It's All Green to Me Challenge

Who’s ready for the next Moxie Fab World Challenge?

If you're wiggling in your chair saying “I am! I am!”--and don't even try to pretend that you're not raising your hand, I so know that you are--then this one’s for you!

As you may recall, the July/August issue of Paper Crafts magazine is all about paper crafting ECO-nomically and ECO-logically. This, my friends, is why we most affectionately refer to it as our ECO issue. As I may have mentioned here before, it’s chock full of ideas that help you save money AND be kind to Mother Earth at the same time.

In the Moxie Fabs column for this issue, we focused on two trendy things: typography and green sayings or symbols. The task I put to the designers was this: Create a paper-crafted project that treats eco-friendly sayings/symbols/words in a clever way.

For example, in this card, Layle Koncar used the familiar phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.” Typographically, she paired the prefix “Re” just once with the additional suffixes (which, by the way, is reducing, reusing, and recycling in and of itself!) Cleverly, she used a birthday theme that emphasizes the way some people “recycle” the number of years since they’ve been born.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Card, p. 24

Kim Kesti did something similar, but with a bit of a different twist. In this card she’s used the recycling symbol. The clever part comes when you open the card to see a $20 tucked inside. I hadn’t really thought about it before, but money really is the ultimate in recycling isn’t it?

The Ultimate Card, p. 25

I love what Beth Opel has done typographically in her clever card. Choosing “earth words” that mean a great deal to her, she went to wordle.com to create a word collage that is both visually appealing and meaningful.

Green Card, p. 26

Inspired? Here are some more images that should get your creative juices flowing.

Its A Wrap Planet Earth Reusable Lunch Tote from Torrilynn123

Recycled Symbol Tile Pendant from tinytreesboutique

Save Our Planet Tree Lovers Pocket Mirror from ButtonDivas

Recycle Bicycle Green Button Pin Badge from theangryrobot

Go Green in French Market tote from parischicboutique

It's Easy Being Green Button Pin Badge from theangryrobot

Green Baby Embroidered Bib from LBaricsCrafts

SOS Earth T-shirt from Ban T-Shirts

Green Recycle Icon Earrings from ButtonDivas

Go Green Lightbulb Keychain from ButtonDivas

Embroidered Organic Bar Mop Towel with Tree from LBaricsCrafts

Go Green Digital Collage from CraftyCatStudio

Whaddayatink? Can you come up with something green and groovy? I knew that you could. Upload a jpg of your project in our It's All Green to Me Challenge gallery on Flickr by clicking here by midnight MST on Monday, July 20 and I'll post the winners on this blog on Wednesday, July 22 as well as send them a moxie fab prize!

Greenaliciously yours,

~Cath