Reuse / Repurpose

Store bought cards.  Admit it - you still buy them from time to time when in a rush.  And most certainly you receive them.  I sure do.  And those store bought cards I receive really are beautiful cards!  When I started making cards myself, I started looking at those store bought cards differently.  Not "differently" as in I would never buy another one.  But "differently" as in is there something from it that I can use.  I don't do that with all cards...of course there are some that are just so special because of the sender, beauty, or occasion that I would never dream of tearing it apart to use it for something else.  But admittedly, there are some that I do.  And then when someone gives me cards that they have received or used...better yet!!!!

I have a stash of items from some of those cards and this morning when I saw the theme for Robyn's Fetish Challenge - I knew exactly what I was going to use!  The heart on this card actually came off a store bought card!!  The sentiment/verse was a RAK I recently received and the paper, ribbon, and pearls were from a card kit I received from a swap a few years back (which was for everything in a card kit except an image - what a neat concept for a swap!).  This is what I came up with:

 

I'm also submitting this card to Word Art Wednesday which is always Anything Goes and Loves Rubberstamps Challenge which is also Anything Goes.  So why not join me at Word Art Wednesday or at Robyn's Fetish Challenge for the Gold or Silver challenge they are having.  Thanks for stopping by!!  God bless you!!!!