Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Background squares for a swap

These are for a background swap on ABC. The object is to create a background on one side and tell how it's made on the other side. The first one I made using gesso and oil pastels. I love, love these and they really make great backgrounds. Although they are a bit more time consuming to make than they look, I decided to make a second set.
I took this idea using plastic bags from Marci who made these backgrounds for a "recycle, repurpose, reuse" swap we had recently on ABC. I had to try them, and they are fantastic and light as air. I mounted the ironed plastic bags on card stock using eyelets. I love how they look and you can sew on them, and do lots of cool things.

Want to see how to make them? Click on the photos and read the instructions.

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