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Over the last two weeks I’ve been posting these images. They’re all previews of potential My Cardboard life stories. I’ve put them all here so you can vote for whichever story you think looks the best (voting is closed now).
Here’s a list of the story titles (you can click on them to see the full sized images) I’ve added the number of votes each story got
Big Deal 22 votes
St Colin and the Dragon 72 votes
Cubz 55 votes
You’ve Got Moth 7 votes
Unfriended 25
Granny vs Nanna 45 votes
Doctor Delicious 41 votes
Mademoiselle Carton 28 votes
Recyclost 35 votes
Vote by commenting. You’re welcome to vote for more than one story if you like. I will write and make the most popular story some time in the next few months!
***** UPDATE*****
Voting is now closed. I’ve counted everything up and I’ve written the results after the title names (see above). St Colin and the dragon is the winner with almost 20% of the votes!
I will start writing the St Colin and the Dragon storyline right away. Hopefully it will not be too long before you get to read it.
As for the other storylines… some of them may eventually get written as well. Thank you to everyone who commented and voted!
Hello. Just a note here to let you know the update schedule over Christmas and New Year. Normally I have no updates during this time, but this year I’ve made some preview pictures of potential future MCL storylines which might get made in 2012. I’ll be posting these every weekday from Monday 26th December til Friday 6th January. At the end we can all vote for the best one and the winning story will definitely get written and made!
I’ll be back to normal comics on Monday 9th January 2012.
I hope you all have an enjoyable festive time. I’ll be going to my mum’s house, eating a billion luxury chocolates and watching films. If anyone asks me to play Charades I’m going to say “no thank you”.
This decoration is a bit more complicated than the Pauline decoration, but I think it will be worth the extra effort!
Step 1. Collect together the ingredients! Cardboard, scissors, glue (or double sided tape), black wool and green wool (or you can use string or yarn or whatever you’ve got.) black pen.
Step 2. Cut out two Colin heads and two Colin bodies. Make them any size you like but I did mine at these sizes: head = 5 x 6 cm body = 4.5 x 1.5 cm
cover one head and one body with glue
Step 3. Lay two pieces of black wool or string across the gluey body to form the arms and legs. I suggest making them extra long then trim them down later.
Cut a piece of green wool, fold it in half and stick it to both the body and the head, with the loop coming out of the top of the head.
Step 4. Cover the second head and body pieces in glue and stick them on top of the first pieces, sandwiching the wool between them. Let the glue dry.
Step 5: Once the glue is dry, draw a face onto the head with a black pen. Cut the arm and leg strings to the correct length (in this case it was about 3cm but just do whatever you think looks best). You’ve made a Colin!
Step 6: Colin is pretty sassy as he is, but if you want to make him more seasonal add some embellishments of your choice. I’ve glued on a little paper hat and some glamorous sequins.
There you go! That’s Colin hanging up on my very tiny Christmas tree. Have fun making your own Colins!
Here’s how you can make a 3D Paper Pauline for your Christmas tree (or for anywhere else you want to put her). Download the template by clicking here… print it out, colour it in (or leave it blank) cut it out and assemble. No glue required!
Send photos of your decorations to mycardboardlife at gmail dot com, or tweet them to @PhilippaRice
Cardboard Colin decoration guide coming soon!
Hello! Just a message here to say, if you’d like to order any Christmas presents from the shop, I’d recommend you order them before Tuesday 13th December if you’re in the UK. If you’re in Europe, US or Canada it’s still possible to have orders arrive before Christmas but you must order before Thursday 8th! That’s very soon!
