colour	Used in these areas:	DMC Number	Anchor Number
Light purple	Twilights main skin colour, Cadence's iris, shadows on Cadences body	3609	85
Mid purple	Shadows on Twilights main skin colour Stripe in Cadences hair	3608	86
Dark purple	Twilights main outline, iris and stripe in hair	3837	112
Black	On eyes on both ponies	310	403
White	In eyes of both ponies	5200	1
Navy	Twilights main hair colour, Cadences hair outline and stripe in hair	336	149
Light blue	On cadences cutie mark and hair bows.	3761	928
Dark pink	Main outline on Cadence, stripe in both ponies hair, Twilights tounge	601	57
Light pink	Cadence main body	819	271
Yellow	On cadence cutie mark and stripe in hair	3078	292

This design was drawn originally with Anchor colours in my program. Use anchor threads to get the closest match. I used a conversion chart to get the DMC numbers.

Please let me know if any colours are off and I will amend them in the chart.  

Hello Everyone
Heres a little cross stitch design of Princess Cadence and a baby Twilight Sparkle singing and dancing the Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake song.
I couldn't decide what part of the song to do so I did two designs for it, I also decided to use two slightly different scales to practice drawing the ponies much smaller than I normally do.
Don't they look so cute singing and dancing together. I love Cadence with a ponytail it looks adorable on her.


For more My little Pony cross stitch designs

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Cross stitch designs

Cutie Mark collection 1: Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie
Cutie Mark collection 2: Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
Cutie Mark Collection 3 - Cheerilee, Big Mackingtosh and DJ Pon3

Twilight Sparkle as a Filly
Daring Doo
Derpy Hooves sitting
Applejack as a Filly
Derpy Hooves Flying
Rainbow dash at the Hearth's warming Eve pageant 
Fluttershy as a filly
Rarity in a blue and yellow Canterlot dress
Nightmare Moon - storybook
Derpy Hooves Cushion and card (valentines themed)
Mare do well
Golden Harvest/Carrot Top
The Great and Powerful Trixie
Lyra Heartstrings running
Filly Applejack Standing
Zecora the Zebra
Flutterbat
Pinkie pie in a chicken suit
Princess Candence Happy
Photo Finish
Gummy the Crocodile in a formal suit
Baby Applejack
Fluttershy Winking
Fluttershy in a fancy dress
Braeburn
Pipsqueak in his Nightmare night pirate outfit
Pinkamena Diane Pie (Straight haired Pinkie Pie)
Doctor Whooves
Princess Celestia reading a letter
Queen of the Changelings Queen Chrysalis
Derpy Hooves Trotting
Fluttershy in a green dress
Snips smiling
Rainbow Dash about to take off
Filly Cherilee
Hipster Rarity - Sweet and Elite
Big Macintosh
Rarity in a Red dress
Dj Pon3 at her DJ desk

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Cross stitch designs

Spike the Dog
Fluttershy in Fall formal dress
Rarity in Fall Formal Dress
Twilight Sparkle in fall formal dress.
Rainbow Dash in Fall formal dress

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Fancy pink heart - Valentines cross stitch design

Fancy pink heart cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers	DMC thread numbers
Black	310	403
Pink	3706	33
White	White	2

This design was drawn originally with Anchor colours in my cross stitch design program. Use Anchor threads to get the closest match to the picture. I used a conversion chart to get the DMC numbers.

Hello everyone
Since its coming up to Valentines day I thought I'd share this fancy heart cross stitch design.

Oh my I havn't decided what to stitch for my special Valentine yet. I think I'd better get cracking on some nice stitching.

So what are all of you going to be doing for Valentines day? I find that most places to go out are all Jam packed on Valentines day so its really hard to get a seat anywhere. So I think that I shall be having a nice night in with a movie and maybe a pizza.

Valentines day Designs

Large Simple rose
Valentines motif collection
Simple, modern Valentines day Card designs
Love cushion with flowers
Two hearts become one
Envelope with hearts

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