Have you re-purposed an item to get another use out of it? Usually I don’t think much of saving things or going out of my way to re-purpose items… I just don’t want the clutter of “what if… some day… i’ll make this into something else…” But today I need a little card to put on a gift bag that I had purchased… and I didn’t want to go out and buy one. But I had traveled to my dads house, and only flew with a few scrapbook items to finish a little project I am working on for Mother’s day… so all I had were a pair of small scissors, some smooch ink/glitter, two sets of stamps, a blank chalk in pad, and assorted adhesive. So with that…. I needed to make a card. I had just brought in a purchase of some fantastic cold cups, I purchased from Starbucks, and realized how pretty the bag was with white printed leaves and green trim. So I cut up the bag using the nice printed white leaf areas for the card background. I used the side of the bag to make some leaves for my flowers and a nice interior ribbon, and then used the text and other parts of the bag to make three paper roses. Adding a nice stamped embellishment, and spreading some of the gold smooch on it…I was all set with this pretty card…. you can see the bag before and after… oh and did I mention I did this in less than 30 minutes? What a fun project it was to be forced to be creative. To only use what was on hand and to have it turn out kinda nice… it was certainly a fun little project for myself. I would love to see the things you have upcycled… post a link in the comments to share.

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