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Friday, 8 July 2011

Mayo'll your Christmases Be White!

This week at Polkadoodles we have been using two new and very fantastic Letraset products - Safmat and Letratac. Safmat is a transparent film that can be printed on and then once the backing has been peeled off, applied to any product. Letratac is a bit like a dry glue product - it can be rubbed onto the reverse of the image and then applied directly to where you want it to stick - no blobby glue or tell-tale marks!

So our challenge to you is to use stickers or transfers on your projects - if you have Safmat or Letratac then show us what it can do!  Here is what I came up with:


From this..........


to this.........




This week I have done a bit of recycling and turned a carton that contained Egg Mayo sandwich filler into a Christmas decoration. The snowman and birdhouse inside the carton are from the fantastic new Magical Winter CD1, as are the snowflakes on the outside. I printed the snowflakes onto Safmat and then placed them around the outside of the carton, the large snowflake was printed onto Safmat twice (once flipped), I then sprinkled the sticky side of one with glamour dust and then placed the other one over the top to seal it. The snowman and birdhouse were also printed twice (once flipped) and were stuck back to back using LetraTac (what a fabulous product, especially useful for sticking  intricate shapes as you can easily get it into all the nooks and crannies), I also stuck the glittered snowflake onto the carton with LetraTac. I made a fancy bow for the top using papers from the CD printed onto both sides of pearl paper. The inside base of the carton is covered in FlowerSoft to represent snow. The "Let It Snow" sentiment around the bottom, was printed onto Safmat and then stuck to white ribbon from stash and the sparkly fibre I have had for years and have no idea where it came from.

Sparkly Safmat Snowflake

Fancy bow- see how shimmery the pearl paper is!

Head over to the challenge blog and check out what my teamies have been up to, and don't forget you have until Sunday 24th July, Noon (GMT) to enter our challenge.

I would like to enter my decoration in the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July
Just For Fun  - Acrylic plastic
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anthing but a card
Moving Along With The Times  – Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - #88 Christmas in July
Celebrate the Occasion - #21 Christmas in July - No Red
Tuesday Throwdown - #56 Christmas In July
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes
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27 comments:

  1. Karen8 July 2011 at 11:26

    Gorgeous christmas decoration Colette - fabulous! xx

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  2. Zoechaos8 July 2011 at 12:59

    Great recycling and a very cute little decoration. Thank you for sharing with us at Just for Fun

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  3. Debbie8 July 2011 at 16:07

    Great idea, it looks fab.Love Debbie x

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  4. Shell Shearer Swinscoe8 July 2011 at 17:43

    Fantastic recycling hun, just love it!

    Thank you for sharing with us at Craft Your Passion & MAWTT this week, good luck!
    Hugs Shell xx

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  5. Adrian8 July 2011 at 18:08

    Wow, how cool is this! Thaks for playing at celebrate the Occasion!

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  6. SYLVIA-ANNE8 July 2011 at 18:57

    Fabulous recycling project Colette - love the Safmat technique and thanks for sharing with us at the MAWTT Christmas challenge - hope to see you next time.
    Sylvia xx

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  7. Melissa8 July 2011 at 20:45

    Wow, you did a fantastic job on your creation! Thanks so much for joining CTO!

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  8. girlia8 July 2011 at 20:58

    Fantastic project! Love it. Thanks for playing with us this week at CTO

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  9. Neet9 July 2011 at 07:47

    What a good idea to use that carton. Thanks for joining us at JFF- Hugs, Neet x

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  10. sam21ski9 July 2011 at 20:02

    That's just brilliant Colette, great recycling.

    Thanks for joining us this week over on JFF

    Sam xxx

    http://sam21ski.blogspot.com/

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  11. Lucianna Dilsaver9 July 2011 at 22:08

    Really wonderful project, so fun! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO :)

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  12. Von9 July 2011 at 23:17

    Who'd have thought it :) great idea
    Thank you for sharing with us at Just for Fun
    Von x

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  13. Ang C10 July 2011 at 09:21

    Fab recycling - a great use of your plastic

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  14. chrissie10 July 2011 at 09:30

    Very clever and so pretty as well

    xxx

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  15. Janet10 July 2011 at 12:10

    Great idea,love it
    Janet

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  16. GiGi10 July 2011 at 14:28

    This is so cute! I love that you recycled that container and it turned out just adorable! Thanks for playing at CTO!

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  17. Donna10 July 2011 at 20:12

    What a fantastic idea, love it. Thank you for joining in the Little Miss Muffet 'Anything but a card' challenge. hugs Donna x

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  18. Sandra's Spot10 July 2011 at 21:38

    Wow recycling taken to a new level. Its lovely. Sandra XX

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  19. Anonymous11 July 2011 at 00:24

    Great idea nice project.. great job with the challenge.

    thanks for playing with us at CTO..

    Ivette_DT

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  20. Jenni11 July 2011 at 20:13

    What a creative idea! It's amazing how many things can be altered into such beautiful projects. I'm your newest follower!
    Jenni
    http://mylollipopgarden.blogspot.com

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  21. Anonymous12 July 2011 at 08:55

    Hi Collette. What a FAB IDEA. This is SO PRETTY. Every year, just before christmas, I do a craft day at a local school. I try and use recycled materials to keep the cost down as I donate the materials and to try and get the children crafting with items they have around the home. This idea of yours would be an excellent project for them to do. Thank you so much for sharing.
    Regards Florence.

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  22. Kitty12 July 2011 at 13:30

    What a fab idea...it's so pretty and cute, love it!


    Thanks for joining us at MAWTT and hope to see you again next time!

    Kitty xx

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  23. Shirl12 July 2011 at 21:43

    What a clever idea and so pretty looking. The snowman image is way to cool. Thanks for sharing with us at Little Miss Muffet Challenges.
    Hugs Shirley x x

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  24. Dolly Daydreams13 July 2011 at 16:10

    Clever idea and great makeover well done you !

    Marie

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  25. Lauren14 July 2011 at 16:14

    This is adorable! What a great idea! Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!

    Lauren

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  26. Aim18 July 2011 at 05:07

    Oh, so SWEET!! I LOVE this (and I'm a huge fan of recycling containers, so I love this EXTRA!!)... Wonderful details!! :)

    Thanks so much for sharing your talent at Celebrate The Occasion!! :)

    Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com
    Celebrate The Occasion DTM

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  27. Geneviève aka Muscade18 July 2011 at 14:52

    So cute!!!! I really love what you did! Thanks for playing with us @ Craft Us Crazy!

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