A Place to Start Challenge - JUNE, 2025 - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: RECYCLE

 

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start. The challenge this month is Anything Goes with an optional twist of Recycle.

For this challenge of Recycle I decided to recycle a birthday card I got earlier in the year.

I used the flower section of my card that I was recycling and cut it out in a circle and layered in with another circle slightly larger in the green of the flower stems. I stamped a birthday stamp on some white cardstock, added  some  distressed ink and a layer of the green cardstock.

The outside layer of the card is some scrap lined paper from my stash. 

To complete my card I added a ribbon, and butterfly from my stash. I also added gold Nuvo to the butterfly and clear Nuvo as water drops on my vase. 

Hope you will join us this month's challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Have a creative month. 

Hugs Judy

Anything Goes Challenge but must include Recycling

It is a Anything Goes Challenge this week at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-invent. 

This is my project

This is what I started with

           Wooden lid from a box, silver Duck tape, and plain and textured

cardboard paper.

Shower hooks and napkin rings 

Another view of the project. 

I covered my box with the silver Duck Tape and lined the inside of the project with the textured cardboard that I got from a friend.  It's original use was the wrapping off of her stained glass that she purchased it.  I dried brushed the textured  paper with silver acrylic paint.  I really liked the effect.  The metal rose and the hanger at the top of the box is a napkin ring that I took a part. 

I used a few of CS Designs images from their Steampunk digital stamp collection. I used Solitaire Heavy metal , Metal phrases,  and a sentiment from the  Artistic Sentiment collection called Somewhere Between Chance & Mystery. The two metal pieces holding the words are part of a set of shower rings that I purchased at a thrift store. 

I added a few more recycle findings from my stash to complete the project.  I used more than 10 recycled articles in this project. I had lots of fun putting this project together.

I hope you will join us this week at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-invent. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics : Must be Mix Media, Altered, Upcycled or  Recycled
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes 

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Altered Art

Celestial Goddess

This was my completed Project for this weeks challenge at Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent. 

This is what I started with for my project although I did end up needing more cardboard.

I used one of CS Designs' digital stamps from the Celestial design stamps series called Celestial Goddess Montage Square.  I fell in love with this image.  I used this woven tray I had that was a tray that held a sliver plate and large candle. I thought it made a nice frame for the goddess. I covered that frame with some black and silver napkins I had and glues them down with gel medium.  The stars were cut out of the boxes I had then painted with silver paint. To give the stars more life I added some doodling. 

The background of the image was coloured with Copic Markers and glitter. I cut out a second image of the face and layered it over the original image and coloured it with PanPastels.

The sentiment is also from CS Designs and is from the Stars and Celestial Sentiment digital collection. I think it is a very beautiful saying. 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look and I hope you join us this week at  Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.    Remember - We always allow Anything Goes but any project entered must still include recycling, or be re-purposed ot re-invented.

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit: February - Anything Goes
Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes
A Girl Who Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes

Recycle, Re-Purpose, Re-Invent - October, Fall, Harvest and Halloween - Part 2

This is one of my projects  for part 2 of the Recycle, Re-Purpose, Re-Invent challenge blog. 

 I wish I had taken a picture if my clock before I painted it.  The clock was one a girlfriend had given me that she found at a garage sale.  It was cheap plastic, the silver coating was peeling and the clock background was blue and gray strips.  I thought is was a good project to use on of CS Design's digital images called Solitaire/Steampunk Round.  The image is part of their Steampunk Digital Stamp Series and can be purchased here.  

I first coated the clock with a Mat Medium to stop the peeling of the finish then I spray painted the clock brown. Once the spray paint dried I then painted the clock with Kroma Crackle Paint and then another layer of Mat Medium. Once the paint cracked and was completely dried I  dry brushed on brown, orange and gold paint until I got the effect I wanted. 

The metal leaves on the clock were from some wine markers that I had.  Some of the leaves I used a couple of different embossing on it to give them some colour and the other leaved I painted with the same paint as the clock. 

The dragonfly was from a old necklace and also was coloured with paint.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can join us in the challenge.  Try something new.  

Here are the links to the other DT Blogs - I hope you will check out their projects for this second challenge from these talented ladies.

Angela …  The Paper Craft Nook  

Laine ..... Hugs 4 Hearts Design

Chris.....   CS Designs Blog

We are also having a Design team and Guest designer call.

Would you love to join our Fabulous Team. If so please add either Dt ot GD after your name on the challenge blob. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Halloween or Not
Crafters Hoarders  - Happy Fall
Lessology - Beautiful Scenery
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Baffies Kreativladen - Fall & Halloween 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Fall Leaves