Friday, 6 July 2012
Waste not...
I am one of those people who hates to throw away anything that can be used in crafting...and every time I take a delivery of Stampin' Up! goodies I know the box will contain the famous brown paper packing .
Stampin'Up! clearly take every aspect of the business seriously and even the packing materials are of good quality...and therefore too good to throw away. After every delivery I can be found smoothing and folding the packing paper and adding it to a growing collection... So I thought it was about time I did something with some of my packing paper mountain.
While the mini books I am making as keepsake gifts for family members were drying I punched out a pile of flowers using the blossom punch and the brown packing paper. Then with a brad and some ink I set about making flowers...
These are the first two...prototypes if you like.
I was quite pleased with how they turned out.
I have since punched lots more... some that I first stamped with the en francais background stamp and I have cut more using the daisies BIGZ die and a few with a set of nestabilities dies.
I have some ideas of projects I want to try using these paper flowers and I will share them once they are completed...provided all goes to plan of course.
Until next time...Happy Stamping!
Christa xx
Stampin'Up! clearly take every aspect of the business seriously and even the packing materials are of good quality...and therefore too good to throw away. After every delivery I can be found smoothing and folding the packing paper and adding it to a growing collection... So I thought it was about time I did something with some of my packing paper mountain.
While the mini books I am making as keepsake gifts for family members were drying I punched out a pile of flowers using the blossom punch and the brown packing paper. Then with a brad and some ink I set about making flowers...
These are the first two...prototypes if you like.
I was quite pleased with how they turned out.
I have since punched lots more... some that I first stamped with the en francais background stamp and I have cut more using the daisies BIGZ die and a few with a set of nestabilities dies.
I have some ideas of projects I want to try using these paper flowers and I will share them once they are completed...provided all goes to plan of course.
Until next time...Happy Stamping!
Christa xx
Labels:
brown paper,
flowers,
recycling
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