Trash to Vintage Treasure with Sugar Creek Hollow Ch#1

Welcome to the first challenge of the new Sugar Creek Hollow called TRASH TO TREASURE. This week we want you to take something that would normally be headed for your garbage can or your recycling bin and transform it into a vintage, shabby chic or primitive treasure. We also hope that you will make use of your scraps in this challenge but that shouldn't be considered your trash item.

When the Design Team comes to visit your blog they will need to see a photo of your trash item along with the finished project so they can say "Wow, that started out as that!" Besides, the "before" photo is the only way they will know if your entry is eligible.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display on their blog. The Design Team will choose a Top Pick and the creator of that project will also receive a winner's badge and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Here's my creation...

It started out as a scrap piece of corrugated cardboard

which I then painted white with acrylic paint and then 

Distress Crackle paint.  I used a pattern that I found on 

the internet.

Many Spellbinders dies went into the layering of my star.

But wait...there's more "trash" on my item.  It's actually more

of a recycled or repurposed item. The crystal hanging at the bottom

used to be on my shower curtain in my old house.  We don't need shower 

curtains in our new house because we have glass doors but I just couldn't

leave them behind.  I've had them sitting in a jar for 3 years.  I decided it

was time to use one!

Here's a close up of the star.

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Save some trees! Use an alternate "paper" item

Happy New Year and welcome to our first challenge of 2012 at Sugar Creek Hollow. 

This week we want you to save some trees and  

RE-PURPOSE PAPER TOWELS, TOILET PAPER OR COFFEE FILTERS. 

Instead of buying some designer paper for your project, go to your 

kitchen or bathroom and grab one of the above items and let's see 

how you can transform it and incorporate
it into your vintage, shabby chic or primitive
card or other paper-crafted project.

I've used a coffee filter on my card.  I took the filter and 

sprayed gold spray glitter on it.  I then

used a Sizzix die to cut two different sized flowers and layered 

them.  I really like the look in 

person.  It really sparkles.

I made my unusually shaped card with a Spellbinders Grand label die.

The border is also from Spellbinders as well as the matte.

The beautiful flourish is from Cheery Lynn Designs.

This week one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a 

winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one 

project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge 

and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

Our new Design Team is in place and everyone has worked hard 

to create some inspiration for you.If you'd like to see the other

designer's creations just visit the Sugar Creek Hollow Vintage Challenge Blog.

I've entered my card in the following:
Fashionable Stamping Challenge: Anything Goes with new stash
(my lace and paper are new and I used a new technique: coffee filters)