Fused Bag ATCs

For the recent Non-Paper/Cardboard ATC Swap, I ended up creating my bases from plastic shopping bags.

I cut off the bag handles and bottoms and ironed the remaining rectangles together to build up a large sheet. (I lost track of how many bags; basically I kept adding one or two until I was happy with the strucural integrity.) I used the iron’s cotton setting and covered the bags with a cotton floursack-style towel I didn’t care about. When I had a thickness I liked, I added some more focal bits cut from other bags to create a bag masterboard. Before ironing:

After ironing:

Then I cut ATC-sized pieces. For the focal points, I cut shapes out of a rejected base experiment where I layered abstract painty elements between pieces of packing tape. (I like that effect as an ATC base, just not for this swap.) A bit of stitching with embroidery floss and they were done.

A couple of individual photos:

Thanks for looking!

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I love mine! It’s such a novel material and really cool execution.

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That stitching really makes these extra special.

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Thanks, everyone! These were a…journey, but I really like how they came out.

Absolutely brilliant. I love everything about them!

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You really thought out of the box and created something amazing.

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These are awesome!

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Thanks for the kind comments, everybody!

What a fun idea for a non-paper ATC!

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:fallen_leaf: I’m fallin’ for this awesome featured project this week! :fallen_leaf:

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the creativity is blowing me away!

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Woohoo! Thank you.

And thanks again to everyone for the comment love.

These are so cool! Love how graphic and bright they are!