Magnolia DownUnder - Reduce, Reuse or Recycle

Good Morning Everyone,

Welcome to this weeks Magnolia DownUnder Challenge! This week we have a different challenge for you, we'd like to see you reduce, reuse or recycle some items on your card or project. The things that may otherwise be thrown out...

Now I must admit I think I overthought this week's challenge! I started two different projects before settling on this card. I've finally gone with the KISS method - as in Keep It Simple Silly :)

I have reused or recycled the buttons in the centre of my flowers. My Grandmother passed away a couple of years ago and these buttons were part of a very large stash she kept in her sewing cabinet. I remember both of my Grandmothers having tins of buttons that I'd like to explore as a child. I can only assume that living in harsher times it was the done thing to remove them from old clothing for reuse!

Here's a closer look at them - plain but pretty:-

This is the first time I've used this cute baby Tilda stamp and I'm going to enter the card over at Totally Tilda Challenge too - the theme being Baby Baby. (Edit - How happy am I - this card won the Baby Baby Challenge!)

Tilda is coloured with copics and has a touch of Stickles on her wings. The polka dot paper is from Marianne Design and the Green Floral is from the Prima Annalee paper pad. I've also used the a paper doily with the edges inked in green, pearls and sewing and this cute little pearl pin that looks a little like a Nappy Pin - well that was the idea anyway :) The rose lace is from my local patchwork store.

I'm also entering my card into the CES Challenge - Angels and Fairies because this Sleeping Baby Tilda certainly looks like an Angel! Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is Bingo and I've scored a Horizontal Line here with Buttons, Flowers and Glitter/Glimmer! Stamp Something would like Something Cute and I think Tilda should qualify for that.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to pop over to Magnolia DownUnder and check out the amazing work from the rest of the team.