If you want to have a totally handmade holiday, now is the time to get started. Over the next couple of months, we’ll be posting about recycled gifts and giftwrap you can make yourself and great handmade finds for sale! A personalized collage is a great gift for family or maybe your best pal! Hero Arts has a great video tutorial on making beautiful collages. We’ve got the video and tips for turning this into a green craft project after the cut! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/urksrBVuVUU&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Green It! While the materials in this video aren’t green, with just a little substitution, you can take the techniques above and apply them to make your very own recycled collages! It would be really easy to substitute scrap paper or even fabric for the scrapbooking paper that she calls for. You could also try using a piece of scrap wood in place of the 4″x4″ canvas to make this a fully recycled project! For the different layers, get creative! If book pages aren’t your thing, the insides of security envelopes or other junk mail works great. Instead of card stock, you can rescue scraps of corrugated cardboard from the bin. For the ribbons and buttons, dive into your stash for items that are too small to use elsewhere or include a piece of something that’s meaningful to the person you’re gifting. Rather than the matte finish, try using EcoGlue! For painting it on, you’ll want to dilute it a bit. If you need it stronger for parts like adding the buttons, you might want to use full strength. The one thing I’m having a tough time replacing with a green alternative is the foam mount. Any ideas, you guys?
title: “Handmade Holidays Recycled Personalized Collages " ShowToc: true date: “2025-07-25” author: “Todd Gonzales”
If you want to have a totally handmade holiday, now is the time to get started. Over the next couple of months, we’ll be posting about recycled gifts and giftwrap you can make yourself and great handmade finds for sale! A personalized collage is a great gift for family or maybe your best pal! Hero Arts has a great video tutorial on making beautiful collages. We’ve got the video and tips for turning this into a green craft project after the cut! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/urksrBVuVUU&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Green It! While the materials in this video aren’t green, with just a little substitution, you can take the techniques above and apply them to make your very own recycled collages! It would be really easy to substitute scrap paper or even fabric for the scrapbooking paper that she calls for. You could also try using a piece of scrap wood in place of the 4″x4″ canvas to make this a fully recycled project! For the different layers, get creative! If book pages aren’t your thing, the insides of security envelopes or other junk mail works great. Instead of card stock, you can rescue scraps of corrugated cardboard from the bin. For the ribbons and buttons, dive into your stash for items that are too small to use elsewhere or include a piece of something that’s meaningful to the person you’re gifting. Rather than the matte finish, try using EcoGlue! For painting it on, you’ll want to dilute it a bit. If you need it stronger for parts like adding the buttons, you might want to use full strength. The one thing I’m having a tough time replacing with a green alternative is the foam mount. Any ideas, you guys?
