Earth Day Blog Hop (Day Four)

Welcome to the last day of our Earth Day Blog Hop!!
Thanks so much for joining us!

Earth Day can be every day!

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support of this event: Thank you Green Field Paper Company, Nashville Wraps, The Digi Shack, Meljen Designs, Whimsy Haven , Fred She Said Digital Stamps, KLM Designs and Digital Delights. Please check out each of their websites and let them know you found out about them through Create It Green.

We hope that we have inspired you to re-think your crafting (and recycle in it). Remember that we have monthly challenges posted on the 15th of the month to give jump start. We would love for you to join us!!

Just in case you have not followed the hop, please start here. Remember to leave comments along your journey so you have a chance at winning one of our amazing prizes! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 27th.

Re-using paper bags

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are enjoying our blog hop! If you haven't already, scroll down to find out all the details of the hop & how you can win some fantastic prizes from our sponsors and get some freebies!

Today I wanted to share a few ideas on how to re-use your paper bags. Lot's of stores use paper instead of plastic now which is great!

First I made a little treat bag. I sprayed the bag with mist to add some colour and then added a simple journalling spot with an embellishment on. This is a great idea for a kids party, you could easily add the child's names to the tag or have colour coordinating bags for boys & girls. And it's so quick & simple! It would be great for Halloween too.


The monthly kit club I subscribe to comes in large paper bags. These are ideal for wrapping gifts, you could create your own patterned paper by stamping on to the bag directly.


Here I've re-used the bags to send items in the post. I've used decorative masking tape to mark off an area for the address (I've erased this out for confidentiality purposes) and to seal the package. Just make sure you add some bubble wrap and/or sturdy cardboard to the package if you are sending something that will bend or get easily damaged.

On this last bag I created some simple flowers using some journalling spots, pleating some decorative masking tape & adding buttons, which turns it into a gift bag. If you have a paper bag with a store logo on which covers most of the bag, then you can easily cover it using some patterned paper and adding some embellishments.




I hope this has left you inspired to try up-cycling your paper bags. If you haven't followed along the hop yet then my blog is your first stop. Have fun!

Alexa

Earth Day Blog Hop (day one)

Welcome to Create it Green’s Earth Day Blog Hop!!

Thanks so much for joining us!

Over the next four days we hope to inspire you to re-think your crafting to include some recycling. There will be new posts here over the next four days so be sure to follow us so you don't miss anything!!

We are pleased to introduce eight wonderful sponsors for this hop! Each has donated an amazing prize to help inspire you to join in the fun! All you have to do to be entered in the drawing is follow the hop and comment on each blog post. Be sure to comment here too!! Winners will be announced on April 27th!

After the Blog Hop, you might want to check out earthday.net. Their site has a pretty extensive listing of (global) Earth Day events. Right now, they are trying to generate a billion acts of green- you can scroll through and get ideas of changes you can make to be more "green". Little changes can make a big difference!

Check back later today for an adorable Earth Day freebie from Meljen Designs!

Your first stop for Earth Day Inspiration is the ever so creative Alexa!

Announcing Our Earth Day Blog Hop

Happy Earth Month! I'm sure you all know that Earth Day is coming up. Well, what you may not know is that this year is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day! Sounds like a perfect occasion for an Earth Day Blog Hop here at Create it Green! Two weeks from today, April 22nd, 8am PST to April 25th midnight PST, join us for inspiration, ideas and prizes!

Our design team is busy crafting with custom digital stamps, handmade recycled papers and who knows what else... you'll have to follow the hop to find out!!

Our Earth Day Blog Hop has caught the attention of some wonderful, creative "green" sponsors including Green Field Paper Company, Nashville Wraps,  KLM Designs, Digital Delights, Whimsy Haven, The Digi Shack, Meljen Designs, and Fred She Said.

We will tell you more about each of our generous sponsors (and the amazing prizes) as the hop comes closer!!