Showing posts with label templates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label templates. Show all posts

Monday, September 6, 2010

BOO! Here's a Template for You!


Next time you're out shopping, buy a bunch of clipboards.  You can decorate one for every holiday and display them in your foyer to add an extra welcome to your visitors!
 




Let's start with Halloween. 

Send your husband on a mission for you...ask him to go to the hardware store (what husband wouldn't like being asked to do that?) and have him buy you a large roll of drywall tape like this:



A big roll like this one will last forever.  I have had mine for so long that I don't even remember how much I paid for it, but I'm sure it was under ten dollars.

Every paper crafter needs a roll of drywall tape, especially with Halloween quickly approaching.  It adds so much spooky flair to a project and it is so easy to work with.  It is sticky on one side, so all you need to do is cut it the length that you need and stick it to your project. You can even use a brayer and ink and make it any color you want to make it.

You can't see it in the photo, but I put a piece of drywall tape along the length of the BOO clipboard.  It kind of brings out feelings of mummies and creepy stuff.



Now for a brief tutorial on how to make the clipboard.

First, click HERE to download the letters.

1)  Tie lots of different textures and colors of ribbon through the hole(s) at the top of the clipboard.

2)  Cover the clipboard with a couple of different colors of coordinating decorative paper.

3)  Use photo-corners or a photo corner punch to cover the tiny areas of the clipboard that you can't quite cover during step #2.

4)  It's a MUST to use tiny googly eyes on the spiders!

5)  For the letters, I used black cardstock and then randomly stamped a white craft ink pad directly onto the paper.  It gives the look and feel of cobwebs.

6)  I cut out tombstones from one of the sheets of decorative paper.  I adhered four tombstones directly to the clipboard, and I used dimensionals to adhere the remaining two.  It has a great 3-D look to it.

BOO to you



Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Girls' Night Out: Popcorn Box Template & Tutorial

Imagine making a bunch of these super-easy popcorn boxes, inviting some of your friends over, and sitting around watching movies or just chit-chatting the night away!


SUPPLIES NEEDED:

Popcorn Box Template found HERE

Two sheets of paper per box (either two 8 1/2" x 11" pieces, or two 12" pieces)

Adhesive

Scoring tool

Scissors or paper cutter

Ribbon and embellishments


DIRECTIONS:

1)  print template and cut out box pieces

2)  score boxes along score lines

3)  adhere the two box pieces together along the side tabs

4)  put the bottom together (you might want to add some tape to make sure the bottom is secure)

5)  add embellishments

It would be fun to add a personalized tag with the name of each of your guests.  That way everyone will know whose is whose.


Now YOU do it!  Make some fun popcorn boxes!

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