SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #158 - U is for Upcycle

Hey all and welcome!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

With Earth Day approaching on the 22nd, Edna and the Sisters

are looking for projects with UPCYCLING on them.

My paints have been sadly neglected as of late, so I pulled them out

to make some ATC's:

Here's a close up of all five of them:

My upcycled items? That would be the cardboard I cut down to use

and also the shells. (from Topsail Island, NC!)

Here are some process photos:

14" x 14" cardboard with a layer of gesso:

I cut out 12 ATC's and painted them:

Stenciled this fun image in coral paint. I got to the fifth

one and decided to stop there. LOL! 

Added some gold paint around the edges.

Glued shells (from my collection):

Added the texture pebbles:

The last thing was to add the sentiment stickers then doodle around 

them with a white Gelly Roll pen.

Ok, you lasted to the end of this photo heavy post. Congratulations!

Now it's your turn to re-purpose something and use it to make 

something else! Upcycling! Be sure to link up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it!

For more ideas, do yourself a favor and check out the blogs

of my Sisters, and our reigning Queen, Tristan. You won't

be disappointed!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you are staying safe, and haven't

gone ape-shit crazy yet! ☺

I'd like to enter this at Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge - make your own background

Supplies:

Upcycled items: cardboard and shells

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints: Indian Turquoise, Bluegrass Green, Irish Moss, Coral

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics paint: Glorious Gold

DecoArt Media - Gesso

paint brushes: Plaid, Lowe-Cornell

StencilGirl - ATC Mixup Daley stencil

Imagine - InkBlushers

Beacon 3 in 1 glue

Art-C: texture pebbles

Tim Holtz: Small Talk stickers

Sakura - white Gelly Roll marker