St Luke's Challenge - New Year, New Start .....

.... and time for the new St Luke's Charity Card Challenge.  This month our theme is to give a new lease of life to something old, something tired, something destined for the bin!  It's time to get your thinking caps on and turn your something old/tired into something magical and give it a new start for 2012!

At first I wasn't sure what I was going to make for this challenge and then I realised that it was the perfect opportunity to recycle some of the Christmas "waste".  For my card I've used some of the cellophane wrappers from a tin of Quality Street (there are other chocolates available!!) and a bit of red textured foil wrapping paper. 

I started off by stamping the word "thanks" onto some white card and then very carefully (and slowly) cut out the inside of each letter.  On the reverse of the image I outlined each letter in turn and attached a small piece of the cellophane.  Fortunately between us we'd eaten all the chocolates so I had a whole rainbow of colours to use.  I used the mega oval nestie to cut out the word and layered the whole thing onto another plain white oval - which really makes the colours pop.  Finally I cut out the mat layer from the "waste" Christmas wrapping paper.  It's an ultra clean and simple card - but I think the cellophane letters look fab - a bit like jewels!!

Stamps:  Stampendous - Mega Thanks
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Spellbinders:  Mega Ovals (S5-023) #5, Mega Scalloped Ovals (S5-024) #5
Accessories:  Quality Street cellophane wrappers, scrap of old Christmas paper, card from stash

For more inspirational ideas on recycling/repurposing any old or tired items check out the team's blogs by clicking on the list below:

Lynne Atkinson

Tara Cardwell

Anne Forrest

Jenny Mullens

Sylvie Colledge

And I'd like to welcome Sylvie to the team!!   Don't forget, you can send your card (or cards) to St Luke's to go into the next sale - full details of where to send your cards can be found here.

Our prize this month is being donated by The Ribbon Girl - some fabulous yellow ribbons and bits - shame I can't win them!!!

I'm also submitting my card to the current Less is More - LIM47 challenge; Chrissie and Mandi want us to use only ONE word on the card - and I think this definitely qualifies.  I've recently discovered, via my blogging buddy Pauline, another challenge - DYSU Challenge.  The current challenge DYSU#52 is to use rainbow colours - again I think it qualifies!!

That's all for now.  See you again tomorrow!