Here's the kit for those DIY dads! I had lots of fun with this kit! There's lots of little tool icons and the wood texture was fun to work with also. As with the release yesterday there's a standard version and a custom version which lets you type in all your own sentiments. All you need is candy, tins, and the kit! The both kits include two cards, the tin cover with three alternate sentiments, and one sheet of designed labels. You don't need any special photo editing software to add the text either if you purchase the custom one! I tried to make it super easy for you! The labels are standard Avery 8160 series address labels. I … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Gift Container
Here's a quick hexagon box template that was well loved last year: 1. Download template here. Find a wood grain image online that you like. I like to look at Wilsonart Laminates , or Treefrog Veneers. Once you find an image that you like, right click on the image and save it to your computer. 2. Print the wood grain image on photo paper or cardstock, then print the templates onto the wood grain. (Any other pattern will work too!) 3. Then follow the directions on the template to finish up! If you'd like to do the graduated sizes like shown above, just print at different percentages. Try 85%, 100%, and 120%. Stay tuned this week … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday – Handmade Memory Game
This is a really simple project also and GREAT for a handmade Christmas gift! You can very easily adapt it for different age levels as well. This one is a fairly simple match the pattern game. For a little more difficult version, try printing out upper and lowercase letters, or pictures and the matching words. Or even match the english word with the spanish or french word. (Told you it's easily adaptable!) Here's what you'll need: A few packages of these: -Wooden squares. I used two packages for the one I made. Originally I had wanted the squares to be larger than 1 1/4" square and was going to order some from here. At the last … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday-Easy Home Decor Blocks
Happy Tuesday! Here's the quick tutorial for today: What you need: Wood scraps, spray paint, cardstock, and cardstock stickers. (I used this one which I bought from my local scrapbook store: It's called Fall Cardstock Stickers from the Timeless Collection for Deja Views.) Here's what I did: 1. Spray painted some wood scraps that I found in the garage a nice chocolate brown. 2. Peel off the cardstock stickers and place onto a piece of coordinating colored cardstock. 3. Trim around cardstock to make a border and adhere to your wood block. Easy as that! If you can't get a hold of the exact page, any fall themed sticker will … [Read more...]
New contest format!
It's been a while since my last post. You probably think I've fallen off the face of the earth. Actually I've been working hard on the stamp stuff. (Things that would make boring posts, like packaging and getting the retail website up and running, which has been a challenge! It's still a work in progress as I try to integrate PayPal into it.) Anyway, here's a smaller project I worked on. These are little refrigerator magnets. We had an old game that was missing some blocks, the generic brand of Jenga. I knew I could use the left over blocks for something and here it is. This is EXTREMELY easy to do! Just trace the block onto your … [Read more...]
Page in a Bag Contest
So my local scrapbooking store has a contest once a month where they give you a bag of supplies and you have one week to make a project. It's been challenging because sometimes they are not the supplies that I would normally use. These were the supplies for the month: And here's what I made with it: … [Read more...]
Hexagon Boxes Anyone?
Wood Grain Hexagon Boxes Directions: 1. Download template here. Find a wood grain image online that you like. I like to look at Wilsonart Laminates , or Treefrog Veneers. Once you find an image that you like, right click on the image and save it to your computer. 2. Print the wood grain image on photo paper or cardstock, then print the templates onto the wood grain. (Any other pattern will work too!) 3. Then follow the directions on the template to finish up! To print the three different graduated sizes I printed the template at 85%, 100%, and 125%. Hope you like it! … [Read more...]
