I've been working on a large crocheted blanket for some time and was getting a bit bored with it so bought some brighter colours to make some little squares.....a sort of 'colour fix' to keep me going. I like these because they look a bit like jammy dodgers and other party cakes....next time I will plan it properly and make some chocolate ones too..... find out how to make these flower-centred squares by clicking the link to Attic 24 at the side of this blog under DESIGN/CRAFT BLOGS I FOLLOW
I guess all my work is creative and I am happy to share it - hence joining Julia Crossland's 'Being Creative' project. I dipped into the theme pool and am going with 'flowers' this month! Here is something I drew using Illustrator......I'm going to miss the daffodils this year.
Here it is! I made this from a wine box and painted and varnished it. Oh and almost wrecked my sewing machine to make top stitching on the handles!
A quick tutorial on how to make rubber stamps for next to nothing . I bought a pack of 12 pencil topped erasers for $2 and drew a small design on each one. Next I cut around my outlines and lifted the negative shape away just like easing a slab of cake off a plate. Simple and easy to hold. Happy stamping!
My latest recycling project- shapes cut from cardboard wine boxes, 2 scored lines down the centre to form a hollow for the sticks. Any type of glue will do - I used PVA, place the stick and then twistround to give an even covering of glue. Then stick the lifted layer of card back down on top of the stick. Coat with gesso and then paint in the colours you like......the anchoring block was a piece of wood brought in by the tide, dried out, sanded and coated with some outdoor furniture oil.....then holes drilled at an angle. Then insert the sticks.......voila....a standing mobile!
The cardboard circles have been painted as flowers for another project.
Melbourne.....yarn bombing! I am inclined to think that this activity should be confined to inanimate objects rather than nature's finest - it might work against nature if left there for too long.....eg. harbour for fungi or insects?.....what do you think?
Things to make with a cardboard box - Making a designer handbag from a wine box is a clever way to upcycle a cardboard box. I chopped off the top 10 cm (which I will keep for another idea). Then measure approx 5 cm horizontally from the top corners of the box, draw a line from the marks to the corner at bottom of box and cut the 4 pieces away.
Decorate and varnish the cardboard bag with acrylic paint and satin varnish,add handles and bind sides together. Handles were made from strips of waste corrugated cardboard, painted one side with lamp black gloss craft paint - dries with a semigloss finish - then run the strips over the edge of a desk to curve them and squash slightly. I used the sewing maching to hold the edges together and also to top-sew the square handle holders. Further photos will be published in a full tutorial.
This is crazy enough to be on Oddsockworld.....love the stick of rock and bashed up beach huts!
This is a quick project using cardboard and recycling. I made up the shapes as I went along and added a beak with v-shaped pieces of florist wire. Cut a slit in the body and insert a pre-cut curved wing. Paint with acrylics adding detail and hang from thread. Another great way to make a gift from recycled materials...
