Recycling Old Maps

Everybody wants to do their part to recycle and go green nowadays, seems to be the newest fad, and I just hope people really realize how important it is to recycle and reuse as much as humanly possible. I believe that we borrow this land from future generations and we must try our very best to keep it that way. Ok, off my soapbox. =)

Which leads me to the reasoning behind my babble today. I received this portion of an old map in a RAK I won and decided it would make great flowers. I'm sure you already have all these supplies on hand of some sort, so give it a shot. Did four of these in five minutes, from start to finish. =)

Gather your materials:


Scrunch and ink the wrinkles of the map:


Using whatever you have on hand, punch the map from your larger punch and the inner circle from the smaller one:


Scrunch up the inner circle, flatten, and ink the wrinkles as well as the edges of both pieces of the flower:


Layer pieces, top with a button, and stitch in place:


And VIOLA! A darling flower for your layout or cards!


So, the next time you want to discard an old map, think scrapbook materials!! Have a great day! Godspeed