Paperplay - Use an object not intended for crafting

This week's challenge on Paperplay Challenges is set by DT Member - Karen.  She wants us all "to use an object not intended for Crafting"... coins, cans/jars, onion or garlic netted bags, shells, cardboard box bits etc.

We are very kindly sponsored by Waltzingmouse Stamps this week - the random winner will receive a set of their choice.  Wish I could play !!!  

My non crafting bits - I used bias binding (bottom left of photo)

I scrunched one length up and dyed in a ziploc bag with scattered straw distress ink and the other length I didn't scrunch as much and dyed with spiced marmalade distress ink.  I used my heat tool to dry and I loved the distress/vintage/un-uniform look to it.

The other non crafting thing I used was a to-go coffee cup sleeve!  You can see it in the left of the photo after I ran it through my Big Shot. 

I then used the Vintage Ornaments set by Waltzingmouse Stamps and stamped on pp from Basic Grey - sugared range and clear embossed.  I heated, added more clear ep, then heated again so that the stamped image was very thick and glossy - just like a christmas bauble!  The sentiment (Seasons of Love set - WMS) was stamped on some white cardstock with scattered straw distress ink and placed under the bauble cut out to create a raised frame.

Supplies:  WMS Seasons of Love and Vintage Ornaments, Scattered Straw 
and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks, Cuttlebug Snow dots embossing folder, 
Big Shot, White cardstock, kraft card blank - docrafts, clear embossing powder, 
heat gun, pearls, machine stitching, pop dots and adhesive.

I am entering my card into this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

and also into the Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge for April.  If you haven't heard about this fun challenge be sure to pop over and check out all the details at waltzingmousehouse.com or follow the links from here.

Challenges
Let's Ink it Up - Show us your stitching (no digis)
Christmas Challenge - use yellow and oval shape (my greeting is oval!)

Hope you will get a chance to play along with Paperplay this week and thanks so much for stopping by.

We are through!!! Roll on Week Three

Great news... we are through... yipee..... we have made it through to Week Three of the Royal Battle over on The Greeting Farm.  This week the challenge is to make a Scrapbook Page (either 8x8 or 12x12).    There are now 25 teams battling it out.  Woot woot to the Dream Team - Kathy & Fika and little ol' me!.  Fika created a stunning card for last week's challenge - way to go Fika.  If you haven't seen it - click here.

Now... onto a card.  I made this card using the Hero Arts Large Cupcake Cling stamp.  Stamped it on white cardstock and cut out with a slight border.  Then stamped on brown cardstock and cut out without any border.  Printed off the Friends Definition stamp that is a digital freebie here and stamped the cupcake again over the printout.  Coloured with copics and stickles.  Printed the heart image on red cardstock and created a pull out message.  Instructions on how to do this are available on this Hero Arts video by Shari Carroll right here.    Stamped a cupcake image on red cardstock with versamark and used clear embossing powder.  Added machine stitching around the edge (the sewing machine does not like stitching through the embossed surface!).  Forgot to take a photo with the sentiment tag pulled "out"!...oopps!

Thanks for peeking.  Hope you have a great Wednesday.