Welcome to part six of my Fourth Blogoversary Celebration. The boxes are getting pretty full but there is room for a few more things.
Thanks for all of the great organizing tips you have been passing along for the answer to yesterday's question. It is clear to me that my problem is that I do have a dedicated space for crafting and I can (and do!) leave bits and pieces from my projects wherever they land until I can't find a clear spot to work! I do put tools away but I tend to leave all of the scraps and rejected bits and pieces piling up on the island. Sometimes this gives me an idea of a way to use something that I hadn't considered and other times it makes me avoid my craft table - not good for creativity!
Here is how the giveaway works:
Just like last year, I have three boxes that I will be filling with gifts that I'll send to three blog readers. Each day I'll add more things to the boxes until they are full and ready to ship. You can comment on every post until the boxes are full to maximize your chance to be chosen by random draw. You don't have to be a follower or a subscriber to win, however, if you enjoy my blog, subscribing by email will help you make sure that you don't miss anything - just click HERE and fill in your address, then reply to the confirmation email to be added to the list. If you prefer to "follow" you can do that by clicking "Join this site" at the top of the right side column.
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The second item today is a sheet of red flocked contact paper (about 8 x 12 inches). It is a bright red but photographed even brighter. This cuts easily in my machines - it is about the same as cutting vinyl. I hsve used this for cards to get the effect of flocking without the mess.
Here is one of the cards - you can see the details about creating it at THIS POST.
There is some more info at THIS POST - I have also found this material in blue and black and used it for a card I made for Scrappy-go-Lucky last year.
Here is the question for today - be sure to answer it in a comment below.
What materials have you used in your crafting that are not typical papercrafting items. I think the fuzzy contact paper is actually intended to be used on the bottom of candlesticks and bookends to keep them from scratching the table. Where do you look for craft materials aside from typical craft stores? What was your best "find?"
Thanks for stopping by - I hope you have a wonderful day!
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I have used packaging materials in my layouts - mainly from scrapbooking supplies - as well as sewing notions.
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ReplyDeleteI have used the pull tabs from pop top cans on my cards before.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I get to Home Depot, I look for supplies that I can use and add to my craft supplies. Amazing what you can find and use when it comes to making crafts and what can be used on cards.
The greatest and latest find that I have found was at Michaels in the bead dept.which was a flat heart shaped cameo to use on my Valentine card for my aunt.
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My brother-in-law used to work in theater lighting design and had three books of sample colour gel films. They are used to cover lights to cast different glows on the stage. Each piece is only about 1 inch by 3 inches but I have so many different colours. I have used them in parts of my scrapbooks and cards.
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ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon. I have some mesh drywall tape to position vinyl on projects, works well. But my favorite find was actually found by my hubby. He was in Harbor Freight and saw this roll of heavy duty mounting tape and brought it home. I love to pop up things but sometimes not so high. This stuff is about 1/16" and you can cut tiny little strips or cover the back of larger pieces. It's about an inch wide. Love it.
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ReplyDeleteLove your flocking ideas and the fact it can be cut in our machines. Another great giveaway. I am not typically adventurous in my crafting, however, last spring, I was making a mini album for my granddaughter's graduation and needed something silver and shiny. I found the perfect item in a fishing tackle store. It was a strip of silver mylar fringe and worked perfectly. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
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ReplyDeleteI am an email subscriber and follow on Facebook. These cards are so cute. Hope I can find this flocked paper! My favorite thing to do is use items in my house for stamping- sponges,packing materials, washers, and screws to stamp.
ReplyDeleteI am constantly on the lookout for scrapping ideas. I most often save items from the kitchen. i was cutting the grass one day and found a metal dolphin...flat...maybe an eighth of an inch thick and cleaned it up to use in a vacation LO. About a month later I noticed my next door neighbor had a windchime with dolphins. It was broken from a windstorm I think which would explain why it was about 50 feet away. Oops! Too late by then. Embarrassing and kind of funny though.
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ReplyDeleteI have used tin foil, drywall mesh tape,dryer sheets, various packing materials and whatever else I happen to find. I also love to go to home improvement stores or the flea market and look for items you wouldn't normally use for papercrafting.
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Sorry you are not feeling well. I hope you get better soon. I LOVE to go through local hardware stores and see what I can find. My best and most recent find was some silver masking tape. I think that is what it is called. Anyway I cut off a piece and emboss it with my cuttlebug and then use it as a border. It is very pretty and you can also stamp on the embossing to make it even better. Love your blog and look forward to your emails for ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe weirdest thing I have used is birdseed. I used it for the middle of a sunflower for a card. (I had also made a Home decor item with it). I look everywhere when I am out. However, since I work at a craft store, I tend to use the items there. Thanks. The boxes have some really nice items.
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ReplyDeleteI've used a little of everything... my fave is the inside of light bulb boxes. Its usually a lovely white or off-white color and it corrugated.
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I can't think of anything nontraditional that I have used. Guess I don't think outside the box too often! As I type this I do remember cutting a cereal box with my cricut for thin chipboard.
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I've used sewing material on my projects. I use a stiff interfaceing, and cut out the pattern. Thanks for the Blogoversary Giveaway.
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ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm! I have used decorative items that I have received on purchased cards from friends. I cut them off, save them, and use them as needed. They make cute decorations on my card. TFS
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I can't think of anything unusual that I have used. I use the extra buttons and I've also used small envelopes I found at the dollar store.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used too many non traditional scrap items while scrapping. I have used some pretty shelf liner paper on an altered project and I really liked how it came out! I have also used jewelry wire on some cards! I like to looks on the internet for new ideas.
ReplyDeleteI use everything...I left a comment about the Hardware Store on facebook, but I do look for any type of mesh or packaging that has patterns that I can spritz and use as a template. Have come up with some really unique backgrounds from stuff everyone usually throws away as worthless! Thanks again for the chance & I have never used flocked papers, so I'll have to give that a try!
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I like to find things and the hardware store. I use the mesh tape that you use for drywall, washers and the silver furnace tape. Sandpaper is a great thing too.
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Good morning Diane, I've used a few different materials such as the plastic window taken from boxes of pasta, I use these to create windows on my cards. I've used the ripple paper that seperates cookies in cookie packages you buy. I use these often as backgrounds on my cards, gives them dimensions. But the best finds are in your husbands garage... I sometimes use Aluminium duck tape, I cut a piece the size I need put it on my Cricut mat and cut either letters or an image and then I peel off the backing and it sticks right on your project. Thanks for making me remember to re-use these materials. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon. Nothing too unusual on my end. I like to repurpose containers.
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ReplyDeleteHmmm, I haven't really stepped outside of the norm for paper crafting yet, since I am still fairly new to doing things besides scrapbook pages I haven't really thought about it. But I will be looking at things in a new light for sure. mberry at daisyconstruction dot com
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ReplyDeleteMy fav non-scrapbook I item that I yes is my computer, to check out blogs and scrap lift ideas. And a tool kit from lowes, I've needed a small drill or pliers more than once
ReplyDeleteI use tissue paper like it is going out of business. I use it for flowers and 3-d hearts or other designs. I buy it throughout the year after each holiday or season on the cheap so I always have a great stock of it. I buy craft supplies everywhere from craft stores to home depot. Every store seems to offer something to be creative with.
ReplyDeleteI save the backs of all my legal pads from work to make chipboard shapes and mini albums. I also save acrylic pieces from packaging to make small embellishments.
ReplyDeleteI love to use "odd" items on my projects. Most recently I used an old screen door - I cut the screen into a square and I used it as a background. It looked even more awesome when i added a little white inking to distress it!
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ReplyDeleteSorry your feeling under the weather...not sure about where you are but I know here we have had some crazy weather....no snow which is so unlike us and temps in the 40's, again so not like here. Everyone is picking up one thing or another .....so feel better soon!!
ReplyDeleteTo answer todays questions~ I can not think of anything off hand that is not a typical papercrafting item in my craft room. I am beginning to expand my techniques and try new things so I have tried to recycle more packagings and use common office supply items.
I try to look everywhere for things that I can use in my projects...the thrifty stores...hardware stores....dollar stores.
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I look EVERYWHERE for crafting inspiration. Although I would still consinder most of the stuff that I use still to be crafty. I like turning old clothes into new items, using old home decor in a new project (such as taking apart floral arrangements, fake of course, and putting the flowers on a new project).
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Wow, I don't normally use a lot of non papercrafting items in my projects. I think I bought a butterfly neclace charm to add to a card but I still haven't used that. Other than that I have used a toilet paper roll before and some cell phone bling that was on clearance at Target in place of buying actual scrapping rhinestones. I've looked for supplies at SuperCenters and Grocery Stores as well as Book Stores. I hope you feel better soon. Hugs- Glora
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I use sandpaper to punch with...just made some little starfish with that....and the red velveteen ribbon that is used for those big red xmas boes...I use it topunch with , too...as for shopping out of craft stores, I am a sewer, too, so I pull lots out from that crafty end of my room...but also use garage sales and the Goodwill and antique malls...great sources for old sheet music and old "stuff"...I think my best find was BUTTONS...tons and tons of buttons!!
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I have used very thin cardboard from boxes to cut on the cricut.
ReplyDeleteHope that you feel better. The only thing that is a little different than from paper crafting are items from my sewing area in which I sometimes use. Fabric mostly but trims also make it to my paper.
ReplyDeleteI have to approve everything before it goes to the recycle bins...acetate, any gold foil cardboard or any great color really! I luv sand paper, so many colors and textures and luv when I find a real hardware store, for nuts, screw and bolt heads to use as brads! Thanks again for a chance to win! Feel better.
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I don't use a lot of non crafting items for my projects, however, I do recycle artificial flowers, buttons, packaging, etc. I shop everywhere for crafty supplies sometimes you find things in the least likely place. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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Feel better soon! I look everywhere for inspiration- I've found things in non-crafting stores. But the item I've used most is the plastic packaging (like the one used in new cricut cartridges). I save it and use it in my layouts. I've cuttlebugged it, drawn on it, and cut it into different shapes to use in my scrapbooking. I try to recycle as much as possible!
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I've used pull tabs, sand paper, and duck tape. Like looking in the hardware section for craft stuff.
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Good morning, I hope you feel better soon. Your cards are lovely, TFS. I try to look everywhere, actualy when something breaks my hubby and I tend to pull it appart and save any "reusable" parts, things that could be either repurposed or reused as spare parts and keep the small ones in a plastic container in the kitchen so we know were to look for odd spare parts, but to tell you the truth I cannot think of any specific project I made with them, I have used one of those metal gift bag embellisments from Hallmark as an embellishment for a card - previously adding some ribbon to make it a bookmark- this way, the tag is kept "insight" and the ribon does not go to waist if the card goes to the reciclyng box :). Once again thank you for the giveaway, the boxes look like they are going to make three very lucky followers extremely happy!!
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I'm sad to say, I haven't used anything weird or cool in my layouts! I do keep goodies from trips, like we stayed at the Ritz's and I kept the candy wrapper!
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I have used old photo negitive frames. My dad used to take a lot of photos and always got slides and so I use those. Sometimes I even use them with the negitive in them. Its a neat vintage effect.
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I loe looking in the hardware store for some of my elements. I've used nuts on my page layout for a little boy that was playing wiuth his tool set. Pretty neat look.
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ReplyDeletehope you feel better. As far as something different I have used for crafting I would have to say I have used embellishments from clothing I no longer wear.
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ReplyDeleteI use a real variety of things for my cards and love when someone asks me for an unusual card. Made a pirate card for a 7 year old and filled the treasure chest with all sorts of miniature toy things collected and stored in my odds and ends box.
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Hope you feel better soon. I will confess I find really neat items from the trash! Not just for cards or scrapbooking but to turn someone elses trash into a treasure! I use empty creamer containers to make snowmen and old light bulbs to make snowmen ornaments. I also use blue painters tape to tape down paper to my old cricut mats!
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ReplyDeleteI use to love shoppinng the smaller , Joblot , Dollar store. We have 3 dollar stores and 2 job lots with thmiles of each other. Always seem to find somehing crafty
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I too have something going on , not a bug, I hope maybe allergies with all of the mild weather?! I use lots of "found" objects. I LOVE Izzis bottle caps, cardstock that is in large enough pieces from junk mail, zippers into flowers,old jewelery, I used to get lots of packaging for CD's and such for computer program demos and I made come cool cards or mini-albums. We don't get those any more ;(
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I don't use much that is not craft related. I did use sandpaper as sand on a layout.
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Sorry to hear that you are "under the weather", hope that you are feeling better soon! Two things that I can think of at the moment are small washers and sandpaper...I scrapbook alot of fishing and hunting pages of my son and husband so the small washers make great rings for small twine to look like rope on a boat and the sandpaper makes great "sand" and "dirt". I look all over for different things to use..kitchen supplies, hardware, flea markets and antique stores. Thanks for the contest!
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I guess I play it pretty safe and don't really use non-traditional scrapbooking items. I should really branch out!
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I have used drywall tape as an inexpensive alternative to the mesh that was popular a few years ago. I have also embossed plastic packing material with my cuttlebug. I have stamped on tissue paper before to use on candles. I would love to win the fuzzy contact paper. I haven't been able to find it. Feel better soon.
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I have a stash of packaging parts to use, especially for windows on cards. I've used twine, sawdust, sandpaper from my shop in the basement.
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ReplyDeletewe are facebook friends, too. I also dry flowers from my garden to use in my papercrafting.
ReplyDeletehmmm I've never used any non crafting tool on my projects.I always make sure of what I buy that I can use them. I usually buy my things under scrapbook/crafting category.
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I guess I'm not very creative as I only use actual papercrafting supplies. I do look for craft materials in second-hand stores. I have found some stamps, inks, and punches. Thanks for the opportunity to win a great giveaway.
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I find things in the trash well my trash. Lately I discovered egg cartons are just like TH grunge paper. I can cut MFT dress form, because they are small out of the sides. Egg cartons flatten real easy. I have made birds and flowers from them. I recycle a lot of cardboard boxes as well. I use the felt things that on on the bottom of chairs for alcohol ink. I get that at hardware stores.
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I look for crafting materials everywhere - sometimes the grocery store - macaroni that can be transformed into a butterfly - and of course the home improvement store - love the magnetic vent strips for storing cutting dies, but also garage sales - where you get your best buys!
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I hope you feel better soon! I like to look for items at yard sales, local hardware stores and outdoors when I am hiking or walking. My best finds are bird feathers. They look real cute on cards!!! I also scraplifted one of your ideas. I take pictures of outdoor items and then I make backgound paper for cards.
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I have used paint chips. I also use a fork to help tie tiny bows. I used to use kleenex for making flowers (but I don't any more).
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I have used triangle make up sponges to apply chalks to the paper.Flocked paper looks interesting.
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I have used a coke can just cut the top and bottom off slit the side of the can run it throught the cuttle bug with a mask to emboss it the use as a back ground
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Oh gosh, I use all kinds of things that were meant for scrapbooking! Olive Cans, bottle caps off Sodas, the tabs off cans, the can for flowers, old jewelry, cd's, packaging/cardboard, Ceral boxes for chipboard, Nail filer, old keys, book pages. If you can't tell, I like to alter and use things we already have in our everyday life! :)
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At The Paper Source in Chicago I found glitter wrapping paper. I bought my daughter's high school colors and made swim team locker signs. Since I wanted to make the sign one piece and 24" long with my Cricut the wrapping paper was perfect.
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I'm a follower of your blog. The glitter wrapping paper mentioned before was hard to work with and left a mess but the signs got tons of kids wanting me to do their sports.
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to use is Avery clear full sheet labels--I prinnt journaling on them, clip art, titles. Cut them out and I can put them anywhere on my layouts.
ReplyDeleteI really don't make an effort to look elsewhere for supplies -- but somehow they show up on my crafting table! Right now I am using some heavy pink paper that was used as packing material originally. Great for Valentines. llwymandot310atgmaildotcom
ReplyDeleteI like to find freebie items to use in scrapbooking. I save the textured metal foil like stuff you find on certain cans of snacks like nuts or pringles. They make great little punchies like flowers, Squares, dots, birds, etc. for pages or cards. I have also raided my husbands hardware drawer for small little metal items like washers or fishing lure hardware(tiny clips, etc.) I have also been know to cut out cute little things from boxes or magazines and coat them with an epoxy to make my own little embellishments.
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I use brads (brass fasteners) from office supply stores... nail files/blocks from beauty supply stores are the best for sanding edges of paper... even just shopping in the non-papercraft section of the craft store can get you better deals than you would find in the scrapbooking section - like kids crafts stickers, punches. etc. and the eyelets in the notions section are better than the little ones in the card section at Js!
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I love to use paper cut from paper bags to use as back grounds for my cards. I just made a purchase at the Queen's Ink in Savage, MD and their paper bags are a light green with darker green bouquet's all over it. I will cut this paper to size and use as a background for a birthday card.
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ReplyDeleteI am a re-user of many things. The one that I like the best is ceral boxes! You can cut them in the Cricut to make sturdier shape bases and they make great board books! cut, add paper, punch and there you have it!! Thanks for all the wonderful chances to win :)
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I have never used flocked paper...but I think it would fit perfectly with heritage pages. I have tried almost every thing. My most favorite is when I used wire and rocks to make a decorated Christmas tree. I still love to paper piece. I like it all and need to use all to stay creative. Thanks jwebbtx1961ataoldotcom
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I found a box of transparencies at a resale store for less than $1 and use them in my card making. My favorite thing to do with them is using them for popup cards. The popup part doesn't show. I always look at junk mail to see if there is a portion that can be used for crafting and save those especially if the material is extra heavy and can be used to "stiffen" another object. Yesterday I got the idea to use an old piece of carbon paper (which I just happen to have) to emboss with my Big Kick. It worked just fine. My husband is always bringing me found objects because he knows that I am always looking for unusual things.
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ReplyDeleteI don't use too many non-tradtional things....usually buttons, ribbon, brads, etc. I do, though, find myself saving odd items when I find them...I just don't think to use them! Need to work on thinking outside to box.
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ReplyDeleteThis is such fun...Before I started
seeing all of the lovely flowers
for card making, I made a lot of them out of various fabrics, like,
muslin and burlap...
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Ok the weirdest or strangest thing I've used in my card making was fresh kitty litter. I made a litterbox card to send to a friend & sprayed the card with adhesive and pressed it into fresh litter then sealed it with a sealant spray. My best find however, was a ton of buttons. A friend was getting ready to move and let me go through and pick out any buttons I wanted. The coolest ones I got are from the 1930s - they are from long underwear. I got a WHOLE HUGE box of buttons from her. By the way, she had an 18 gallon tub FULL of buttons. We couldn't move the tub let alone lift it. Had to pack it into about 12 shoeboxes.
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ReplyDeleteI guess I'm kind of boring. :) I haven't really experimented much beyond paper or vinyl or acrylic. Sometimes I look for material at hardware stores or second hand shops. I have found things to use for my organization more so than my actual cards. Ex. magnetic sheets that you put over your vents...I use to hold my Spellbinders.
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I haven't used any household items on my cards as of yet. I guess the only thing I have used is dryer sheets for my embossing.
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I've used coffee grounds for the centers of marigold flowers and it looks like the real thing. Thanks for the inspiration you always give us.
ReplyDeleteI like to use sandpaper and thin corkboard for titles.
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ReplyDeleteLove your card today. I have used tabs from pop cans for ribbon sliders; packaging for chipboard cutouts; bubblewrap for stamping to name a few.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the chance to win and I too hope you feel better soon - there's so much of this stuff going around - take care of yourself!
ReplyDeleteI think one of the best things I ever used on a LO was the silver tape for air conditioning ducts - I cut shapes and letters out of it with my Cricut and it turned out just beautiful!
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I save bags with ribbon handles and reuse the ribbon. I save scraps of clear poly stuff that is used to cover paperback books. It has adhesive on the back so you can cut it on your cricut, color it with copics and stick it right on your project.
ReplyDeleteWow, the boxes are really filling up! I have made a mini album by flattening the cardboard toilet paper rolls as the base. Also, have used sandpaper for beach-looking sand. Hope you get to feeling better, soon.
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ReplyDeleteOOOHH the boxes look so delicious!!! I have learned to use packaging acetate for projects...cereal boxes for chipboard. Broken cheap jewelry for charms. But recently I used that cheap red flock/velvet WIDE ribbon to die cut layered poinsettia's for Christmas projects. It inked edges well, did not fray and was not too thick.
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I am waiting for my craft room to get build. Then I can read all the ideas and put to good use.
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I've used gift wrap to construct a matching bow. And also used it to make a keepsake collage out of a poem that was printed in sections on the paper.
ReplyDeleteI look for craft ideas and supplies at dollar stores, outlet stores, department stores, home centers, just about anywhere.
The only non-typical things I may have used probably came from Lowe's &/or Home Depot and maybe a few packaging materials I've repurposed. I guess I'm not very imaginative since I stick pretty much to "obvious" craft supplies. Hope you feel better. tamiwb1234 ataoldotcom
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ReplyDeletei have used candy bar wrappers and the stickers off of fresh fruit. i sometimes check out the hardware department to see if anything looks interesting. i guess the most unusual thing i've ever used is flat washers that i found in my hubby's workshop.
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I use cereal boxes They are kind of
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ReplyDeleteI love using stuff from around the house and have used pop cans and flattened them for embossing. I think the best find was cereal boxes that I can use to make embossing folders or the equivalent of chip board.
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ReplyDeleteI can't remember using anything very unusual for my cards and gifts. I see things and wonder if I could use them but I usually work with the usual paper and tools.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you are under the weather. Feel better soon. I save everything from the kitchen, from cards that are sent to me. Those keys that come in the mail which say come see what I open. My husbands shop is a great place to find things. I used sandpaper for a beach theme. I turned out so cool. I loved reading some of the other posts. Using bird seed for the center of a sunflower how cool is that?
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Linda in Stanwood
I have used cereal boxes, paint chips, laminate chip samples, ribbon from gifts, buttons from old clothing, old pieces or parts from costume jewelry, artificial flowers, things cut from cards we've received, toilet paper rolls to make mini albums. As a retired elementary school teacher finding crafty uses for discarded things is a way of life.
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I love finding things and using them in my craft projects. My latest discovery was using old, clear report covers in my cards. I cut them with my Cricut when I need a clear shape for a shaker card or if I'm making a window box I'll use the report covers.
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ReplyDeleteI like to use wall paper in some of my layouts, or sometimes cut open popcans and use the light aluminum material with my bigshot dies and alcohol inks to colour.
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ReplyDeleteWell Like I said in another questions that you asked to don't have much of an imigination so I pretty much stick to the papercrafting supplies, unless someone had an idea that I could borrow---I know sounds pretty boring and I agree.
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I am always on the lookout for craft ideas and have found some in 5&10 cent stores and dollar stores. I have done crafting on photo paper, felt, and cork. I am on the searck for new materials!
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I don't think I use anything out of the ordinary. I look everywhere I go to see if there is something I think I could use. We have a thrift store in my town and I look there a lot. I find most of my ribbon and music pages there for like a dime! Great buy!! I wish everyone luck on the boxes but I wish I could be one of the lucky ones..ha ha
ReplyDeleteOh - tough question for me today. I pretty much stick with the crafting supplies. I did take a look through my "stuff" and found some table scatter. They are blue snowflakes that you would sprinkle in the center of your table to dress up your table. I thought they would work on a layout.
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