Martha Stewart Glittered Card Kit Review

I recently picked up a fun glitter card kit (Martha Stewart Create line) at my local

Big Lots store. It was a great buy at $2.00 for a kit that includes:

5 Martha Stewart glitter colors

card stock with matching envelopes

8 die cut birds.  The bird die cuts already have adhesive on them

so it makes covering them in glitter a super easy task. I just peeled off each section and then chose

the glitter that I wanted to use.  I made up all the birds that I wanted to use.

As you can see, these are easy and fun to do.

Then all I did was attach them to the cards.  I also used a few as Christmas Tree decorations.

I recommend checking out your local Big Lots to see what type of fun craft kits they get in.  Since they buy out old merchandise from manufacturers, I often find some pretty cool crafting supplies and great prices. The price of this kit (at $2.00) was less than buying one bottle of Martha Stewart Glitter at my local craft store.  I love the Martha Stewart Glitters from her Martha Stewart Crafts Glitter Set in the Rich Essentials because they have an interesting texture that reflects light better than the normal glitter set.




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Christmas Card Craft Projects: Easy Ways to Recycle Old Cards, Part 2

As promised, here is part two of the Christmas Card Recycling kids craft projects we came up.

Todays card is another fun old Christmas card we had on hand that was left over from a previous year.  The colors on this card made it really easy to work with to create a fun recycled Christmas card project.
     The first project the kids made was a door stop.  They used a heavy piece of wood (left over from another project) which they painted black. Then they used some left over paper, ribbon, and rhinestones to decorate the wood block.

We also had some "Martha Stewart" Glitters available for them to use to bring a little sparkle to the card.

Perfect Printing Pouch

       Note: when working with glitter,  to keep the mess to a minimum,  I recommend using the Perfect Printing Pouch which keeps the glitter from sticking to the entire card surface.  It is a handy tool when working with glitter or embossing powders.  I just can not recommend this little gem enough.  
      Once the glitter had dried, the kids used more of the dimensional tape to attach the card to the wood block.  You can find dimensional tape at the local craft store and sometimes the local dollar store.

As you can see, this was a super easy project for them to complete in just a short amount of time.
For the next project, we decided to use a box that originally held some Benefit Cosmetics.  The box is a was trimmed in colors that worked really well with this card.

The box also had a cut out in front that could be used to hold a photo once the product advertisement material was removed.

They just added some rhinestones, a couple of charms, and cut the card down to fit into the frame.

Another super easy quick Christmas card recycling project that gave them fun results.  All of these projects were great because it they were so very easy to complete and held their attention long enough to finish the project.  Plus, I did not have to go out and buy any supplies. We just used what we had on hand.

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