Recycle those Christmas Cards, and make them your own!

I don't throw anything away. I know there is always something to be made from the smallest item, even a greeting card.

I kept my Christmas cards from last year. Recently, I took out my rubber stamps, inks, glitter glues, scrapbook paper, and took a few pages from an old music book. I also grabbed a few stickers and gift tags. I  got some blank cards and started creating new Christmas cards from the store bought ones.

I made a few tags earlier. These cards are also one-of-a-kind.

Happy Crafting!

Rebecca

The Crafters Organizer: Pizza Boxes

Do you love pizza? Do you like to recycle? And of course, if you're on this blog--you love to craft.

Well I recently produced a video for Mamiverse.com on how you can organize your crafts with pizza boxes.They're cheap or even free. It all depends on your favorite pizza place.

Check out my video and start getting organized today.  If you're a teacher, you'll love this idea for your students.



Please share it and help others get organized!

Greeting Card Tip: Inspiration in the aisles

I enjoy making greeting cards, but I have to admit sometimes I need a good boost of inspiration.  Where do I get my quick fix?  I go to any store that sells greeting cards.

Grocery stores, drug stores, Hallmark stores and the list goes on.  I walk up and down the aisles. I will spend hours--reading and looking over cards. 

What’s great is that most stores have the cards categorized: Birthday, anniversary, sympathy, baby showers, congrats and wedding.

I also like to pick them up and turn them around.  Ouch! A good reminder why I like making my own greeting cards. The price for a card these days can be up to $6.00. 

Now just think how many cards you can make with six bucks? 

Go get inspired!

The Queen of Rubber Stamping ideas on Youtube

Sometimes I look at all my rubber stamps and inks and wonder what can I create next? What can “wow” me? I often go through books and blogs looking for inspiration.

Let me tell you, on Youtube you’re bound to find that one person who jumps out with ideas and inspiration. One of my favorites is Stephanie Barnard. She’s informative, to the point, not flashy, full of ideas and is fun to watch. On her YouTube channel she describes herself:

“Stephanie Barnard began scrapbooking in 1997 and became a professional designer two years later. Since then, her work has been published more than 400 times in magazines, books and websites.”

I like her simple ideas on her videos. She has dozens posted on YouTube. I’m thinking I can watch at least two a week.

She’s a natural on video and definitely knows her stuff when it comes to rubber stamping. She actually designs many of them. As she puts it “I’m a stamper and I don’t mess around.”

Though, I’m still trying to figure out who is Ken and Cookie.

The Mobile Organizer: Avoid buying duplicates of anything

Rubber Stamps

If I find a good rubber stamp on sale, I usually buy it. But I ran into a little problem a few years back.

Suddenly, I was buying duplicates and didn’t know it.

I know many of you rubber stampers and scrapbookers have your own tips on how to keep track of what stamps you have in your stash. I needed an inexpensive organizer.


So I bought a journal that was on sale at Target for 3 dollars.  I took each one of my stamps and stamped them into what I call my “mobile organizer.”

Mobile Organizer

I labeled each page with a category: plants, celebration, birthday, baby, etc. It’s basically the same way I keep them in my boxes at home.

It’s important to label everything.

Once I stamp the rubber stamp in my “mobile book” I put a small red dot on the side of the stamp. That lets me know the stamp has already been put in my "mobile organizer."


The great thing about my “mobile organizer” is that I can keep it in my car or take it with me when I know I’m going to hit a good sale at JoAnn Fabrics, Michaels , Hancock Fabrics and Hobby Lobby.

Now I no longer buy duplicate stamps.  It's also a nice book I can flip through for inspiration for my next project: scrapbook page or greeting card.

And guess what? I'm also saving money!