Hello Friends! I hope you had a lovely Easter.
Do you have any of these in your house? These are some of my plastic food containers that once kept salad greens, nuts, dried fruit and pie. I can't seem to avoid them whether I buy food at the grocery or at the farmer's market.
Add to that, I also have an overflow of deli container lids. While these are useful for stashing leftovers, I don't have any more room in my cupboard for them. What a blah. But I've got a TADA! idea.
I'm turning these plastic containers into stencils!
Rescue the flat part of the container with a
pair of scissors.
Take off any ridges. We want it flat. This will be
helpful when adding the design.
Use craft punches {this will work well if the plastic
isn't too thick}.
Draw freehand, trace a pattern from a book, or
use cookie cutters.
Sharp precision scissors are a useful tool especially
if the design contains a lot of detail.
Please stop by every day this week to see
the stencils I made and how I use them.
Have a great Monday!
I'm smiling..do I have any of these in my house? Yes and I just can't throw them away either..and then here you are Claire with a new idea on making stencils using excess empty plastic containers. My cupboard thanks you:)
ReplyDeleteA big shout out to your cupboard Betty! More ideas tomorrow. Take care & thanks :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a superbly awesome idea! Love it. :)
ReplyDeleteI've been painting fabric lately, and I'm always looking for new things to try. Stencils would be awesome.
-- Sarah
I just started doing this! It works wonderfully for pattern pieces.
ReplyDeletethank you Claire :)
ReplyDeletethese are really fantastic and I'll try it as soon as possible :)
Thanks Sarah! I know you'll have fun with these easy stencils! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lori and Nuray! It makes me giddy that you gals like my ideas! Thanks mucho :)
ReplyDeletethank you for the breath of fresh aire i really needed that today
ReplyDeleteAwww, thank you Anonymous (wish I knew your name)! Happy crafting :)
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