ATCs made from Recycled Materials

The recycled materials I will use: Copper from a flattened coffee serving set Brass from a flattened planter

I'll find something to reuse for rivets

Be creative and have fun!

I was planning to host a swap like this. I was going to also ask for things not necessarily used for the purpose intended. Like dental floss as ribbon:)

what a wonderful idea for a swap, I'll watch for now then perhaps join after I finish some of the swaps on my list. I'm currently at my max.

I think I figured out the card I am going to make for this swap... It will be made from the recycled copper I have and steel cut from the outer case of a computer tower. It will also have a recycling theme... I glad to see so many people participating in my first swap idea!

Hi Well such a great idea 4 a swap so u deserve a good roll up. I don't have to use steel and stuff do i as iu'm working on A FEW ideas at present. BUT ASK ONE ? IF i MAY. CAN be anything as long as everything is recycled am I correct? Smiles col

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Correct, everything you use should be something recycled.

definitely watching this.. i hvnt done one of such theme bfr.. thanks for inspiring..

Well I'm getting my thoughts to geather 4 this one but can i make it then tell u what I used as more times then enough I'll change my mind after getting stuff 2 geather and then wont to use something different altogeather as don't like what i had originly. Smiles Col

Well I have made mine so here goes as to what I used base I used the hard plastic that some albums and other craft come in. some string that was wrapped round a parcel i got chrissy time, i found some sparklers on beach last year took used gunn power off put in bin and have used the wire from them, i USED 2 COLOURED OLD bead nercklace beads and lastly have used part of a mens tie and have used back part of a pair of cufflinks well back part of one link. I do hope this is what you ment. Smiles Col

I used some red ribbon off of an old Easter decoration, a page from a dictionary that was given to me by another swapper, some paper from index cards I took out of the recycling bin and I have some string I might try to incorporate as well...Can't wait!! :)

I'm experimenting w/using the folded page perfume sample in fashion magazines. I'm using Modge Podge for a collage effect, so the challenge is hoping that the sample will still open and smell like perfume.

Like SamBuck I used Easter candy wrappers and other bits and bobs

ROTFL I was all sent to send mine out and realized the partners weren't assigned yet, duh! Think I'll make a second one with gum wrappers that I had wanted to use. We got a new printer at work and I used the print out and wove it onto the ATC. I also used a "finishing strip" I work for a dentist and I noticed that the strips he uses to polish fillings look like ribbon, they come in different colors. I'll usually cut off a strip for him to use and if he doesn't use it it gets thrown out, so... LOL! Let me assure my partner it is clean:) My boss is terrible about recycling, I have a fit whenever he throws the catalogs and magazine into the garbage. I am forever trying to grab them before he does it. Once they're in the garbage I wouldn't touch them, may be contaminated.

Forgot to add I added as embellishment the metal closure from an envie from work. err, how many can tell I was making ATC's when I was supposed to be working? LOL! It's ok my boss was on vacation and I was minding the shop:)

My ATC is made from a carton of coke, the cardboard... and pop tabs, and some beads that fell off a necklace I had. Very cool indeed.

Well done Jerry, your very first hosting swap and you've made it to the top 10! I know you say you can happily angel but you might want to make sure no really obvious flakers have gotten in so you don't have to angel TOO many. Best of luck!

Very fitting to do this during Earth Week, and congrats on getting into the Top Swaps!

KatarinaNavane, I didn't even know there was a top ten! And no worries on the angel-ing, I have a stock of computer tower cases... enough recycled metal to cover everyone if need be...

I am using plastic from a berry container, an old children's puzzle book, and a college magazine. Perhaps I'll find some old wires to add some texture...

A food box is my recycled material.if my partner guesses the food box I will send an extra in the mail ;) Repetition and rhythm are the main design elements I used to make a simple and cohesive design.The card is a tiny sample of a piece I am actually working on that is three foot by five foot. it is a mixed media piece for a show this fall.Lots of little pieces!

do old watches count? in combination with other materials of course

valdes53, old watches count!

I just bought coffee at our local Caribou Coffee shop last night and it came with an amazing cup covered with cool sayings! I'll use that with a cut-up cereal box as the base (something I always use!). Fun!

I work in a restaurant, so I'll probably be using cardboard from food packaging, and some crayons that kids abandoned. Can you believe they just throw that stuff away?

I found some old rusted washers on my walk this morning-I'll disinfect them, add them to one of the envelopes from another swap, use a few scraps of leftover paper, cutout words from a newspaper, and anything else I can recycle!

I will be using a old piece of a computer motherboard,(LBF is a computer tech and i get all the leftover goodies) and some watch pieces and some repurposed beads

Mine is made from the cardboard from the drinks I send in my sons school lunches, couple old stamps I've collected from envelopes, magazine clippings, the saying from a chinese fortune cookie, can tabs I got straight out of the recycle bin and a bit of a page of an old book I salvaged at a thrift store today. Background was made from an old brochure with a map on it - and a few odd pieces of other stuff I've found.

I just finished mine. Only my 4th ATC so far, so it was challenging and took me HOURS! I used a thick piece of cardboard from the packaging of an air mattress, some food packaging (both cardboard and plasticky soy milk cartons), plarn, a paper bead, and an old staple. Also used an eyelet... guess that one is cheating :-p

Mamabear... the eyelet isn't cheating... we'll call it a fastener. Sometimes you cannot use recycled fasteners, imagine trying to reuse glue!

Hi all, I used an old belt buckle, page from an aged book, newspaper clippings, and a Christmas card....and it turned out FABULOUS!...:)

SamitySam: A belt buckle? Did you take a picture? If so, where do you post them... I'd like to see an ATC made with a belt buckle!

i'm using a base cut from a used bubble envelope and literally dug through my trash can (luckily I have separate ones for crafts and kitchen!) and got out various scraps of paper and selvedge edges from fabric. I'm still working on the design so I'll leave an update if I end up using different things than the pile of 'trash' i'm working from now. I just thought I would post as I meditate on it. But this is so much fun!

I went crazy and made two, the other one has a base of scraps of paper and uses a random extra sticky thing from a sheet of stamps and dried orange peel

update:motherboard idea ubberfail..movin on to other recycle items...off i go

making it from a cookie lid and other assorted upcycled bits and pieces.

I cut up an old Shania Twain CD. I used some scrapbook paper scraps for the back.I filled the hole with some old micro beads that I found in the basement and remelted some UTEE scraps I'd been saving for just such an occasion to cover the edges.

Lemme see......tea boxes.....Subway ad....copper wire from an old engine, receipt, sugar package paper, bread flour wrapper, candy foil, and aluminum from husband's work.