Ingredients: Foam Sheets- I bought the Creative Hands Foam Sheets 40 pack, that came with 13 colors. 14cm x 21.5cm At the price of $4.97
www.creativehands.net
Scissor- Bought a semi-cheapo one at Walmart, $3.96
Glue- I used Crazyglue, though a fellow Gaian who is my roomie used elmers stick glue and it worked just as well. Possibly better, since the Crazy glue does seem to make a tiny of a stain on the parts that aren't covered by what you glued on the foam. Hot Glue gun might work as well.
Magnet- I had bought a roll of magnet strip at a previous time. So I had plenty left over. But getting a magnet to glue on is rather easy. And probably pretty cheap too.
Adn the last ingredient is
VERY important
Your Imagination XD ^_^
Ok, let's get to cooking... er Crafting.
Say hello to the nice foam. I personally had a blast working with this stuff. But this also is my first time, so the possibilities are amazing.
Now we are going to make a Hamburger, but with the same idea, you can make anything really.
Limits are endless...
So now select your colors!
I figured I needed
Orange for the Bun,
Green for the Lettuce,
Red for Tomato's, and
Brown for the meat. I later added some White bits for seeds and such, but those are additives depending on how you like your bun.
Got the basic shape in mind of a Hamburger right?
Bun, Lettuce, Tomato, meat bun... Simple enough eh?
Now to cut out our shapes.
I started with the bun and then made each layer according to the layer above it. Also important to leave enough room behind so each layer can glue on the one before.
So Made the Bun shape, then cut out a green rectangle and then made it look like lettuce, then cut out the two tomato's, Burger then the bottom bun.
Those little addy bits in the upper right corner will make sense in a bit. But now you got the basic shapes.
Here is how the back all lined up, to get a better picture. I actually drew a line with a marker to help me line the part back up, and as you can see I'm still a little crooked with the burger.
And there is the front shot. But we aren't finished yet. Well, technically we could stop here, but this is a magnet, so we are not done yet!
It's a little hard to see the orange upon the orange, but I basically used some of the left over bits to help add on a few layers so the back is flatter and the last strip from top to bottom gives a base to attach the Magnet.
The white is some added fluff to make the magnet have a bit more character.
With the magnet attached, and any other added bits to give it some character, all you have left is to put it to work!
I hope my tutorial wasn't to bad. It's my first so be gentle.
crying But! The Magnet is Finished to celebrate this month's theme!
Food!... I have soooo much more foam left over, I might in fact make more.
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