We've all got a ton of plastic around the house, and I think using it to create interesting backgrounds is a great technique.
This background start was created using plastic objects from the studio (yes, I do keep a stash of outlandish plastic bits and bobs there), followed up with some ArtFoamies.
If you'd like to see how this was created, check out the video (and I'd love it if you would subscribe to my channel while you're there!):
And while I was studio cleaning, I found the tags that went missing a couple of weeks ago - yay! Now to make some more!
I hope your week has been filled to the max with creativity - playtime is highly underrated, my friends! 💛💚💜💙♡💚💛
I do love the fun and playful technique and you got such a super background! Your x-mas cards and the tags are just fab!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the video dear friend!
Big hugs,
Susi
Thanks, Susi...it's so much fun to create that I can hardly stop myself, and I KNOW you're the same. Hope that lovely pooch of yours is doing as well as can be expected...sending puppy love for him! xo
DeleteLoving those warm colours, Win. I must shop in the wrong places because I've never found plastic thingies that are that much fun :) That card made me smile, too. I've seen trees that hang from the ceiling, so maybe these are the baubles that go on them...
ReplyDeleteCheck out the embroidery section of your thrift store, Tracy - oh, and the hardware. They's got some bizarre things there? :D GREAT thought on the card - I knew it belonged somewhere. Giggling over here now, and looking for an upside down Christmas tree.
DeleteAh, good idea. I've found the hardware store to be useful in the past. However, at the moment we're heading there for boring things to get the garden in check.
DeleteOf course you are, but keep those eyes open! :D
DeleteJust lovely Win!
ReplyDeletePlay time? Always! :D
ReplyDeleteI am loving the technique Win. I am also pleased to see that you loose things as this makes me feel much better. At the moment I am unable to remember where I put several small boxes containing those tiny distress Ink Pads, now I know I put them away safe !!!!!! Sending hugs Lol! xXx
ReplyDeleteI lose and find things so often in the studio that I don't even consider things 'lost' anymore...they're just in temporary hiding! :D Happy weekend, Angela - xo
DeleteI can relate to that Lol! It's quite exciting when they turn up, just had one of those moments when I found the finger covers that I use for Needle Felting xXx
DeleteNow those are small enough I can see how easily they get lost in a studio - in fact it would be easy to collage them into something. :D Glad they turned up safe and sound, Ang!
DeleteWhat a cool technique with the stencils! I guess where it didn't work perhaps the surface wasn't wet enough to move the pigments around - or too wet so the water pooled under the stencils - who knows - it was fun to watch nevertheless and something for me to try!
ReplyDeleteThe softeness/hardness of the plastic, amount of weight it's bearing and the flatness of the surface all has a bearing, Zsuzsa, which is what makes the technique so fun. Like Christmas, you never know what you're going to get (if anything :D )!
DeleteOh Win! Your cards and tags are brilliant! Such a great use of what you have on hand and such beautiful results!
ReplyDeleteSending you warm holiday hugs my friend!
Jackie xo
Oh thanks, Jackie - and wishing you the absolute best of the season, my friend. Massive hugs from Creston, BC to you! xo
DeleteWinn I think you are the most innovative and creative person I know, is there no end to your madness...lol These backgrounds are so beautiful and fun, I plan to snitch one right away. Your ornament Christmas cards are fabulous. I wouldn't worry to much about the upside down one...aren't we are all up in the air this time of year. Last but not least your tags are adorable.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in these last days before Christmas it's getting down to fudge and cookie making time. I'll bet you are fabulous at that too. You rock my friend.
So many thanks, Deann - I cannot imagine a life without a wide variety of playfully creative 'happenings'! I'll be watching to see what you do with those backgrounds...I can hardly wait!
DeleteAnd upside down is just fine...doesn't it make one look more closely? :D
Yes, it's getting down to sweets-making time...I'd forgotten I'd signed up for an international exchange, and had to do a quick scramble yesterday to get some wrapped and ready for the post office today...may all the postal gods get that package to Germany in time. :D
Wishing you the absolute best in your fudge and cookie making...I'll bet those batches will be Grandma's Best! xo