Recycle and Reuse-Celebrate Sunflowers Baby Wipe Tie-Dye Background
I often recycle paper towels or baby wipes in my crafting that I have used to clean stamps or blot watercolors. (You can see more of my Recycle and Reuse Creations HERE.) I had this colorful baby wipe in my stash, left over from a past watercolor project. I decided to pair it up with […]
Recycle and Reuse Stampin’ Up! Grid Paper-Butterly Basics
Recycle and Reuse Stampin’ Up! Grid Paper-Butterly BasicsI recently came across a small piece of Stampin’ Up! grid sheet paper that I had used to cover my workspace while doing a watercolor background technique. I often save my worksheets to use for other projects, especially if there are interesting colors and or images. Recycle and […]
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse!
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse! If you are a paper crafter, then I can guarantee you have a collection of paper scraps! The size of your collection depends on how picky you are. Me, I can’t bear to throw any paper away. That can lead to serious storage problems as your paper bins, […]
Envelope Liner Framelits Dies-Recycle and Reuse
I think my favorite item found in the Holiday Catalog from Stampin’ Up! is the Envelope Liner Framelits Dies (#132172 for $26.95-to be used with the Big Shot). What a great way to incorporate used grid paper work sheets or other paper scraps to make coordinating, one of a kind envelope liners for your cards! […]
Flower Stamping-Recycle and Reuse Challenge
The theme for our Saturday Stamp Club card swap in August was “recycle and reuse.” Here’s my contribution: I kicked ideas around in my head for awhile because after all, the possibilities of what could be used for this challenge were endless. One morning I was out in my garden dead heading flowers when I […]
Baby Wipe Technique-Reuse and Recycle
What do you do with the dried baby wipes after you’ve spent time creating cards using the Baby Swipe and Baby Wipe Techniques? Why you use them to create other projects. Never throw anything away! Here is the collection of used baby wipes after our Fall-Themed class for the ladies of Wetmore: I used 1 […]
Sip, Recycle, Craft with Aluminum Cans
Sip, Recycle, Craft with Aluminum Cans I’ve shared many of the cards I have created over the years using beer or soda aluminum cans. My husband drinks a variety of craft beers, and I’m always confiscating the cans afterward. I cut the cans down and use the fun and colorful labels to create cards. It’s […]
Handcrafted Elements Paper Towel Background
Handcrafted Elements Paper Towel Background I often incorporate paper towels I’ve used to clean stamps or blot watercolors in my paper crafting. You can see some of my paper towel backgrounds HERE It’s a great way to recycle and reuse while adding interesting colors and textures to your card making! I had this paper towel […]
Aluminum Can Sun and Moon Card
Aluminum Can Sun and Moon Card Fremont Brewing Sun and Moon Card One of my favorite crafting techniques is to cut shapes out of aluminum cans using the Big Shot and framelits dies or punches. Please check HERE to see some of my other aluminum can projects, along with a video tutorial. I’m always on […]
Party Pandas Happy Birthday Messages in a Bottle
I created these Party Panda Messages in a Bottle for my recent Happy Birthday class for the Ladies of Wetmore. This is an annual class held in February. We stamp, laugh, sing happy birthday to each other, and eat cake! It’s one of my favorite stamping events. This year, I was steered towards making these […]
Recycled Cardboard-Dragonfly Dreams
I’m always looking for ways to recycle and reuse. This was the case recently as I was about to throw away a cardboard box. Instead of just tossing it, I ripped off one of the flaps and peeled away the upper layer of paper, revealing the corrugation underneath. Cool! I decided to pair it with […]
Die Cutting Aluminum Cans with the Big Shot-Dragonfly Dreams and Hexagons Dynamic Embossing Folder
Die Cutting Aluminum Cans with the Big Shot-Dragonfly Dreams and Hexagons Dynamic Embossing FolderOne of my all-time favorite crafting techniques is cutting shapes out of aluminum cans using the Big Shot and dies. Please check HERE to see some of my other aluminum can and Big Shot projects, along with video tutorials. I’m always on […]
Watercolor Paper Background and Sheltering Tree
It’s almost the middle of August! Where has the summer gone? I have been super busy and haven’t had much time for stamping, darnit! Since the card I recently shared for the Nacho Average “summer fun” challenge featured the paper towel background technique, I thought I’d share again a card I created using the same […]
Sheltering Tree and Watercolor Paper Towel Background
The background above came about as I cleaned up the inside of my Woodland embossing folder using a paper towel after creating this card shared for the Nacho Average June Blog Hop. After the clean up, the paper towel looked similar to this one which was used for cleanup in another project: The paper towel […]
Aluminum Can and Tile Coasters with Video Instructions
Aluminum Can and Tile Coasters with Video Instructions One of my all-time favorite crafting techniques is to use aluminum cans! This is a great way to recycle and reuse! I made cool coasters by cutting beer cans into a shape and gluing them to ceramic tiles! Click HERE for a full video tutorial! My husband […]