Tag: Background

Packing Tape Transfers

unikatissima Packing Tape Transfers a

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Packing tape transfers are wonderful ;-)

You can see how it looks e.g. at the flexagons or at my artist book.

In the instruction they are using laser prints that they sell but I’ve made already all sorts of papers (more or less) ‘transparent’: articles from Arabic and Chinese newspapers, pictures from old comic books, patterns from some ads or my beloved travel brochure, pages from old music books or old books written in Fraktur.
Self-printed pictures (I have an inkjet) didn’t work and the quality of my packing tape transfers was differing strongly.
Therefore it’s true again: The proof of the pudding is in the eating ;-))


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Transfers With Packing Tape

Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (English)
Wikipedia entry for ‘Fraktur’ (German)

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Flexagons
Artist-Book
Paper Shopping Bag

Create a Travel Journal

craftster Create a Travel Journal

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When I traveled I mostly wrote a kind of diary and afterwards I often made a photo album. I’ve never had the idea of creating a real travel journal.
Next time I really want to give it a try – in the same way that is shown here.
And if it won’t happen for any reason: you can certainly create a travel journal of a fictitious travel, too (best wishes to all those who think that I’m talking about them ;-))).


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Ideas for Creating a Travel Journal
via: CHALLENGE 53 ENTRIES

Pennant Stamp Roller

Just Something I Made Pennant Stamp Roller

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Oh my god, the people have such wonderful ideas: for instance making a rolling pin with pennants to send friendly messages in a nice way.
That’s sort of the mini version of the rolling pin print ;-)


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Pennant Rubber Stamp Roller

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Entries containing the word ‘rolling pin print’

Spacing Stamps

JezzePrints Spacing Stamps.jpg

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I cut myself some eraser stamps already and even an eraser stamp with a repeated pattern, but if I try to print a background pattern from stamp repeats I always have problems.
The entry about spacing stamps helped me further :)


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Spacing Stamps (Lining things up)

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Eraser Stamps
Repeated Pattern Eraser Stamp

Wrapping and Reducing Polymer Clay Canes

PCC Wrapping and Reducing Polymer Clay Canes

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I wrote before about reducing polymer clay canes, here they’re talking about how to fill flower canes with ‘background’ and reduce them without damaging the flowers.
I did it myself in the same way and it worked great, you only need some patience.


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Wrapping and Reducing Polymer Clay Canes (Wrapping & Reducing Canes)

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Reducing Polymer Clay Canes
Entries containing the word ‘flower cane’

Polymer Clay Zentangles

Doras Explorations Polymer Clay Zentangles

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When I saw the tutorial on how to make polymer clay Zentangles I thought: ‘Wow! What a great idea!’

Up until now I only sketched my Zentangles and made a lot of things with Fimo and I even thought about making the polymer clay letter cane ;-)
I still have some black and white polymer clay canes, perhaps I can make something with them.


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Polymer Clay Zentangles (Let’s Zentangle !! Making a Zentangle with Polymer Clay) – with a slide show where the steps are very well described

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Zentangles
Polymer Clay Letter Cane
Entries with the tag ‘fimo’
Entries containing the words ‘polymer’, ‘clay’ and ‘cane’

Repeated Pattern Eraser Stamp

unikatissima Repeated Pattern Eraser Stamp

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Lately two ideas crashed in my head and I like the result ;-)
One was the eraser stamp, the other the repeating patterns.
I marked the size of my eraser on paper, designed there a pattern following the technique of the repeating patterns, carved it from my eraser (it was mirrored but that’s no problem with this pattern) and begun stamping.
It is great to make repeating patterns on cards or the like, but when I’ll need to stamp a bigger area I’LL prefer to use the rolling pin print (here and here).


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Here at unikatissima:
Eraser Stamps
Repeating Patterns
Rolling Pin Prints
Rolling Pin Prints II

Wallpaper Gift Wrap

BugsandFishes Wallpaper Gift Wrap

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I mean to say that the photo convinced me that wallpaper as gift wrap is eminently suited!
And if you went in cardmaking a little bit, too, you surely still have same wallpaper rests laying around ;-)

 


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Wallpaper Gift Wrap (bugs and fishes by lupin: Gift Wrap Ideas #7: Wallpaper)

Rolling Pin Prints II

Louise Schiele Rolling Pin Prints

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I wrote already an entry about rolling pin prints, even so I find this instruction interesting, too.
As she says: you can use it easily to design your own gift wrap and it won’t take long until you possibly need some gift wrap ;-))


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Rolling Pin Prints (Fabric Background Rollers – More Play Time)
More Rolling Pin Prints (More Rollers, More New Prints)

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Rolling Pin Prints

Scratch Off Lottery Ticket

ArtMind Scratch Off Lottery Ticket

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It’s about time to make an advent calendar.
What about a self-made scratch off lottery ticket advent calendar?

Before beginning better wait a little, I will present more advent calendar ideas this week.
And check out the advent calendar instructions from last year, also ;-)

 


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How to make a scratch off lottery ticket?

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Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’