Recycled Notebooks made from Cereal Boxes etc...

Hello,

I have been recycling again... cereal boxes, packaging paper, leftover schoolbook papers, old paint....

I was inspired by the bottles of paint that I have had in my supplies for many years, (I am talking 20+ years... shhh..) don't worry I have used it all up now hehe!

I started with the packaging paper, folded in half, then unfolded, randomly squeezed paint over it, then refolded the paper and spread/smoothed out the paint.  This is what I ended up with....

Did you spot my helper in the above photo? She did not mind at all that I had spread the papers all over her to take the photo!

Next I cut and scored cereal boxes, muesli bar boxes, popcorn boxes, soap boxes, panadol boxes etc etc to make book covers...

Applied the papers, cut to size, to fit the covers.  I used mod podge to adhere the papers to the cardboard...

After allowing these to dry, I made to measure leftover papers from my children's school books, bound these with different coloured wools and twines (as you can see I mostly used black).  I added as many signatures (this is what each 'section' of papers is called) as required by the thickness of the covers.

I originally saw this recycling idea on a blog created by http://jennibelliestudio.blogspot.com.au/  (she is an amazing and oh so inspiring crafter!! Have a look at her blog if you haven't ever visited there before)

Hopefully I have inspired you to create something useful using up some of those recyclable products in your home!

See you soon,

Shell

xox

Mini Album - Max's Backyard

Hi There,

Back again with another Mini Album to show you.  I have used these products (Max's Backyard) before for a mini, I still had some leftover - so now I have used them all...

I had a collection of goodies including stickers, 3d stickers, chipboard embellishments and glitter rub-ons to use.  I decided I would create a mini for a gardener or some gardening photos.  One of my Daughters is a Ladybeetle addict and there was a few ladybeetle embellishments in the collection so I have given the album to her - she has some great photos of pumpkins, pineapples and other veges etc that she has grown so she can use the mini for these.

 I created the album from a biscuit box which I covered in paper from my stash.

Front Cover I used cardstock and chipboard embellishments, rub-ons and bling.

Side Version - the binding I used was really simple - I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole at the top and one at the bottom, added an eyelet to each hole, hole punched my pages in the same positions and threaded a ribbon through - really simple...

 Side View of the pages - tabs and stickers and rubons and doodling to finish the page edges.

The pages were created by using a whole 12x12 sheet - I cut 2" off the side to make it 12x10 then folded these in half and taped them together for extra thickness to hold photos.

Back Cover  

Lots of green and lots of bugs, beetles and butterflies - perfect for a gardening mini!

Hope you enjoyed my Mini Album of Max's Backyard!

Shell

xox

Shadow Box - using Spellbinders Rose Creations Die...

Hello - it has just started to rain as I am typing this and the smell of the rain is so refreshing!!

I made this Box - (I was unsure exactly what to call it so I went with Shadow box - please let me know if I should have called it something different!!) for a beautiful friend of mine for her Birthday - she loved it of course as I'm sure you will.....

 

Looks great doesn't it?!?   I found this fantastic box at a cheap warehouse shop - they only had two and I had never seen them before and have not seen them since - so I think it was one of those lucky finds!!  It is a very unusual box in that it has a double layer of Perspex - which is a glass-like material - which is magnetised together in the corners and then magnetised to the top of the box.

 
 
 

 

This is the base of the box - I created it all outside the box and then put it together.  Now, where do I start.....  The flowers are die cut using Spellbinders Rose Creations die - a few different sizes for each flower, held together with brads and then glittered with KindyGlitz and glitter.  The Birdcage is die cut using Prickley Pears Birdcage Die and glossy black card.  The Owl is a chipboard owl which I painted and glittered and I have used black rhinestones for his eyes.  The leaves for the roses are die cut using Stampin' Up's Sizzlit - Little leaves, run through an embossing folder for detail and then rubbed over with metallic gold.  A few close ups ......

 

 

The "friends forever" is a Darkroom Door stamp from their All Occasions set.  I black embossed it to make it shine like the birdcage.  I have also used ribbon, a dragonfly brad, a heart brad, lots of bling - rhinestones and pearls....  Oh - I forgot to mention the paper I used was a patterned paper with a beautiful rose in the bottom corner where I have placed the birdcage etc.

 

Here is the top...  had you already noticed in the views without the box that there was no butterflies?? You are very observant!!   The butterflies are sandwiched between the two layers of Perspex - very unusual!!!  I used Stampin' Up's Embosslits - Beautiful Wings to cut the butterflies and stuck them in place using glue dots - I had to be careful firstly of where I placed the butterflies so that they sat nicely over the top of the rest of my project and secondly I had to be careful to not make it too thick for the magnets on the two layers to work properly!! Phew .... 

 

 

 

This is just another finished view where you can see the depth of the box a bit better... See the placement of the butterflies.....

 

 

I think I covered everything - and as you can imagine I loved creating this!! I would love to hear any comments of what you think of this .....

 Have a great evening,

Shell

xox

 

Inspirational Pinterest Boards

Looking for more inspiration??? 

Please also check out our Pinterest Boards as we are putting many more of our fantastic creations that we haven't put on our blog...   Off the Page, Mini Albums, Cards, Tags, Surprise Boxes, Canvases, Christmas Goodies...  BaRb also has a Stampin' up Blog, be sure to have a look there too!!  Happy Creating!

 

Shell

xox

Re-purpose, reuse, recycle

Hello there
Call it what you will, but don't you hate to see things go to waste?
I was given these discarded packaging boxes, and with the addition of stamps(of course) paper, ribbons, die cuts, bling etc., have created these wonderful Keepsake boxes.

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 I know the recipients enjoy them, I hope you like them also.
Thank you for looking. Until next time.
BaRb