Thursday 20 June 2013

Recycling we shall go

Hi and welcome! I've had quite a busy week, including participating in a delightful class at Julie's at   http://timetocreate-handmadetreasure.blogspot.com.au/    on Sunday, where a group of us completed tribute layouts specifically designed to fit into a shadow box, because of the number of layers involved. I now only have to finish the frame and my memory piece will be ready for display.
Over at ARTastic, http://artasticchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/  there is a challenge, running until the end of the month, which involves recycling materials. The only things I haven't recycled are the brads, washi tape, inks and paints.
I started with a base from the back of a Tim Holtz cardstock pack.

 
 
On this I've added some strips of washi tape, before layering with corrugated cardboard from packaging. For some additional texture I've added some scraps of crumpled and misted glassine paper, which had been used for die-cut flowers on a previous layout. The framing on the photo are again left-over scraps.  Flowers were die cut from glossy ice-block packaging (alcohol inked), old book binding material (alcohol inked then painted with 3D stamping paint) and water colour paper. For the colours on this, I pressed flowers through a cuttlebug. This gave a gorgeous, soft blending of colours. The flourishes were left overs, and the fibre came from  a  bouquet of flowers. The stamping on the background were also done with recycled material; polystyrene packaging.
 
 
 
 
The photo is of  a giant Bird- of - Paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) which is growing in my garden..... much bigger than I expected, but providing an 'umbrella' for my gorgeous tawny frogmouth visitors, especially in wet or very hot conditions.
 
Thank you for visiting, and for your lovely comments. Cheers, Di
 
 

13 comments:

  1. What a lovely way to recycle!! Your layout is gorgeous and I love the negative punch piece tucked in behind the beautiful photo! I'm also a little envious of your 'play date' with Julie! She is amazing!!

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  2. I too am envious of your time with Julie! I love your layout, the corrugated card is such a brilliant background, the flowers are stunning and I love the photo too. Gorgeous! Hugs, Anne x

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  3. Stunning page Di! Your elements are just wonderful, & terrific use of materials to be recycled. Love your Strelitzia, they are gorgeous plants & for how lovely they are shelter for your froggy visitors.
    Thank you for playing along at ARTastic with us once again!

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  4. What a great recycled project. I love those plants, brings me memories of my grandmother in law who grew them. The layers on your page are beautiful work together so well. The flowers top it all off. Well done and thanks for joining us at ARTastic again.

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  5. So cool... love that you started with that back cover - how clever, and the end result is wonderful. So glad to hear you had an amazing time with the brilliant Julie!
    Alison x

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  6. Wow that flower cluster is amazing! Cant believe what you can do with recycled materials - everything goes so well together

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  7. You are just so clever Di - what you have put together is amazing and so very creative. Love it.

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  8. That is a very clever spin on our theme this month! Beautiful layout!! Thanks for joining us at ARTastic!

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  9. Hi Di! Gorgeous layout and I just love the flowers you've made. I saw some of these amazing blooms in our garden centre but they weren't as majestic as those in your photo! So jealous you can grow them in your garden too!!
    Thanks for joining us at Anything But A Card this time and sorry to be so late getting here. Juliax

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  10. Stelitzia nicholai is like that Di - turns into a triffid in front of your eyes!
    Your layout is fabulous. I loved how this challenge at ARTastic stretched us and made us see with different eyes. What fun you had combining so many disparate elements into a lovely meaningful piece. Thank you for joining in at ARTastic we appreciate it!

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  11. Lovely page!! Thanks for playing along at ARTastic!

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  12. How beautiful is your recycled page...stunning!!

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  13. The recycling on this is staggeringly good. LOVE the alcohol inked floral arrangement in particular. Hugs, Jenny x

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