Thursday's Tutorial from Jan !!

Hi everyone - it is Jan here with your weekly tutorial.

Today we are going to make your own hole reinforcement labels. This is so simple, and you can make enough for your lifetime in about 20 minutes !





What you will need are: a package of white reinforcement labels, colored ink, black ink, some fun border stamps (I used a Recollections assortment) and I used a Tim Holtz applicator.


Shmoosh the colored ink all over the page of labels. You don't have to be precise, as it looks more vintage or artistic if you have some color variation.

Take your border stamp, and stamp across one row of reinforcers. Vary the stamps all the way down the page.


How easy was that ! I have been using these for quite a while now, and I see that Tim Holtz has just come out with his own variation. Yours will look every bit as good as his, and as unique as you are. Plus, you just spent about 99 cents on 900 labels, wow !

You can use these for mini albums, tags and behind brads.

Be sure you return to us tomorrow for our Executive Reveal - Kristina is up this week, and she always has something special and fun for us all !

Papercraft Star 42

Welcome to our 42nd Challenge here at Papercraft Star. We are so happy to have you join us this week !!

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Our Challenge this Week

Theme: Earth Day

Create a project with Earth Day as your inspiration, include a recycled or re-purposed item in your project to help save the Earth! Don't forget to tell us what it was in your blog post.


Senior Design Team

Jan

Using something for a dual or triple purpose is one thing that helps save our planet. This card is not only an Easter card, but also an Earth Day card. In order to make it into triple purpose, the inside says HAPPY EASTER/HAPPY EARTH DAY/__________ to suit all sorts of needs ! The little white flower was made from the liner in a candy box, giving it a "tasty" texture. Stop by Jan's blog and say hello !

Tracy

For Tracy's Earth Day card she recycled lots of cereal box chipboard. The punched frame is four layers deep, the apple two, and the banners one. The image and apple sentiment were colored with Prisma Color Pencils on some 100% recycled kraft paper from the Kraft Outlet. The punched border was also done using this recycled paper.

Regan

Regan enjoys re-purposing items in her crafting and this time wasn't any different. She created this cute little wall hanging for her craft room using one of her handmade journal cards, some cardboard and a little paint! For more photos and details, please visit her blog Emora Designs.

Design Team

Kim

Kim found purpose for this little packaging box by upcycling it into a candle gift set. Inside the box are tea light candles hand stamped onto tissue paper. The candles hold their place with some hand cut tissue paper grass, lightly colored with chalk mist. Kim shares with us how she created this box and how to make your own stamped candles on her blog. Be sure to check it out!

Jennifer

Jennifer used a vintage postcard and recycled some gift packaging for this Earth-friendly Easter card. Head over to her blog for more about it!

C

C used this week's challenge as an opportunity to recycle some cardboard she had lying around her office. She used this cardboard (courtesy of Amazon) to act as a mat for her stamping. C's card is distressed, crinkled and in all ways as grunged as she could get it. It was fun to make this messy and recycled card. To see details of how this card was made check out TradeFish Designs.

Angi

Angi decided to "Go Green" by using recycled items to create a Mother's Day gift bag & pillow box. Instead of throwing away paper bags from her local bakery, she recycles them. She also found a template online to make pillow box out of thin cardboard that came in a box of supplies that she ordered. To see more be sure to visit Angi's blog.

Join us tomorrow for an easy tutorial by Jan, and Kristina has our Exec Reveal on Friday.

Link up to be eligible for our prizes !! Submissions close Sunday, 9:00pm (Eastern US) !!

Winner of Challenge 41

You all sure made some adorable projects for this week's challenge! It was a lot of fun looking at them all and very hard to vote on. It was super close this week, but we do have our winner.

The winner is.............Susan at Paper Daisy Dreams!!
Here is another look at Susan's super cute Easter Layout,

Congratulations Susan!! Please contact us so we can get you the People's Choice Award button.

Be sure to join us tomorrow for the opening of Challenge 42!!

Voting for Challenge 41 has begun!

April Grand Prize Sponsor

Every time you enter a project during the month of April, you will be entered to win our Monthly Grand Prize!!

Our winner this month will receive a gift voucher to The Scrapbooking Cottage !!!

The Scrapbooking Cottage carries a variety of products to meet all your paper crafting needs. At The Scrapbooking Cottage their desire is to carry the newest products for you at great prices. They pride themselves in outstanding customer service and fast shipping. All orders over $25.00 receive FREE SHIPPING (anywhere in the U.S.)