1/22/2010

Reuse, Reduce, Recycle – it’s a FCD Blog Hop!

Wohoo! FINALLY!!! It’s time for a new Firecracker Designs blog hop. This month, the theme is going green in some way – and you will find a lot of inspiration along the way, aaand some blog candy!

More info about the hop will be found further down. I want to share my project first!

My niece turns 5 today. She’s getting big. And I decided to make her a little treat with the help of an old flower packaging. This one:Förpackning And with the help of some stamps and a die and some sweets, it ended up like this.Tesa_Jan05The stamps used are the from the beautiful Paper Roses set and the bird is from the Yoo HOOO! set. I love how this project turned out! Love my new Fleur de Lis die and I love the stamps! I’ve seen this kind of projects before, but never tried it myself, but wow, it’s simple, and the result is really cool.

Well that’s it. Now over to the blog hop info:

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The official start time of this Hop is Friday, at 8:00 AM (EST). If you arrived early, please be patient as all the links may not be live yet.

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you are at the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)

The winner will be chosen from a mystery blog hostess that we don’t even know who it will be until the hop is over…so that’s why you’ll want to leave a comment on EVERY blog, so you don’t miss out!

**To find out if you’ve won… you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Mon, at 8:00 PM (EST).**

Now, to continue the circle, you will need to hop on over to

~~* KARYN *~~

and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started! Thanks so much for playing along with us and we hope you have a great time!

Thanks for joining us!!!

Tesa

29 comments:

Shelly Schmidt said...

Gorgeous project!!! Your coloring is outstanding! I love your treat holder- your niece will LOVE it I am sure.

Donna Moore said...

Tesa you never disappoint, your projects and cards are always just beautiful and this is absolutely no exception! I love this, your little niece will be thrilled! I hope her Mom will take some pictures so she can see how amazing this gift is when she is older! Gorgeous!!

StampinCathy said...

What a fun and creative card. I just love the colors and your coloring is fabulous. Thanks for this inspiring MOJO along this fun and creative hop.

Conchita said...

Deliciex!!!! I love!
Thanks and hugs

Michelle B. AKA JustPaintingAround said...

Gorgeous and yummy too! I love how you have let that candy filled circle be your background!

kc_froglady said...

LOVE IT! I am sure she will also :) Now I need to find a place to put my flowers so I can play with the wrappings LOL!

ladyj said...

Amazing what you came up with--I actually keep those kinds of packages as I "knew" there was something great to use them on--LOL now I know what and I've got a couple of Birthdays coming up--you could add just about anything in there :-)

FireCracker082 said...

oh my!! I NEVER thought to combine the Paper roses set with the blue bird on You HOO! It's totally fabulous!!! gorgeous piece Tesa! I need to look at my plastic collection too!

Melisa Waldorf said...

HOLY CRAP!!! (yes you have received the coveted "HOLY CRAP" comment from me. Not just anyone gets it, teehee). Girl I don't know what else to say! This is clever, beautiful, spectactular, and I LOVE IT!!

Ursula said...

WOW!!! This is spectacular, Tesa!! I love, love, love it!! What did you fill it with? I can't tell if those are red candies or paper confetti stuff. It adds to the effect beautifully!! :o)

Carolyn Sharkas said...

what a fantastic idea! Love it. thanks for sharing, I will be saving my packaging even more now.

Sue Kelley said...

I knew there had to be a good reason I save those packages---you have just showed me. With 18 grandchildren, I can really use your idea. THANKS!!

Chrisd said...

What a great idea and I know she will love it!

Lori said...

Tesa, this is just adorable! Your niece will love it! Thanks for sharing it! Hugs Lori R.

Maritha said...

Helt förtjusande!!
Kram

Unknown said...

Great recycling of packaging......now to figure out how to reuse some of the packaging they use today - have to cut it apart. Love the colors you used and she'll love it also
Diana - dj_enns@yahoo.com

Rachelle said...

Such a great use of packaging! Thanks so much for sharing.

Juliet A said...

This is a very clever and beautiful way to present candy - I love it!

silvia said...

Gorgeous treat holder!!

Vickie Kertz said...

Such a cute idea. TFS

Stampin_melissa said...

Oooohhh, gorgeous work! Love how you used the Fleur de Lis, I need to go put mine to use now! :D

Anna Banana said...

I absolutely LOVE this little treat!! the bird and flowers are fantastic and I live the die cut that you layered it all over - fantastic job! Wonderful inspiration!
Anna Banana

Kim Marie said...

My gosh Tesa, this is exquisite!
Wow!
Kim Marie
kimmet123@aol.com

CK Chai said...

ooh, this is so gorgeous!!!

Unknown said...

Just beautiful!!! It is so cool to see what creative minds can come up with using "found" objects. My mind just isn't that creative but I sure can copy good! Thanks for such a great idea. Thanks also for your time that you put into getting this blog hop ready for us.

Gayle Taylor
gaylememories@sbcglobal.net

Anonymous said...

Love how this is 3D. You did a great job with the colors and design. Think I would have to see it up close or should I say "hands on" to totally understand what it is that you are using to recycle.
Anyway, it turned out real purty.

Diane said...

I keep all my packaging, too, but this is an awesome project....she will LOVE it!!

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