Abstract Doodle Magnets

Art Completed Projects
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Every summer we spend a week at the Jersey Shore hitting up as many boardwalk rides and arcades as we can. We accumulate quite a few of those credit card-like plastic cards that are loaded with credits and scanned at each ride/game. They are reloadable, but we always lose track of them year after year and end up getting new ones. I didn’t want to throw out this pile of plastic, so I covered them in paint and turned them into magnets!

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I was inspired by megwell’s magnet refresh and all the Alisa Burke classes I’ve been taking lately.

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I had sticky magnet sheets in my stash for ages just waiting for this project. There are still a few more cards just waiting for some paint and a pocket of free time…

Thanks for looking!

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I love these SO much! Do you need my address? :wink:

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These are great! And love how the inspiration was another lettuce crafter!

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They’re so great looking and made more so by both the source of the cards and the giving the plastic another life! Be Wild is my fave.

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Choose Joy is my favorite one, but these are all very cool and a really clever reuse, too!

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Trash to treasure! They’re all great, but I think I’m partial to Be Wild.

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Haha…these are VERY mailable! :grin: :wink:

Thanks everyone!

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What a great idea! Love them all. My faves are Hope and that one you are holding. They are all so cool!

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you are a genius!
I think I tossed a bunch of promo magnets while trying to declutter recently – now I know what to do with any more I find! (also expired gift cards)
These are perfect, my friend :slight_smile:

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Once again…never throwing ANYTHING out…lol

Yes, you can definitely tell you classes are paying off big time…these are fabulous…

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Clever and fun way to use up those plastic cards!

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I just love seeing things recycled in such an amazing way! These are gorgeous!

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These are fantastic !!

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I love the repurpose of what many would consider garbage into amazing unique pieces of art. I love it!

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What a GREAT idea! I have tons of old laundry and loyalty cards that would be great for this!

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@Abbeeroad
what type of paint did you use? (for future reference)

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For this project I used a couple layers of Golden brand gesso as a base, then Amsterdam acrylics for the color and Posca paint pens for embellishment. :slight_smile:

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thanks!