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Paint Colour Card Crafts

October 15, 2008 By Spoonful of Sugar - 43 Comments

I am really into the three R’s right now – reduce, reuse, and recycle! What better way to embrace this philosophy than to find ways to use the paint colour cards that you can easily source at the hardware store!  Don’t you just love the names they give to all the paint colours?

Present gifts of cash or store vouchers more creatively this holiday season with these easy to whip up gift tags. I made these using colour cards I had on had – using seasonal colours would be more effective.

A paint colour card is trimmed and placed on top of a buff coloured tag (available from newsagents). Sew along the sides and bottom of the tag. Add a ribbon and you are done!

Tip: Use an old sewing machine needle as sewing on card can blunt the needle.

Check out Whimsy Love for this great Paint Sample Notebook Tutorial

Here are the ones I made:

We would like to thank Lee from Just Like Martha for giving us the Kreativ Blogger award. Lee has some great paper craft ideas, good recipes, and wonderful photographs of her life in Far North Queensland. 

Posted by Lisa

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Comments

  1. Randi says

    October 15, 2008 at 6:50 am

    What a cute idea!

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  2. Dancin' Puffin says

    October 15, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Love them! We’re all white in our house as the rooms are dark so we accessorise instead. I think there is a glimpse of my country curtains in one of my latest Oscar pictures on my blog… Good effort with the reduce/reuse/recycle though xx

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  3. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    October 15, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    You girls have the best ideas. I love to see what you come up with all the time……

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  4. QuiltedSimple says

    October 15, 2008 at 6:46 am

    Love these – and I have millions of paint samples as I can never make up my mind, so bring home every one in a shade when I go to repaint (and then can’t find them when I get around to doing it, so it’s repeat the process all over again!)
    Kris

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  5. Tonya says

    October 15, 2008 at 6:58 am

    you always have the best ideas! I love paint cards, I love the way they feel and the cool names for the colors lol

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  6. jacquie says

    October 15, 2008 at 7:14 am

    i love paint samples too. you are amazing…such simple, but darling projects you come up with! love that recycling vibe too!!!

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  7. Suzanne says

    October 15, 2008 at 7:17 am

    I am impressed, I find it so enjoyable to see what you come up with, they just look so good.

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  8. melissa s. says

    October 15, 2008 at 7:48 am

    those are so cute! i love the paint color names, too.

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  9. Kris says

    October 15, 2008 at 8:24 am

    I’m always amazed at how many paint colours are named after food. At various times I have had walls of banana daquiri, wasabi, lemonade and cotton candy. At the moment I must be in a garden because my walls sport wattyl orchid.

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  10. periwinkle says

    October 15, 2008 at 8:24 am

    What a great idea I would never have thought to use those cards for anything never mind tags or notebooks.
    lisa x

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  11. Rachel@oneprettything.com says

    October 15, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Those tags are adorable! I’ll be linking to this post.

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  12. Stephanie says

    October 15, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Terrific idea. I have tons of paint chips. One year my daughter got green ones and cut them into tree shapes and decorated them and used them for gift tags.

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  13. Thimbleanna says

    October 15, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Very, very cute! Will file this idea away for future use!

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  14. Tania - Jet Designs says

    October 16, 2008 at 3:04 am

    Wow – what a great idea – watch out Bunnings you may be cleaned out by crafty mummas

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  15. Hoppo Bumpo says

    October 15, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Your tags are beautiful. What a clever idea.

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  16. Tine says

    October 15, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    What a great idea to use the paintcards for gifttags… Now I need to go find some in red and green 🙂

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  17. crafty things says

    October 15, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    A very nifty idea. The little notebooks look great. Thanks for the link.

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  18. candy says

    October 15, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    cute idea!

    🙂
    candy

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  19. Renee says

    October 15, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    they are fantastic. I love the idea of recycling stuff like that which would usually end up as rubbish

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  20. handmaiden says

    October 15, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    That’s a very crafty idea…10 out of 10 for your 3 R’s

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  21. Karol-Ann says

    October 15, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Cute idea! We had loads hanging around when we painted our SA house. The colours of our walls were not very celebratory though LOL

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  22. Just like Martha says

    October 15, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    LOVE this idea, well done! How many times have we all picked up samples from the paint store only to throw them in the bin and collect more later – recycling – love it!

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  23. jillytacy says

    October 15, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    What a creative idea! I love that it uses the paint cards. What a great way to reduce, reuse and recycle.

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  24. Jessica says

    October 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    That is a great idea! I’m sure I have paint strips around somewhere!

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  25. Ali Honey says

    October 15, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Great ideas there. Anything to encourage the 3 Rs!

    I bet you’ve got some more great ideas ?

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  26. Sandra Evertson says

    October 15, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    Those are Wonderful!
    Sandra

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  27. Mama de Saga says

    October 15, 2008 at 7:37 pm

    What a great idea. I love looking at all those paint chips.

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  28. Michelle says

    October 15, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    love the ideas…i adore paint chips and charts etc…i think its because i love house painting…i know that sounds strange…but i really do love it…

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  29. A World in a PAN says

    October 15, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    That’s my motto: Reduce, reuse, recyle. Lately I have been buying old kitchen cloths at “brocantes” instead of buying new ones at shops (they’re MUCH better quality, by the way)

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  30. Knit and Sew City Girl says

    October 16, 2008 at 5:34 am

    What a cool idea! They are so pretty too.

    Mary

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  31. Philigry says

    October 16, 2008 at 11:07 am

    i am in love with this idea! wow! thanks for sharing!

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  32. Jenny says

    October 16, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    You’re a font of ideas there sugar girls! Fantastic! Jen

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  33. Jenny says

    October 17, 2008 at 2:22 am

    I too am a fan of paint sample cards and was always wondering what to do with them! Now I know-great ideas and thanks for sharing-and yes those names are fabulous!

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  34. Kellie says

    October 17, 2008 at 3:55 am

    You are a power house of designing ideas!!!!! What a great idea Lisa!!!!!

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  35. Jaime says

    October 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    Love them!! What a super cute idea.

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  36. Tiff says

    October 17, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    OOH sounds like an easy project my daughter and I could do together!

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  37. raining sheep says

    October 17, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Oh man! I was at the paint store today… I should have read your post earlier in the day. What great ideas. Have an awesome weekend. I am having a little giveaway so come and visit.

    Reply
  38. Alison Boon says

    October 17, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    Such a clever idea. I love the names it makes them sound so muuch more exotic.

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  39. sarah says

    October 18, 2008 at 4:50 am

    What a fantastic idea. We recycle as well, and this idea is great.

    Sarah J Doyle
    http://PatternsThatFitYou.com
    http://SewingBusiness.com – blog

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  40. Annie says

    October 18, 2008 at 6:06 am

    Clever ideas – I love the 3 R’s

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  41. BigCat says

    October 18, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    These are fabulous. What fantastic ideas for gifts. Thanks for sharing them.

    Reply
  42. Carolien says

    October 22, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    What a nice idea, it looks lovely!

    Greetings, Carolien

    Reply
  43. princess pudge says

    October 24, 2008 at 2:29 am

    what a good idea, and thanks for the link to yet another addictive blog!

    Reply

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