{Spotlight Project} Cornelia Upcycles Some Cards

Hi, Cornelia here today upcycling some commercial cards. I always get a lot of cards from organizations I make donations to and I usually don't throw them out, but use them for various things - mostly to try out a card idea, use them as shims, or whatever. But this time I thought I'd re-purpose them into handmade cards.

So I checked out my large supply and selected 4 different ones - two pretty busy ones and two more subdued ones.

I then selected stencils according to the motive:

Then I used white embossing paste and applied it to the cards with the stencils in place.

Let them dry. Trimmed them and added the sentiments.

Here are my 4 cards separately and you can see for yourself if you like the results.

I think they came out okay. What's your opinion on it?

My stamp supplies:

  

Leaf Prints, Retro Circles, Bubble Dance

Lower case alphabet, Beautiful, Sweet Spring Phrase dies, YOU word die set

For the Birds

Remember if you try out any of the techniques from our Spotlight posts and hook your project up at our Spotlight Project Showcase  you have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate (random drawing) OR your choice of 5x7 stamp set + a Spotlight Project guest designer spot (randomly drawn from the Top 3 picks).

Use code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA

to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store.

Happy Upcycling!