Friday, July 5, 2013

Flashback Friday-See what a little cleaning can do?

Hi! Welcome to another Flashback Friday! I hope all of my fellow Americans survived their Independence Day's activities without any injuries!  Our holiday was pretty low key.  My nephew came home for a visit and we all had a wonderful time together.

I have been using my time off this summer to try to do some much needed cleaning and organizing.    No big surprise that one of the first areas I tackled was my crafting space!  Since then, I have moved on to other areas of the house (not nearly as much fun, but easier to purge clothing that is the wrong size, than old beloved stamps!), but I keep coming across things that pull me back to my crafting space!  For example, my dryer was becoming the catch all area for outgrown clothes, so I finally bagged them up so they would be ready for donating to our local charity thrift store.  During this cleaning, I found a few homeless buttons and figured that I would never find the matching clothes, or they were probably long gone.  So I gave them a new home in my buttons container where I found the bag of buttons I bought a long time ago at an antiques and collectables store.  This led to a complete side track from cleaning!

My first card actually features one of these buttons.  They are metal and a little shabby looking and I absolutely loved them.  I used a faux mosaic tile technique for the focal point and added the button as an accent.  Along with my old button, I also pulled out some retired Tea Party DSP for this card.


As I was working on the first card, I moved a ziplock bag of thin strips of paper that were scraps from Easter cards.  I decided I really needed to either use them or pitch them and then I remembered the cute Easter bear digi I colored a looooong time ago.  This image is so old that when I went back to the person's site to link up to it, her site was gone...  So Caroline, I tried to give you credit but I'm not sure where you are now!


I glued all of the skinny strips of paper onto a rectangle of copy paper and then trimmed the edges to make them even.  Then I glued that to the base and glued the teddy to the front.  I realize that little bag of scraps didn't make a big dent in my stash, but I am glad that I finally found a use for all of the colorful scraps!

Well, DD#1 and I have a date to watch the Warehouse 13 marathon, so until next time, happy crafting!!

7 comments:

  1. Love both of your cards. When you finish organizing come on over and do my craftroom it is a disaster. I have plans to do lots of cleaning/organizing of a couple rooms but too hot right now to do that without air conditioning.

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  2. Great cards! I like the pretty pattern you created in the sympathy card and the bright paper strips on the second are terrific!!

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  3. Love the mosaic card, and the button is a perfect finishing touch! Cute stripey one - really making the most of your scraps!
    Alison x

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  4. Both are wonderful!
    Gotta love those homeless buttons - and glad you found this one and gave it a perfect little home. Very pretty card!
    Also love that second one and those fun stripes!
    Lynn

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  5. We are going through the cleaning and re-organising bug too Margaret, although I am too slow for Les's liking. Still too much coughing making me blah!
    When you find things though isn't it great and having a play with your pretty button most probably refreshed your spirit to keep on with it.
    Don't forget to enjoy your break too when you can.

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  6. Groovy card! I like the little cut out squares, this looks like it took a long time to create! But the end result is pretty, pretty!

    Blessings!

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  7. Oh I love your faux mosaic tile technique! Such pretty colors, and I like the button too:-)

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