SHOPPING OUR STASH #371 - Upcycling

Hello and welcome friends!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we challenge

you to Upcycle something! It could be as simple as adding a paperclip or 

a bit of a corrugated box to your project. The sky is the limit!

I had this idea to turn a shoe box into a storage shelf for some of 

my ink pads. Get your beverage of choice because this is a photo heavy post.

I'll not go into detail, but my supply list is at the end of my post, and if you 

have any questions, simply leave them as a comment and I'll get

back to you when I can!

Ready? Here we go:

My sister gave me a bunch of scrap paper that she collected when my

nephews were young and she was a teacher's helper. Just look at

this paper! So cool! The paper I used on the inner sides of my shelf were 

part of the same paper collection, and so I used paints on the outside

 of the box to coordinate with it.

 

 

Velcro tabs hold it on the wall, and I can take it down and put it somewhere

else if I need to!

In retrospect, I'm not happy with the outer sides being all different colors. I like

the purple the best, so I may repaint the other sides the same....may....eventually.

I do love that I repurposed a shoe box into a much needed shelf for my

ever growing stash of ink pads.

Ok so you don't have to go overboard with the upcycling like I did, but

we'd love to see what you do upcycle in the gallery at Shopping Our Stash! 

For more ideas, please do check out what my teammates created,

and while visiting their blogs, leave a comment. We love and

appreciate comments!

Yay! You made it to the end of my post! Thanks for

visiting, and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

Substrate: shoe box

Elmer's foam board

X-Acto knife

hot glue gun

Golden Gesso and Matte Medium

various paint brushes

DP: Sandylion - Color Me Artsy

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint: titanium white, berry red, brilliant purple, Irish moss, coral blush, banana cream, citron green, holly green

Stamps: VLVS; Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy

Stencils: TCW; Dylusions; STAMPlorations

Ink: Staz On - jet black, iris, blue Hawaii, emerald city

Command picture hanging strips