An Upcycle Challenge!

One of my lovely twitter friends Lin set an upcycling challenge a couple of weeks ago for a few of the gals, I was lucky enough to get in on the action last minute.
She sent out a pack of goodies to each of us with instructions to play with 2 conditions, We had to work in monochrome with whatever chosen colour we picked, and we had to use up everything we received.

This is the pile of goodies I received:

And these are the projects I created:

 

I jazzed up the mini folder with grunge paste, stuck on the mesh, and several of the embellishments from the kit and let it all dry. I then covered the whole thing in shades of brown fresco's. Did some brown stamping with paper artsy stamps and a smidge of treasure gold {the brown shade onyxite} and it is now a nifty ATC holder {I put playing cards in the spaces for show}

I took the cigar tin and covered it with the old book page, I lined the inside with the doilies and painted all the chipboard bits with antique linen distress paint, I also used the paint to soften the cover.

Then I assembeled it all together adding a couple of pics I printed off on the comp and some time holtz chit chat stickers along with a couple of other flowers and pearls from my stash.

After the 2 projects all I had left was a bottle top and some tiny scraps so I turned them into a little brooch.

I'd like to thank Lin for this fab challenge, Do hop on over to Lin's Blog for links to all the girls upcycled pieces.

Stay Inky