CD Reycling with Sospeso Transparente

CD Sospeso Trasparente Art

Hi friends of late I have been in a "non- paper crafting" mood .My fascination with the Italian craft of Sospeso Trasparente continues.To display the beautiful Sospeso Trasparente flowers I recycled a CD.

CD Recycling

The picture above shows the CD, pattern paper cut out to fit it and glitter foam cut to fit the CD with my favorite Poppy Stamps Meso background die.

CD Recycling

Glued the pattern paper to the CD and used PVA glue[ Fevicol Mr ] to stick the glitter foam die cut to the paper. I used circle dies to cut a circular framework to fit snugly around the Meso background lattice.

How are Sospeso Trasparente flowers made?

Sospeso Transparente materials

I had already introduced you to Sospeso Trasparente in 2 previous posts [ Sospeso Trasparente bouquet tutorial and Ice crystal flowers].

Sospeso Trasparente flowers

The flowers in this project were made by sticking flower designs from thin paper sheets called Paper veils onto special Sospeso Trasparente plastic sheets and cutting and heating them to form 3 dimensional flowers

Sospeso Trasparente tutorial 

Roughly cut out the flower / leaf designs from the "Paper veils"

Sospeso Trasparente tutorial 

Apply diluted Sospeso Trasparente glue to the cut outs and stick to the plastic films. You can stick design side up or down depending on whether you want a  paper or plastic look for your final Sospeso Trasparente flowers.

Sospeso Trasparente on film

Allow the designs to dry, then cut out the designs and cut inwards towards the flower centers so that you can shape them later.

Sospeso Trasparente technique

Hold the plastic side towards a candle flame and heat and emboss.Emboss the petals of the flowers from the under surface and emboss the center as shown below.

Sospeso Trasparente embossing

The Sospeso Trasparente flowers look gorgeous just as they are but you can make them sparkle by adding 

• Diamond dust
• Ground glass crystals
• Distress glitter

Here is the detailed tutorial to each technique : Sospeso Trasparente techniques

Sospeso Transparente Crackle Paint

The flower above have a crackled  glossy look because it was painted with Clear Rock Candy crackle paint.

Diamond dust flowers

The flowers above have diamond dust and ice crystals

Sospeso Trasparente Crystal flowers

Dusted some of the Sospeso Trasparente leaves and flowers with distress glitter for a subtle shimmer effect.And some of the flowers like the one shown below were left plain and gorgeous !

Sospeso Trasparente flowers

         Many crafters asked me about best gluing options for Sospeso Trasparente as they found their work falling off projects! Sospeso Trasparente has  plastic and as you all know plastic is not the easiest medium to glue! 

        One option is to use a sticky clay like mseal to adhere to glass/ metal/ plastic etc like I did in the Sospeso Trasparente bouquet tutorial 

           Another option is to stick to foam! Foam and plastic literally melt into each other with hot glue form the simple glue gun and so you know the reason why I made my lattice background in foam!

Sospeso Trasparente 

I hope you like my altered CD craft.

Supplies : All Sospeso Trasparente material courtesy Crafters Corner, Distress Glitter, Crackle paint, Diamond dust, _ from Craftes Corner

Poppy stamps meso background die, Glitter foam, DCWV floral recollection,