The Reveal
Hello PMB friends, this is Michelle here today. I hope you enjoyed the new Cherry Blossom kit reveal and the blog hop last week. Thank you so much for visiting all the DT's blogs and leaving such kind comments. I was really excited to see the kit in person, since I love the Asian theme and especially the cherry blossom motif. My Chinese name relates to the plum blossom, which basically looks like a cherry blossom, so I have a lot of sakura themed items lying around the house.
I was thinking that some people may not like the theme or find it too specific, so I wanted to say never let a collection's theme discourage you from using it. You can totally use it outside of it's immediate purposes. There are a lot of floral motifs in this collection, so you can easily use it for spring, outdoors or Easter projects. I also noticed the bright, vibrant colors so I thought it could easily be adapted for Christmas projects. I choose some red, green and pink papers and made a Christmas gift card holder.
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Christmas Gift Card Holder |
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Pull out tag with gift card or note inside |
I was at an all day crop and my friend was telling me that a toilet paper roll will flatten down to be a cute holder for a card. I was kind of amazed and wondered who thought to do this. I went home to try and it works!
1. Flatten a toilet paper roll. A bone folder helps with making the two creases.
2. Seal one end with something strong. I used red line tape and then some staples for good measure.
3. Cut a piece of patterned paper at 6 x 4.25" and wrap it around the toilet paper roll. Adhere the paper onto the roll using a tape runner.
4. Cut a piece of cardstock 5.5 x 2.25" to make a tag that will slide inside. To decorate my tag, I tied a bow using the shimmery May Arts ribbon and topped that off with the Basic Grey fabric covered stitched brad.
5. Decorate the holder. I punched out some stars and glittered them with Stickles. I made 5 creases from each point to the center of the star to create a 3-D effect on my largest star. I also made a belly band to wrap around the holder.
5. Stamp your sentiment. I stamped on the vellum that comes in the kit for a more subtle effect.
I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial. I encourage you to use your collections and don't be limited by its theme. Once I won a circus and dinosaur collection and thought I'd never use them since I don't have kids, but I did find a way to use both collections.
I hope you have a great day and thanks so much for stoppin' by!
LOVE this idea...it's FAB!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!! I loveeeeeeeeee the stars!!!!
ReplyDeletewow this is awesome...what a great idea...
ReplyDeleteSo clever - love this!!
ReplyDeleteGreat project!
ReplyDeletesuch a creative idea! love it.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this idea! So pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so cute! I can't bring myself to use TP rolls, haha - maybe I'll be persuaded eventually!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! And who knew it would be the perfect size!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute idea! With boys in my house we have a lot of empty rolls!
ReplyDeleteYour gift card holder looks great. What an awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool, I'd never have thought of doing this with a toilet paper roll. I have pinned this for future reference! I like the bright colours of it too. x
ReplyDeleteGreat way to upcycle - definitely have a lot of empty rolls :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration!
WOW! This is an amazing upcycling project! I love how you think, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI love how you think and craft. That's what I meant to say:) LOL!
DeleteI left a toilet paper roll sitting on the bathroom counter and it's been there for several days now, ever since I saw your project. Today my hubby tried (and that's the operative word here: "tried") to throw it away. I said, "HEY, that's mine!" Sheesh, look what I have become....poor guy! LOL
ReplyDeleteSorry to cause dissension, I guess you'll have to use the roll soon. He seems like he has a good sense of humor judging by your photo so he might be understanding about collecting materials for future use.
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