craftgrrl | I can smell you

A friend of mine is a huge fan of the movie UP! and with her birthday coming up I decided I wanted to get her some form of collectors item from the movie. Either they were too expensive or nothing tickled me hard enough so I decided to make my own.

I am a horrible secret keeper and I have been wanting to share these photos for days now but since the birthday girl had not received it yet I did my best to refrain. Well today I got the “I got it! I love it!” phone call which means I can now share my UP! tea cup with you.

Cup & saucer from IKEA: $3.99

Sharpie oil based paint pens: $3.50 (ish) ea.

the silhouettes were stencils I made based on some images I found online, the rest was freehanded.

The paint pens take a tap to get used to so I recommend you try it out on another surface before you do it on the piece you plan on drawing on. Also, if you just cannot freehand to save your life, you can draw on the cup with a micron pen, fill in with the Sharpie Paint pen and once it dries you can go back with a Q-tip and wipe off any of the micron lines that are still visible. It comes right off. The fine point works out just fine but if you plan on covering larger areas, the regular point is good for filling in, I just wish the fine point was a tap finer for better detailing.

Now, the only thing is the final outcome is intended for display only. The paint scratches off and definitely won’t work for use which is the only bummer but still. I really liked painting on a different medium and I liked that I was able to give her a one of kind item that I will never be replicating.

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photos can also be viewed on my flickr stream