Zen

Another quick recycling project today, one that transformed a napkin box into a very simple card. 
I do try to be conscious while shopping and while I don't always overthink each and every single one of my buys (working on it, though), I'll opt for the product that comes cheaper per kilo (i.e. buying a bigger packaging instead of a small one), or one that I'll be able to use somehow once the purchased product is used up. 

And since I'm working on bringing home as little plastic as possible, it was a logical thing to buy napkins in one of those paper boxes. Bonus: already in the store, I picked a design that I thought might come handy in one of my crafting projects. And once the napkins were gone, I carefully opened the box to cut out the floral motifs on its side. 

Finally, I ended up with two pieces of a pink hydrangea print which I thought would create a CAS Zen-inspired card. I didn't know exactly how it should look like, so I put everything aside for a while until I decided to pair up the cut-outs with a simple quote which would eventually be lined by the floral motif.

To add a little colour, I placed the bloomy pictures on grey cardboard, while I glued the printed quite on a pink background to make it match the colour scheme. 

In the end, the card might be used as a regular get-well card, or maybe a hiding place for a wellness/beauty voucher. And with a new paper napkin box in my drawer, I'm already thinking about what could be done using a green bamboo print :) 

More Zen feeling from one of my favourite places in Erlangen...

challenges: 
- 613 avenue create: ATG
- a bit more time to craft: ATG
- allsorts challengeblog: blossoms, butterflies, bugs
- as you like it: flowers or ribbon (I'll pick flowers for most of my crafting as I think they can be incorporated easier in so many projects, and they come in so many different shapes and materials: whether the're printed, painted, stitched, or in form of paper flowers that you add as embellishments - they always find their way into my creations whereas with ribbon, it's usually quite a task for me to find the right spot for it)
- crafting with an attitude: ATG
- craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper
- creative moments: ATG
- little red wagon: everything's coming up
- love to craft: ATG 
- moving along with the times: floral
- my time to craft: spring flowers
- pennys papertake: ATG
- through the craftroom door: ATG
- wortartwednesday: ATG