Artful Recycling/From The Kitchen To An Altered Book Page!

I love this idea of recycling and you should too!

You will find you have plenty of material to work

and it will make you push your creativity, plus,

we will help the environment!  

All this can be done easily and with great results

but it will require that we change our minds about

the concept of something being usless:  TRASH

I am offering you one of may ideas that can be

created, push your self and find more!

I hope you enjoy and if created something with 

this, please share with me, I`ll be thrilled to see

your creation and cleverness! :D

A:  Use any kind of plastic bag that is metalic 

inside the package, they feel soft but are very 

resistent! Cut the extremes, they are very hard 

and folded.

B: Cut your design, here I am inspired in a

Mexican craft wich is made of brass and is

used to fame photos or artwork, you can

create a window, a door, a bag to hold things,

the imagination is the limit!

or you are welcome to try this one!

Note: I folded towards the back, take a look 

a the photo for circles and round shapes.

C:  The cool part of this is that it can be pushed 

to create dimension so I drew a design using my

work to be framed as reference, add dots, lines,

flowers, hearts, use a foamy sheet to be able 

to push and a soft metalic rounded tip tool

 to draw... I wonder if some kind of heat 

tool will make it stay better!

Note: Be gentle!  It`s resistant but it can brake!

D:  Now cut the  design in cardboard as well,

this should fit inside the frame, in here you 

will paste your work and this will be 

embrased by the plastic bag...

E:  Doesn`t it looks like a metalic material?

I¡ve cutted the little window, this is the space

to show your work, use a beautiful bacground

like those I offer!  

F:  Fold and use a tool, like a spoon to help the fold 

stay in  place!

G:  Your background can be protected by a beautiful 

printed acetate to complete your work, paste 

them and fold the bag. 

Note: I`ve pasted the acetate from

the corners only and with a transparent glue.

H:  The wonderful thing about this material

is that it can be sewed!  So I did and I gives

it a fantastic look!  I used a silver thread so

just the feel of it shows, I just went zig zag 

and in some places went straight!

This plastic bag that was meant for the

trash is looking like something I Like!

I:  I also was inspired to try it in a real metalic

sheet, the design will hold better of course

and also used a trasnparent acetate to show 

my design, this I can hang somewere!

J:  This is how they look from the back,

this can be covered by a beautiful paper and

maybe used for a book page separator but 

mine will go to an altered book page!

K:  All of my creations, I tried different sizes

and now I am addicted!

I hope yo try it and enjoy, I leave you now with 

the altered book page, according to your votes wich 

I thank you for, this is something you like as much 

as I do, keep voting for new posts up here!

For a super easy page look like this one, use one color

of acrylic paint and spread it all over your page, then 

add some drops of water, wait for a bit and then remove, 

the water, the paint will be removed and magic appears!

I tried to write on the other page but I have to be 

honest, I don`t like it!  The woderful thing about altered 

books is that this page can be removed and create

 a new one, that easy!

Doesn`t it looks fantastic?

Try my digital downloads for cool unique

ephimera and beautiful backgrounds here!

Have a fantastic day creating and don`t

forget to pay attention to those materials

going to the trash from now on! :D