Wednesday 20 July 2011

Recycled Christmas

This week the theme at CSDesigns is 'Recycled Christmas Challenge'.
Recycling is one of the things I feel quite strongly about, and to find a way to use it in my crafts, opens up new possibilities.

The rule is : Recycle something from an old Christmas item, part of a card, paper,etc. I had trouble to find an old card, most of the cards I had were handmade beauties from friends. But I found one, still in its gold envelope! The big star on it, was too difficult to work with, although I'm still going to find a way....

I decided to go rustic. The texture print on the green matched the leather look brown card I had. I cut strips and edged them with a gold stamp pad. The gold stars were punched from the envelope. I used the Text Christmas Tree Ornament, that I edged in green and lightly chalked to fit in with the other colours. Ok, I confess, I added some Stardust Gelly roll to the tree. You cannot have Christmas without a bit of glitter.

Here is my take on some recycling:


And here is a close-up of my tree:


Hope you like my rustic card and that you will also recycle something and create something new.


I am going to enter my card in a few fun challenges. Here is my list:

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/07/challenge-64.html
http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/2011/07/challenge-23-christmas-in-july.html 
http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/07/48-christmas-time.html 
http://natalduranteoanotodo.blogspot.com/2011/07/desafio-29-challenge-29-free-christmas.html 

7 comments:

  1. Wonderful card. I loved it. Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges.

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  2. I really like your card---I too RECYCLE in my handmade cards--mostly every time I make cards. I have 3 bins sitting right on my craft table--1 with small pieces of left over paper; the next bin with medium sizes and 3rd with larger pieces. I go to them BEFORE I go to a new full sheet. The bins are full of 'surprises' and I get inspiration just looking. Glad you could join us at Simply Create for our Christmas Challenge. Keep recycling!

    Diane
    Simply Create Design Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com/

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  3. Fantastic!
    Thanks for joining us at Christmas Inspirations challenges. Hope to see you with us again soon.
    Hugs
    Denise

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  4. Lovely card, wonderful recycling. Thank you for joining us at Creative Inspirations this week.
    Hugs
    Suzi x

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  5. Fabulous!! What a wonderful rustic card.

    Thanks for playing with us this week at Digistamps 4 Joy!

    xx Star

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  6. this is one gorgeous card love the colors,and detail on this ,bless you for playing at creative inspirations,this week hugs cherylxxxx

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  7. I love your card!
    Thanks for playing with us at xMas Inspirations!
    xx

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