Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Making Scraps Pretty

You know how much I love using up scraps.  But paper bags?  Yes, I just made some flowers out of a brown paper bag and love how they turned out.


I found the tutorial at MFPF Speedy TV .  I used antique distress ink and some glimmer spray so IRL there is a shimmer.  The center is a multi-dimensional flower.  I had gems in my stash that matched.
The sketch is Great Impressions


At Timeless Tuesdays we were challenged to use at least 3 of 10 colors shown.  Fun challenge.
And the  Kraft Journal challenged us to use scraps.  I was able to use four pieces as well as a paper bag.

One of my goals this year was to try new techniques.  I procrastinated almost a whole week since seeing the tutorial.  But, yeah for me.  I did it.   It was easy.  Try one.




13 comments:

  1. Oh I love how your flower turned out too, and love the idea. Well done!

    xo
    Judy

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  2. Great card, Marsha! Love your take on the sketch. Your first card was awesome, as well. Thanks for joining us for the January Challenge at Great Impressions Stamps!

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  3. Great card and your flower is perfect!!!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Tutorial Time on Speedy TV.

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  4. The flower turned out beautifully! Sweet card.

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  5. Wonderful looking card. Thanks for joining TTSTV

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  6. Oh my goodness, me! This is Gorgeous!! I love the flower and the fishtail and the sentiment on it! The bling is sublime on it too! Gorgeous!

    Thank you for playing along with us in Flourishes Timeless Tuesday!
    ~ Amanda :)

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  7. Great card & great flower! Thanks for joining us on Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV this week!

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  8. Hi Marsha, could you please contact us at The Cuttlebug Spot?
    You won a prize!

    cuttlebugdt@gmail.com

    Thank you
    Jannie

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  9. Your flowers are great! Thanks for playing with us this week at Tutorial Time on SpeedyTv!

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  10. I love your take on the sketch! Your flower is gorgeous!

    Thank you for joining the challenge at Great Impressions Stamps.

    --Cheryl--

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  11. I love your paper bag flower and how you stamped the sentiment onto the flag banner! Great card! Thanks so much for joining us in the Timeless Tuesday challenge!!

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  12. Very pretty!! I love the paper bag flower and fish tail tag. Thank you for playing along at the FTTC.

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