Saturday 14 March 2015

Pack Up Your Toothpaste

Hello.  Welcome.  Playing with stencils, ink, stamps and ye olde cardboard tube from the center on the kitchen paper roll.  



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:

Shery Russ said...

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!

Monica Mortensen said...

Smart and creative in nice colors <3

massofhair said...

Fabtastic long pillow box Gail, these should catch on as they are perfect for gifts. Thank You for the inspiration:-) xxx

Dagmar said...

Wow - it's fantastic Recycling - so beautiful!

Sari / Granne said...

Awesome idea and great tutorial! Love all the colorful "splattering" :-D. Thank you for joining STAMPlorations 29th Sketch Challenge.

Tenia Nelson said...

So so VERY COOL!! Thanks for playing along in the STAMPlorations challenge!!

Lizzy Hill said...

What a brilliant idea! Love the embossing & those nice bright colors:)))

Julie B said...

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. :)

Becca Cruger said...

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!

Kay Wallace said...

Totally brilliant, Gail, and I will most definitely do this project! Thanks for inspiring us!

Tincan Crafter said...

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)

LauraJane:) said...

LOVE this project!!! Thanks for the picture tut:)
Thanks for joining the fun at STAMPlorations:)