Reduce Reuse Recycle for the Crafty Collaborations Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop...

 Hey Hey Hey Stampers!  Happy Thursday! 

Today I am participating in the Crafty Collaborations Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop. 

Our theme this time is Reduce Reuse Recycle. 

To be honest, this theme was a tough one for me, how can I make a reduce reuse recycle card? 

 I thought of the obvious removing elements from a previously made card and reusing them in a new card....but that was not for me.  I was stumped.  

I decided to take a break and make a coffee, and as I walked into the kitchen I spied the mail on the island. . . JUNK MAIL.  

JUNK MAIL!  Ah, my lightbulb moment- LOL! 

I grabbed up that mail to see if there was anything at all that I could "recycle" into a card.  When I had just about lost all hope I came across an A&W coupon booklet with a coffee cup image.  TADA!  LIGHTBULB MOMENT!  LOL! 

Ok enough back story and silly-ness...here is my card: 

I cut the coffee cup image from the coupon book and then sliced it up into strips and glued it to a piece of Basic White card stock, leaving strips of white peeking between each strip. 

The second recycled item is the now-retired Cinnamon Cider card stock which was embossed for a perfect backdrop for the coffee cup image. 

The greetings are from the Nothings Better Than stamp set found on page 20 of the Annual Catalog #158295 and the coordinating Love You More Than dies found on page 172 of the Annual Catalog #152698

Check out the die-cut word coffee.  When I cut it out of Early Espresso card stock it just seemed to get lost on the card front.  I fixed that by die-cutting it again in Basic White and layering it together slightly offset for a shadow effect. 

The third recycled item is the now-retired gold and silver pearls that I used for embellisment.  

Now hop along to see what my creative friends have to share with you: