February 123 Challenge 2011....

Sorry everyone for the delay, I've had to deal with a little Miss H having a bit of an accident on her 2nd day of kindy - trip to the doctors and an icypole {or 3} to numb her very cut and swollen lip, and I have finally been able to get this up for you!!!!

I'm excited to let you all know that one of our NEWEST CREATIVE TEAM MEMBERS is LOUISE NELSON!!! {More details about her soon!}

And she has given us the 123 Challenge this month.... and it IS>>>>

1. Colour - Cream

2. Word - About

3. Technique/Theme/Idea - Upcycling

What does Upcycling mean?

"The practice of taking something that is disposable and transforming it into something of greater use and value" 

The repurposing of a material into a product of higher quality. An example would be a purse made out of woven candy wrappers. 

Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or a higher environmental value. 

 

My Materials List:

Chipboard background

Book page

Surgical Gauze

Potpourri Flowers

Doilie

Macramé Belt

Crochet Cotton

Spray Mist

Vintage button

Paint

Gel pen

 

For this particular layout I’ve chosen to use the above listed non-traditional scrapbooking products.

 

To start I created the background using the chip board, book page and paint. I first adhered the book page using a glue stick and then scraped some cream paint randomly over this, using a piece of scrap card

To further embellish the layout I used some surgical gauze, parts of a macramé belt, flower from a vintage doilie, and dried potpourri flowers.

To begin I coloured the gauze using a cream coloured spray mist, and dried it quickly using a heat gun. This way it dries stiff and makes it easy to adhere with the glue stick, and then tease, fray and shape as required.

The potpourri flowers have been adhered using a quick clear drying gel glue.

 

To create the stems and centers of the flower embellishments I have cut down the tassels from the macramé belt and adhered them using quick clear drying gel glue.

I have also used a flower cut from a vintage doilie to use as a centre for one of the flowers

To create the title I have used one of the macramé belt tassels to create the letter A.

 

 

Here are some close up shots of the final project.

Well I do hope you enjoy this months challenge. A big big thank you to Charm and the team for having me on board, I am so so chuffed. Don’t keep us waiting to long to see your fabulous creations!!! Cheers Louise J xxx

 

LOVE what Louise has done for her first "OFFICIAL" challenge, as she has been an ongoing Contributor for many years, so I am absolutely HAPPY to have her as part of our team!!!

 

Keep your eye out for a couple new CT Members that I will be announcing VERY soon too.... along with the wonderful CT already, we have some MINDBLOWING samples for you ;)

Love Charmane XOXO

Comments

[BronnyK]

YOWSERS!!!!!!!!!!! This is STUNNING!! Love this challenge!!!! Thank you Louise for the awesome tutorial!!! You make it look sooooo easy...LOL.... bet the LO's are going to be incredible this month... xxxx... can't wait to get started!!!

[Nicolee]

THAT IS SOOOOO AWESOME LOUISE!!!!!!
totally luv it all, so inspiring!....thx for all those handy tips!

[Marelle]

WOW Louloubelle congrats and this is the best news and wow thanks for the awesome tute
whoooppxxxxx

[Karen keiper]

incredible layout. maybe i might even put a little paint on my next layout!!!???? eeek

[Paula]

Awesome talent, awesome tutorial, awesome choice! :)

[Jasmine]

Congrats Louise. Your work is always mindblowing. Thanks for the tute. It is great to see exactly how you create this wonderful LOs.

[Leslie]

Just found this blog! Love that you guys have unique challenges - I get a bit bored with all of the sketch challenges out there!

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