Welcome to the ScrapTiffany Blog Hop!
If you are here with ScrapTiffany's Recycled Blog Hop, make sure you started HERE! That's where all the fun starts, and I'd hate to have you miss something!
Well, a couple of my projects didn't make it here today, because I packed the cord for my camera! Uh huh. If you could see my house, and all of the boxes, you'd know what a problem that is. But you can't, cuz I can't take a pic of that without the cord. lol But I do have some stuff to show you anyway, thankfully! I use a LOT of recycled product in my scrapbooking. I use it when I store things. I use it when I'm creating pages, cards, altered whatevers, and I use it when I'm in the mood to change up stuff I already have. Like a side table! I've altered one of those! I love altering boxes. Just any kind. Then, I can keep my things in it, and they feel more precious and fun somehow. When I store notes in a plane box, I feel odd. Like I'm being lazy or something. When I take that same box, and fix it up, add some paper, ribbon, flowers, letters, and bling... somehow it feels special. Like the notes in the box somehow take on a different meaning. I even love to alter packaging. Whatever packaging my product comes in. How fun is that! This project, for example... had some prima flowers in it.
Recycled Prima Box
Prima is known for some amazing packaging. K & Co. also has some awesome packaging! Here is a box that originally had prima flowers in it. I put the pictures of my wedding inside, so that they faced both ways. I posted the photos on a piece of packaging board, and on the plastic outside. I attached the lid with ribbon thru eyelets on the lid and the package. Then I decorated the inside and outside of the container with various paper, flowers, decor, paint, and other items that were recycled. The butterflies came off of a package of candy we got for Easter. The ribbon trim was on a basket. I am hanging this up in the dining room.
Recycled Book
I love to recycle books. I love to grab an old book out of a used book store, and either dress it up with gesso and paint, and various fun items around the house, or else, make an album out of an old book. Or maybe an art journal. How fun! This book is strictly for decor. It's on my fireplace. It was made with a lot of gesso (to stiffen the pages, and hold them together in this form. Then I added various varnishes and agers, and rubons, along with whatever embellishments I was moved to add. The great thing about recycled books is that you can create whatever you like out of them.
Cards
The best thing about cards? You can use everything that's left over or recycled, and make some great cards! The first card is made out of all of my left overs, and a piece of recycled box. I love using recycled boxes. They make great decoration, and I love to use them as stamps..
This card, I used a piece of lace from an old doll dress. I also used a flower from a corsage cluster. and of course, all of the rest of the material are scraps. Love those scraps!
Well... now that we're through here.. head on over to
Bree's! I promise that she'll be inspiring, and you'll have a blast!
OH.. and By the way! I have some stamps for one of my followers (new or old). If you want these, please leave a comment! They are Autumn Leaves All Occasion Word Art Clear Stamps! I'll also send some lace and other embellishments that I can put inside.
Don't miss out on all of the ladies in the hop! Here is the whole list!
Enjoy!!! And thanks SO much for stopping by!
