Friday, May 25, 2012

May Papertrey Blog Hop

 
It's time for another blog hop at Papertrey.  I loved the colors in the inspiration photo (as a random side note, these are also the colors in my kitchen), and the mixing of patterns, so I focused on those elements for my projects. 
PTI's May Blog Hop Inspiration Photo
I guess I'll start with the boxes.  I actually made these last, but this is what the recipient will see first, and I think they really pulled the whole gift together.  I made everything that was going to go inside the boxes first, so I could customize the boxes to fit the contents perfectly. 
The boxes are made of mostly PTI papers (Simply Chartreuse, Stamper's Select White, True Black).  The tag on Box #1 (green lid) was punched out with Stampin' Up's Curly Label Punch and stamped with stamps from PTI's Friendship Jar Fillers.  Box #2 (the white lid box with the patterned front) was made with several stamps including Trendy Trees from Stampin' Up, Turning a New Leaf from PTI, and a butterfly stamp (that I love!) from Michael's $1 bin.  I had orginally intended this to be part of a card front, but never got around to finishing the card, so I just put it on top of the box.  It's actually a pretty fun pattern (I stamped it based off of a pattern from some some fabric that I saw), but I forgot to get a good shot of it. 
Box #1
Box #2
This isn't the best picture, but one of my favorite parts of Box #1 is the inserts inside it that I made to separate the bracelet and accessories into tiny compartments.  The process was a bit of trial and error, but in the end I finally got it right, and I was thankful again for having a Scor-Pal.
Every time I look at PTI's Simple Circles Border Die it reminds me of a bracelet, so I finally decided to make one. It's made out of felt, so it is soft, and I just used Velcro on the ends, so it is easy to put on. To make it more fun for my nieces, I put Velcro in the middle of the bracelet and made four different accessories that they can attach to it.  I used different felt, flowers, buttons, fabric patches, and dies to create the bracelet attachments (see supply list below).
Now for the insides of Box #2.  Okay, so I know I've made a bunch of hair accessories over the last few months, but I couldn't help myself. 
 
The little clips at the bottom are made mostly out of the scalloped circle from PTI's 1 3/4" Limitless Layers Circle Collection.  I die cut two scalloped circles - one in black and one in white.  Then I cut out every 5th scallop on the white one to make it look more like a flower.  The large chevron flower on the headband is made out of PTI's Large Scallop Border Die.  I used the same technique I used in these (just without the notches).  I used the same technique for the black flower that I used on the yellow flower in this post.  For the white flowr I put two of the flower-looking circles from PTI's 1 3/4" Limitless Layers Circle Collection on top.  I cut out every 4th notch on the top one to give it dimension.
Hair Accessories & Bracelet Supplies
Dies: Large Scallop Border, 1 3/4" Limitless Layers Circle Collection, Simple Circles (PTI); Bigz Beautiful Butterflies (SU); Flower Layers #3 (Sizzix)
Buttons: Sweet Leaf (CTMH), Black (from my stash)
Other: Black Floss (MM), fabric patches (MM), Fabri-tac, Velcro, felt (Hobby Lobby)
Box Supplies
Stamps: Friendship Jar Fillers (PTI), Background Basics: Text Style (PTI), Trendy Trees (SU), Turning a New Leaf (PTI), butterfly stamp (from Michaels $1 bin)
Ink: Basic Grey (SU), Kiwi Kiss (SU), True Black (PTI)
Paper: Simply Chartreuse (PTI), True Black (PTI), Stamper's Select White (PTI), Basic Black (MM)
Other: Curly Label Punch (SU), Ribbon, Scor-Tape

16 comments:

  1. Such beautiful projects! Loved this months colors, and you're post just confirms how great they look. TFS!~

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wonderful projects Lindsey. Love the hair accessories.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wow! What fabulous projects and wonderful gift ideas!

    ReplyDelete
  4. What a sweet assortment of projects! great work ;)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Freakin genius to make a felt bracelet! I love these ideas!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. oh my these are amazing and how brilliant to turn that circle border die into a braclet. your nieces will love them.

    ReplyDelete
  7. oh, what a fun gift!! great job!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Wow , you wen to town on all these projects, love them all. You are so creative!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Wow such fun projects. That must have been a labor of love. :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. I LOVE your BEAUTIFUL Projects!! Great take on the challenge!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

    ReplyDelete
  11. WOW, these are all so fabulous and so very creative! I love the colors, but I am biased, they were my big house's kitchen colors as well! Great job, beautiful work!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Great projects! Clever idea for the bracelets. Your neices will love it.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Great gift boxes. Love all the accessories you put inside them too.

    ReplyDelete
  14. This is the kind of project I love finding when I cruise around blogland. I love that you thought Inside the box for your idea. I think your designs are supa dupa crafty. I would love to know how you made the insert.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Can I just tell you how even more amazing the hairbows, changeable bracelet, and packaging was in person? I seriously can't believe how talented you are sister and my little ones LOVED everything you gave them. They have been taking turns wearing their bracelet and they have kept everything organized in the special boxes you gave them. I know I have said it before but you are so amazing! I still can't believe you made this gift set! Love ya!

    ReplyDelete