Category: recycle

Happy 13th, Boy, Tag,bookmark, card

.Reading time 2 minutes.

At Tag Tuesday the theme is numbers. I combined that idea with the design at Freshly Made Sketches, and the color challenge at Color Throwdown to create tag/bookmark birthday card for a 13yr old boy. I wanted the tag to be removable so I created a pocket out of acetate and attached with washi tape […]

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Vintage Christmas Tags

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I wanted to finish using up the vintage wrapping paper I found, so I made three more Christmas tags to Join in with at Tag Tuesday: Believe it or not, I still have a some of the wrapping paper left! ~ I’ll save it for another time ~

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From CAS Beach to Christmas

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I’m all over the calendar today from the snow and mitten days of winter, to the hot summer beach days! Yesterday, I started working on Christmas tags for the challenge at Tag Tuesday. I was in Hobby Lobby recently and they have all the Christmas decorations out already. Normally I would be excited, but I’m […]

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A B You tiful Mess, and P for Paint

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I’m jumping ahead in Sarah’s scrapbook so I could do the letter P for Rain’s Thursday Art date where the theme this week is “Mess” Sarah was still in a high chair and diapers here and she is making art with real paint! I put her in my tie dye t shirt and let her […]

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Gold and Silver For Tag Tuesday with recycled Paper

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At Tag Tuesday the theme for the next two weeks is Gold and Silver. The first picture is of the back of a recycled Christmas card. I keep the ones I receive and also get cards from my husbands work when they take them off display in January to recycle. The thrift stores are another […]

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Recycled Fishy Card and Journal Page

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Hello! I was inspired by Elizabeth at Altered Book Lover to use recycled items in your artwork. The background of this card is made out of a tissue box and the bubbles are a flattened metal pen spring. This bottle cap was new, but you can smash one from a soda and do the same. […]

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Bible Journal, Hearts, Luke 10:27, Recycle, and Mojo

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Today I tried my hand at art journaling in my devotional book on Luke. I found the Art Journal Journey while blog hopping and was totally inspired by all the creative people and the art they were working on. This is my first attempt with texture paste, and I think I might have a new […]

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Recycle and Retirement

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I started with the sketch design and the idea of using something recycled, then added the challenge for it to be a guy card using brads. I was lost in trying to use a flaming silver Harley Davidson scrap of paper with bolt brads for a little while, before I found the Key to recycle. […]

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