International Ambassadors are blog hopping!

Hello friends

The Spellbinders International Ambassadors are having an informal blog hop again

and this time we have chosen the theme of 'up-cycling'.
We've been rummaging in bins, skips...well,
not quite but it's definitely rewarding to repurpose an item.

 

 We've been having so much fun with these blog hops and delighted at how many 
of you visit, play along and leave such lovely comments.  
I hope you are getting to know us and seeing our different styles, 
each one of us is unique in our creative styles - so there is something for everyone!

For my up-cycling project I've chosen a frame.

It had been languishing in my drawer for a long time and I hadn't got around
to finding a photo to put inside (no, not even of Bella!)
so I thought I would change it into a home décor piece.

Using 5 x 7 Matting Basics, I cut a piece of patterned paper -
Studio Light - Botanic Garden.
I then stamped flowers and a sentiment - yes, me stamping!
The stamps are Lindsay Mason stamps - Blooms of Hope.

To decorate my frame, I used Ivy. 

I cut/embossed lots of the ivy leaves in varying colours of green and a few branches

in brown cardstock.

It was then a case of adding all the leaves - quite therapeutic.

Half way there...

Any stalks that showed I inserted further leaves.

I did discover half way through that it is easier to assemble the ivy branches by

placing the leaves on the reverse and then sticking them down!

We live and learn!

The finished frame.

Some close up pics.

For more inspirational up-cycling projects here is the list of blogs
to visit, have fun!

 

Christine Emberson (You are here)

 Christina Griffiths
Linda Lucas
Yvonne van de Grijp

Thanks so much for stopping by - we hope you enjoy your time with us.

We will be back with more!