Sunday, April 21, 2013

May Arts Earth Day Blog Hop

you should be arriving from Charlene's blog...

For my Earth Day project I recycled a chipboard tree from a past craft project, got some recycled cardboard and started playing!  My project was going to be a canvas, instead of mounting it on a canvas I used the recycled cardboard. (that way I did not get anything new, only used what I had on hand for the project.)



1. Color chipboard tree with markers.
2. Glue leaves behind chipboard.






3. Die cut hearts out of recycled cardboard, ink, and glue on tree.


4. Cut a 6x6 square out of cardboard. Paint top blue and base green using water color crayons.
5. Cut a 71/2x71/2 square out of cardboard. Using ink and water color crayon, draw and color in a frame.
6. Glue smaller square onto the center of the larger square.
7. With black pen write "Nature Lover" on lower right side of tree.




Supplies:
May Arts Ribbon: XL16 green suede leaves
Cardboard packaging
water color crayons
markers
chipboard tree from Creekbank Creations
Die: Cuttlekids
ink

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The next stop on the hop is Gini.

36 comments:

  1. Lovely project, I tend to use a whole lot of recycled cardboard!

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  2. Hello tree! I think I love you! So creative, Leah!

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  3. Love the hearts on the tree - with the saying! Too cute!

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  4. Leah, this is an awesome idea and I love your recycled cardboard! One of my favorites to use in my projects as well!

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  5. Love your use of the leaves..they are one of my fav May Arts ribbons!

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  6. How fun! This would be a fun family tree.

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  7. I love this project..everything being recycled is the way to go! I think it would be nice to make something like this as a garden sign for out on our deck this Summer!
    Thanks so much for sharing!
    Sue O

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  8. I save cardboard but never used it for cards
    or scrapbooking projects. Thanks for a number of
    ideas.

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  9. Very nice! I agree, would make a nice family tree.

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  10. Leah this is fantastic! I think I may have to CASE this project! LOL!

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  11. OMG This is awesome!!Great idea and it's so darn cute!

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  12. I love this tree!! Great canvas!

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  13. This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Love the hearts you added and the suede leaves.

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  15. What a cute tree. Love that it and all the elements you added to it. This is a great idea for recycling.

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  16. You get the Green Thumb of the Day prize. Great job on this. I am going to tuck this into my idea bag for my granddaughter and grandma crafting days.

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  17. What a sweet project! This would be so fun to do with kids too!

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  18. Such a cute and lovely sentiment for Earth Day. Loved how you reused your supplies and made something quite pertinent to the day. Thanks for sharing.

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  19. I love it! It's totally perfect for today's hop!

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  20. Great project. It looks so cute and whimsical. Another idea to put away when I need some inspiration. thanks.

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  21. What a great use for the leaves. I LOVE the leaves, have a roll, and try to use them whenever possible. Nice.

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  22. The natural look of this is so wonderful. It is a great use of color, too.

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  23. I love it. What a great idea to use cardboard. I have plenty of that lying around. Wonderful project.

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  24. Cute picture, I love the way it turned out! Thanks for sharing.

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  25. Oooh, love those May ARts suede leaves!! And the cardboard adds amazing texture!

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  26. Very creative projects. Would love to scraplift using the products I might win!

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  27. Gorgeous project and I love that you used all recycled items. WTG

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  28. Love the way you mounted the suede leaves behind the chipboard. Sweet!

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  29. Your tree looks fabulous, especially how you coloured the leafy tips and layered your leaves behind!!! Great idea using the cardboard for your canvas too :)

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  30. LOVING your FUN and Creative Creation!! Beautiful Design!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing the Inspiration and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  31. Love how you used recycled cardboard to make your card. Great idea and wonderful project.

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  32. Very creative ! I love the fact you recycled the cardboard to make a beautiful creation . TFS .

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  33. Love your tree and the recycling!

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