Take one cardboard tube.
I used STAMPlorations Happy Flower stencil and splatted with Mustard Seed distress stain. Ooops, too much splatting. Lots of colour under my stencil. So I ran it throug the big shot and embossed the flowers
Pretty, but I felt it needed a bit more colour
OK, I went a little crazy with the Ripe Persimon.
I wrapped it around my cardboard tube and then forgot to take more photo's!!
Ta dah. I added lace to the bottom, squeezed it flat and glued. I stamped and watercoloured flowers from STAMPlorations Bloom Sketches, fussy cut and stuck them on. The words are also from the Bloom Sketches set. I added some more lace around the top. The two leaf brads hold the twine and the flower brad holds it closed. I know it looks a bit like very colourful toothpaste tube but these are excellent for small gifts. A necklace, some markers maybe for a crafty friend, a silk scarf. Have also decided it makes just a nice bit of wall art, or add a bit of pot potpourri and it would be great smelling wall art.
Joining the fun at
STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge 29
STAMPlorations Flash Stencil Linky Party
STAMPlorations March Challenge - Stamps and Stencils
Ett Trykk Vi Jubilerer - Utfordring 16
STAMPlorations - Anything Goes Challenge
Our Creative Corner - Junk in Your Trunk
Thanks for your visit. Hugz
12 comments:
How positively creative! Love your ingenuity with the paper tube! This is a really, really cool and unique project and take on the sketch! Awesome job, Gail!
Smart and creative in nice colors <3
Fabtastic long pillow box Gail, these should catch on as they are perfect for gifts. Thank You for the inspiration:-) xxx
Wow - it's fantastic Recycling - so beautiful!
Awesome idea and great tutorial! Love all the colorful "splattering" :-D. Thank you for joining STAMPlorations 29th Sketch Challenge.
So so VERY COOL!! Thanks for playing along in the STAMPlorations challenge!!
What a brilliant idea! Love the embossing & those nice bright colors:)))
What a great idea for those tricky to wrap tiny gifts, it will be as welcome as the gift I'm sure.
Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at STAMPlorations. :)
That. Is. GENIUS! Soooooo cool and I bet it would really be a stunner to give a giftie in! Thanks for linking it up at STAMPlorations, too!
Totally brilliant, Gail, and I will most definitely do this project! Thanks for inspiring us!
Brilliant idea. This is so adorable. What a clever upcycle. Thanks for entering it into the Junk in your Trunk challenge at Our Creative Corner. It is going to inspire loads of spin-offs I am sure. - Candice (aka Tincan Crafter)
LOVE this project!!! Thanks for the picture tut:)
Thanks for joining the fun at STAMPlorations:)
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