Welcome to Day #3 of the Going Green Blog Tour! I hope you have been inspired by all the creative projects along the tour. I know I have been! Please feel free to leave a comment letting me know how you are “Going Green” and stamping/crafting in your own life! I also invite you to subscribe to my blog updates (see “Subscribe to Updates” in the right column of this blog) and come visit again soon!

Today’s project involves something other than recycling: Going Green with your Cleaning!

For the past year I have been experimenting with making my own green cleaning products. I have one child with allergies and asthma and another child who is my own personal shadow. Both make me very hesitant to reach for many of the commercial chemical-laden, high-fume cleaning products available at the store. 

I researched many different cleaning recipes online and in books. And after trial and error, I have several recipes that I am very happy with… a few that I’m still tweaking… and a couple that I just gave up on. (Homemade dishwasher detergent was a major bust.)

Now that I have my own cleaning products, I needed to label each container. And just a plain ol’ Sharpie wasn’t going to cut it! So I created labels and recipe cards from the My Digital Studio downloads: The Write Stuff II. This digital kit comes with eight patterns of Designer Series paper and thirty-six individual “die-cut” images so you’ll have just what you need for journals, ledgers, frames, recipes, or whatever else you can think of… like cleaning supplies!

My Digital Studio Kit - The Write Stuff II

 I created my labels in my photo-editing program (I use Photoshop and/or Photoshop Elements.) and printed them out on glossy paper. With my handy dandy Paper Snips, I cut each label out. And then I adhered them to my containers with clear packing/mailing tape. (I wanted the entire label to be covered with the tape. That way, if/when I spilled cleaner on it, the label would be protected.)

Here are photos of my bottles and containers… labeled pretty! It almost makes me want to clean! Well, almost…

My Laundry Room

Laundry Soap

 
Labels for “The Nice Mommy”:

 
Labels for “The Sassy Mommy”:

I can be both nice and sassy… so I have both the Nice and the Sassy labels on my Kitchen Cleaner and Glass Cleaner bottles! 

 
Supplies:
Stampin’ Up! The Write Stuff II Digital Kit
Stampin’ Up! Paper Snips
Clear Packing (Mailing) Tape
Glossy Printer Paper
 

After I labeled my containers, I created recipe cards for my cleaning recipes. I put them in badge ID holders and tied them together with Stampin’ Up! Alpine Ribbon Originals (currently on sale in the Clearance Rack of my Stampin’ Up! website).

Supplies:
Stampin’ Up! The Write Stuff II Digital Kit
Stampin’ Up! Albine Ribbon Originals
Badge ID Holders
Glossy Printer Paper
 

More Info About Stampin’ Up!’s My Digital Studio:

Stampin’ Up!, long known for its exclusive rubber stamps and accessories for paper crafting, scrapbooking and home décor, is venturing into the digital age with the release of My Digital Studio.  My Digital Studio is an easy-to-use, software-based design studio featuring thousands of Stampin’ Up!’s award-winning images, colors, and accessories.

My Digital Studio has everything you like about Stampin’ Up!–in digital! Whether you’re creating cards, calendars, photo albums, or multimedia projects, this powerful and easy-to-use digital crafting software gives you the tools, along with thousands of exclusive Stampin’ Up! images you need to create in style!

My Digital Studio comes with thousands of digital images of exclusive Stampin’ Up! stamps, Designer Series papers, colors, and accessories. But what if you just want the images to use with another design application? Not a problem! All of the digital images are available for individual purchase and download from my online Stampin’ Up! store, and are compatible with most design packages. Stampin’ Up! also regularly adds to the collection of available images so you always have a something new, no matter what the season.

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Over the holidays, I decorated my kids’ bathroom using Stampin’ Up!’s On Board chipboard pieces and Decor Elements. Here are some photos! (Click on each photo to view a larger version of it.)

I purchased two sets of the “Tree, Thoughts & Prayers” Decor Elements and cut them apart into branches (instead of using it as a whole tree). I applied the branches to the walls throughout the bathroom.

Next, I covered the bird chipboard pieces with patterned paper. To do this, just trace your shape onto the back side of your paper and then cut it out. Apply glue (I used a glue stick) all over your chipboard piece and adhere your paper.

After it dries, sand the edges if you want a rounded edge. Punch a hole in the paper for the bird’s eye. Then use glue dots to adhere the beak and wing pieces to the body. Finally, adhere the birds to the walls using poster putty!

Stampin’ Up! Supplies Used:
On Board So Tweet Chipboard (birds)
Decor Elements Tree, Thoughts & Prayers – Large – Chocolate (branches)
Decor Elements Nursery Alphabet “O is for Owl” – Taken with Teal
Decor Elements Nursery Alphabet “T is for Turtle” – Old Olive
Pink Flamingo Designer Series Patterned Paper

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When I saw the new Decor Elements catalog, I fell in love with the photo of the Vintage Ornaments on the windows.

 But I wanted to create something that could be used for more than just one Christmas season. So I put them on frames instead! I bought 3 frames and used 2 sets of the Vintage Ornaments. I applied the Decor Elements on the top of the glass. And I used wrapping paper inside the frames.

Closeup View

 
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Vintage Ornaments (S) – Chocolate
Vintage Ornaments (S) – Real Red
Decor Elements Applicator

Other Supplies:
3 Frames
Wrapping paper

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