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Friendly Plastic TV presents – Stamped Tube Beads with Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson Designs — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:20:00 +0000

The next in the series of Friendly Plastic TV dedicated to rubber stampers! Get out those stamps, ink and alcohol ink to create some quick easy and beautiful beads.

Then share photos with me and I'll feature you on this blog!

Join me on Monday - Noon eastern, 11am central as Friendly Plastic will be featured on my segment on Cool2Craft!

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

Dotty Spotty Knotty Beads by Mylene Hillam

Linda Peterson Designs — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:32:00 +0000

FAQ- Can you create beads in Friendly Plastic? Well....here's proof! Read Mylene's artricle about her bead making journey!

Or maybe you just call them polka dot! Got any idea what I'm talking about? No? Then read on........

I had a brilliant idea last night. Actually it came to me many months ago but it wasn't until last night that I could see how my idea might work. I've wanted to do this for such a long time but wasn't sure the idea would translate very well into Friendly Plastic and last night was the night I decided to test it out.

By now you must be thinking that I've come up with the most clever Friendly Plastic idea ever, but that couldn't be further from the truth. You see, I'm talking about Bumpy Beads, just like those colourful glass beads that glass artists make. But, as with many of the Friendly Plastic beads I make, they are not meant to mimic the real thing, I've just borrowed a style and translated it into Friendly Plastic.What a bunch of fun beads! And I've really enjoyed making them up into a these cool bracelets.

Vibrant pink and Black
Delicate Pinks
Dramatic Black
Soft Green and Blue

I'm thinking that this could go in a lot of different directions and I'll try to combine some other ideas with the spots in future bead making sessions so look out for those in the coming weeks. I'm also thinking this might mean making bigger beads so that I can incorporate different design elements on the one bead.

Hope you've enjoyed today's eye candy.

'Til next time,
Myléne

Mylene - These are simply gorgous and remind me of expensive blown glass beads! You can find Mylene's work for sale on her website at: www.milllanestudio.com

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

NEW VIDEO!! Friendly Plastic TV – Zentangle Beads!

Linda Peterson Designs — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:08:00 +0000

A couple of days ago I wrote about Zentangle. Have you heard about it? It's the latest and greatest rage sweeping the arts and crafts industry. ANYONE and I mean ANYONE can create amazing art just by drawing a line, circle or any geometric shape and combining them in a repeating manner.

Taking that concept, this video will show you how to create beautiful artbeads. I hope you enjoy getting entangled in ZENTANGLE.

Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.

Entangled in Zentangle and Friendly Plastic

Linda Peterson Designs — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:02:00 +0000

"ZENTANGLE".....that name is fun to say! But what is it? Well....that's what I wanted to know when I listened into last Sunday's Inspired at Home Radio show. Suzanne McNeill of Design Originals was a guest speaking about two of her latest books on that very subject.

Simply put..Zentangle is a higher form of doodle art! It's perfect for those of you who tell me that you dont have a creative bone in your body or for those of you who say you can't draw. But it does involve a bit more than that. It involves the whole creative process of sinking yourself into creativity and just letting your thoughts flow. It's a huge stress reliever and requires no thought process. It's done in pen and ink - so there are no mistakes and no erasing. It's a journey thru life....you know - life, when you make mistakes, want to erase them but you can't so you find another way around the obstacle....that kind of thought process. It's discovery....

So....after the show I went to Design Originals website and ordered both books. Being the impatient person that I am (and Im working on that....) I didnt want to wait for the books to arrive...I wanted to dive in! So I did. And naturally I thought....how can I combine this process of Zentangle ....with Friendly Plastic...

I struggled with a few ideas, made alot of mistakes and had some not so happy flops...but the journey led me to this...and while it may not be true Zentangle....it was a creative process that I will be developing as the days go by........

This is a bead that I made with Friendly Plastic sticks and pellets combined. And it was loads of fun...not a quick process but it was a fun discovery.

Next, I decided to keep the plastic flat, rather than develop it into a bead. This design was inspired by Moorcroft Pottery and a trip I took to their factory back in April 2008.

Details on how to create Zentangled beads will be featured in our next FPTV video - which will be taped tomorrow and hopefully live on Friday.

In the meantime, you can listen to the archived Inspired at home radio show by clicking here.

Here are other relative links:

Suzanne McNeill's blog: blog.suzannemcneill.com
Inspired at Home: www.inspiredathome.com
Cool2Craft : www.cool2craft.com and www.cool2craft.blogspot.com
Linda Peterson Designs: www.lindapetersondesigns.blogspot.com

DONT FORGET ABOUT THE LIVE FRIENDLY PLASTIC DEMO on COOL2CRAFT TV on MONDAY - check the website for details

Now.....get entagled in Zentangle!!!
Linda Peterson is compensated and endorsed by AMACO. The guests features may or may not have any affiliation with AMACO.