Swap Group in Australia

Challenge One: Memory boxes The challenge set was to make your interpretation of a memory/gift box. No theme This is what I came up with:

Second challenge: Thank you cards with a jungle theme We had to make 2 different Jungle themed thank you cards and this is mine:

Third challenge: Meander albums This was my challenge and my Mom had been visiting me and She really enjoyed making these albums. She had just returned home to South Africa so this was an emotional challenge for me. Anyway this is what I made:

Fourth Challenge: Dress form themed tags We had to make two different tags with a dress form theme. I decided to go with "Naughty and Nice" as my inspiration and here they are:

Fifth Challenge: Recycled items This challenge has just been set and its basically to make anything from anything recycled. I decided to use 3 different recycling items being: Toilet rolls - I made the pages of the albums with these Plastic shopping bags - The rose on the front is made from the plastic Soda cans - Tin embosses really well and its the label on the front of the album

Recycled Items Challenge

Good morning all from a very cold and miserable Taupo!! A friend of mine in Australia contacted me, about a year ago, with an idea of a Swap group between a few of her friends in the Melbourne area in Australia. Its nothing big or professional as we are all beginners to Scrapbooking but thought it would be a great idea to see each others interpretation of a challenge. These have been lots of fun and I have loaded all the challenges so far on a page on the left hand side of my blog (Swap group from Australia). But to get back to the point - the latest challenge is to make anything from recycled items. I got thinking about what I could use and decided to see just how many I could use in one challenge. I decided to make a "Mini Album" and these are recycled items I decided to use: Toilet roll inners: These are the pages of the album, painted with acrylic paint and covered with scraps of paper from the KAISERCRAFT "SWEET NOTHINGS" collection of paper. This set I got with a card class held by Hastings Rubber stamps in Rotorua earlier in the year. Secondly, plastic shopping bags: I watched a Youtube video by Physcomom,a while ago which showed you how to make "Plaper" - sorry I think that is how you spell it. But basically its paper that you make from plastic shopping bags. Anyway getting back to the project, the rose on the front of the album is made from a white plastic shopping bag and normally I would paint these to give it colour but I really liked the natural look of the plastic for this one. If you do want to paint your roses I would suggest that you paint it with "Gesso" which is a base coat that makes the plastic "chalky" and then the paint will stick better to your flower. Thirdly, Soda pop cans although very sharp and dangerous emboss beautifully and leave a very prominent design and the label on the cover is made from recycled soda pop cans. Fourth: The covers are made from cereal box's and covered with the Kaisercraft "Sweet Nothings" collection paper as well and matching cardstock. Butterflies are stamps from the Kaisercraft Tigerlily stamp set and colour in with the Spectrum Noir blending pens and embossed with clear embossing powder. The sentiments are from a stamp set bought off Trademe but I cannot remember what the name of the set was as I have thrown away the packaging by accident. All in all - there are 4 recycled items used on this project but I also decided to use up scraps of paper from another projects. So the only thing that is not recycled is the tags inside the pages. Let me know what you think!!!