What to do when you don't know what to do.
Mojo. It's a weird thing. Somedays you have tons of it, and others... well you know. The most frustrating thing is when you really want to do something but you just aren't feeling it.
I have the perfect plan, and it's a neat way to "Go Green!"
Kleenex.
Look what they've done to Kleenex! About a year ago, I made a card using a piece of a Kleenex box and posted it here on my blog. Well, even if you aren't in the mood to make a card, you can still accomplish a lot with an everyday Kleenex box, cereal box, scraps of patterned paper, old gift bags or whatever else you've got lying around.
I now buy all of my Kleenex boxes by the patterns and colors I like, not by whether or not they match my rooms. LOL!
I am blown away by how beautiful these things have become. And now, with the holidays fast approaching, they have some new glittery and shiny ones too!
So, I decided that I would just make a bunch of embellishments that I can use later. It's something fun to do and you don't have to think. I grabbed my set of Sizzix snowflakes dies, a few cuttlebug tags and flowers and I cut up my Kleenex boxes.
It's hard to cut through chipboard this thick with these thinner dies but it worked just fine because it cut deeply enough that I could peel my embellishment off.
Then, I cut a few 5 1/2" strips and pieces to use later as patterned paper.
Well, once I saw all of my pretty embellishments, I felt inspired to make a card after all.
I decided to use my cuttlebug die and emboss some snowflakes on our 120lb Pure Luxury card stock. Look how deeply that thick card stock embossed!
Isn't that heavenly??
I used some of the other strips and pieces from the Kleenex box and here is the card I created.
Card details-
Card stock- Pure Luxury 120lb white, Stampin' Up Black and a Kleenex box.
Stamps- Funky Christmas, Seasonal Sayings
Other- Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Bling and Dazzle Mini Rhinestones, Cuttlebug, Sizzix Dies
So what do you have lying around the house that you can use? Take old gift bags and punch out different shapes, crinkle old tissue paper to create a textured background or die cut a piece of a cereal box and upholster it with patterned paper.
There's an endless amount of ideas, and you're "going green" at the same time!(Remember, I didn't have to throw that Kleenex box away!)
If you decide to try this idea, upload it on Splitcoaststampers or at Papercraft Planet and use the keyword "GKDGREEN" so we can all search later and see what we all came up with!
Make it a great day!
Hugs,
Gina K.
I have the perfect plan, and it's a neat way to "Go Green!"
Kleenex.
Look what they've done to Kleenex! About a year ago, I made a card using a piece of a Kleenex box and posted it here on my blog. Well, even if you aren't in the mood to make a card, you can still accomplish a lot with an everyday Kleenex box, cereal box, scraps of patterned paper, old gift bags or whatever else you've got lying around.
I now buy all of my Kleenex boxes by the patterns and colors I like, not by whether or not they match my rooms. LOL!
I am blown away by how beautiful these things have become. And now, with the holidays fast approaching, they have some new glittery and shiny ones too!
So, I decided that I would just make a bunch of embellishments that I can use later. It's something fun to do and you don't have to think. I grabbed my set of Sizzix snowflakes dies, a few cuttlebug tags and flowers and I cut up my Kleenex boxes.
It's hard to cut through chipboard this thick with these thinner dies but it worked just fine because it cut deeply enough that I could peel my embellishment off.
Then, I cut a few 5 1/2" strips and pieces to use later as patterned paper.
Well, once I saw all of my pretty embellishments, I felt inspired to make a card after all.
I decided to use my cuttlebug die and emboss some snowflakes on our 120lb Pure Luxury card stock. Look how deeply that thick card stock embossed!
Isn't that heavenly??
I used some of the other strips and pieces from the Kleenex box and here is the card I created.
Card details-
Card stock- Pure Luxury 120lb white, Stampin' Up Black and a Kleenex box.
Stamps- Funky Christmas, Seasonal Sayings
Other- Memento Ink, Copic Markers, Bling and Dazzle Mini Rhinestones, Cuttlebug, Sizzix Dies
So what do you have lying around the house that you can use? Take old gift bags and punch out different shapes, crinkle old tissue paper to create a textured background or die cut a piece of a cereal box and upholster it with patterned paper.
There's an endless amount of ideas, and you're "going green" at the same time!(Remember, I didn't have to throw that Kleenex box away!)
If you decide to try this idea, upload it on Splitcoaststampers or at Papercraft Planet and use the keyword "GKDGREEN" so we can all search later and see what we all came up with!
Make it a great day!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Wow! You are so creative! It's a gorgeous card!
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OMG! Gina this is brilliant! I too buy the kleenex boxes for the patterns, but I was not using them except for my used dryer sheets and lint when they were empty, your idea was way better.
The card is beautiful!
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Honestly!!!!! Where do you come up with this stuff? Who else could have thought of such a good idea?
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Oh my gosh! Gina you sure have made me rethink about putting my empty kleenex boxes in the recycle bin. Wow!
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Good grief Gina! What will you think of next? What a fabulous idea! One "Green" stamping thing that I do is recycle the paper that some stamps come with in their packaging. It can make some great quick and easy DP!
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Oh boy, if only inspiration hit me like this..great, Gina!
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VERY CLEVER
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Now, how cool is that. I'm going to start looking at my kleenex boxes a little closer
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Thanks Gina for making me chuckle and not feel so alone :-> I've been hording the tissue boxes as well - especially the smaller ones that have been coming out decorated with those old fashioned 3-D picture changing panels. {LOL-I have no idea what they really are called}. I currently have halloween boxes that have monster to skelton images and previously saved some that had lava lamp pictures... have yet to make a card, but some day....!!
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how fun! I love your card
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I love doing this... I can't buy anything at the grocery store anymore without thinking about how I'll recycle it into a card!!
hugs, Jami
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haha... I thought I was the only one saving up cardboard boxes...
way cool.
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You are so smart! Never would of that of that and the boxes are very cool!
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OMG! That's a fantastic idea! My "green" daughter would love this! TFS!
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Oh Gina,
What a great idea. Nope, I never would have thought of that, and what a beautiful card you made from it. The snowflakes on the 120lb card stock are so crisp looking, like they have just come from freshly fallen snow. I can't wait to get my order and try that myself. Now I will be checking out the tissue boxes when I go shopping - because normally I just by the $1 boxes of puffs. Thank you for the inspiration!
Blessings
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Well this week we took in two abandoned kittens and a teenager from the homeless shelter so my crafting budget is going to take a knock.Thanks for making us look at things around us from a different perspective
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What a GREAT idea!!!
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What great inspiration! I have to go check my supply area, and see what I have there!!
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Absolutely unreal - can't believe what you come up with. This is such a great idea - I can see everyone running to their local store searching the Kleenex isle!
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So beautiful ! That card is gorgeous!
My family has finally gotten used to be saving odd things around the house to repurpose! I had an advertisement for Scrubbin Bubbles and it looked and felt like blue ceramic tiles.... I cut that part out of the booklet and it's been very handy!
It's great when you see things that can be recycled and used for pretty things!
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I chuckled when I started to read your post. I have always bought kleenex boxes based on the design on the box. I never thought of using them for stamping when they were empty. Hmm. I will have to see what I can come up with. I try to recycle certain items. My niece even saves me things to use some times. I really like the snowflake that you cut from you box. Such a cute card.
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What a wonderful idea! Very clever! Love it!
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Thank you for sharing. I have some empty fancy, holiday tissue boxes that a friend gave me. You got my creative juices going. I love what you did and can't wait to try some of these ideas.
Carole
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I have often admired the tissue boxes and thought that I ought to use them on cards. However, I always seem to forget to keep them when they're gone! After seeing what you did with one I won't be fogetting any more! Thanks for the awesome inspiration.....gorgeous, creative card!
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Beautiful card Gina!
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GENIUS! Tfs
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Gina this is gorgeous! what a great idea!! I'm going to go around scouring for boxes now!! lol..
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WOW - how cool is this!!!! I never though about doing anything like that!!! I soooo love how the card came out, it is absolutely gorgeous!!! Thanks for the wonderful idea!!!
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This is so cool!! I see Kleenex in a different light now. Thanks for sharing
Dianne
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I love this card. Wow my mind is racing now with thoughts of things I have that I could 'go green' with also. Nice way to use things up instead of tossing them. Thanks Gina for a reminder to us to help conserve by finding other uses for things.
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Hi Gina, I am so thankful that you share your amazing ideas with us. I get so excited every time you post something new, but I know it's going to be incredible! This card is beautiful and what a creative way to make the card! I can't wait to get my hands on some of that awesome 120 lb. paper. I'm going to emboss and then emboss some more! Thanks for YOU, Gina!
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aren't you clever?? this turned out great!! off to raid the cabinets!
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How funny! I have two collapsed Kleenex boxes behind me for that EXACT reason!
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What a sweet card. I also pick out the patterns that I like and use them for different projects (usually the background for cards).
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This is soooo pretty!! Love that pack of snowflakes too!! Great job Gina!! Can't wait to order again after your last release!!
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This is just too funny. I have a large resealable bag on my work desk with cut up parts of tissue boxes. Just too pretty to ever put in the recycle box.TFS
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Well, aren't you the Queen of Green! I have admired the decorator paper on tissue boxes for a long time...and now I have a reason to use those things...thanks Gina for such creative ideas.
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Here's my tip from last year Gina:
Use the inside of the Puff Menthol tissue boxes, it looks like aluminum foil and works great in the Cuttlebug (embossed or die cut!).
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Kleenex boxes?!? you crack me up Gina. And it turned into a beautiful card.
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Hi Gina -
Check out this blog entry. Now if you see this box in the store, you will know who made it. Check out her blog and Etsy store, isn't her stuff awesome?!!
http://blog.betzwhite.com/2008/11/sniff.html
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Hi gina! After I talked to you this morning I decided to checkout out the kleenex box idea. clever! I guess I'll have to be a little choosier when picking out my klennex next time!
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I have been working for a year to let go of clutter around my house and now you have just reinforced what I have always thought.....DON'T throw anything away....it has a recycled use! This is a wonderful idea and the snowflake card is beautiful.
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I have been working for a year to let go of clutter around my house and now you have just reinforced what I have always thought.....DON'T throw anything away....it has a recycled use! This is a wonderful idea and the snowflake card is beautiful.
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I remember your card you made from the Kleenex box and had to look for some pretty boxes myself. I love this card you made now. It is very pretty and just right for Christmas.
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Beautiful card. If we would just look, we will never run out of supplies. When someone tells me cardmaking or scrapbooking is expensive I tell them it don't have to be. Then show them things like this and they are amazed. Love the idea. Thanks
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We use the tissue boxes to make free bookmarks for our town library where I work....We use decorative cutters and corner rounders to make them special, and the patrons love them.
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WOW - that is a wonderful idea! I can't wait to try it.
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Brilliant idea! Love the card!
Does anyone know if I can use SIZZIX dies in my Cuttlebug?
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Mary, You sure can. I do it all the time! In the instruction booklet that came with your Cuttlebug it tells you how.
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Gina, What a great idea. You amaze me...and thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas. Going GREEN is important and fun too.
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yesterday I was picking through the boxes of kleenex to get just the right ones. My DH thinks I'm nuts sometimes, but he automatically checks things like this for me too. Love your card!
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We use all of the store bought Christmas cards we receive to make tags for the next year! Go Green!
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Holy Moly - that is a fabulous idea!! I love that snowflake and you are right, I just noticed today all the great holiday tissue boxes out!! Have to make sure I save some of them - LOL! Thanks for sharing such a creative idea! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
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I just wanted to share....I sat up in bed this morning and was thinking about what I needed to get done for work today, then was wondering if my Gina K order was going to arrive today, which it hasn't yet but that's ok.....and I look over to grab a Kleenex and there sits Gina's tissue box!!!!! I thought it was pretty cool that I had the same Kleenex box as Gina K!!!!! I felt like a rockstar!
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My husband always laughs at me 'cos I always choose my Kleenex by the boxes!
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