Whiff of Joy Summer Stamp Kit...

Katharina at Creative Ideas by Katharina is offering the chance to win the Whiff of Joy Summer Stamp Kit to two lucky people.

ooooooooooooooooh sigh isn't that just brilliant? Check it out, but please don't win cause I'd quite like to!!!

Cuttle bug folder storage idea...

As promised earlier this morning - more recycling! Can you guess what the recycled object is here?

Yes, I finished the chocolates and was able to make this storage container for my small cuttlebug embossing folders with an empty Ferrero Rocher container (200 g size - the one with 16 choccies). The container is just a perfect size for these folders.

I cut the pale blue rectangles on my Cricut at 2.75" - love the ability of the machine to automatically cut as many as will fit on a page. I found I had to trim a tiny bit off the side as the lid was catching slightly. I also rounded the top corners to ensure a smoother lid closure.

Each of the divider cards has a sample of the embossing on it and the name of the set it comes from. I'm really pleased with this storage as it should mean that I can now find my folders far more easily.

In the lead up to Earth Day on the 22nd April many challenge blogs, just like we are at the Pink Elephant, are asking crafters to really think about recycling - something we all should do far more often. At Our Creative Corner there are some amazing cards by their design team that include recycled items and their challenge for crafters this week is to create a card or project using some recycled materials.

Pink Elephant Day - Challenge 11

This week at the Pink Elephant we are thinking about recycling materials to use in our craftwork. The recycled part of the card I am showing today is the Iris Folded heart and Tilda's outfit, which were both created using the patterned inside of envelopes.

Iris Folding is a paper crafting technique that started in Holland. My friend, Cobi, who originates from the city of Amsterdam first showed me this technique and explained how originally the paper folded and used to create the patterns was actually the patterned insides of envelopes. I started to open my mail with new interest - it is unbelievable how many shades of blue and different patterns you can collect in a very short time. Even bills become more interesting!

The heart I stamped and iris folded is from a whole range of Iris Folding stamps by Personal Impressions and each one includes the pattern for the Iris Folding on the stamp. You can also obtain loads of free patterns and guidance at http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/.

To continue the blue envelope inner theme I also stamped Tilda onto the envelope inners and paper pieced to create her clothing.

I hope you will find time to join in our challenge this week - I would really love to see what you can find to recycle. Do check out what my talented friends on our Design Team have come up with and if you get chance call back to my blog later cause as soon as I have eaten the last of my Ferrero Rocher I am going to do some more recycling ...

and it involves Cuttlebug folders!!!

Watch this space!!

NEWS UPDATE - The Challenge at the Pink Elephant this week is not only recycling - we are just tooooooooooooooooo good to our participants - this week you have a choice!!! You can do a card for MUM or RECYCLING! How cool is that and of course if you are really clever (like me - lol) you can combine the two!!!