Thursday, November 12, 2015

Whisker Graphics Day

For today's post I tried something completely out of my comfort box, but I had to try it anyway.  Making feathers out of twine!

Kind of fun.

To make these, here is a little tutorial;

Wrap the twine around a piece of cardboard.  Cut one edge for even pieces.

Using a pipe cleaner, knot each piece around it, one after one.  It's time consuming, but kind of relaxing at the same time ;).  

Once done, trim in a feather shape.  To keep the shape, I sprayed starch over the completed "feather" and let it dry over night.

Then, I finished off by making a card.

What do you think?  Lots of texture, I'll say that....

I used the following Whisker Graphics products:


Thanks for stopping by~

10 comments:

Petra Swart said...

Your feathers look great, Vicki - what wonderful texture!!! Love the little bells and the bows!!!! Such a beautiful card!!!
Have a great day!!!

~amy~ said...

You're amazing...this is awesome.

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Great job and definitely different than I have ever seen you do before!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Awesome card and I can see all that work on those twine feathers surely paid off. Not sure I would have the patience as I am more of an instant gratification type of person. But you really did great!

Ruth said...

These are fabulous! I love it. Such care and time taken and it really shows. I love that they look so tactile and strokeable! Xx

cm said...

Oooh, I want to reach out and touch those feathers. That texture-y feature is perfect for a get well card...healing and soothing! Yes indeed, another gem from Vicki's vault of abundant creativity!
Hugs~c

SewPaperPaint said...

Such a cool idea! Great colors too!

wienerhoneymooners said...

AMAZING Vicki, how awesomely clever!!!

VanessaB said...

oh wow. i love that!!

Deepti said...

Oh my goodness ! This is such a super creative project :) love the variation in the size of the feathers :)