More recycling!

Seems to be an ongoing theme with me lately! This week the Daring Cardmakers have asked for beads to be used on a card – no hardship at all! Sandy and Heike, who’s on holiday, (TGIF), asked us to show/use a preferred technique with our stamping and I enjoy stamping with acrylic paint and into it, so here’s a card fitting both those themes:

Background paper: Crafty Individuals; Beads: from Tracey and Cat (Auntys) and my stash; Chain: an old belt!

The word ‘life’ is stamped into black acrylic paint which I had smeared onto a piece of cardboard packaging and used as a palette. I liked the look of it so much I kept it. I took it out this evening, tore it from the packaging and stitched the beads and chain on. The packaging was very soft, so stitching through it was no hardship – attaching the ends of the chain with purple mini brads, that’s another matter entirely!! Still, I’m such a stickler for little details, aren’t I? 😉

I had a really lovely surprise today – the 2nd of 2 actually! Firstly, lovely Laura (Layers of Colour challenge), has awarded each of us a set of stamps for rising to her “Crowns” challenge last week, as there were very few entries – thank you so much! Then, this afternoon, I had an email from Silvia – Barnie’s Baustelle! I missed her vibrant stamping and playful style and had left her a comment on her blog, just to see if she was okay, not ill or anything, and she wrote to say she’s fine, taking a breather from stamping and will be back when she has more time. So I’m happier now… I know I don’t actually ‘know’ Silvia, but we share a lot comments in this arty-crafty community here in Blogland and you do tend to become ‘pals’, so I notice when someone’s not around. Nice to know she’s fine, isn’t it? *g*

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Posted by Rosie on May 23, 2008

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