Blogger Challenge: Week 170/Friends with Flair

This week’s blogger challenge is to reuse or recycle something as part of your project. Since I’m not a big coffee drinker, I don’t usually do this, but I stopped at Starbucks while running errands on Sunday (there’s one right inside the Target I was at, so it wasn’t a special stop). I kept the cup wrapper, thinking I might be able to use—or reuse—it for the challenge.

I paired the wrapper with one of Unity’s new Itty Bitty sets. I used the Out of This World Itty Bitty—it’s just too sweet. I stamped the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. The hearts are glittered up with a Spica pen. I stamped the image a second time so I could color and cut out the planet image and add it to the image panel with foam tape. The image is set on a red big scalloped circle—I thought it kind of mirrored the curved shapes in the image.

The cup wrapper is used to add a nice, textured layer to my card. The look and feel of the recycled piece makes a great match for an earth-themed card. I cut a notch in the end of the panel and added a strip of striped fabric tape. This is actually hiding some of the glue and printing on the wrapper. The set’s sentiment is stamped above the strip in a bold red ink.

For more projects using these colors, you can check out what the rest of the challenge players have created. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right. And, for more Unity inspiration, visit the list of Friends with Flair players on the Unity blog.

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Unity Stamp Co. Itty Bitty—Out of This World, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic blending cardstock, Copic markers (YG01, YG05, YG07, YG09, B0000, B000, B91, B93, B95) and Lipstick Spica pen, red/white striped fabric tape, Spellbinders circle and big scalloped circle dies

other: Riding Hood Red Classic ink, Cherry Cobbler and Baja Breeze cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); foam tape