Pink and Green Sweet 16 Card

Difficutly: ♥ ♥ ♥

Materials: Pink card/cardstock; white paper; green paper; white cardstock + swirl stamp + green ink pad/ patterened light green paper; patterened pink paper; striped pink and green ribbon; solid pink ribbon; pink and green buttons; pink gel pen; paper flower + brad/ embelishment; glue/glue dots


1. Cut pink cardstock to size and fold or prepare pink card.
2. Cut patterned green paper/ white cardstock to 1/2 centimeter smaller on each side than the card. If using white cardstock, stamp your swirl pattern onto the paper and destress the edges. Glue to the center of the pink card.
3. Cut two abstract quadrilateral (4-sided) shapes out of the pink patterned paper. The two shapes should be the same size. They should be going vertically on the card. Glue to the green of the card.
4. Glue the striped ribbon inbetween the two abstract pink shapes.
5. Glue on buttons (matching or not, your choice) randomly around/ over the ribbon.
6. Cut out a small rectangle of green paper with rounded edges. Glue that to white paper and cut an even border. Write "Sweet 16" on the green paper with the pink gel pen. Glue a small piece of pink ribbon to one end of the rectangle. Glue the entire piece at an angle on the larger side of one of the abstract shapes.
7. Glue another small piece of pink ribbon to the opposite corner of the other abstract shape. Glue the paper flower + brad or other embelishment on top of the ribbon.

Hints and Tips:
     * If you're not too fond of pink and green (they fit my personal ocassion), change the colors.
     * Change the "Sweet 16" message to fit your occassion.
     * Use different patterns.

Card: Happy Birthday, You're A Star

Difficulty: ♥ ♥

Materials: Card/ Cardstock in white; Different shades of yellow paper; White paper; Star template; Banner template; Orange pen or marker; Yellow chalk; Orange chalk; Glue; Scissors/ exacto knife.


1. Cut out 1 large star, 2 medium stars, and 3 small stars from the various yellow papers.
2. Glue stars sparatically on the front of the card.
3. Cut a banner from the white paper.
4. Use yellow chalk to lightly color the banner. Use orange chalk to add shades to the banner.
5. Write "Happy Birthday" on the banner in orange pen or marker.
6. Glue the banner to the card. For a cool effect, glue it over the largest star.
7. Use yellow chalk to add an edge to the card.
8. Write "You're A Star!" on the inside of the card.

Boxy Cross-Body Bag

Difficulty: ♥ ♥ ♥

Materials: Pop-Tarts box, Paint, Duct Tape (optional), Hole Punch, Craft Eyelets, Rope/Ribbon/Chain/Handle; Decorations;

1. Use Packaging Tape or Duct Tape to tape down smaller flaps.
2. Paint Box with base color, or cover with duct tape.
3. Punch two holes on each side pannel. Aproximately 1.5 cm from the top, and 1.5 cm appart.
4. Hammer craft eyelets into each hole.
5. Paint on patterns and details.
6. Add 3D details. (such as red circle in example)
7. Add Chain/Rope/Ribbon/Handle by threading it through the holes.

Hints and Tips:
         * If you paint, use at least 2 coats of primer, and only acrylic based paint.

Bandage & Tag Get Well Card

Difficulty: ♥ ♥ ♥

Materials: Card/ cardstock #1; Cardstock #2; Cardstock #3; paterned paper; ruler, holde punch; Bandage/ bandage picture; tag and pocket template; glue; ribbon; chalk.

1. Find a good sized card or make one out of cardstock #1.
2. Measure cardstock #2 so that it's 2cm shorter and 2cm thinner than the card face.
3. Use tag and pocket template to make a tag out of cardstock #3 and a pocket out of paterned paper.
4. Punch a hole in the top of the tag and tie a ribbon through it.
5. Find a fun bandage, or print one off of your computer and color with chalk.
6. Glue paterned pocket to the middle of cardstock #2. Glue cardstock #2 to card face. Glue bandage on top of everything.
7. Personalize by writing on the tag and inside.

Hints and Tips:
         * Use chalk to add highlights to printed pictures.

Recycled Pillows

Difficulty: ♥

Materials: Old t-shirt or pants; fiber fill; sewing machine/ needle and thread; rubber bands; ribbon

T-Shirt: 1. Turn shirt inside out. Sew the bottom and sleeves together.

2. Turn the shirt right-side out. Fill with fiber fill.

3. Sew the neck shut.

Tube Pillow: 1. Cut the leg off of an old pair of pants.

2. Use a rubber band to tie off one end. Fill with fiber fill.

3. Tie off the other end. Add ribbon to conceal the rubber bands

Hints and Tips:

         * When sewing the neck line, sew as close to the seam as possible and use thread that's close in color to the shirt. This will make the stitches less noticable.

         * Cut the hem off of the pants so that both sides have similar looking edges.

Coasters

Difficulty: ♥

Materials: Craft square, paper, scissors, mod podge, paint brush

1. Trace craft square onto the back side of your paper.

2. Cut out paper, leaving extra room on each side of the outline.

3. Apply mod podge to the craft square. The mod podge will act as a glue to attach the paper to the craft square.

4. Once the mod podge dries, use scissors to trim the paper so that it fits the square.

5. Apply a thin coat of mod podge on top of the paper and to the sides. This will act as a sealant.

Hints and Tips:

* When trimming the paper, have the paper facing down and the craft square facing up, so you can see how much you need to cut

Locker Pin Boards

Difficulty: ♥ ♥ ♥

Materials: Foam presentation board, foam cork or corrigated cardboard, cardstock paper, scissors, glue stick, hot glue/ craft glue, craft knife, magnets

1. Use the craft knife to cut foam presentation board to desired size. Cut foam cork/ cardboard to same size.
2. Trace the foam board on the reverse side of the cardstock, and cut out.
3. Use a glue stick to attach the paper to the presentation board.
4. Use hot glue/ craft glue to attach foam cork/ cardboard to the other side of the presentation board.
5. Use hot glue/ craft glue to attach magnets to foam cork/ cardboard.

Hints and Tips:
         * When using hot glue/ craft glue, only put it on the edges so that it doesn't get in the way of the pins.
         * Use squares of different papers to create a patchwork look.
         * Glue buttons onto thumbtacks for decorative pins.