Upcycled Pot workshop - Creative-Expressions

Materials You Will Need: Cardboard Tubes Eco Friendly Paint: Clam Shell, New Grass & Lime 6mm Double Sided Tape Eco Friendly Green Glue or Cosmic Shimmer Glue A5 Journal Alpha Clear Stamp Set

Upcycle: Eco Friendly Crackle Painted Craft Pots Upcycling is bang on trend at the moment, so what better way to combine these `eco friendly acrylic paints` with the pots which were going to be thrown away.

Patterned Paper Scissors Flat Paint Brush Non-Stick Craft Sheet Frosted Lime Tim Holtz Distress Inks Shabby Shutters & Peeled Paint Heat Gun

Take the unwanted cardboard based pots and clean them out using a piece of paper towel. These containers normal have dried granule or powder products within them.

Paint the first coat of paint directly onto the cardboard pot, even the lightest colour will cover the strong red underneath; this shows the quality of the paint. Leave the silver bottom silver free of paint.

Select the colour theme for the pots and place a small amount of the paint into a paint pallet or dish. In this project, clam shell, lime & new grass eco paint has been used.

Complete all base coats on all 3 of the pots and on the lids if you want to change the colour there to tone in with the project. For best results allow to dry naturally.

Make Eco Friendly Crackle Painted Craft Pots

Place the eco green glue into a dish and paint a layer of the glue over the base coat. Repeat this on all 3 pots.

Now paint the top coats over the glue using a different colour paint.

Take the heat gun and gently heat over the pot. Be careful not to overheat else you will get paint blisters.

TOP TIP. Place a wooden spoon inside the pot and use as a handle to keep your hands away for the heat gun.

Complete this process on all 3 pots.

Take a piece of patterned paper and measure the inside of the lid base. Cut a circle out of the paper using a spellbinder circle die or having marked the paper with pencil and a circle shape.

Glue the circles of paper into the lids to coordinate with your theme. You may wish to use a stamped piece, it`s up to you what you use.

Select the words you want to add to the pot and place them onto an acrylic block.

Make Eco Friendly Crackle Painted Craft Pots

Ink the stamp using the Tim Holtz peeled paint distress ink onto card.

Stick the labels onto the pot using the green glue or cosmic shimmer glue. Why not make different labels such as buttons, ribbons or pens for each different pot.

Distress the edges of the card using shabby shutters distress ink.

Here are the completed upcycled pots ready to add your bits and pieces too.

Why not use odd pieces of paper or even a piece of scrapbook paper to cover the pots and add ribbon to finish the piece off, Put wooden feet on the base, the options are endless Below shows an example of a pot cover in paper. Why not stamp the letters and ink over the letters, and then add a flower design over the top to change the usage??