SNEAK PEAK - GRANDE PRIZE - OVER $150 worth of goodies!

Just a quick note that our Eco Friendly Valentines Day Blog Hop begins on Thursday and runs thru Sunday. Just to get a little momentum, heres a little peak into our GRANDE Prize for the BLOG HOP. It includes over $150 worth of goodies!

Let's start at the beginning. We love to Recycle- so I recycled this great little MACBOOK package into this...

It measures around 14x14 and is great to store all your crafting materials like......

Red Brocade Gallery flowers.....

and perhaps a package of Vintage Ephemera.....

add in some Strawberry Fields Cardstock....

a handful of vintage buttons

 

a little bit of Valentines Bling

 

add in a little bit of LOVE

  

add a little Chocolove  to the mix....

 

add a little Clay Artz in....

 

 

 bits of ribbons & trim...

 

some sweet smelling roses.....

and whoala- you have a very filled up package!

Just in case you missed it- here's a play by play of whats in the BOX!

• $25 Gift Certificate to CG store
• Assortment of Vintage Epehemera
• Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprouts
• "Love Actually" DVD
• (5) Gourmet Chocolove Candy Bars
• Surprise Valentine Gift
• 4 Candy Filled Goody Boxes
• 1 Package of Vintage Valentine Gallery Flowers (12 flowers)
• 25 Yards of Ribbon & Trim
• (1) 12x12 Package of CG Strawberry Fields Cardstock
• (6) Assorted Kraft Gift Bags
• (1) Valentine Bling Package
• One homemade Jar of Vanilla Sugar
• $25 Worth of assorted Clay Artz embellishments
• 1 Package of Red Brocade Gallery Flowers ( 6 flowers)
• (10) Sheets of 8.5x11 CG Cardstock
• Assorted Recycled Gift Tissue
• and a few other surprises!

So make sure to bookmark us and save the date! We are gonna get our blog on & hop our way to some fun and exciting challenges with great prizes  and a handful of games and scavenger hunts along the way!

Lovingly created project to share ~ Feb 9, 2010

Happy February!

For those of us in the midst of the SNOWY deep freeze that is the winter season here in the eastern part of Canada, we DO have hope. LOL! Spring is about 6-8 weeks away, Thank Heavens... give or take.

What does February mean to you? That's right- it's the month where traditionally, caring comes to the fore! Love and all things "caring" are extra-special, and it's important that we tell those who are part of our lives how much we care about them.

For our family, this also means telling the teachers and staff at our sons' elementary school just how MUCH they make a difference in our childrens' lives by doing what they do.

I always make Valentine's Day cards for these folks... to say "THANK YOU."

Here is one I made this week~

Valentine's Day Greeting Card created by C-G DT Member Ali MacDonald

Th is simple card was created with a base of Creatively Green's awesome 100% recycled cardstock in pink-- a colour appropriately called called "Chablis."

The gorgeous raffia ribbon is another item from the C-G store, and is made of recycled water bottles!!! It's the best raffia I have ever had the pleasure to use, and you can find it HERE.

The darling rose-coloured Clay Artz heart used as an accent on the card is handmade "with love." For a selection of Clay Artz available in the store, click HERE!

I used a Jillibean Soup "Journaling Sprout" to stamp the card's "Thank You" sentiment on. How easy and convenient! Here they are! Easy-peasy.

The "crazy-green" part of my card is the buttterfly embroidered accent. I cut it from an old denim skirt purchased JUST for the embroidery at the second-hand store! I managed to get 2 butterflies and 2 gorgeous daisy-styled embroidered flowers from that skirt! It cost me about $1.75, LOL, and I even made some of my "Scruffy posies" out of the leftover denim.

Just think of this card paired with a delicious Chocolove chocolate bar for that special teacher or mentor on your Valentine's Day list. Perfection!

Thanks for popping in to the Creatively Green Blog today. We are always happy to see you and hear what you have to say, so don't forget to leave a comment!

It's February... Remember to tell someone that you care about them. Creatively Green Scrapbook Store has the supplies you need to create scrapbook pages, cards and crafts that will warm their hearts.

Make it easy, make it green: Creatively Green!

Whoooo LOVES flowers????

Hey Everyone,

This is Nicole T. This months post are ALL about loves! What you love, who you love, anything to do with love. Well, I have really been LOVIN' me some handmade embellishments lately. I made a couple of flowers today with some different materials and I wanted to show you how they came out. The best part about it is that it is totally green, used stuff I already had in my stash! This was my first time trying them and I definitely think I will be making more!



The purple and blue one has two layers and was made from a fabric sample. It is pretty thick material like for drapes or maybe a tablecloth. The burgandy I made from Wide Ribbon.

This one was made from wide ribbon and is kinda stiff in texture so this one was a little bit harder than the purple one. I used gold thread to sew this with.( BTW...LOVE the gold in this ribbon!!) All you do is fold the wide ribbon in half and then sew the edges together and pull to make it crinkle up. Its really easy and only took about 5 minutes to do it all. When your finished center it with a button or whatever you want. I chose a vintage clear button for mine.
The original size of the ribbon is about 2.5 inches. before I folded it in half.

This purple one here has two layers to it. This is the fabric sample I used. Its one of those fabrics that the front of the fabric is a different color than the back. Can you see the difference? For the small layer I used the side that looks more blue and for the larger side I used the purple. I took advantage of the edge of the fabric. I love how the sewn edges look so I made sure to use it. These I did not fold in half. Just sewed up the edge so I could get it to gather and used another button. I just love the look of buttons but you can use whatever you want.

Both of the flowers ended up being 2.25 inches in diameter. Perfect size, not too big and not too small.



Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed. If you have some handmade embellishments I want to see them. Leave a comment with a link to your blog so I can read all about it, I want to learn lots more and get some new ideas for handmade embellishments!!

Thanks Nicole T.

Be My Valentine but clean your hands first!

Okay, so the title is a little goofy but it captures the project I am going to share with you perfectly. :-)


Today I am using a shampoo bottle from a hotel I stayed at recently. I think this bottle is just too cute to NOT recycle.





The best part about this project is I used nothing but scraps to create it! It's such a small canvas to begin with so it does not take much. Are you ready? In just 6 steps you will have your own!



You can use any small bottle for this project. Think about medicine bottles, beauty supplies, or you can buy hand sanitizer bottles already filled! Take a look around your house to see what you have.





Directions:

1. Cover the wording on the front with a pattern paper piece.
*** Try as I may, but I was unable to remove the word from the bottle. I did not want to scratch the plastic finish so I opted to cover the bottle. I used a wallpaper scrap. ***

2. Layer a piece of print book paper and a fabric remnant on top. The book paper I used was from Creatively-Green's "Ma Fleur peu de Francais" jar kit.



3. Stamp a small sentiment with ink on a red piece of Creatively-Green's Maccintosh cardstock and then cut out into a heart shape.

**Ink the edges of the heart after to give a little definition. **



4. Apply the heart with a pop dot to give dimension and add a rhinestone from Creatively-Green's Valentine jar kit.



5. Tie a cream colored bow with a button to the neck of the bottle.



6. Finally, fill the bottle with Strawberry hand sanitizer. It's the perfect size to carry around!



A perfect little something for anyone you want to remember on Valentine's Day! Enjoy!

One Simple Image Transformed into a Sweet Valentines Day Gift Set!

Start with a simple image easily downloaded from any clip art or computer image. I started with a simple Valentines Day image I found online of a Valentines Day Cookie Basket.

I used the Kaleidoscope Collections software to create this really adorable gift set.

 

Love themed Gift Bag

 

I created an 8x10 Oval Lace Kaleidoscope with 8 sections. I printed it out and matted it onto one sheet of 8.5 x 11 Strawberry Cardstock. I adhered it tot he center of the bag. For an added touch I added a small strip of paper ribbon to the bottom and tied a few strings of red raffia ribbon to the handles. I created about 10 extra 1x1 kaleidoscopes and used a simple heart punch to create collaged hearts.All Supplies used to create the gift bag can be found in our online store.

 Closeup of the Kaleidoscope Image

 

Set of 3 Mini Matching Notecards

All Supplies used to create the card can be found in our online store.

Cardstock used is Creatively Green 100% Recycled Textured Cardstock. Colors used are Maccintosh, Sun Coral  and Berry Blush.

Valentines Day Card

All Supplies used to create the card can be found in our online store.

Cardstock used is Creatively Green 100% Recycled Textured Cardstock.Color used is Maccintosh.. As a base for the card I recycled a postal envelope. I just cut it out and flipped the side over to use the "kraft" side as the cover.

Candy Treat Bag

I used a small strip of the left over cardstock and stapled it to the candy bag. I added a simple piece of the kaleidoscope image that had been printed out in a 6x1 size. I used some Valentine Bling for added shimmer. I filled a small bag with some homemade peppermint bark. The colors of the bark just work really well for Valentines Day.

I hope you enjoy!

Turn A Mousetrap Into A Sweet Valentine's Day Present!

What do you get when you combine a mouse trap and fabulous CG Products??????

You get a sweet little Valentine's Day present for your sweetie! That's right thanks to my dear friend Jean giving me this idea!!! I ran to the dollar store and bought a pack of three pain old mouse traps and removed all the metal spring hardware.....then it was ready for me to get crafty!

I used CG cardstock and adhesive to cover the little wooden block then once it dried I used sandpaper to smooth the edges on all four sides. I then added a fun journaling spot from JilliBean Soup followed by a super sweet Clay Artz heart some bling and ribbon scraps. And a little critter chipboard beaver from my stash!This little altered present is the perfect size to slide into a V-Day card for your honey! I gave this one to DH and he has it sitting on his computer desk.

What Valentine's Day projects are your working on??

Stop Hoarding and Use It!

Another way to create green, is to dig into some of those papers and other supplies you have been hoarding for just the perfect project. I will admit I hoard and have addiction to supplies. I am getting better about digging into my papers new and old and trying to get them used, but I am barely making a dent at this point. Here are a couple projects I made with some We R Memory Keepers valentine papers. I came across them when I was attempting to organize my paper supply. I also had a bunch of big Making Memories valentine chipboard pieces that I've had for a long time.