FELT AND PLASTIC

 

I love felt ! i like the feel of it and the wonderful colours and the fact that it is wonderful in my SIZZIX .And so when I read an article in a magazine about a company called blooming felt I just had to order more supplies.

I also ordered a selection of silk strips which I thought would be a nice addition to journals.

And now to the plastic ,over at  http://milliande.ning.com  in the Frugal Artist group Sonja http://artfrommysoul.wordpress.com/  had posted about melting plastic bags. I have done this before and made mainly embellishments and ATCs (and almost killed myself with the fumes ). But as we are having glorious weather and every window is open I thought it was safe to have another go.

I layered several plastic bags together and placed various items including items cut with my SIZZIX  on top of the rather pretty pink one.I then placed a clear plastic bag on top of that. This was sandwiched between baking parchment and ironed.

Actually it looks a little odd in the photo but it turned out much better than I could have hoped ,and it almost looked as if it had been quilted.

The two die cuts at the top are cut from a vintage map.

And then it was off to the SIZZIX.

As this had been so successful and only taken about ten minutes I started a search for more plastic bags. This was always going to be difficult as I have refused any carrier bags when shopping for at least five years.

But lurking in the back of the cupboard I found a solitary bag not enough for the task in hand, so I had to use some of the bags which are normally returned to the driver when my grocery's are delivered. (well I am recycling them )

As the main bag was black I added a few ice breaker cards ,sweet wrappers,foil flower, and bubble wrap. and again covered with a clear layer.

And I forgot to mention red ribbon this also turned out well .But I am going to take my time before cutting it up.

As i knew I had no other bags in the house I asked my 82 year old neighbour if she had any.

JACKPOT !

 

This one is in WELSH .

As I was so excited by the wonderful colours I thought I would not rush into using these and I just worked on the bright River Island one which may become Hearts or flowers.

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BESIDE THE SEA

I seem to have had a week of doing very little crafting , this was partly due to feeling unwell for a few days and the fact that we went to Devon for the weekend. So this post will be mainly photos.


When we arrived in Devon on Friday evening there was a wing walking display. I have a dislike of flying and I am not that keen on deep water so I am not sure I would have wanted to be either of the two women strapped to the wings.

This  was all part of the Lifeboat fundraising week and on Saturday many stalls set up trying to raise funds for this valuable service.

Everyone was encouraged to go the EXTRA MILE and walk along the breakwater and back (1 MILE ) and get a certificate.

Husband ,Son and Big Black Lab






This was the finals of the raft racing,  heats had been taken place all week.










There was a British Warship moored in the Bay for 3 days and there were tours for those who were lucky enough to get tickets. And although I have no interest in sailing I would loved to have been on this tour bus :)


I took this photo from our window mainly for the cloud formation


This is our new boat with the previous owner showing my Husband Son ,and his partner the ropes. I say our boat actually I am never likely to go on board as I have already said I am not keen on sailing.
I will just stick to my SIZZIX, talking of which I had some more new dies arrive and as I love to recycle I cut these shapes from my favourite tin cans.


I cut these from old loyalty cards and I am going to make a pair of earrings.
     UK   readers may recognise these  as Tesco and Somerfield.
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HARD ON THE OUTSIDE SOFT ON THE INSIDE

 

Take one Tim Holtz Cabinet card die and a Tim Holtz artful Dwellings die and    Go Create.

Not my usual style but it was done in one hour and very late last night.

This is the paper I used for the Sun Prints on my earlier blogs .I have had it for several years and I am not sure if it is still available.

 

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