Papercraft Star Challenge 24

Hello everyone.  This week I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Papercraft Star's Green Holiday Challenge.  The challenge is to create a holiday gift, card or scrapbook layout using recycled or repurposed items you already have on-hand.  A while back I saved an item from the trash at my husband's office.  It was an outdated software packet.  I thought it would make a perfect item to alter and use to hold photo CD's.  I started with some mod podge and covered the outside cover with scrap papers I had.  I then used an old doily (slightly torn) to cover the spine of the cover.  Using some old gift cards that I ran through my sizzix, I cut out the bird on the bottom corner and covered it with vintage text. The lined paper is actually a cutting slip from Hobby Lobby which I then stamped the Eiffel Tower on. For the tassel, I used some broken necklaces along with some ribbon that I took off of baby clothes too worn to donate.  The key is my favorite embellishment.  I took an old key, inked it up in craft ink and embossed it with white embossing power.  for the inside book I simply covered it with more scraps of printed papers.  For added embellishment, I adhered an old applique to the cover.  Well I hope you give this challenge a go.  Thank you for taking a peek.

The Sleepy Stamper

Paper:  Webster's pages, vintage text, cutting slip from Hobby Lobby
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Craft White
Stamps:  French Mail by Clear Art Stamps
Embellishments:  Chip board from Maya Road