Tuesday 10 May 2016

Recycle and Ruby Red

The current Butterfly Challenge is 'R for Recycle and/or Ruby Red'.  I have used cardboard from a croissant box and the image was cut from a postcard.  The ruby red card was from my snippets drawer so I'm popping over to the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.


Card blank: 5" x 5" cream silk
Image: Upcycled postcard
Die: Tattered Lace 'Mini Butterfly'
Card: Upcycled croissant box
Snippets: Ruby red embossed card

I cut a square of card from the bottom of the croissant box, layered it onto ruby red embossed card and attached it to the card front.  The image was trimmed to a square leaving the flower and a few petals, this was then layered onto red card and attached to the centre.  I die cut a mini butterfly and attached it to the top of the image.

Kath x

16 comments:

Valerija said...

Wow! Amazing card! Great job!

brenda said...

What fabulous recycling Kath and a super design as well. See you in the playhouse.

B x

Di said...

Absolutely fabulous Kath! Wonderful upcycling and the rich ruby red is so perfect with the kraft and cream - I love it.

Hugs

Di xx

meg said...

Great recycling love the flower

Mrs A. said...

The crossiant box was a great bit of recycling along with that gorgeous flower. Such a gorgeous ruby red colour too. Thank you for fluttering by my challenge where your card will be entered twice. Hugs Mrs A.

Marianne's Craftroom said...

That's lovely,love red and kraft

Sue said...

Hi Kath, This is so pretty. Love the fact you recycled the croissant box:)

Hope you have a relaxing evening. Sue

Barb said...

A really pretty card Kath and lots of great recycling. I love the texture of your croissant box. Just perfect for the Butterfly Challenge. Barbxx GDT

cotnob said...

This is a gorgeous card Kath, such a striking design.
Pauline
x

AlisonC said...

Lovely colour combo. The wavy lines from the box are really interesting and a good excuse for more croissants. :)

Carol S. said...

Pretty image and great colours. Love the texture too. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Kathleen said...

Love it, great flower and love the use of the croissant box.

Kath x

Darnell said...

You are so inspiring for so many reasons, Kath! You have a wonderful eye for design and you do beautiful things with upcycling, recycling, and snippets! This is gorgeous!! Hugs, Darnell

Sarn said...

WOW - that's a stunner Kath. That's an absolutely beautiful card in design and brilliant use of recycled materials. TOP MARKS!

Hugs, Sarn xxx

aussie aNNie said...

Brilliant colouring and creation. This flower has come to life and pops off the page.....love that image..xx
{aNNie}

Janice said...

This is lovely Kath! What a great recycled card you have made, amazing what you can use.
Janice x