Doll Size Potato Chips

 

Watch the video here.

This week I have another project with a pattern you can download and use for free. The pattern has a version to cut by hand and one to use with your electronic cutting machine. This pattern is free to download and you can use it as many times as you wish. You can even sell the items made from my patterns. I just ask that you don’t sell or pass along my patterns. If someone wants a copy of the pattern send them to the video and here to the blog so they can download their own copy.

The free download has 3 parts in the file. There is a PDF if you want to cut by hand. And for those of you that want to use the pattern with an electronic cutting machine the pattern itself is a PNG and there is a text file that has the information about the sizing as well as hints that I have to make the process smoother.

The pattern is located here.

Depending on how you are cutting your chips will determine when you paint the sheet of paper.

If you are going to be cutting by hand with the PDF, go ahead and print the pattern sheet on regular printer paper. I do suggest using whatever setting on your printer that uses less ink. Sometimes it is called something like draft. Sometimes there might be an “ink saver” setting. Try to pick a setting that will use less ink. You might also need to set your printer up to print edge to edge to get the entire pattern. Once printed I would let the ink dry at least a couple of hours then proceed with the painting process. Most printers I’ve had over the years the ink will not run very much if any. If it does run just trim off any ink that ran when you cut the chips out.

If you are going to be using the PNG with an electronic cutting machine paint the paper first and then let the paint dry at least 24 hours. That way you can be sure it is completely dry before it goes anywhere near the machine.

When you are ready to paint the first layer of paint a wash made up of mostly water with just a touch of white craft paint and a touch of a golden yellow craft paint. The amounts of paint to water will vary depending on the brand of paint you are using as well as the exact colors of paint. You aiming at just tinting the water.

 

 Work on top of a piece of wax paper or parchment paper so that your paper doesn’t stick to the work surface. I found a sponge brush was the best tool for this first layer. Paint one side of paper completely then allow to dry and paint the other side of the paper. Be aware that the coverage will not be even, it will be fairly blotchy because of how watered down the paint is. Allow to dry.

Once the base layer of color dries again tint some water with paint this time using just the white paint. Then using a chunk of kitchen sponge paint the surface with the watered down white. Use a dabbing motion and don’t cover every bit of the surface. Let dry then repeat on side 2 and allow to dry.

Now we need to add a sponged layer of the golden yellow paint that has bee watered down. Do this exactly like we did with the white layer but use less of this layer. If you get too much of the yellow on you can always correct it with another layer of white.

Let this dry before proceeding to the next step. No matter how you are cutting the chips the paper needs to dry all the way through before you cut into it.

 

Once completely dry if you cutting with a machine be sure to anchor the paper to the cutting mat really well. I used wash tape on all four sides of my paper. Between the paint on the surface and the fact the paper is no longer flat it needs to be really held down to the mat. I would not however use one of the mats that has extra grip because that might tear the painted surface off the paper. Just use a regular mat and lots of tape to help hold it.

 

Once cut we can start to work on the detail painting on the chips.

For the first step of the detail painting I used more of the watered down golden yellow paint (this time a bit more paint than before) and using either a cotton swab or small paint brush (or better yet both) add an outline to each chip as well as some random spots of the paint/water mixture. Again laying the chips on wax paper to dry.

 

For a final bit of detail I used a bit of brown paint with a bit of water and flat brush to paint just the outside rim of some of the chips. Not all the way around just a partial outline on some of them. Then also tear a few chips because there are always some broken chips in the bag. Allow this final paint to dry.

 

 

 

And here we have some of the finished chips, I hope your dolls enjoy them as much as I enjoyed coming up with the project.

 

 

 

 

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