Crafting on a budget is the subject I challenged Jane from Onions and Paper to do , I have to be honest nothing is a challenge for Jane when it comes to crafting or cooking. Thanks Jane for writing this awe inspiring blog post for me !
Crafting needn’t be expensive! Look around the house and you’ll find all kinds of things that can be used. Scraps of ribbon and lace from gift boxes or old garments, odd buttons, sweet wrappers and even envelopes. In just a few minutes of hunting I found all these
Crafting needn’t be expensive! Look around the house and you’ll find all kinds of things that can be used. Scraps of ribbon and lace from gift boxes or old garments, odd buttons, sweet wrappers and even envelopes. In just a few minutes of hunting I found all these
A couple of Italian sweet wrappers that were too pretty to
throw away, the ribbon from a gift box of smellies and the holder that a gift
card had arrived in. My “useful bits” box was already well supplied with lace
scraps, odd buttons and some purple corrugated cardboard from a box of
chocolates. But what about the envelopes?
Well, if you cut envelopes open, you will often find pretty
patterned papers on the inside. You can use them as background papers or cut
them into shapes and even stamp on them!
Some other ideas you could use:
Cut small “stained glass window” holes in black card and
stick the coloured cellophane or foil wrappers from chocolates behind them.
Open out empty tomato purée tubes, wash them, flatten them
(a rolling pin will do the trick) then use them for stamping or embossing.
Clear acetate box lids (I hate to harp on about chocolate
again but chocolate boxes often have acetate lids) can be used in place of
craft acetate for things like glass painting and window cards, but you can’t usually heat
emboss it.
Wrapping paper and glossy magazines often have images you
can cut out and use, and cheap brown paper can make a good substitute for
fashionable “Kraft” paper.
Paper doyleys are
very popular in crafting. Buy them from a corner shop or a bargain store and
they cost a tiny fraction of those in a craft store. You m
Those cards look lovely Claire. It's nice to see you can mark something fab with a limited budget.I like the With Love card especially
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Fantastic! Proof that though crafting can be expensive - it needn't be - especially if you make he most of the free materials available to you :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely cards. We are always crafting with our recycling.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! This is the reason I never throw things away lol! x
ReplyDeleteLovely cards and it's great to use something that might have otherwise been thrown in the bin x x
ReplyDeleteLooks good I am not so good at crafts but so want to do more .x
ReplyDeleteaww these look lovely! x
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!
ReplyDeleteWow, they do not look like made on a budget at all!
ReplyDeleteFantastic job!
Those cards look fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI would never have guessed thats how they were made - excellent job!
ReplyDeleteThose cards are beautiful, you are very talented. I could never create anything like that!
ReplyDeleteWe save all sorts for crafting - bits of ribbon and pretties that come on presents. Your cards look really lovely x
ReplyDeleteThey look great. I always save stuff for crafts, all the little bits always come in handy
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever - they look brilliant!
ReplyDeleteOh thats just brilliant! WIll have to try making them
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