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Love CD Valentine
06/02 2002 Creating this unusal Valentine’s gift was easy while playing in my graphics program to create the design and then mounting it on a CD. The text of the design is are the lyrics of the song “the Rose”. The full lyrics are on the back of the CD. For version 1 I printed … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Graphic Design, Recycled
Tagged graphic design, heart, valentine
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Video Tape Inukshuk
first posted on 2005/07/02/07 Living in Canada where the Inukshuk is a symbol of the North, it was only natural to create a Inukshuk out of something different than the usual rock. Having discovered that I had a whole bunch of video tapes that were ancient I needed something to do with them and the … more —»
Paper – Tinfoil – Contact Paper Angel Ornament
After experimenting with fabric angel ornaments I wanted to explore other materials. Here are the results. Paper Angel For this angel is wanted to see if I could do it with only craft paper. It worked just great. So this way it is a project that mom’s can do with their children. I have a … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Christmas, Holidays
Tagged angel, CD, christmas, contact paper, ornament, paper, tinfoil
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Video Tape Owl
Originally posted on my old site: 25/09 1998 My husband was cleaning the video tape drawer and was going to throw out old ones. That made me think of ways to recycle the tapes. I found a leftover roll of drawer liners. I made to underside of the tape the top. The flap over the … more —»
Paper Embroidery Ornament – Abstract Graphic
original posting date – November 18/2008 Yesterday I came across these embroidery patterns at the ‘Pin Tangle’ blog. It has been quite a while since I did some paper embroidery and those pattern just shouted to me to be done. The one pattern I embroidered turned out quite well. I mounted it on a CD … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Holidays, Paper, Paper Embroidery
Tagged abstract, ornament
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Paper Embroidery Owls from Simple Graphics
original posting date – February 25/2008 Never one to be satisfied with simple designs, I just had to experiment with creating my own templates. As paper embroidery templates have the needle piercing marks I thought it would be easy to take a simple graphic or create one and then use the ‘stroke’ option in Photoshop … more —»
Paper Embroidery – Faden Grafik
original posting date – February 20/2008 After discovering Iris Folding I came across Paper Embroidery or Faden Grafik (thread graphic) as it is called in German. An extensive search showed me sites with instructions on how it is done and patterns. I have discovered that it looks like the ‘String Art’ designs I remember from … more —»
Posted in CDs-Video Tapes-Floppy Disks, Paper, Paper Embroidery
Tagged flower, heart, paper embroidery
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Inkjet Printed Fabric Box from Audio Tape Cases
This box came about because I wanted to use my printed fabric. Here are the instructions for printing on fabric. For this box I used the regular black and clear cases and covered them with hockey tape. I also used the hockey tape to keep them together. Here are the instructions on how to assemble the box. … more —»
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Tagged audio tape, box, fabric, printed
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Box Made From Audio Tape Cases
I found a box full of empty audio tape covers and was trying to figure out what to do. Then one day inspiration struck and these are the result of my experimentations. Even though this is not my first creation it is the one that shows best how I did it. My youngest daughter likes … more —»
