Sunday, March 15, 2015

Paint Chip Sample Art

This week I stopped by one of my favorite shops: East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. You just never know what you might find there. I look for unusual items that I can reuse for a craft project. Look at the projects I made below - can you guess what I picked up?
Yep, packs of paint chips!
 
 I've seen people make crafts with them before, so I knew I could make something with them.
I have a vintage doll stamp that's fits perfectly in the color block. So, I stamped away...
I also took some of my Project Life cards to make tags and birthday cards - you can always use more birthday cards!
I cut up each paint chip and used them on the cards. I like keeping the color name and number as part of the paint chip.
The black and white card below came from the Target Dollar Spot. I love the graphics on it.
I added some buttons and some other accent paper to finish the cards.
As you can see, I only used the taupe shade paint samples for this grouping of projects.
I wanted to make one project with the entire paint sample, so I made this banner below.
And the last project below is a mini book.
This was a fun project! Next time you're at your local hardware store, try picking up paint chip sample and making something creative with it.

And lastly, I wanted to share a fun storage idea. I recently bought these vintage drawers and found they're a perfect fit to store washi tape. It's a good thing!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

5 comments:

  1. Connie as always you find tie creative thought and make something wonderful! I don't know how you do it ....I love coming to your blog and being inspired!
    I broke down and bought a pocket FiloFax...I really am not sure what a dashboard is?? or how to print the pages that Christy so beautifully created...But I know I love your ideas and will try to get this together! TY as always for all of your sharing! Laura H :)

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    1. Thanks Laura. So cool you bought a Pocket FiloFax too - I just love the size. The dashboard is just the front page that's usually a clear acetate sheet that you can put post it notes on for quick reminders. I'd be happy to help you set it up - email me with any questions.

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  2. It's amazing how you can make creative things out of unexpected items,
    like paint chips. I love the mini books you put together cutting up the paint strips....very clever. The vintage storage drawers are adorable for storing washi tapes.

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  3. pretty cute idea.. have set of paint chips i could try these ideas out with. love your washi tape drawer.. love the idea of repurposing.. take care and looking forward to ore adventures..

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