Monday, April 4, 2011

PAPER CRAFTS BIRTHDAY BASH

Well what an exhausting weekend. Between my sons football, gym and crafting I am wondering if I had a weekend after all...lol

Kristi B over at Paper Secrets let me host one of the challenges over there and I also thought it would be great to join in and give the challenges ago.

I went with the scavenger hunt first, we had to get together the list of products posted in the challenge, then scrap them. So whilst scrambling around grabbing together the requirements I also had to make sure that I would also be able to work with them. Then the task of finding a photo of me when I was kid...this is probably relatively easy for some, but for me I also shared my Birthday with my older brother and to top it off, it was the day after Christmas. By this time most people were a little bit over the celebrations, I am thinking this is why their is not a lot of photos.

However I found my baby book and was able to scan a picture taken of me and brother is no where in sight...lol


I also took on the Recycle challenge. Every 1/4 I receive a kit with cosmetics, after my nearly 17yr old DD opened and sampled everything I discovered their was some lovely packaging that would be perfect for a recycling job, I also found pastic packaging in the recycle bin and some aluminum soft drink cans. I thought this was going to be a quick and easy project, certainly did end that way.

I had some sort of idea that I wanted to turn these pretty packaging envelopes into a mini book. As for the plastic packaging I used that to make tags that would slide into the envelopes for extra journalling or photo mats. I used black cardstock and made an accordion base to hold each of the envelopes. I opened the envelopes up so that I could cover the fronts and stitch these down without stitching the envelopes closed. I stamped the plastic tags with stazon and used one of the new lines from Pink Paislee stitching through all layers.

I used Making Memories definition stickers to cover up the company name that was printed over the packaging. Ribbon was spritzed with Glimmer Mist and I embossed the metal shim, cutting it up and using it throughout the booklet. I did plenty of stitching, inking, distressing, punching and glittering I was more than happy with my recycled project.



And last but not least I did an altered project - the box I used is a tampon box that would have normally been thrown into the bin, I covered with Websters Hollywood Vogue, painted, stamped and glittered with this being my end result. I was hoping to add a mini book but I will add that later.


Well I hope you enjoyed looking at my projects and if nothing else I hope they inspired you in some way.

Bye for now.
Fi


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6 comments:

  1. Fabbarooney!! your book is such an innovative idea and it turned out to be gorgeous, the little box is pretty and I love the idea of a minibook inside (can't wait to see that one)& who knew you were such a cute little girl once upon a time!!! lol
    Well done Fi I love what you did with these challenges. Tracee XXX

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  2. WOOHOO... Fi...Look at you huh!!!..Beautiful layout...You were such a cute baby!! Great mini and that altered box too... Awesome ... hugs...xoxo

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  3. Loving the altered box Fi, fab idea, so pretty, will have to try that one!

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  4. These are all stunning! Fab ideas, and they look gorgeous!

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  5. You are quite talented there Fi.....glad to be following you now on here!
    Jessica
    Jessica's Craft Shaque

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  6. OH BLAST - my comment vanished - how weird! you did an absolutely cracking job here Fi - no wonder you feel like you had no weekend! Looking at all this wonderful work I can see why!! Over the Easter weekend we are having an earth day crop at Scrapbook Challenges - do post that wonderful mini-album - sure it will fit with the recycling challenge - blooming marvellous! As is the box & the layout - you need to be applying to some DTs with all this overflowing talent girl...

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