Oh no, something else got altered!

Hey guys, back again!  Well, I did warn you all in my last post that this altering lark gets a bit addictive, so I'm back agin with another recycled object!  This time it was an empty Ferrero Rocher box from Christmas that got the altering treatment, from this...

To this...

I used my 'Better things' digistamp, coloured with Promarkers (there's a precoloured version too, here)...

I have to say that the sentiment is very apt for me, as I always have better things do to than housework!! (And usually involves some sort of crafting!)  I wanted to create a gift to go inside the box, so got my sewing machine out and knocked up a little shopping bag from some left over material...

...it's fully lined too! 

...I folded it up and added a cigar band from patterned paper, then added the second part of the sentiment '...like shopping!'  So, in full the sentiment reads - If my shelves are dusty and my pots don't shine, it's because I've got better things to do with my time...like shopping!  (There's also 2 other variations, '...like gardening! and of course, '...like crafting!' which have images to go with them too.)  It would be nice to add a giftcard inside too, so the recipient is ready to shop!

Hope you like my latest project and that you take inspiration to get your crafty mitts on and recycle something...wonder what I'll find to alter next?!  Thanks for dropping by, it always means a lot, Lisa X

I'm entering this project into the following challenges :

Papertake Weekly

Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp

Birthday

(a birthday gift)

Dream Valley

For a Special Lady

Southern Girls

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