Pinecones Stamped on Recycled Paper with Technique Junkies

Hello Dreamers,
Hope your day is going well!  I am still busy making Christmas cards.  I have completed all my Fall Holiday cards and the Halloween cards were mailed and are on there way.  So, let's check out a batch of Christmas cards I made using stamps from the October New Releases from Technique Junkies.

Now, being the fugal crafter that I am, I reused something to make the cards. Back story--I made a trip to the post office to send out a card order and buy some stamps.  The stamps were put in a nice shiny bag.  I thought it seemed like very interesting paper and I should not throw it out.  Okay, I know, not throw out a bag from the Post office??  But, really, just look at the bag.

As, you can see, I have stamped on the bag.  I used dye inks.  They worked the best.  I tried others but they did not turn out as well.  After cutting the bag apart, I was able to stamp five of the Pinecone images.  And, I turned the stamped bag into these cards...

Materials:

Stamps: Pinecones and All is Calm from Technique Junkies

Ink: Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black Memento dye ink

CS: gold

DP: Striped holiday paper MME

Burlap Snowflake ribbon

Charm

Bag from Post Office

Make It:

• Make a card base with gold CS
• Stamp Pinecones on the Post office bag with Rich Cocoa ink and trim to size
• Add pinecones piece to card base
• Tear pieces of decorative paper and add to the card base on corners

• Stamp All is Calm with black ink in upper corner
• Tie ribbon in bow 
• Glue charm and bow to card front

Two more color options:

Of course, I had to try the stamp on other types of paper and CS.  I used different ink colors too.  Here are some more examples using the same layout.

Stamped on other types of papers:
Glossy White CS

 Shimmery cream CS

Regular white CS

The cards went together pretty quickly.  I spent most of the time going through all my decorative papers to find striped papers that coordinated with the stamping and CS.  LOL   I made ten all together.  They are going in my Christmas card list box.

Hope you enjoyed checking out the cards!!  See you again soon for more Holiday projects!!
Karen