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Sunday 23 May 2010

From bargain...

...to treasure.

This is what Emma & Margaret came across during a recent trip to Ikea. What made it even more interesting was that it was reduced to £2.99 because of it being an end of line.
It must have sparked some crafty ideas becasue they bought a load and then came up with a project for today's crop - with some help from Caroline who made up a sample as a demo piece.
From boring tea-light holder to pretty frame with the help of some Webster's Pages PPs, some dotted swiss CS, a few die cuts, assorted brads & blooms and some alcohol inks.
I added some grunge paper roses coloured with toning alcohol inks and blinged up a bit with some stickles, along with a couple of pretty hair clips and some embossed ivy-leaf punched shapes. Oh, and I nearly forgot the resin butterflies that I found recently and had to buy as I was sure they would come in handy for something LOL.
I just love the way the 'Tim Holtz' style roses really add something to a project.
I think I need to convert some photos to B/W or Sepia for this project so at the moment there are no pics on it but I really love the way this all came together......

15 comments:

ScrappyDandyDoo said...

Ooooo thats gorgeous Toni :D
What a fab idea :D
J xx

lucy&digey said...

So pretty. Looking forward to seeing it with piccies in, it will be amazing. How's the finger?!

misteejay said...

How come you haven't got your one posted on your blog, Lucy?

Finger is not too bad - but that'll teach me to try and unblock glitter glue with pointed scissors LOL

Toni :o)

Winnie said...

That's awesome Toni, I love it! I might even scraplift it at some time if you don't mind. :D

Its All Fiddle Fart said...

Oh my life this is beautiful - can't believe it was once a tealight holder! Stunning!

Kaz Hall said...

GOrgeous!!! love the idea xx

Louise said...

Its amazing the ideas that people come up with to use in their projects! Very beautiful and very innovative!

Julia Dunnit said...

Too too clever - so completely out of my vision - it's marvellous.

Mole said...

Oh so clever

Leigh said...

oooh very pretty.

Claire said...

oh very very pretty :)
x

Suzanne said...

That is so pretty!

Lynn Stevens said...

What a great idea! so creative!!!

Eleni Gratsia said...

That is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! :)

Olivia said...

Great project & fantastic idea!