Cardstock Warehouse Brand on Amazon – I love the quality of all the matte-colored cardstock with Cardstock Warehouse.Cricut Joy Insert Card Packs – You don’t have to use these with the Cricut Joy, they are nice material kids for cardmaking.Assorted Starter Pack – Basic assorted colors, great starter pack, perfect weight for most papercraft projects.You’re going to need a lot, my designs have 8 layers each.
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*this article contains affiliate links for your convenience, see full disclosures here Materials for 3D MandalaĬardstock – I would recommend cardstock that is at least 60lbs/m^2 which is the standard medium weight cardstock. Plus, if you are not going for a monochromatic look, then I’m not sure I can find 20 shades that go together for one piece. I felt like it didn’t add much to the look of the end piece and it was just too much work to cut 20 some layers of paper and clean up the scraps. The actual layered mandala from Restoration Hardware has way more layers to it. It is best to make 3d mandalas from medium to heavy cardstock and if you have a bunch of floating pieces or thin lines in your mandala designs, you’re going to end up with a shredded mess. The key difference between a 3d layered mandala intended for the Cricut versus a regular mandala drawing is in the simplicity of the design. I used the designs from RH as inspiration but the basic concepts are the same for making layered mandalas in general. I only practiced on some smaller cardstock with different colors so I can see the shadow effect more clearly.
Ok, full disclosure, I haven’t gotten around to replicating this look just yet. I want the real deal, I want to make $1000 art pieces that look like I shop at Restoration Hardware but in reality only spend like $10 on cardstock. I’m not into slapping together some art project that looks like my kids did it. You see, I like to really step up my DIY game. If you’re interested in this art piece, here it is from RH. I looked closer and realized, I can make that!
I’ll admit, I had seen a couple of these on Pinterest and vinyl mandalas are hugely popular but to be honest, I’ve never been super into that whole bohemian vibe unless it’s the more modern boho-chic beach look so I wasn’t super motivated to design a mandala.īut then, I was flipping through the Restoration Hardware catalog which is like my version of window shopping and I saw this piece of wall art that was almost $1000. I’ve discovered a whole new category of paper crafts to do with my Cricut the other day, and I’m sharing these 3d layered SVGs for free.