Making plastic beads out of pop bottles!

So today, I have decided to show you have to make beads out of a plastic pop bottle!

I have had so many ask me how do you do that so this is how! 

How you find is so easy that you have to start saving all the pop bottles you can find too. 

WARNING

 this is very addicting!

Supplies:

Pop bottle

Scissors

Needle nose pliers

Heat gun

Copic Markers

Chalk-Ah-Lot Powdered Chalk

There is a sale right now on the chalk! 

We have a special promotion!

4 basic chalks for $6 plus shipping,

This does not include metallic or stardust.

Here it the bottle cut up into strips!

You do not have to have long strips!

I like between 3 and 4 inches long.

Here is a photo of the strips colored with Copic markers

I also added Stardust powdered chalk to the

strips while the Copic ink was still wet.

The Stardust is what makes a nice glimmer shine to the bead!

Some Strips and beads!

Lets make some beads!

Take one strip and wind it around the pliers.

This is what it looks like when it is all the way twisted.

I then move the pliers to hold the outer edge of the plastic strip down.

As shown in the next photo. 

Next here you will heat it with a heat gun.

Here is the finished bead!

Notice that they now look like glass!

Some look frosty here and those are the ones with Stardust chalk!

Have fun with these beads!

Use them in all your projects!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tammylee

This doesn't take long and you can get the bead to different

lengths and widths by practicing.

Crafty Sentiments Challenge #1

Welcome to Thursday everyone! Today I have a cute little guy that we are using for this challenge. This is a challenge for Crafty Sentiments. It is kinda a two part challenge as we have the image to use and a photo to be challenged from. Our first challenge starts today Thursday 8th July at 10 a.m. UK time (4 am Central time) and will finish on Wednesday 14th July at 11.59 p.m. (6 pm Central time)

Our challenge is a color scheme as show below, we would love you to enter our first challenge using Suzette' cute freebies, if you do we will enter you into the prize drawing twice!

Here is the color scheme to be used, very pretty!

So since the photo was of a bedroom and there is a dust ruffle on the bed I wanted to have that on my card as well. I included two Sammy's on the card. I embellished my card with Pink, green and white flowers. As that was the color scheme of the bedroom.

Sammy Snail is painted with paint mixed with powdered chalk. To see how easily this can be done there is a tutorial on my blog. The paint with chalk gives him a little shine.

Hope you enjoyed my card now hop on over to the challenge blog to see what everyone else has been doing. Our first challenge prize will be one of Suzette's new digi's which is not due to be released until the 17th, so come on and enter and be one of the first to get Suzette's beautiful & cute creations!

Here is the list of the rest of the Design Team Members and their blogs. Check them all out, get some inspiration and leave some love!

Amber
Axa
Bev
Challenge Blog
Claudine
Jo
Rebakah
Suzette
Tammylee (ME)


Thanks for stopping by!

Tammylee

DT Member for Crafty Sentiments