IC559 - EcoCycled {08-20-2016}

[UnderstandBlue]

Howdy from an English Major

I'm filling in for Audrie today - please be sure and give her some love when she returns - and I decided to go back to my word-loving roots with this week's inspiration site - EcoCycled.

I love everything about this website - the fact that it uses old books, the childrens' book illustrations - all of it.

So that inspired my card today, which is attached. (If you want to see a video on how I made the card, see this blog post. Live at 7 AM CST Saturday )



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Challenge Goals:
Please don't be tempted to upload a card that you have made prior to this challenge, just because an image on the board reminds you of it - this is all about creating from an inspiration. :cool: So, please take the challenge of allowing your creative juices to flow based on the images you browse this week. Remember, it can just be the color palette or style that ignites your creativity. Whatever draws you to the designs, take the challenge of doing something uniquely inspired today.

Please remember that all inspiration links should be inspired by the EcoCycled Etsy Shop (feel free to be inspired by the video above too). Remember that your card might also end up on Audrie's Ongoing Inspiration Genius Board too, especially if it shows signs of extra deep inspiration! (smiles)

Use the keyword: IC559 (no spaces or extra characters) when you upload your card, and make sure you put commas between your key words.

IC558 Gallery

For those of you who say you get overwhelmed with having too many images to choose from, or just don't subscribe to Pinterest, I've uploaded a few of my favorites. So just stick with one (or all) of those for your inspiration. Click on the images below to see them bigger and to get their links on SCS. Don't forget to let us know which photo served as your inspiration piece please.

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[sistersandie]

Good Morning Lydia - a lovely site today - food for thought!

IC559 ~ Puppy Love by sistersandie - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

Sandie
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[asweetjewel]

Eek, love all the samples, especially young, handsome Clint! Wait, there's a Clint Eastwood stamp?! I feel like I was just visiting the library! What fun!Lol, this post may not make sense because I haven't had my coffee yet.

[bubblestx4]

I was up early this morning purportedly to get a walk before it get hot . .BUT . . .I got sidetracked by youir ecoCycle challengeHere is my inspiration piece: https://www.etsy.com/listing/7861986...home_active_30


and my card: Eco-Cycled Dragonflys by bubblestx4 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
TFL

[parknslide]

Here's my card...I tried to make it politically neutral: IC559-American Gothic by parknslide - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[catluvr2]

At first I was stumped and thought I'd skip this challenge, but I hate to give up, so I went back and looked through the Eco Cycled gallery one more time. Here's my card.

[Crafty Julia]

Lydia- awesome challenge, thanks! I just love the Cookie Monster print, so I went with a fussy cut cookie jar image, and stamped my sentiment directly on the newsprint. Added a simple fabric strip/yarn embellishment combo. Here's Cookie Wish

[donidoodle]

Thanks Lydia, a treasure trove of great ideas!
Here's my card:
IC559 Akron by donidoodle - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Vickie Y]

LOVE this site! So much inspiration!

IC559 Hey Cowboy vky by Vickie Y - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[casep]

I love this site! So fun to see all the designs on old book paper. Here is my card IC559. Ecocycled Bouquet by casep - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[smadson]

I love all of everyone's ideas! The gallery is looking fabulous. What a great inspiration site. Now, hope I can come up with one.

[Precious Kitty]

Fantastic challenge website Lydia!! I am tempted to do more!

IC559 Oh the Places You Will Go!

IC559 O Holy Night!

[peggykosier]

Here is my challenge card. It was a first for me to use newsprint. For some reason I kept thinking about Picasso. He used newsprint in some of his works. Thanks for the challenge. Beautiful Words by peggykosier - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[naturecoastcrafter]

Thanks, Lydia! I loved your birthday cake!

Eco Pumpkins by naturecoastcrafter - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[stampin'nana]

I think I went off just a bit with this site. I started clicking all those places above the site and it took me to a really cool birthday candle page. That's where I got my inspiration, but now I don't think it's from the same EcoCycled site. Sorry about that, but I spent a lot of time creating my card....
So here it is for my DGS in a few days: Birthday Wishes, Shaker Style

[bensarmom]

This was a fun technique. Great sight! Here's my card.

[snowmanqueen]

Here's mine:
IC559 Penny Farthing Velocipede by snowmanqueen - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Crafty Julia]

Lydia- I was inspired to make a "play on words" for my card, adding some "spilled coffee" inspired elements- all based on this card- Coffee Keeps the Shabby Away.

[lacyquilter]

Here's my card: laughter & joy.

[asweetjewel]

I started out making my card this morning, then company arrived. Here is my Travelin' Chicken, which is really a rooster.

[AnniePanda]

I made two, figured since I was in the mood and this is such a fun twist to using a book page - thanks Lydia for the idea.
1. IC559 A Book for Fright Night by AnniePanda - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
2. IC559 Haunting Page with The Raven by AnniePanda - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Precious Kitty]

I had to do another one! These are so cool!

IC559 Green Eyes

[DesertStamper]

Thanks for the challenge.

Here's my IC559 Blue-eyed giraffe.

[mamaxsix]

Super fun site with lots of inspiration!Dictionary Dragonflies

[LateBlossom]

So much fun, Lydia! Thanks for the inspiration!

Coffee, Books, Joy: IC559 Coffee Books Joy by LateBlossom - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Stamperrobin]

Hello Lydia, thank for the awesome challenge!IC A Snail by Stamperrobin - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers
Thanks for looking!

[sleepyinseattle]

Thanks Lydia for filling in as hostess today and pointing us to such a cool site, I got lost there for a while. Lots of pretty inspiration!

Here is what I came up with for this challenge:
Hand Painted Koi IC559 by sleepyinseattle - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[TexasGrammy]

Started yesterday evening ... just now finished up & coming to share. Thanks for this fun challenge!

Glimmer, Glitter, & Awesome!

[AudreyAnn]

Lydia - loved this challenge!! Here's my card Enjoy the Little Things

Hugs everyone!
Audrey

[DCinkit]

Wonderful choice, Lydia. I was awed by a colorful & fun children's book illustration.

IC559 Butterfly Escape by DCinkit - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers


Thank you for looking!

[BobbiesGirl]

Thanks so much for a great site. This is my card which I had great fun making.

[JBgreendawn]

this does not look anything like what I thought it would when I went upstairs to make it...
funny true story though almost 30 years ago now, we really did go camping for the first time in a little army pup tent that ( not being short people) our feet stuck out the end of it.. ( and it snowed) :mrgreen:

IC559 Camping by JBgreendawn - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[susanbri]

Great challenge, Lydia! As a retired librarian, it's definitely challenging for me to cut up books! But I have some discards from the library so can manage to take pages out of them!

I ended up making two cards as I wanted to do one with the image stamped directly on the book page, and another where I layered the image on top. I like the first one the best:

EcoCycled Poppies

Definition of a Dragonfly