010415 CKC January Tutorials

It's a brand new year, and we are bringing you brand new tutorials at the CKC!
Helping you transform your old scrap stash into trendy takes on new products.

The first thing I wanted to tackle was the American Crafts/Amy Tangerine Stitched "Thrifted" paper.

I thought washi tape would create those slanted stripes perfectly with just a little bit of effort.

What do you think? (I usually like mine better than the original, lol!)

Next up: Jillibean Soup Mini-Die Cut kraft tags

Easy-peasy! Who says I need a Silhouette or a Cameo? (ME!)
I think I'll save that piece on the left - you never know when it may come in handy! (hehe)

Now the transparent printed "Bella Rouge" letters from Pink Paislee.

I looked in my digi stash for a striped patterned paper & made it black & white.

I cropped & printed it 8-1/2" by 11" on transparency paper, 

then started over but rotated it 90* first.

I will use my Sizzix "Funky Brush" dies to cut out the letters!

Like so!

What should have been the easiest forgery turned out to be the toughest.
The B side of the Heidi Swapp/September Skies "Afternoon Breeze" paper.

I had this stencil & the perfect colors of paint...

Epic fail! It was sloppy & ugly - Plan B - mist.

Second section I forgot to cover the first section - overspray...

Then I just flipped the stencil to get rid of the excess mist on the paper. Ugh.

Next try? Colored pencils...

Just not the look I wanted.

BUT! When I cleaned the mist off the stencil with a baby wipe?

I got these pretties! They went right into my kit when dry :~)

So! Pick your absolutely favorite thing in the inspiration kit & go for it!
We have a great library of past tutorials to browse through & be inspired.

Let me know you stopped by :)

Catching Up with WM Challenges: #36 Earth

Over at Whimsical Musings there have been a lot of weekly challenges lately that have taken awhile to gel in my mind. One was inspired by Earth Day but was left just as Earth to keep it more open-ended. Well, I was thinking of taking garden pictures, but nothing was really taking a hold of me...

My coworker was off today & so I opened the mail.

Look what I found!

Free scrapbook paper!

All of these "papers" were found inside mailing envelopes meant for mailing payments. The designs provide security in that no one holding up the envelope can determine the contents. Suddenly the inspiration hit that these were "Earth-friendly" items if I could recycle/upcycle them.

I was surprised & delighted to find such a variety of patterns & colors.
I mean - seriously - bright green hexagon??? How cutting edge can you get, lol?

Here is what I made:

I even used some of the colored paper from the check stubs.

And I scored this sailboat embelli for my stash:

Do you think I could get opening the mail added to my job description? :~D