Sunday 29 June 2014

Recycling and Wooden Things

I have collected quite a few wooden items that I have stashed away for future crafty projects so it was a nice surprise to see that the Artful Times challenge 58 this fortnight is Made in or on wood. I chose a wooden tea light holder. This is what I started with :


Back in March I made a birthday card for a friend using an old ordnance survey map, I still have panels of that map left so for my tea light holder I decided to recycle some more of that map. This is the result:


The box is painted with Paperartsy Fresco Finish paint : Nougat.
Panels of the map are stuck to the box with Mod Podge and trimmed to fit with a craft knife.
The landscape is cut from green cardstock using a Memory Box die called Modern Landscape Border.
Add a tea light (I just happed to have an apple green one to match, lucky accident).

I still have more map panels and to use up the left over die cut border, I made a quick card which I will enter in the Less is More Challenge, Week 178 Recipe : to use a recycled item. My recycled item being the map.


I quite like the way the river meanders across the card, another lucky accident as it wasn't intentional.
Happy Crafting.


14 comments:

  1. Fantastic tea light holder. love the map and the die, they go very well together. The card is great as well. Many thanks for sharing your wonderful creation.
    Bryan.

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  2. I love both of these! The card design is brilliant, a very clever idea. I need to remember this for the next time I'm stuck for a 'male' card!
    Thank you for visiting my blog.
    Elaine

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  3. This is great way to use your map!
    Super card.
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  4. The tea light holder looks wonderful.

    Another Chrissie xx :)

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  5. Julia what a fab idea, the map and die are made for each other, super recycling!
    Thank you very much for your entry into this week's Less is More Challenge
    Anne
    LIM Designer

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  6. A great idea to use the old map, aren't they useful. A lovely project for sharing with us on Artful Times, thank you.

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  7. Two great makes Julia and nice to see you getting crafty again, it's been too long!

    Sally

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  8. Ohh that card is super !!

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  9. Oh, brilliant use of the map - love that wood block candle holder, it's fabulous!
    Alison x

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  10. Love both your projects. I have recycled maps before in my crafting but not for a while. I should do some more as I have an old road atlas stashed away ready to use. Love that Memory Box die too. Stef

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  11. A beautiful example of recycling
    Thanks for sharing
    Sarah
    Less is more

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  12. Lovely tea light holder and matching card. x

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  13. That is so pretty, very restful I should imagine with the tea light lit. I love the card too and yes, the river is a wonderful 'happy accident'.
    What a lovely gift that would make (if you can bear to part with it)
    Hugs, and Thanks for joining us at Artful Times, Neet xx

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  14. The tea holder looks awesome. The die-cut is just perfect as a border with the map.

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