National Recycle Day

In honor of National Recycle Day, we designers for Paper Crafting World are recycling items and/or using something we’ve been saving in our “stash.”  My husband saves cereal boxes for me.  They’re great for making mini-albums!

I start by cutting a shape out of the box.  It’s a bib this time.  Then I trace the shape onto paper, add lots of glue and press the cardboard onto the paper, making sure it’s stuck all over and there are no bubbles.  Next I cut around the shape and cover the other side in the same way.

Now, to decorate it . . .  I used the Bear on Moon cutting file, one for the front cover  and one for the back.  I welded the fringe from the moon’s hat with a rectangle to make a background cloud.  I glued them onto the covers, then cut off the part that hung over the edge.  I outlined the cloud parts with Stickles.

The designer paper is from K&Company, the Snuggle Bug pad.

I wanted to do a second project using something from my stash.  I cruise any clearance table, isle, or bin.  Years ago I found these Post-It notes at Staples for fifty cents each, and bought several of them with the idea that I would “do something with them one day.”  Well, I’ve just been using the notes myself  but finally decided to  to “do something” with the four I still had left.

I printed and cut out the Bear in Sweater digital stamp by hand.  Then, using a tool that I haven’t used in ages – the Magic Matter – I traced around the image onto black paper to create a mat, or shadow and cut that out by hand.  I cut some paper scraps from my scrap pile, added some ribbon and had cute little Post-It holders to give to my co-workers!

You can enter the challenge, too.  Check out the rules and the other designers’ projects here.

Evelyn