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Post by Pagemistress on Jun 16, 2014 21:54:38 GMT
I actually use dirt from my yard. I live in Southern California, in the high desert, and where my house is built we have rocky, sandy soil. When I need some, I go over to this one planter we have and just dig some out, sift it and let it dry out (if it's sprinkler day). It's very similar to the construction sand but has bits of wood and stuff too.
I will also use some of our old redwood mulch for rotten wood or broken wood piles. It just has to be dry.
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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jun 22, 2014 8:00:23 GMT
Has anyone tried using cardboard snippings and popsical/craftstick left overs as flocking? I was thinking about it, but I haven't gotten to a place to try it out yet and figured I'd ask. And by cardboard snippings, I mean the left over cardboard from cleaning up edges with scissors and what not. Ok, finally got round to trying this out! I had some card clippings left over, but they were all sorts of sizes. I decided to put them through the blender, which ended up pulverising them into a paper fluff. I was making a large carpet rug for a bedroom and used the paper fluff for the pile. Took a lot of painting but looks pretty good and has a nice texture for a thick carpet even after painting. The photos may not do it justice! Paper Flocking Trial
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Post by tauster on Jun 22, 2014 10:49:39 GMT
great idea!
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Post by DungeonMasterRandom on Jul 5, 2014 12:29:25 GMT
We got some free low caffeine coffee at my house and since no-one here drinks low caffeine I was able to use it for dirt flock. The coffee isn't finely ground and is kind of in between a fine and medium ground coffee. I don't think I wasted it since no one was going to drink it and we have almost two huge bags of it. Just apply white glue and pour it over. It also makes my room smell good so thats a plus
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Post by emyerson on Jul 9, 2014 22:33:34 GMT
Has anyone tried using cardboard snippings and popsical/craftstick left overs as flocking? I was thinking about it, but I haven't gotten to a place to try it out yet and figured I'd ask. And by cardboard snippings, I mean the left over cardboard from cleaning up edges with scissors and what not. I use the cardboard clippings to make stalagmites. I'll post some pics and notes about it sometime soon.
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Post by rane on Jul 9, 2014 22:43:03 GMT
I bought some boxes of green tea from the dollar store - this stuff is perfect out of the bag for grass flocking.
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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jul 9, 2014 22:57:30 GMT
Thanks for the ideas, everyone. I might just try out this green tea - so no painting required? My son spilled mixed herbs all over the kitchen, so I'm trying it out as grass. It's kind of the wrong colour - looks weird, more like... dried grass, unsurprisingly.
emyerson, that sounds fascinating! Please post pics!
Pagemistress, your dirt sounds great for added texture. Have any pics?
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Post by rane on Jul 9, 2014 23:12:51 GMT
the green tea is a dark green (roughly the same shade as a grass green acrylic dried), so you can pretty much pour it on glue and be fine - if you want to add variation to the colors just give it a light dry brush dusting of lighter greens and yellows and its perfect.
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Post by rane on Jul 9, 2014 23:17:57 GMT
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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jul 10, 2014 0:18:50 GMT
Looks nice. Rich colour! I used to drink it, but never really paid attention to the leaves.
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Post by emyerson on Jul 11, 2014 5:35:18 GMT
Thanks for the ideas, everyone. I might just try out this green tea - so no painting required? My son spilled mixed herbs all over the kitchen, so I'm trying it out as grass. It's kind of the wrong colour - looks weird, more like... dried grass, unsurprisingly. emyerson, that sounds fascinating! Please post pics! Pagemistress, your dirt sounds great for added texture. Have any pics? Hey Cyan, I made a thread showing what I mean: Scrap Cardboard StalagmitesEthan
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Post by veevee on Aug 4, 2014 21:22:12 GMT
There's a Dollar Tree about five minutes away from my house, and I recently stocked up on $1.00 bottles of parsley and Italian seasoning from their spice section. I mixed two cans of parsley and two cans of Italian seasoning together in order to get a nice mix. As an added bonus, I now use the empty spice bottles to hold sead beads. Spice Flock 1Spice Flock 2
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Aug 12, 2014 9:50:34 GMT
@shinobi True, I just can't personally justify it. Then again, until very recently spending a penny in any no essential way meant the difference between being able to pay the bills or not, or have food on the table. I'm past that now, but that sort of mind set just sticks with you. That is exactly how I feel about using food for crafting! I was in a bad way a few years back and I couldnt imagine using food for any other purpose but to eat it! Happily that chapter is in my rear view and life goes on! Food is to be eaten. Besides my mother always told me when I was a child (A very long time ago) to NEVER play with my food! Lolol!
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