Trash to Treasure

Good Morning

A bit of a different card today as I am playing along with some of the challenges at Splitcoast Stampers.

The challenge was to recycle...I knew I had saved this tissue box for a reason!  

Loved the vibrant colours.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• Like I mentioned above, my starting point was this beautiful tissue box I had saved.  I took it out, cut it down for my card front panel.
• I die cut the 'celebrate' right into the middle of the panel.
• I die cut the sentiment 4 more times with some white cardstock (in hindsight, I should have cut them in black but oh well) stacked them and glued them all together.
• I glue the panel onto a piece of matching yellow cardstock, then onto some black and then onto an A2 white card base.
• I glued the sentiment back into place and added 3 black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to CAS- ANY OCCASION

Cardz 4 Guys- RECYCLE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- die (MFT); black gems

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!

Meet today's card using some pieces of inky goodness I had in my stash.  

One of the things I love to recycle and use on my cards is bubble wrap.  It gives such fun circle patterns when all inked up and easy to get with all the deliveries we have had of late!

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by looking through my stash of inky backgrounds.  I tried to choose some that were similar in colour to create a more cohesive looking card.  After I found a few that I thought would work together, I cut them into strips.
• Strips- The circle one is the bubble wrap that I inked up using some Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my cardstock.  One of the strips is ink that I dragged with an old gift card.  The other one is a resist I did using a stamp from Penny Black. 
• I took a good look at the strips and figured out how I wanted to weave them together.  I found this sketch online and decided to use that as my inspiration.

• Next I needed to make a base for it all, so using a piece of white cardstock, I embossed it using a folder from Carabelle in my Cuttlebug.  I arranged the strips, then glued them in place.  I did pop dot some of the edges for interest.
• I die cut a circle and placed that into my Misti.  I stamped the sentiment from the Avery Elle set and coloured in the little heart with my Copic markers.
• I glued the panel onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the sentiment over that in the corner. I added some green Nuvo drops for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribe's Nook Waterloo, Ont. Canada

Accessories and Tools- Letters EB Folder (Carabelle); bubble wrap; old gift card; pop dots;

clear eb powder; Copic marker; Nuvo drops; Cuttlebug

Paper Weaving

Good Morning and Happy Saturday.

Meet today's card.

Yesterday over at Splitcoast Stampers, one of the challenges was to use recycling on your card.  Today's Challenge was all about Antique Farmhouse which I absolutely love!! My love of antiques got me also thinking about the quilts I have collected over the years and from there, my card was created.

I loved doing paper weaving when I was a kid, so I decided to give it a go for my card front.

I began by finding an old magazine and cut some of the pages into 1/4" strips.

I lined up the first set of strips at the top of my card going down and glued them just at the very ends to help hold them in place.  Then I was ready to start weaving the other set of paper strips over and under the ones glued in place.

I think the colours and patterns made for a happy look.

I die-cut the large olive branch and glued that over the top.

That's it!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for taking time to come and see what I have been up to.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

2 Sisters on the Blog- A MAN'S CARD

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- old magazine; Large Olive Branch (Memory Box); Cuttlebug; Mono glue