Archive for the ‘friendly plastic cardmaking’ Category

Cookie Cutters and Friendly Plastic – Candy for your eyes! by Mylene Hillam

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
This is a from a recent post from Mylene Hillam, an Australian artist who works with mixed media:


It's time for some Friendly Plastic eye candy today.


You've seen some of the jewellery pieces I made using the demo samples from the Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival but many of you have asked how you can use Friendly Plastic in your papercrafting projects. Well, let me share some of the things that I like to do.


For the first one, I've used cookie cutters to cut some letters from a marbled strip of Friendly Plastic and layered them on a textured strip of gold. Adding texture is one of my favourite things to do with Friendly Plastic Designer Sticks. You can either stamp into it with a rubber stamp or press a texture into it as I did. This one is a silicone texture mat from Krafty Lady.I've layered the Friendly Plastic embellishments onto a piece of stamped acetate which I've coloured with Pinata alcohol inks... the vibrant colours certainly are eye popping!
Fun in the Sun
To add to the fun of the card I tied a polka dot ribbon around the embellishments before assembling.


You might recognise this next piece from my tutorial "How to Mould with Friendly Plastic Scraps" - different colours, same technique.I've combined some French images and text with these beautiful butterfly rub ons from Rouge de Garance.... très Parisienne!I'll have a couple more demo pieces to share with you in a later post so don't forget to check back again to see what else you can do with your Friendly Plastic embellishments.


Happy crafting,
Myléne

For more information on Krafty Lady moulds visit the website at:  www.kraftylady.com

Check out more of Mylene's work on her blog at:  www.milllanestudio.blogspot.com



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Springtime Cards in Friendly Plastic!

Saturday, March 13th, 2010
This week in Missouri, we enjoyed a beautiful day of sunshine with temperatures reaching 80 degrees.  What a welcome relief after such a harsh winter!!


Im absolutely LOVING these cards which welcome spring and all it's colorful blooms!!  I hope you enjoy it too!.

This picture comes from Lilac Ladybird located in the UK.



Lilac Ladybird is an Aladdin's Cave run by an enthusiastic team with a passion for crafts.
We are situated in the grounds of Hilltop Farm Shop and Cafe at Hunningham on the Fosse Way, where you can enjoy beautiful views of the Warwickshire countryside while sampling delicious home made cakes in a rustic converted brick barn.
Workshops and individual tuition are held in the shop. Alternatively, if you have a group interested in crafts we can come to your venue.
We can help you become more creative and introduce you to new and exciting craft hobbies, such as pottery painting, enamelling, card making, scrapbooking, jewellery making and lots more.

For more information about them, visit their website at:  http://www.lilacladybird.co.uk/index.htm

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

Why Not? use Friendly Plastic for card making? by Dee Paramour

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Why not use Friendly Plastic on your next hand made card?  Dee Paramour  is a freelance designer, illustrator and faux effects artist. Papercrafter, scrapbooker and just plain allsorts crafter. Contributing designer for Making Cards, and British papercraft company. Slightly cracked, but happy.



She says "Got out my friendly plastic and cookie cutters out for this card. The colours have gone a little odd, but it does I'm glad to say look better in real life, honest."



Well Dee...I think it looks beautiful!  Can't wait for you to share more of your work.

If you would like to see more of Dee's designs, visit her website at http://fauxpainter-anartistsramblings.blogspot.com/



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



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