Paverpol Pumpkin Jars

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with my newest Paverpol project. I am really enjoying working with Paverpol and discovering  the wide variety of projects I can create.  As we head towards Halloween, it's time to start decorating.

I found some Bell Jars and decided to use Paverpol Fleshtone for my project, so I poured some into a plastic bowl.

 

I added some Terracotta Paver Color and mixed it in the Paverpol.

 

 

Next I tore strips of paper and dunked them in the mix.

Pulling the strips of paper from the Paverpol, I removed the excess and wrapped the strips around the jars.  I created texture by leaving some lumps and bumps in the paper as I wrapped the strips around the jars.

 

I continued adding Paverpol until the jars were covered.  Then I used a paint brush to add additional Paverpol around the jars until the jars looked like Terracotta.  I then placed them aside to dry.

I'm loving the texture.  Once dry, I added a bit of black paint to each and then wiped off the excess.  Then I used left over scraps of Makin's Clay® to create faces for the pumpkins.

Finally I glued yarn around the caps and added pumpkin handles created from Makin's Clay®.

These jars are perfect Halloween decorations.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

A Jar of Possibilities with Paverpol

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with my newest Paverpol project. Paverpol is an amazing sculpting medium that hardens fabric or paper into any shape you desire.

Since Paverpol can be somewhat messy, I find it's important to have my supplies readily available before committing to my project.   So I gathered Transparent Paverpol, a bowl, a glass jar and some torn strips of fabric. 

Pouring Paverpol into a bowl, I added the strips of fabric and coated them with Paverpol.

 

Removing the strips of fabric, I squeezed out the excess Paverpol and placed the strips around the jar.   I repeated this process until all the strips were in place.  To give the fabric dimension, I pinched portions of the fabric strips as I arranged them on the jar. Then I put the jar aside to dry.  Look at all that dimension!  As the fabric hardened, it really kept it's shape on the jar.

 

 

 

Once dry, I spritzed the hardened fabric with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists.  I spritzed on 4 different colors, allowing each one to dry before spritzing the next (heat setting can speed up the drying process).  This allowed all the colors to show and not blend together. 

 

 

 

 

Finally I added assorted Prima flowers, adhering them with Beacon Adhesive 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue.  Now my jar is ready for anything - holding small trinkets - holding notes to loved ones - holding candy - and so much more.

 

 

I'm thinking these would make amazing holiday gifts for family, friends and even teachers.  Simply personalize them with the colors they love.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Be sure to stop by the blog to see lots of fun projects using Paverpol.

 

Steph

 

Working with Paverpol and dye fibers Tip by Gloriann Irizarry

 

Hello everyone Gloriann Irizarry here.

today I have  a nice tip for you to store and easy work with your Paverpol product.

 

 

When I work with the making of my ooak Paverpol Art Dolls

I notice the clear Paverpol is my personal favorite so far.

 

  

 

Now I also love cotton fibers. They are very versatile,  useful and most important easy to add color. 

 

Now when you dye the natural fibers make sure you follow the instructions from the dye manufacturer. I use Rit on my cottons and these were my result. I love how beautiful they turned out.

 

 

Tip #1 The Paverpol cottons fabrics respond good to dyes. Since the material is all natural they look amazing when you dye them. It will give it a unique color to any of your one of a kind projects.

But when you dye fabrics will get some bleed of the color to your clear Paverpol.

 

 

 

 

I found an easy fix to this. I have a rule of never work directly from the original container

.Always pour a little of Paverpol to a tight seal container and work from there. Just make sure you clean the Paverpol off around the top of the seal area so you don't end up with a dry chunk not letting the container to seal back up.

 

 

 

 

You can also use small mason jars. They are very good to seal the liquid and keeping it from drying.

 

Now if you have access to baby food glass jars they are pretty good at keeping the Paverpol from drying and if any of the cotton fabric bleeds a little it will not get all over your next project. 

 

 

 

Here it is the Fushia Rit dye. I sued the same dye but applied it for less time to the lighter color. The longer you leave the fibers soaking the richer the ending result will be.

 

Have in mind some of the dye will bleed at times but if you follow this storage trick you can guarantee you will not ruin all your clear Paverpol and your next project will always look sharp.

 

Make sure you seal the containers tightly every time your done working with the Paverpol so you can use it on later color relevant projects. I hope these little tips help you guys with any future projects feel free to comment or emails us any questions so we can make so more helpful tips and tricks

 

Have a great day sincerely

Gloriann Irizarry