Over at Readymade magazine they like recycling. No, they really like recycling! So they were asking, “What would you make with broken glass?” They even have a contest in conjunction with Macro-Sea, they are putting on a contest. But first a bit about Macro-Sea and where they fit into this. They are a design firm that started converting dumpsters into pools in Brooklyn, NY. That caught on quite a bit so now they’ve come up with Glassphemy, a psychological glass recycling center. You go there and hurl your glass bottles against bullet proof glass to relieve some of the pent up frustrations you may be acquiring in your day to day life. The broken glass is then recycled. Certainly sounds interesting. So think about what you would make with broken glass. Check out the lamp made with a jar and some broken glass. Pretty cool…
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How to Make a Tri-Fold Spring Bird Card
Add some interest to your card making with a tri-fold design. A tri-fold card has three sections that overlap in a zig zag to create dimension and a little extra interactive element to the design instead of a traditional single fold card. Ilina used new stamps and dies from Hero Arts to create her Tri-fold Spring Birds Card.
The bottom layer of her design is the first flap and it’s got die cut grass, purple flowers and the heat embossed white sentiment, the next layer has different pink flowers and the two birds sitting on a hill, the last layer is the inside of the card with a hedge of greenery where you can add a hand written or stamped sentiment inside. She used markers to add additional color to her images. You can watch her video tutorial over on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather