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Image Transfers on Friendly Plastic – Friendly Plastic TV How to video

Linda Peterson Designs — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:53:00 +0000

In this episode of Friendly Plastic TV, Linda Peterson shows how to create image transfers on Friendly Plastic. This is a subject we have covered in the past, but now - it's even easier!! Find out how - NOW!
Have you tried this technique? What do you think? Let us know in the comments :)

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How to make a Vintage Filagree Ring with Friendly Plastic

Linda Peterson Designs — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:11:00 +0000

In this episode, Linda Peterson shows you how to create a vintage ring with filagree findings and Friendly Plastic. They are fun - QUICK and Easy! Give them a try!

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

How to make Bauble Beads with Friendly Plastic and Glass Marbles

Linda Peterson Designs — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:17:00 +0000

Learn how to make bauble beads with Friendly Plastic and Glass Marbles. Hosted by Linda Peterson and inspired by Liz Welch.

Be sure to visit Liz Welch at her blog: http://rarelizzie.wordpress.com for lots more yummy inspiration!

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

Friendly Plastic with a Vintage Chic feel – New Video on FPTV

Linda Peterson Designs — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:03:00 +0000

By now you've probably have a few favorite techniques with Friendly Plastic. Let's mix them up a bit and add fun fibers to give a vintage chic feel to this necklace

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Neon Lights in Friendly Plastic

Linda Peterson Designs — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:08:00 +0000

Amaco Friendly Plastic 40 Stick Assortment ~CelebrationIm currently busy in the studio creating what I call like to call a vintage grunge look in Friendly Plastic - which is this month's feature for FPTV...but until then, I thought you'd like this snippit from Liz Welch - my UK friend and fellow Friendly Plastic Addict. Not surprizingly her work is in print again....read her article:

I hope you enjoyed today’s Create and Craft with Friendly Plastic and The Little Book of Secrets Kit. More about that in another post, but I wanted to tell you that I am in print again! Check out this month’s issue of Make Jewellery Magazine, for the project. It is called Neon Lights and features an inlay technique using Friendly Plastic and Envirotex Lite. I have used really bright and up to the minute colours of Fuchsia Pink and the new Citron yellowy green. The technique is very simple and involves using small circular cutters and a needle tool to scratch in a design.

The set is made up of a pendant created in two halves and melded back to back, earrings that are reversible and a ring inset into a silver plated Amate bezel. Envirotex Lite coats all three elements of the set making them have a glass-like super glossy appearance great for whatever part of the world you live in because the Envirotex Lite protects the Friendly Plastic from any extremes of temperature. Mind you , the only extremes of temperature we have been having in the UK recently are more likely to freeze your Friendly Plastic: melting in the sunshine is not a likely option at the moment!

I have often been asked how to apply Envirotex Lite, and the answer is “with a bit of preparation and care”. Jana Ewy and Linda Peterson both use this 2 part resin and I can’t remember which one gave me th tip about using Blue Tak to support the work and lift it off the surface. Make sure that everything is absolutely level because Envirotex is a self leveling compound and if you are on a tilt, it will run off!

Mix equal quantities of the hardener and the resin very thoroughly together and leave to stand for a couple of minutes whilst some of the bubbles created in the mixing process have risen to the surface and popped. I use a cocktail stick to encourage the resin to the edges, taking care to avoid overflows. A gentle blow across the surface removes remaining bubbles. Then all you need to do is leave it to dry for 12 hours. After that you can trim off any dribbles with scissors, or add another layer if you want. The resin needs to dry for 24 hours before you can use the heat of a heat gun to stick the two coated element back to back.

If Envirotex Lite is too lengthy a process for you, then why not try MagicGlos which does the same job but cures in 10 minutes using a UV nail lamp.

Create your own Brightly Colored Bangles from Friendly Plastic – FREE PROJECT

Linda Peterson Designs — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:48:00 +0000

Create your own Brightly Colored Bangles from Friendly Plastic
by Jana Ewy
Courtesy of AMACO and FaveCrafts.com

Materials:

•Friendly Plastic- 7” sticks: Colors of your choice
•Matte knife
•Acrylic ruler
•Cutting mat
•Scissor
•Griddle set at 200-300 degrees
•Non stick baking sheet (Nordic wear) Little gold pans
•Silicone non-stick baking sheet liner, cut to size: 3”x 8 1/2”
•8” length of 1/8” (4mm) Rubber tubing, sold by the foot at Hobby stores
•Jar or glass approximately 7” around (the size of your wrist)
•Bowl of ice cold water
•Craft blade or utility knife
•Round nose and needle nose jewelry pliers
•Wire cutters
•Needle tool
•Clear elastic jewelry cording
•Jewelry findings: (Etsy.com) brass bead caps, spacer beads,
•Decorative focal bead (any coordinating beads will work)

Steps:
1.Using a cutting mat, ruler and blade, cut 1/4” and 1/8” strip from each color of plastic stick. Then cut the strips in half using a scissor.

2.Pre heat the griddle. Place the baking sheet onto the griddle. One at a time, in a pleasing color pattern. Place the plastic strips onto the baking sheet. Make sure each strip is stuck in place before adding the next. Try to press each strip tightly against the one before, to prevent any gaps. Continue adding strips until your sheet is at least 7 inches in length.

3.Allow the plastic to soften and fuse together. If any gaps do appear, simply tap over them with your finger pressing the softened plastic together. When all the strips have softened and sealed together, remove the baking sheet from the griddle and allow the plastic to cool. Use the needle tool to press under the edges of the cooled plastic and remove it from the pan.

4.Place the cooled plastic back on the cutting mat and trim off the uneven edges. Cut the plastic into 1” wide strips.

5.Lay the silicone sheet onto the griddle. Position the plastic strip, right side down onto the center of the silicone sheet and allow the plastic to soften. You will notice as the plastic softens it becomes very shiny. It is important that you watch this process closely. As soon as the entire strip is shiny, remove the silicone sheet from the heat and lay it onto your counter or work surface.

6.Carefully lay the rubber tubing along the top edge of the softened plastic strip.

7.Moisten your fingers and hands with water, to prevent sticking to the plastic, and begin to roll it up and around the tubing. Continue until all of the plastic is wrapped around the tubing. Now you can use your fingers and palms of your hands to roll the cylinder back and forth on the silicone sheet, to secure and seal the overlap. Once you are happy with the look of your cylinder, pick it up by the extended ends of the tubing and wrap it around the jar. You need to move quite quickly before the plastic starts to harden. Quickly run it under the flow of cold water from the faucet or dip it into a bowl of ice cold water. This will quickly harden the outside of the cylinder allowing you to lay it down, to finish the cooling process without the fear of it getting marred.

8.Once the cylinder has cooled and the plastic has hardened completely, you can remove the rubber tubing by pulling on each of the exposed ends until the seal within the cylinder has been broken. It takes quite a bit of pulling back and forth on each end until the seal is finally broken. Just be patient. You will know when this has happened, as the tubing will slide out.

9.Place the cylinder onto the cutting mat and trim off the uneven ends, using a craft blade or a utility knife. I prefer using the craft blade for this. You do need to put a little muscle behind it in order to cut through the plastic. Just do it carefully. Next, cut the cylinder in half.

10.Cut a 12” length of elastic cording. Assemble all the decorative components. Begin by sliding half of the cylinder onto the cording, add a bead cap and the decorative bead you want as the focal piece, now add the other bead cap and then the other half of the cylinder. To finish off the bangle add a bead or spacer bead onto the cord and then tie the two ends together. I like to tie a triple knot and then add a drop of glue for added security.

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

Friendly Plastic dimensional pendants today on Cool2Craft live

Linda Peterson Designs — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:54:00 +0000

Im showing the technique to Bling up your Friendly Plastic jewelry - Live on today's Cool2Craft show with Tiffany Windsor.

We're making dimensional pendings using lots and lots of fun materials!

Kit available for $16.95 at CrafTECH University

The Cool2Craft Line up features guests:
   Heidi Borchers
   Candace Jedrowicz
   Brenda Pinnick
   Tiffany Windsor
   Linda Peterson

Watch the show live at 12 noon eastern (11am Central, 9am Pacific) click here.

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

Friendly Plastic TV Video – Dimensional Pendants with decorative foils

Linda Peterson Designs — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:12:00 +0000

In the past we've worked alot on 2-dimensional designs which primarily focused on layering or putting a variety of mediums on top of the Friendly Plastic to alter the look of it in some way. In this video, we take that a step further.

I love the look of stretching and crackling the Friendly Plastic, but often this results in the colors of the foil dulling when the black background pulls up through. To solve this and to add a decorative, somewhat watercolor wash effect, I tried nail polishes. The results are beautiful and the polishes fix the foil so that the colors remain bright. Add a touch of decorative foil and you've created one of a kind - gorgeous pendants - in any color...and my I add that you can make these in 30 minutes or less?? Great HUH?

Kits and Friendly Plastic supplies can be purchased at the CrafTECH University Craft-E store.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of Friendly Plastic TV. I always welcome your comments and suggestions for show segments.

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Friendly Plastic Dichroic Effect by Linda Peterson featured on Cool2Craft

Linda Peterson Designs — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:22:00 +0000

In case you missed the episode yesterday, here's the segment featured on Cool2Craft Live Craft TV

You can catch Cool2Craft every Monday at Noon eastern.

Like this technique? Purchase the kit from CrafTECH University. - Click on Today's special! - Free shipping is applicable only in the US/Canada. And additional charge will apply to all orders outside US.
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Friendly Plastic Strips go to Iceland where Klara makes Beautiful Friendly Plastic Jewelry

Linda Peterson Designs — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:26:00 +0000

That's right...Friendly Plastic has made it's way to Iceland - How cool is that?

I've been corresponding with a lady who has watched our Friendly Plastic segments on Cool2Craft and followed this blog. Although she had never tried Friendly Plastic she was inspired to give it a whirl! So she contacted me and asked where to buy Friendly Plastic. I was able to hook her up.

She just emailed that she received her package and look what she's already made using Friendly Plastic strips - Beautiful Friendly Plastic jewelry!

Klara was kind enough to upload these to Facebook where she tagged me to see. I think this is awesome!!! Wow! THANK YOU Klara!

CrafTECH University offers an on-demand class on how to use Friendly Plastic in a class called "Fusion Illusion". It's an excellent overview of all the basics you will need to create Friendly Plastic jewelry too.

Also, peruse this blog for Free Friendly Plastic projects, instructions and how to videos.

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