October 21, 2010

$$Frugal Friday Tip$$

Design Team Member Christy submitted this Frugal Friday Tip on how to stamp with found items. 

Stamping is something I would like to do more of. However, being on a limited budget means I can only add to my stamp collection slowly. I also like recycling, so I am always on the lookout for items that I can re-use. I buy glue sticks for my son in bulk. After he used up the last one, I realized that part of the packaging would be perfect for a background stamp. It had a black stand to which all of the sticks were attached.


I used a little red paint, and stamped directly onto the paper. I love the effect it produced. Ink could also easily have been used with it. I splattered some red paint on the page as well. I also was able to use some leftovers on this page. I had some chipboard circles left over from a minibook project and some thin strips of papers from my DCWV green stack and Stampin up paper pack. For added effect, I used pens on these for a simple accent, though it's a little hard to see in the photo. The simple pen borders give new life to old scraps.


The colors I chose were based on the Tortuga rum cake sign. These are sold here in Nassau. I was recently in a challenge about scrapping local foods. I had never thought about that before. I realized it could be very important. Places change, even if we don't move around a lot. My Dad still lives in the town where I grew up, but a lot of the favorite places we ate are out of business. On the flip side, it could just be nice to record a restaurant and see it recorded in our albums as a family tradition years later.  Especially if it's a place you and your family frequent. Anyhow, I am on a mission to scrapbook local treats and foods that we eat while living here. I just need to get DH on board so we can go eat some conch down at the fish fry. Local foods and family recipes have become one of my many projects to complete. They may take a little time, but I do also hope to scrap some of my grandmother's recipes.


I hope you'll use this frugal tip and share it with us here at Scrap Our Stash.  Just email a picture of your project along with a description to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  Do you have a frugal tip you'd like to share.  Send it along with a picture and description to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  You could be featured in an upcoming Frugal Friday Tips.

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9 comments:

  1. Great tip Christy!!! I really love it because the minute I read it I was looking around my room for things I could possibly use to stamp with! lol So you got my creative juices going. You also got my stomach juices going because I love conch! Yum! You better work on your husband soon so I can live vicariously through you and see a layout of some delicious conch (fritters??)... Thanks girl!!

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  2. Great idea...I'm definitely going to start looking at things around the house a little differently now!! Thanks!

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  3. Great tip! I love the paint. I'm a paint junkie. I also love the idea of scrapbooking favorite places to eat. I'm going to have to work on that... :)

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  4. Great tips, Christy! I also love to use paint and stapm with it. I use a lot of bubble wrap to stamp with.
    Thanks for sharing it with us!

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  5. Cool page - and great frugal tip. Who would ever know that this was not a stamp - great idea.

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  6. I love the idea of scrapping foods and treats from different places - it really does give a snapshot of places and experiences. Scrapping the 'everyday' things might seem mundane to us, but imagine a future generation looking back at it... how special. Love the stamping too - it's always fun to stamp with found items :)

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  7. Great tips! It worked just like a stamp!

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  8. oh what a neat idea. stamping your own pattern by creating your own DIY stamp. love it.

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  9. It's amazing all the different things we can come up with to use with stamps, great tip!

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