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Negative leaf print by one of my second grade students earlier this year. Hey, guys! This post has been very popular on my blog...if you are interested in other leaf-y projects, look at my Leaf Relief project and my Pressed Leaf Project as well. Thanks! I don't know what it's like where you live, but here in Tennessee, we are experiencing spring-like weather. For the most part. I mean it did snow the last two Saturdays (and, in Tennessee, "snow" means just a few flakes and a couple of inches) but the other day it was 78 degrees. Crazy, right? For that reason, I've got touch of spring fever. You too? Well then you might enjoy this leafy printmaking project I did at the beginning of the year with my second graders. It's simple, scientific, beautiful and fun...okay, enough talking about me (!), on with the lesson. For this project, you'll need the following: gelatin, not Jell-o. Most grocery stores carry a brand called Knox which sells in boxes of 16 pouches. cookie sheets printmaking brayer, sold at most craft stores printing ink variety of leaves paper Print pulled from the same printing tray, this time the positive version. The night before you begin, you'll need to prepare your sheets of gelatin. To do that, bring about 3-4 cups of water to a boil. Once boiling, whisked one pouch of gelatin into the pot. You don't want any clumps of gelatin, so whisk like there's no tomorrow. You'll end up adding about 12-15 pouches of gelatin into that one pot. Sorry, I'm not into exact measurements. Which could explain a lot about my cooking. If there are any remaining unwhiskable clumps, remove them with a spoon. Pour mixture into a cookie sheet filling it about 1". Leave uncovered over night. If you see any bubbles in the cookie sheet, pop them or remove with a spoon. For my class of 20 students, I made three trays. Pulling the first print always managed to get oohhhh's and aahhhh's aplenty. The following day, we were ready to print. The surface of the gelatin was squishy yet very firm, perfect for holding our printing ink. I think I can explain this best in steps, so here you go: Using a brayer and printing ink, cover surface of gelatin in ink. Place leaves onto the ink-covered cookie sheet with the veiny side down. I don't recommend using anything with pine needles because that will puncture the gelatin. But experiment, you never know! Once leaves are in place, lay paper on top of cookie sheet and rub (er, we call it "massage") the paper. Pull paper off, as you see in the above photo, and viola! You have your first print! Notice how clear the gelatin looks. All of the ink that was once on the tray is now on the paper. I love her dainty fingers pulling up the second print. So sweet. Now for the second print: Gently remove all of the leaves from the tray. It's best to pull them out by the end of the stem. Place a new sheet of paper over the now-empty cookie sheet and rub. Pull second print which will be a positive image of the first. Looks like a black and white photo, don't you think? Once both prints have been pulled, re-ink the tray and begin the process all over again. With a class of 20 students and 3 pans of gelatin, about 10 kids were able to print per half an hour class. The pans of gelatin can last about two days with an endless amount of printing. I tried to cover the gelatin and keep it for a little longer, but condensation droplets created strange little craters on the surface. If left uncovered for too many days, it begins to dry and crack. For that reason, if you plan to do this project for longer than a couple of days, you'll just need to prepare more gelatin pans the night before. Our second go-round of printing involved using white ink on black paper. Just as pretty. This project is so easy and the results so stunning that everyone is successful. I've now had a couple of craft get-togethers and this is always a hit. Once those leaves start growing in your neck of the woods, I do hope you'll give it a shot! I love the photo negative quality of this print.

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My friend Puri is planning a road trip in California. She already knows where she wants to go and even the car that she wants to rent. The only issue here is that she doesn't have a driving licence... oops! Bus since she doesn't know fear, she's decided to get it in 2 months. She's not getting a lot of support, but I do support her and that's why I made her those crochet dices to put on the car. You must admit that the little tacky that we all have inside jumped for joy when you've seen the dice... That's why I decided to share the pattern with you! I'm sure you know someone who's car is asking for one of those. Mi amiga Puri ha decidido hacer un road trip por California. Lo tiene todo planeado, ya sabe qué coche quiere alquilar y dónde quiere ir. El único inconveniente es que no tiene carnet de conducir, pero como no conoce límites ni le tiene miedo a nada, se ha propuesto sacar el carnet en un par de meses. No está recibiendo mucho apoyo de la gente, pero yo creo en ella y por eso para su cumpleaños le hice estos dados tan.... cómo decirlo... horteras, kitsch? para que se cuelgue en su espejo retrovisor durante su Road Trip. Como sabía que esa pequeña hortera que todas llevamos en el corazón iba a saltar de alegría al ver estos dados, he decidido compartir el patrón con vosotras. Seguro que conocéis a alguien a quien le pegan un montón... Hazle unos buenos dados y que los luzca con orgullo! What you'll need: -Cotton yarn in 2 very contrasted colours for the dices and a third colour for the string that join them together. -2,5 mm crochet hook - 12 cardboard squares 7x7 cm -Fabric glue -Tapestry needle -Polyfill stuffing Materiales necesarios: - Hilo de algodón en 2 colores que contrasten bastante para los dados y un tercer color para el cordón que los une. - Aguja 2,5 mm - 12 piezas de cartón de 7x7 cm - Pegamento para tela - Aguja lanera - Relleno sintético FACES With base colour, crochet 12 squares, 8 or 9 cm, in single crochet (sc). I've needed a foundation row of 21 chains and 21 rows. 1. Chain 21 2. 20 sc 3. Chain 1, 20 sc 4 to 21. repeat row 3. Cut the thread and fasten off. PIPS With the contrast colour, crochet 42 circles in double crochet (dc): 1. Chain 2 in a magic ring (count as a dc) 2. 11 dc 3. Close with a slip stitch and cut the thread leaving a tail of 15 or 20 cm to attach them to the faces. LADOS Con el color de base, teje 12 cuadrados iguales de 8 o 9 cm de lado, en punto bajo (pb). En mi caso he necesitado una base de 21 cadenetas y 21 filas: 1. 21 cadenetas 2. 20 pb 3. 1 cad, 20 pb 4 a 21. Repite la fila 3. Corta el hilo y remata los cabos. PUNTOS Con el color de contraste, teje 42 círculos en punto alto: 1. 2 cadenetas en anillo mágico (equivalen a un punto alto) 2. 11 puntos altos 3. Cierra con punto raso, corta el hilo dejando unos 15 o 20 cm para coserlo después a los lados. Stitch up the pips to the faces and glue a cardboard piece into each one. Cose los círculos en los cuadrados y pega un cuadrado de cartón en la parte trasera de cada cuadrado. ASSEMBLING Join 1 and 2 together, 2 to 6, 6 to 5. Now you have a line of 4 faces. Now join 3 to 6 from the left, and 4 from the right. Now you've formed a cross. Join last and first one, that's to say 1 o 5. Now you've an open cube. Now join 3 to 2, 1 and 5 to form an open box. Fill the box with the stuffing. MONTAJE Une el 1 al 2 por un lateral, el dos al 6, el 6 al 5. Has formado una fila de 4 cuadrados. Ahora une el 3 a la izquierda del 6 y el 4 a la derecha. Tienes una cruz. Une el primero con el último, es decir, el 1 al 5. Ya tienes un cubo con dos lados abiertos. Une el 3 al 2, 1 y 5. Has formado una cajita con la tapa abierta. Rellena la cajita con el relleno sintético. Close the cube joining 4 to 4, 1 and 3. You've a dice! Make another one. Cierra uniendo el 4 al 5, al 1 y al 3. Ya tienes un dado! Ahora repite todo el proceso para conseguir los dos dados. For the string, join the cotton yarn to any corner and start crocheting chains until you reach the desired length. Now join it to the other dice by making a slip stitch in any corner and come back to the first dice making single crochets all over the chain. Fasten off. Para la cuerda que une los dos lados, une el hilo en cualquier esquina de uno de ellos y teje cadenetas hasta que alcances el largo deseado. Ahora únelo a cualquier esquina del otro dado con un punto raso y regresa al primer dado haciendo un punto bajo en cada cadeneta. Corta y remata. MORE FREE PATTERNS HERE MÁS PATRONES GRATIS AQUÍ

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