Hello Friend's! Welcome to another FCD Blog Hop! With all of the lovely fall leaves popping out all over town, we knew we wanted to use Fall images and make something warm and harvesty. For a little extra punch we decided to pull out an old staple - MESH! Remember that stuff? I have always adored mesh, and have a whole drawer full of it! What I discovered in this little exercise is that some of my mesh is so old the sticky no longer works! Ack! I had to coat the backs with some Zig chisel pen action! Know what that means? - Yeah - I need to USE more of my old supplies and stop buying new stuff! Ya, right! :o)
And with that segue, Pamela is offering you, dear blog-hoppers, a coupon code for 15% off - good for everything in the store (except magazines). Coupon expires when the blog hop ends - 8PM EST, Monday, October 19, 2009. CODE: hopidays
By now, you regular hoppers probably know the drill, but for those new comers (and we Thank Ye!), here's how these circular hops work: No designated beginning, no designated end - wherever you start is the "beginning" and when you link back to your original post you have come full circle and completed the hop. There are 9 posters today - short, sweet, but colorful & exciting!
As always, there will be a blog candy giveaway chosen from the comments on one of the blogs. To up your chances of winning, be sure you comment on all the posts - no one knows who the mystery hostess will be until it's over! Drawing for candy will be announced at 8 Pm EST on Monday, October 19. Check
FCD's Blog to see if you've won, or leave your addy in your comment so Pamela can contact you. (spell out the parts of your addy so phishers are less likely to find it - like this: john dot doe at yahoo dot com )
Now for the good stuff! My post this month was originally inspired by my friend, Brenda Loock, who I first saw reusing clear plastic boxes to make clear cards & such. Brenda loves to repurpose interesting items, and she's a genius at it! So, one day I bought this room diffuser from the store, pumpkin scented, and it came in this cute, cube shaped, clear, pumpkin decorated, plastic box. I immediately thought of Brenda, and decided to save this box for a "some day " project. You know about those, right? "Some day you'll make something with this item, but most days it sits in your closet/drawer/cabinet, etc, gathering dust, right?" Fast forward one year or so later (LOL), and I finally put this box to use! Yay Team! :o)
I cut the box apart, follwoing the natural score lines in the cube. The result gave me a nice squarish set of pages to work with. While most of the packaging was very sweet - pumpkins, orange colors, gold "pumpkin" titles, etc, some of the package was not so nice - black type that described the contents, chemical makeup, usage directions, etc. I certainly didn't want that junk distracting from my art, so I first painted the pages in places with a neutral acrylic to cover up the bad parts.
Once dry, I went to work incorporating mesh, brads, Prima flowers, Paint Chips, ribbon, scrapper's floss, buttons, tiles, and.... hmmm, I'm forgetting something... Oh yes! - STAMPS!!
I counted THIRTEEN different stamp sets used - surely that's a record for one project!
That's what I LOVE about Firecracker Designs' stamps - they are all so versatile and interchangeable! You can create thousands of combinations in any direction your heart desires! Talk about value! Who doesn't love stretching their crafting dollars? I do! :o)
Here's the front cover (click for larger view).
Stamps used: birds, Recyle Me (
Bridge of Thoughts); Simply Perfect (
Let's Celebrate); pumpkins (
Harvest Fun).
Inside pages 1 & 2 (click for larger view).
Stamps used: No One Goes Their Way Alone, bridge portion, Bridge the gap, birds, Dream (
Bridge of Thoughts ); pine trees (
Just Breathe Again); mesh chain border (
Silhouette Flowers); It's Fall Ya'll, Crow (
Medium Crow); Treasue Every Day (
Let's Celebrate); Chipmonk (
Little Things); Pumpkins (
Harvest Fun).
Inside pages 3 & 4 (click for larger view).
Stamps Used: It's the Little Things, Cardinal, Birch Tree (
Little Things); Butterfly (
Bliss) ; Swirl (
With A Flourish); Crow (
Medium Crow); Give Thanks, Simply Perfect (
Let's Celebrate); Bird silhouette (
Little Bird Told Me); Pumpkins (
Harvest Fun); mesh chain border (
Silhouette Flowers).
Inside pages 5 & 6 (click for larger view).
Stamps Used: Cardinal, Birch Tree, Tree "Tops" (
Little Things); Bird (
Little Bird Told Me); Pumpkin (
Harvest Fun); mesh chain border (
Silhouette Flowers); Simple Things, Dasiy (
Oops-a-Daisy); Just Breathe (
Just Breathe Again); Dragonfly (
Thinking Of You); Birds, Don't Wait To Be Discovered (
Bridge of Thoughts ).
Back Cover (click for larger view).
Stamps Used: Scarecrow, Cornstalks, May The Bounty..phrase (
Hangin Around Scarecrow).
I so hope you enjoyed this little recycled clear book project! I know I sure enjoyed putting it together! :o)
Please continue on your journey to the lovely and talented Donna's Blog. Don't forget to leave comments along the way to qualify for the blogcandy drawing.
As always, thanks for stopping by! Happy Stampin'!
Ursula
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