she mailed a lettter the other day

 

It's Monday, which means a new challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges. The challenge is to use something recycled.

I have recycled a hessian sack, which previously contained bird nuts and an art canvas. 

I saw this idea somewhere on the internet. The idea is to decorate the back of the canvas. I have gone for a Valentine's theme with the idea that little love letters can be tucked inside.

I decorated the sides and the top of the frame with papers from the 7gypsies ~ Avignon and Barcelona lines. Strips of ribbon line the aperture.

The inside is covered with more of the 7gypsies papers. Then I've layered it with lace doilies and a brad.

I made three little tags to go inside and decorated them.

Here are the fronts ...

... and here are the backs.

 

I decorated a Kaisercraft wooden padlock with words stamped from a PaperArtsy stamp and hung it from a 7gypsies ~ loop & hook display trim.

I stapled the hessian sack to the frame.

 

I decorated the sack with ribbons and buttons. I made the postcard using a Papermania stamp, added a red vintage postage stamp and tied a Tim Holtz ~ corked vial and pen nib to the postcard with some baker's twine.

 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

• To the one I love ~ Anything goes challenge 
• Buttons & bows ~ Crafty Calendar challenge
• Anything goes ~ Simon Says Stamp Challenge
• Lovely lace ~ Paperplay Challenges
• Frames ~ Creative Belli Challenge
• P for polka dots ~ Created by ATDML
• Pearls & lace ~ Totally Papercrafts
• Ribbons ~ Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
• Lots of layers and embellies ~ Crazy 4 Challenges
• 3D Valentine ~ Just Us Girls 
• One or more hearts ~ Allsorts
• Diamonds or pearls ~ Stamptacular Sunday
• Polka dots ~ Fussy & Fancy Friday

Thank you for looking.


Keeley