Blogger Challenge: Week 184/Friends with Flair

This week's blogger challenge is to reuse or recycle something for your project. I've been using a piece of corrugated cardboard that came as an insert in a package I received recently on a bunch of projects this week, so since it seemed to be working for me, I stayed with that idea for this card.

Here, the corrugated cardboard makes an appearance as gift boxes. I cut two different sized "packages" from the cardboard and dressed them up with some baker's twine and buttons. The corrugated texture adds a lot of interest. I attached them to a Labels 4 die cut stamped with the birthday sentiment from Unity's Sweet Birthday Celebration kit.

For a festive look, I covered most of the cardfront with a star patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue paper pad. I used the star images from the kit to stamp stars on a gold strip that runs across the card. The sentiment panel is layered over the top of the stamped strip. I used some dimensional dots to hold the gift boxes securely in place.

For more projects using reused or recycled items, 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, be sure to visit the Unity Friends with Flair players, too. A list of links can be found on the Unity blog.

Materials Used:

from i {heart} papers: Unity Stamp Co. Sweet Birthday Celebration kit, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, Spellbinders Labels 4 die, My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue designer paper, Jillibean Soup orange/yellow baker's twine, Zva Creative dimensional dots

other: Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Hawaiian Shores and Harvest Gold cardstock, buttons (Papertrey Ink); Vivid Straw ink (Clearsnap); silver brads (Joann); corrugated cardboard