Nespresso embellishment tutorial

I've been looking at my Nespresso pods for ages, admiring the beautiful colours, and wondered if there was anything I could do with them instead of just binning them when the coffee was used. Then it hit me, I could try to empty out the coffee and make some card embellishments with them.

This is one of the first embellies I made.... and I was so pleased with how it turned out, so I thought I'd show you how I did it... well, at least the first step...

I start with removing the foil lid and emptying out the used coffe grinds from the pods. I wash them and let them dry thoroughly.

When they're dry, I pinch/crunch the top a bit with my fingers, like so...

I then take a wooden spatula and flatten the pods as much as I can.

And to make them really flat, I put them under a wooden chopping board and stand on them... lol....

et voila... gorgeous, flat, colourful metal disks, ready to decorate with flowers, ribbon, buttons, twine, beads etc.

Here's a card I made with one of the nespresso pod metal disks....

(Digi image by Fred she Said, coloured with Promarkers. Martha Stewart punch, paper flower, twine, Nespresso pod)

Hope this was useful... If you try it out, I'd like to see what you do with your pods. Please leave me a comment with a link to your project.

Wee Hummingbird

A couple, or maybe three, weeks ago I won a challenge with one of my cards. The prize was $15 worth of digis from Fred She Said. This is the first card I've made with one of the digis I chose. This one is called Wee Hummingbird & Petunias. It's not my usual style of stamp, but I really enjoyed "playing" with it, and I'm sure I will use it again soon.

Image is coloured with Promarkers. The pink paper is stamped with a couple of different stamps to make it a bit less plain/more interesting.... Sentiment is made with small letter stickers.

This card goes into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - week 208 - Sketch.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - challenge 186 - In the garden.

I love Promarkers - #117 - Anything goes.

Thanks for looking.