For instance, the first challenge of October is always Pink Xmas. And the fortnight which includes Earth Day is always "RE-use, RE-cycle, UP-cycle". That's just the way it is!
Which means... it's time to grab that pretty piece of packaging you saved; or the clear plastic bakery box that could be diecut into shaker card awesomeness; or maybe there's a cereal box in the recycling bin that you could decoupage or paint it to make *free* chipboard embellishments? Don't forget the beautiful store-bought holiday cards we receive each December, or those bits of carefully saved gift wrap... those *totally* count too!
Here are the eco-friendly creations we made this week:
Stephanie says, "I save things all year, so I have a selection of elements to choose from for this challenge ... but unfortunately that stash did not survive the recent flooding of our home due to a frozen pipe. So instead, I pulled a Kleenex Box out of our Recycle Bin, punched a bunch of Hexagons, and made this holiday card with Hexagon Christmas Stamps from STAMPlorations with inspiration from the If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge."
Lauren says, "In the spirit of full disclosure I will tell you right off: I used two store-bought cards I received this past December, and they did almost all the work for me!!! I had planned to add some diecut trees or reindeer or... something... but honestly nothing I tried out really worked. Eventually, I stumbled across the ancient Doodlebug sentiment sticker, which featured exactly the same shade of purple as the sky behind the trees. So I just added a few skinny wisteria cardstock mats, plus some fun Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Brads and called it a day!"
And keeping with our recycling theme, one lucky participant will receive a selection of lightly used Hero Arts stamps for their Holiday card making stash including:
Christmas Poster Background
Season's Greetings
Chalkboard Happy Holidays
Three Happy Elves
Three Happy Elves
Link your eco-centric creations right here by 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, April 24th. Keyword for galleries and Flickr is JB:19:08.
7 comments:
Both cards are great. Stephanie yours is so clever to use a tissue box. Hope not everything was lost in the flood. Hugs and thanks for the insperation girls. X
Fantastic up cycling on both cards. Love you idea of "free" chipboard" since SOS has a chipboard challenge going on now. Love this challenge and great prizes.
BTW it's Barbara G.not unknown lol.
AMAZING cards...and what an amazing lil' prize you got there! Gotta play!
I love the idea of upcycling to create cards! I've been doing this for years with the cards I receive from others. It helps save the planet and it saves me money too! Win-win!
That is a clever use of a tissue box. I need to start looking at things differently. Thanks for the inspiration and a chance to win a great prize!
This is always one of my favorites - thank you for the wonderful inspiration.
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