go green and have a great day

Here's my card from last week's "go green" challenge over on the Hero Arts blog. I had a tough time coming up with something for this challenge! I was seeing what everyone else was doing over at the Hero Flickr group and really wanted to try to do something that no one had done yet. (I'm like that with just about every card I make anyway... always tryin' to reinvent the wheel, ya know? :P I need to work on that... it tends to kill the muse.)

So, I was putting the umpteenth empty milk jug of the week over on the counter for my son to take out to the trash when it hit me - the plastic the milk jug was comprised of looked surprisingly similar to the plastic used for the Maya Road Sheer White Blossoms. Ding! I had my idea. :)



Now, I gotta say... I'm not all that pleased with how the card (in its entirety) came out. I did the flower, and was totally excited about THAT result, but figuring out a way to use it on a card really threw me. So, the design ended up being, "forced"... and I'm just not all that fond of it. In fact, I don't even think I like it. :P But like I said, I'm MORE than pleased with the flower! LOL The plastic diecut, stamped, and embossed BEAUTIFULLY. I don't own any of the Maya Road Sheer Blossoms, but from what I've seen, I think the milk jug plastic is pretty comparable - thick but still flexible, translucent..... Anyway, after stamping and embossing the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain on there, it kinda gave it a sort of zebra-ish look to it. Of course, first thing to mind was to use some hot pink! LOL The rest, as they say, is history.

Thanks again for reading today. Tomorrow, I have another pub'ed card to share. See ya soon! :)

SUPPLIES: OLD Sizzix's Original flower die, plastic from a one gallon milk jug, stamps are Hero Arts (Designer Woodgrain and Friends set) and SU! (small pink flower), card stocks are SU! (black, Pink Passion), inks are SU! (black craft and P.Passion classic) and Memories (black), black embossing powder, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, Hero Arts button, SU ribbon, and pop dots... WHEW!