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Gypsy Caravan Wheels
Filed under Art Projects, Swaps, Tutorials
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I received lots of queries about adding wheels to the Concertina Chipboard Pennants for the Gypsy Fortune Teller Swap. So I played around and found some items that work well together (and, most importantly, don’t involve glue — important if you’re participating in the swap and want your pieces to travel cross-country twice and stay together).
Note: wheels are not required for the swap. But there are some cute samples by the Design Team, like the one at right by Rhea Freitag, that do use wheels. More photos of Rhea’s project are in the Gallery.
And what I’m suggesting will work on other projects, too.
So, in no particular order:
1. Use Bottle Caps plus brads (plus filigree, but that’s optional).
The bottle caps could also be the new Flattened Bottles Caps (in silver or black).
Three samples are below (and in the second row of photos, some side and back views to give more details on what I had in mind). If you want your caravan to be free-standing and the wheels to look finished from both sides, you can wrap craft wire around the brad backs & then through the hole in the chipboard (so you can use a decorative brad on both sides).
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– Antique Gold Fancy Flower Filigree – Hot Air Balloons Collage Sheet
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