My cover project for the issue was made with a strawberry container. Today, I have another repurposed project for you. Not too long ago I received my first set of Papertrey Ink stamps. Aside from loving the stamps, I loved the boxes they came in. I knew I couldn't throw them out. So, I've been decorating them and using them as gift boxes. This one uses PTI cardstock, bitty dot paper, ribbon, stamps and ink.
This particular box was given to my niece for her birthday. I wrapped a necklace set in tissue and tucked it inside the box with a card. She LOVED it. I'm always so happy when people enjoy receiving my handmade goodies. ;)
So, here is where the fun begins. Leave me a comment (by Sunday April 26 at midngiht MST) telling me how you use found objects in other ways. It could be paper crafting or for some other purpose. (See an Earth Day theme tie in here?)Or let me know how you think you'll do this in the future. By doing this you will be entered for a chance to win one of these amazing prizes:
Cricut Expression
Your Story laminator/Binder
Yudu Screen Printing Machine
And here's something even better... you have 11 more chances to do so. Just visit these other ladies to view their fun projects and leave a comment for another chance to win.
Maren Benedict
Kimberly Crawford
Beatriz Jennings
Kim Kesti
Carolyn King
Melissa Phillips
Danni Reid
Roree Rumph
Sherry Wright
So, happy blog hopping. Be sure to check the Moxie Fab World Blog and Paper Crafts Connection on Tuesday the 28th to see if you're one of our winners.
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 741 Newer› Newest»I love your recycling projects--I am an elementary art teacher and we recycle all the time for art projects--we are using cardboard that someone donated for our weaving looms and yarn that other generous people have donated for the weaving!!! In my own crafts I love using brown paper bags for cards and layering and the bubble packs for acetate---I have a huge supply of old tins and canisters and jars that I store various supplies in--I LOVE recycling!!! Thanks for the new recycling ideas--i cannot wait until 225 cards & gifts comes out!!!
I love to decorate the plastic Welch's frozen juice containers and use for holders of various scrappy trinkets.
Cute idea with the box. I'll have to try that one. I love to reuse tags from new clothes. I will use them on the layouts where the clothers are worn or there is this brand (I forget the name) that my husband wears and the company logo is printed on one side of a cork circle. I flip it over and use it on my layouts. Thansk for the chance to win!
Jennifer
I'm a big huge jar user and I'm always looking at how boxes are constructed either to remake or recover :) Great project!
Sweet, Anabelle! Your box is too cute! I'm goin' have to put in an order to PaperTrey Ink some time soon. A girl can only resist for so long!
Recently, I took pringles cans and altered them with Disney paper so my kids could have "Penny Banks" to save up for our trip to Disney land!
I actually love to save packaging and use it for templates or alter it for gift packaging. Anything goes, from a gum container to Ferrero Rochers.
i use the packaging from my scrapbook supplies on my projects! Great way to recycle!
I reused a tall round container that came with tea containers in it (Wal-Mart). I made a gift for my granddaughter and decorated this container as the packaging.
Loved your box --- it was so refreshing in color.
I use old mason jars that are no longer useable for canning -- there are so many uses for them -- vases & storing buttons, just a few.
I use mint/altoid tins for the alphabets I cut with my cuttlebug. Makes it easier to find a letter when I'm looking for it.
Gorgeous box Anabelle! I've been fun recycling as well. I'm currently working on turning an octagonal jar from olive spread into a pretty button container. xxD
I loved your idea of using PTI boxes for gifts. I have saved all of those boxes and I think I too shall start using them. Great idea.
thanks much
I use alot of jars for storage. I don't throw out or recycle any containers anymore. I keep thinking I could use them for something. :) Any string or ribbon also makes its way into my scrap room.
I'm beginning to see uses in almost any container. Before I throw anything out, I think about it first. My favorite is an instant capuccino can - perfect for some homemade cookies!
Love your box! It's adorable!! I am kind of random with my altering and repurposing of objects!! I like to wait until I get inspired and then set to work!! :)
I use a hanging jewelry organizer to keep my ribbon. It packs well too!
I use them for all kinds of things from recycled shredded credit cards to cardboard. It's whatever inspires. I've also used PTI boxes and have some set aside for projects too.
I too save and reuse my PTI stamp boxes. I also like to repurpose my cereal boxes for die cuts that can be painted or used with DP that isn't super sturdy - gives a little more dimmension to my projects as well! Thanks for the chance! :o)
What a beautiful box!
I have mostly used recycled clear materials for gift boxes, especially candy gift boxes. They are simple and people love the personalized touch. And I am helping the environment.
Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these awesome prizes!
I love receiving home made cards, but after a while of displaying them, I always take the embellishments off and reuse them myself.
Love your altered box, what a great way to reuses them. I try to save pieces of ribbons & items from packaging to incorporate into my paper creafting & storage.
I save and re-use envelopes from birthday cards. If it doesn't have writing on it I use it for a card that I make. If there's writing I use it to make handmade paper. I save ribbons from gifts to use on cards.
Like you I just found Papertrey Ink stamps a couples months ago and off coarse I love it.
I love to reuse the paper that they used on the package when they send the stamps(tan color) and make batic Paper with them.
They make great gift wrap paper, bags whatever you want.
I love your box.
Thank You
Gorgeous box!!..I like to decorate empty soup cans for pencils, prima flower metal tins for candy, and canning jars for candle holders.
great project.
I wash the Gerber plastic food containers and use them to hold DS snacks and stash them everywhere (purse, diaper bag, truck, etc). I also use them drain grease into. After it sets up, I put the lid on and throw it away and don't have to worry about getting grease anywhere.
I like using the aluminum pieces that seal coffee containers and apple sauce snack packs, to make metal repousse pieces for cards. It is a good way to recycle.
What a beautiful box, Annabelle!!!
I like to use the packaging of scrapping projects as much as possible too :)
I love to reuse tin cans. I wash them, cover in cute paper and of course embelish them. They are great for holding scissors, pens, brushes, etc. I have some that are stacked in a pyramid, opening facing out, this is where I keep my copic markers. I love your reuse of PTI boxes, I reuse those also. Thanks for a chance to win!!
I like to use old/antique jars for my colored pencils, buttons, etc. Fun fun giveaway!
There is a little cupcake bakery down the street from my house. They always tie up their packages with the sweetest little bits of brown satin ribbon. Most of them have found their way onto a card I've made at some point or another!
Thanks for the fabulous inspiration and for sharing the great giveaway!
I've started hoarding chip-board from packaging to use in my 'bug for my scrapbook pages.
What a fun project! I love to repurpose packaging into papercrafted projects as well - it is such fun to watch the transformation from trash to treasure :)
Thanks for the chance to win!
Sara
i like altering jars and recently I've been recycling lots of cardboard boxes - using the cardboard to make frames and turning coasters into fridge magnets
I love your gift box. I use boxes from food items - cereal, rice, crackers ... - to make covers for my mini scrapbooks.
my favorite item to re-use is the pop top fruit cans. I open from the bottom with a special can opener that keeps the lid in good shape, then I wash, dry and fill the can with goodies. Decorate and it's a great little gift!
I use the Starbucks coffee cup sleeve in my crafting all the time...
Beautiful box!
I use the plastic credit cards that come in the mail to die cut monograms or small embellishments.
I used a lunch bag and words cut from a promotional Office Max bag about the rules for the sale to create a birthday card for my son. Phrases like..no refunds, cannot be duplicated, original carton only... were adhered to the lunch bag and I enclosed a check.
I've kept a box from CD case, undo the gluing and used it as a template to make boxes with designer paper.
What a great giveaway!!!!
mashka.al@gmail.com
I love using tags or pretty items from packaging to use on my cards and scrapbook pages. Everyone knows not to throw out any ribbon as I will use it!
I found a roll of orange plastic tape along the road while walking and used it to stamp on and embellish cards.
I'm horrible at reusing items, I save them but can never think of what to do with them! Ooops!
I use old frames, jars, and boxes to make gifts and decorations for my house. My husband thinks it is rather odd until he sees the final product!
I like to repurpose empty paper towel holders, egg cartons and let ky kids make things out of it:)
I have been totally drooling over the Yudu Screen-Printing System!!!
My reuse projects are not my ideas..but love using the tubes that my ribbons come in..the new little albums from toilet paper tubes etc to make gifty treats or little albums.
At work..i ask people for the backing off their notepads to use the chipboard.
I love using antique cups to hold my buttons and other small embellishments or pens and markers!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I have used these same stamp set packaging for many things including card sets. I love those clear boxes!! Thanks for a chance to win this amazing prize!
your box is gorgeous! i use lots of boxes from things...like mints, scrapbooking product containers, and also ribbon from cards, and other things i am given!
I keep the clear plastic packaging from supplies and then cut them into clear embellishments.
I recycle quite a lot of stuff. For example I like to use the labels from clothing and alter them with cute papers so that I can use them on a card or as gift tags :)
Thanks for the chance to win!
I use empty coffee cans/lids to send baked goods to neighbors. They are so easy to 'cutzie-up'. : )
One of the ways that I reuse items is by using misc. plastic bags and packaging to apply Alcohol Ink to my projects.
I love to use old buttons on projects. I also use tins for storing mini albums.
Love your box and the colors also. I like using cereal and cookie boxes with my die cutting machine. They makes great chipboard die cuts. I also used them on a name book for my granddaughter for her birthday and she loved it. I decorate the chipboard cutouts with paper and it turned out beautiful. I would love to win one of these awesome prizes.
JoAnn
What a beautiful project! I love the colors and how you reused the stamp box. I love altering things so I like to save tins and other containers that work great for altered items.
I like to use empty containers and cover them with paper and other embelishments, then use them to put gifts or candy in them.
i used an old office desk and as my scrap table and have used old pieces of wood to make storage for my atg gun. I like to find funky buttons and random pieces of fabric to add to my scrap pages.
I reuse soup cans I glue decorative paper to them and add some embellishments I store pens, paperclips, markers. Love to recycle!
I love Pink and Orange combo!! reminds me of summer lazy days!!
thanks for sharing .. love the bog hop!!
sfrewen@sympatico.ca
What a nice idea for your fux. I like to use little boxes I find as containers to put my crafting supplies in. I also like to use the lettering in Newspapers, fliers, and magazines. That way you get a variety of sizes and colours! Thanks for the opportunity in the draw!
Great little box and way too recycle!
What a great project!! I've re-used the PTI boxes for gifts as well, and frappuchino bottles turned into mini manicure kits...lots of repurposing ideas...love it!!
We reuse my daughter's preemie clothes for her dolls! :)
I love any kind of tins, boxes, any little containers,I can found. I have lots of them in a closet just in case I would decorate them ...
We drink a lot of Crystal Light in our house. They are the best containers to decorate and use and gift "boxes" for candies, cookies, jewelry or other small gifts! Love them!
Your recycled projects are beautiful. Thanks for a chance at the blog candy.
what a beautiful box.
I am always reusing jars for buttons and ribbon, cardboard for layouts and cards.
Royal Canin box of milk for puppy that we used on our kitty, now is a fine looking cylinder purse.q
I keep various containers, tubes and boxes from my crafting supplies. I try to reuse these into teacher gifts.
Great project! Thanks for a fabulous chance to win.
I repurpose all the cardboard that comes into the house....for layouts, cards....so many options...so little storage space.
I love finding containers and boxes that are around my house and at garage sales and giving them new life. Painting them and embelishing them and then using them as storage containers for my scrapbooking stuff.
I like re-using my almond jars. I love the Blue Diamon Natural almonds and the jars are perfect for keeping buttons,brads and small items in after eating all the almonds.
I use cereal and other food cardboard boxes to make templates. Cathy
Can't believe the giveaway prizes! I would love to win any of the prizes, but I would love the Cricut machine to help me make more cards and fun handmade gift sets and packaging! Thank you for the chances!
Kari :-)
I love using buttons I 'find' for cards & crafts.
Love the box!! Very creative! I will re-use just about anything that I can alter! I use jars for buttons or ribbon; cans for pencil holders or whatever you want to put in them. I also love to cover plain boring (cheap) notebooks and clipboards!If it can be altered my husband says I will alter it!
i alter found objects for storage and gifts. i really enjoyed altering a 6 pack to give as a birthday present. it was an office survival pack and the receipient loved it!
I re-use cereal boxes for chipboard albums and diecuts.
I use my PTI boxes as well! And believe me, I have quite a stash!
I like to keep old sports drink containers and let my kids decorate them and use them as a penny bank.
Darling box!!! I love the colors.
Hmmm, I don't think I really do that much. I will sometimes recyle cool containers and stuff for my scrap projects. Does that count?
once the grandbaby came, those baby food jars were not safe!! they hold everything from brads and eyelets to ribbon scraps and leftover letter stickers!!
We reuse items at the school I work at all the time. The last activity we did was use Styrofoam cups and 2 liter bottles to create little terrariums.
Love your box by the way! It's so beautiful!
Last Christmas, I used an empty Crystal Light container and added homemade treats to it for my mailman. So now i have beem collecting themto use...mayb I will make one up for my son's nw desk to hold pencils. Love your projects!
i use a piercer from my dads toolbox as a paper piercer, i use screwdrivers as dry embossing tools, and my dads sandpaper thingy with a handle for my stubs
I reuse clear, plastic lettuce/spinach containers in my craft room to organize stamps by holiday (Christmas in one, Valentines in another).
I most decoupage tins. Like altoid cans
the thing I do most often is save the hemp ties that some on tags and re-use it for my own projects.
love your project. I've been eyeing up those stamps for awhile, now you've got me thinking about them again!
I covered a work boot box to store all my flat embellishments in - it was heavy duty, sturdy, cheap and the right size, now it's pretty too!
I love your altered box! I have (ahem..) quite a few of those PTI boxes saved!
My favorite repurposed item would be the cocoa tin that is now my son's "penny bank." He loves to drop his pennies in there and then shake the whole tin!
I re-use my large & medium candle jars for storing ribbon and empty baby jars for brads, eyelets etc. I also re-use empty card/stationary boxes and alter them to put gifts in especially my mini albums. Thanks for the chance to win!
I use baby food jars (from my darling Grandaughter) to store buttons and assorted embelishments...decorate the lid and they make awesome containers!
I use old sheet music for lots of my altered projects and atc cards. I love to mix the old and new.
I hardly use anything in a different way unless it is a special project! But I DO collect every container before it gets thrown in the recycling. I have a whole stash of containers in my craft room waiting for the right moment!!.
Gorgeous! I love that PTI set. Grrr now you are making me go shopping again! My visa is getting a real work out with all your lovely inspiration!
R
Love your box! I like to save jars and unique shaped boxes that I cover or embellish as gift containers.
such beautiful work! (as usual, but i sneak around and don't always leave a comment. sorry.)
thanks for helping with a great giveaway.
I like to use small pringle containers as gift boxes! I simply wash them out and decorate them with paper and embellishments! hugs from Conroe, TX!
I am a scrapbooker and i love to use my left over scraps to make a card or two after i finish up a layout! ... i know, not that much out of the box :)
I love glade candles, so I buy them all the time and end up with many empty jars. I use them for all sorts of things from keeping spare change in, to holding crayons.
I repurpose all the time. Recently, I used the thicker plastic from some scrap embellishment packaging to create the cover for a diorama ornament that I created for a swap. I used round paper maiche boxes and on the inside I created an ocean scene and then added sand and little sea shells and glued the recycled plastic to the top. They were so cute!!
I have been using old barrettes on my scrapbooks. I usually find these on my morning walks.
I've used a small altered ice cream tub for large eyelets for my BCOD. An altered box for my inchies that was featured in Ready, Set, Create. Altered the bottom half of a juice bottle to hold my bic felt pens. Altered shipping boxes to hold my kits, rubons, small albums and smaller acrylic stamps. And I altered a wood frame with cloud paper, a window, button butterfly coming out the window and flowers which was also published in Ready, Set Create. I love to alter household items..
Hugs,
PattiM
(Pattie's passion)
I Scrap So All Moments Are Remembered!!
I tend to keep and find items that I can use to create my own templates- extra Chinese take-out boxes, paper containers, cards & mailings with interesting shapes & folds etc.
Cute springy box. I like to make candle holders out of old jars that we have used. My girls and I have decorated many to use as teacher's gifts and they always seem to love them.
I like to adapt organization tools for my scrapbooking. Ole spice jars, candy jars from Costco etc. Thanks!
I've used so many things but I really like using the clam shells our stamps come in. I have so many different sizes and I just cut the hang tag off and just decorate away for gift boxes all the way up to making them for storage containers for my card kits and office supplies gift boxes to. Love the Clam Shell boxes..
We save all our spagetti sauce jars from Whole Foods and are well on our way to a really nice set of drinking jars.
I love to re-use items. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love to recycle our "junk" mail envelopes. My husband gets lots of invites from Las Vegas casinos and their marketing departments always use the coolest papers! I even salvaged one whose paper was embossed like a golf ball ... Father's Day card in the making! Fabric scraps find their way in my creations, too. Great for adding texture. This is a great blog hop! Loving all the inspirational projects. Thanks so much for being a part of this great giveaway!
At Michaels I get the daisy flower heads that the floral designer doesn't use and use them on my cards. Occasionally will buy the $1 flowers and pull the heads off and use them.
Janet
Sometimes I buy the starbucks frappacino in the 4 packs then reuse the bottles for buttons and other things. I'm an out of sight out of mind person so it helps to have things stored in glass so that I can see what's in them. Plus it comes with it's own caddy that's very alterable so I can carry the bottles to any work station easily.
I re-use cuttlebug folder packaging as card bases, trim them to the size I want and run them through the cuttlebug. They emboss beautifully!
I've saved neat looking candy boxes with every intention of altering them. Unfortunately, they're still sitting around daring me to alter them. I'll get on them one day!
What a cute jewelry box! I'm the same way with any transparent packaging. If I can't re-use it in it's original form, it gets recycled to become masks for stamps, palettes for inks, or windows for cards. And Starbuck latte bottles get recycled for flowers and embellishments.
Great card! I too love to repurpose stuff. I have a collection of things I cannot get rid of because I know it has a new life to it.
Oh I love your project!! I used some candy containers for making gift boxes!
I like to repurpose everything from coffee cans to Utz Barrels to prima containers. I am a pack rat and tend to see the greater good in all packaging... :)
Thanks for the opportunity to win and good luck to everyone!
:) MIchelle
I have used packaging for acrylic stamps as accents on cards before. Right now I have a Brighton box that I received a present in - it is going to make some wonderful accent pieces for scrapbook pages or cards.
I love saving al the ribbons from packaging and reusing for something else..I also save all the clear bags that lots of products come in...I use them for window sheets rather than buying something else. less waste!! Deidre M
WAHOO!! Are you seriously giving away these UBER FAB prizes? WOW. I'd be happy to own any of them. It may be hard to believe, but I'm one of the few people who DON'T have a Cricut! I feel left out at all the crops. PLEASE let me win and become part of the 'in' crowd. :o)
Cat Spicer
I am so cheap, and I repurpose items all the time! I have used Starbucks coffee "jars" for flower jars in my scraproom. I have used old baskets for storage items. I have used old spice jars for brad and eyelet storage.
I have used old bottle caps for jewelery and paper craft accents.
I have used old sewing measuring tapes for "ribbon" on craft pages. I save buttons off of old blouses, shirts, etc. for use on cards and scrapbook pages.
Toilet paper rolls hold cords or become tubes for gifts when covered with pretty scraps of paper.
I collect coasters from restaurants (like Red Lobster, Olive Garden, etc.), and I turn them into chipboard accents or mini albums.
I save old cards and reuse the fronts and make new cards, or cut out images to make accents and embellishments for a new project.
Foam meat trays become custom stamps. Plastic containers become storage or shrink plastic elements (depending on the plastic recycling number). Plastic produce bags get scrunched and dipped in paint to make distressed finishes.
I have taken old tension curtain rods and turned them into sticker holders on my book shelves. Binder clips hold the stickers in place for a homemade version of the clip-it-up (registered trademark).
I save the ribbons and bows off of gifts, and reuse them in paper projects. I also save scrap of material or well loved scraps of clothing items and then repurpose them in layouts of the person wearing that item of clothing. The spare cloth may be a border, bow or ribbon on the page.
Well, you get the idea. I reuse almost everything! If there is a way to craft with it, I think I can find a use for it.
Thanks for sharing and for the great project.
I like to save packaging from all of the craft items I buy and repurpose them in different ways (decorated boxes, card embellishments, etc). It's such a waste to throw it all away.
I love to repurpose clothes for my kids after they have outgrown them.
I love your idea of using the box the stamps come in as a stamp set to give away.
It's a good life!
Terri E.
I'm not a refurbished person, but I am enjoying the learning process.
Just yesterday I used my mm instant setter to make holes on the bottom of my solo cups for some african violet leaf transplants...works great!
I will reuse anything that I can cover in paper.
I recycle tins and boxes...to create pen holders and Paper for note books...
Fab creations as always Annabelle:)♥
I have been saving all of the cardboard that comes in packs of paper and I use them for covers in handmade books or dividers for binders. I have saved the plastic tubes that tubs of powdered drink mix come in, but I havent come up with a good project for them yet.
I use empty glass containers for my flowers and buttons; I also use them to give little embellishments to my friends.
I save boxes to use as gift containers and I use empty jars to store my Primas and ribbon scraps.
I LOVE to repurpose containers! Right now my scrapping supplies are stored in a cookie tin, bandaid box, coffee can, licorice tub, and potted plant basket. Love my mish-mash (free) collection!
I save our cereal boxes and use those instead of chipboard to make albums or back embelishments.
Oh, you are brilliant!! That box is just beautiful!
I look at everything differently now. I've saved mesh from apple bags and used it on cards.
I like to use Pringle cans and decorate them and tuck goodies inside.
I like the way you think!! ;)
Lately, I've been saving every glass jar i finish. I love being able to put homemade goodies in them and give as gifts.
I try to reuse things all the time. I especially love using ribbons and wrapping paper from presents on my cards!
Ha! I recycle just about anything I can get my hands on to use on cards, bags, gifts, framed art, storage containers, etc. LOVE your work, by the way! :)
I use old cereal boxes and cut them up and use them as book stands. I use packages that bedding comes in and use them as containers for scrapbooking things.
I guess that I like to use product packaging in making things. More bang for my buck! :)
I'm not always so great with re-purposing stuff, but I do recycle all my boxes that I get in the mail.
I alter lots of empty containers...even a wipes container to make it pretty so I can reuse/repurpose things when I can.
Great box!! Thank you for the chance to win!
Anabelle! i love your tulips! You're so stinkin talented! Have a great weekend!
I mainly reuse the ribbon/tags/buttons on things. Very easily done.
I try to use small found items from our 'adventures' to create a touchstone effect. They might be ticket stubs or pressed flowers or even an air sickness bag but they have an instant "I remember getting that" effect.
Very pretty box, love it!! I have been collecting spagetti glass jars and using them as drinking glasses and storing small items. Thanks and have a SWEET day!!
Love the gift box you made! I've been planning to make marker holders by wrapping soup cans with some nice designer paper. Only problem is I don't really buy canned soup anymore so I'm waiting for the recyclables from family...
I enjoy using leaves and branches
on my cards. We plan on using
all sorts of packaging including
brown grocery bags to make birhday
posters for my husband this year(in
honor of him and Earth Day).
I used found objects a lot for storage in my craft room, usually vintage finds. Your Wishing You card is darling.
I love to craft using items that I have repurposed. I turned an old family frame that had been stored in the basement for many years. With my husband's help, I turned it into a fabulous magnetic display board for my craft studio. I painted/rubbed the frame in a shabby-chic style and inserted a piece of galvanzied metal inside the frame. It looks awesome now and I just love it.
Love your snazzy gift box!
I literally throw nothing away ... I paint and embellish tin cans to hold supplies, use paper bags to create albums, use old packaging in cards, and on and on. I recycle everything from cardboard to jelly jars into my projects.
Thanks!
beautiful box! I love the bright, cheery colors! I like to re-use Altoid tins.
Your altered box looks soooo good.
I reuse any nice ribbons and embellishments from cards/gifts I receive. My family 'save' things for me too.
HW
I am always using different boxes & things over again for scrappy storage or even toy storage for my girls. :)
Wonderful blog! Lots of inspiration! TFS!!
What an adorable project!!! and those prizes...AMAZING!!!
Your "recycle" project come out lovely!
I'm sure your niece was happy to receive such a wonderful gift. The box you made is very pretty and I just love the colors you used. Thanks for the chance to win some amazing products!
I love to keep my empty tins and make them into gifts and am just now starting to keep the cardboard and plastic packaging to make into little books. So much fun to do. I also rip down boxes and expose the inside to use as a scrap page. Thanks for the chance to win.
I've reused glass jars for storage in my craft room. I love being able to see all my goodies at a glance in my mismatched collection.
I am a queen when it comes to remaking, reusing, redoing things up when they are ready for the trash. I used the left over laminating paper (from school) to make clear boxes for Valentine's day cupcakes. They came out great.
I love using all sorts of containers for storage in my craft area. I also like to alter ugly frames into pretty ones!
Thank you for another chance to win one of these fabulous prizes!
I totally repurpose things! Cereal boxes are a great place to find thin chipboard and the packaging from my scrapbooking supplies often has beautiful designs or patterns that can easily be turned into rocking embellishments!
Middle name is thrifty so always using found objects and leftovers for all my crafts. No one thing in particular, just look at things beyond their original purpose.
Love the colors of the box!
Hmm...I'm not sure. But I love the idea of using a strawberry carton, so I think I'll try that! =)
I love the spring look!
I often recycle packaging and decorate it in a more attractive way to hold gifts, or scrapbooking supplies.
Nicole Leger
I buy the frozen juice in plastic containers and then I put paper around it and decorate the container and use it for gifts. I've also used the same containers and after putting paper around them I fastened 6 together and made it into a marker/pencil holder on my craft table.
I try to reuse the plastic packaging things come in. I have used some for storage and others for cutting ghost shapes to use on layouts.
I love your box. It is way too cute. I use old file folders to recycle from the office and at home, I use containers for my craft embellishments.
I love to take sturdy paperboard boxes that once stored a new product and paper mache' them with scrapbook papers. Use them to store pictures or mini albums.
I've actually been hoarding a couple of those Maya Road tin boxes that their chipboard comes in. I want to use them to give giftcards, or perhaps put in several handmade cards that the recipient can use for later.
Your gift item turned out beautifully - sounds like you scored major points w/ you niece. ;)
I love using the tags from clothing, or scrapbook stuff, and using them on my layouts. It's so fun!
On the self-stick postage stamp sheets there is one "sticker" of the stamp enlarged along with the description and price. I save those and build a theme around the image on the stamp and create cards.My buttons are in plastic nut bins and my ribbon stored in those big tins that Christmas cookies come in!
The most recent thing I repurposed was a small See's candy box- it is JUST the right size for my cuttlebug embossing folders and has a delicious chocolatey smell!
I save little bits of this and that to use on my cards. I saved a feather and some rhinestone picks from a boutinere that my husband wore in a wedding last summer and used them on a card. It fit perfectly!
I save all sorts of items! I save interesting price tags from clothing. I recently die cut some old denim shorts. I now have denim flowers to use on my next project.
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I hang onto tags from clothing and extra buttons and use them on projects or use tags that are graphically interesting for ideas.
I saved a Lipton tea round can for quite some time, not knowing what I was going to do with it. When I reorganized my scraproom, I decorated it with pretty paper and some flowers for a pen and marker container.
I made an altered book for my sister in law's 30th birthday, she loved it!
I like to recycle things as storage containers. EVERYTHING needs to be stored in something or another, and I like to be able to re-use what I have. About 6 years ago I sold AVON, and the boxes that the products were shipped in were very sturdy and had a lid. Guess what? Slap a label on the end of that lid, and you've got a GREAT system for organizing. I've got one for yarn, partial skeins of yarn :), cross-stitch, sewing, tissue paper & bows, etc.
I use tags from things I buy, like clothing tags, or junk mail that comes, if it has cool colors and a nice pattern, and I've even kept little boxes/plastic holders that things come in to repurpose!
I save all kinds of chipboard/cardboard to use in my crafting. I also save just about every box to decorate and reuse as a gift box. I have MANY of the PTI stamp boxes, but never thought to use them as gift boxes! What a great idea!
I use old CDs to make clocks and message boards.
I don't do this too often. But, I have used an old box or can to make a pencil holder or holder, container of some kind. My son made an Easter basket at school with an old plastic milk carton and cotton balls. Jennyh
I like to save things for future paper crafting projects. They don't always get used, but at least they are saved from the landfill.
I always like to find little treasures to put on cards. It's amazing what will work!
I will paint cans and use jars to put homemade goodies in it. Thanks for the inspiration...I love your box.
I read on a blog that everything can be used again for something. Never throw anything away that it might come in handy. Now when I get an extra scrap of paper, a box that something comes in, a pretty bottle, I keep them. I guess I must be a hoarder, because I even have a hard time using the things that I keep to reuse. So alas I don't have a favorite project.
Love those tulips! I enjoy giving my cards and sharing how I made them.
Jan Castle
I also keep all boxes and containers hoping that one of these days I will get the motivation and inspiration and especially time to create..
I love using the plastic wraps, they are so sturdy and useful.
I like to use ribbon from packaging on my scrapbook pages and cards.
I like to use those Maya Road containers that the sheers come in, they are great for altering.
I was never a good recycler, but I have started lately using the packaging from scrapbooking products to store other things in, and have you noticed the packaging is so pretty now, great to use on cards and scrapbook pages.
My greataunt gave me part of her milk glass collection...I love using it for my vanity counter to hold makeup brushes and such and on my craft table! I get to use it every day instead of just passing it by it on a shelf.
Love the colors and Spring feeling from your card!!
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Amy
I am always using recycleables in projects with my kids. tonight I put strawberry green crates aside to make something.
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