- Stencilled Patio Screen Door -
- Video Tape Owl - Plaque -

Stencilled Patio Screen Door

One day I've noticed that it is very difficult to see the closed screen door from the sundeck and having to replace it would be a real nuisance. So I came up with this idea.
I chose a butterfly stencil, a hard brush and outdoor house paint. It was very easy to do and looks great and should help.
The stencil is not really visible from the inside, only at certain angles.

Marlies' Creative Universe Plaque When my pressure cooker sealer ring didn't do its work any longer it presented itself as a wonderful frame for a plaque for my new craft room.

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• I arranged the ring in an oval shape and traced it onto paper, then I cut it out of a styrofoam meat tray to make it sturdy and lightweight.
• I had saved the outdoor carpet leftover from the front steps. I used this as the background and glued it onto the tray .
• Taking the title from my web site I made a sun. First I used again one of my waterfilter sealer rings as the base. In Microsoft Works I wrote the title as a circle and printed it, cut it out, colored it and glued it on the ring. The sun's rays are made out of yellow fun foam. In the center of the circle I glued a red salt dough heart and on the sun's rays 3 little dolphins.
• The little native girl comes from my experimenting with my daughter's dolly maker oven and the glue gun.
• For the little tree I used half a small styrofoam ball with rosebuds glued on. The stem is the stick from those balloons they give out in department stores to children. The pot is a piece of vinyl blind cut and painted. * The little yarn angel I had found on the net one day. I used a small bead inside the head to give it its shape.
• With dimensional paint I drew a spider's web on a piece of glass and let it dry. The next day I gently removed it with a craft knive and put it on the plaque. A glue gun spider made it complete.