Repurposing a Stampin Up! Ink pad tower

Who still have these becuase they just can't stand the thought of getting rid of them yet?!

picture from pinterest

In the early days of my stamping, I loved my Stampin Up! Ink Pad holder. All my pads right there on my work table right in front of me! They are a bit expensive but I saved my pennies to purchase it. But like most of us, over time my ink pad collections grew while the tower did not.

At one point it held the odd distress and Staz-on ink pads, but eventually I outgrew the tower, again. So, it sat in the corner of my spare bedroom collecting lots - and lots - and lots of dust! Lord this thing is a dust magnet! LOL

Anyway, since my family is now practicing social distancing during the current Covid-19 Pandemic I have been cleaning up and out my craft room and supplies. I thought about donating but decided to give it another shot at usefulness by creating some small drawers and turning it into rotating storage for my embellishments which I have also been going through.

Here's what you are going to need if you want to try this yourself. I also created a sheet showing the score lines and cut lines which will be at the end of the post. Please note that all measurements are in inches.

• 12 sheets of 8.5 x 11 card stock
• Optional - add 4 more sheets (16 total) to make boxes for the top of the tower
• Bone Folder
• Labels (Optional)
• Paper Trimmer
• Punch for a Tab (I used a tab punch from Stampin Up! cut in half)
• Scissors
• Score board
• Strong glue or adhesive tape (I used Art Glitter Glue)

To make the drawers, score 12 of the card stock sheets as follows

Score on the short side at

.75"

3.50"

5"

7.75"

Turn

Score on the long side at

.75"

4.75"

6.25"

10.25"

Using the paper trimmer, cut the card stock into four 4.25 x 5.50 (4-1/2” x 5-1/2”) pieces (A2 size)

Using the scissors clip a small wedge from each corner to facilitate a clean closure

Using your bone folder, create nice crisp folds along the score lines

Next, start folding in and glueing the corners

Almost finished drawer

Adhere tabs on the bottom

Thats it! All done. Now you can add a label. I do suggest that if you are planning to hand write onto the drawers to do so before glueing into shape.

If you want to make the boxes for the tops you will need the extra 4 pieces of card stock.

Cut into 8.50" x 8.50" square

Score at 2.50" and 5.75"

Turn

Score at 2.50" and 5.75"

As with the drawers, trim a small wedge from each corner and use your bone folder to create nice crisp folds. Then start folding in and glueing.

Here is the layout for the drawers

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial!

(Hugs) Cara

Halloween Treats

Hi There ... I know I should work on my staging because it will make my projects looks so much more polished but it just seems like it's all I can do to get things photographed and uploaded.

While cleaning out my overhead at work I found a couple of left over Halloween Treat baskets I made for my co-workers last year.

These are incredibly easy to make so I thought I would share how to make them.

Supplies: Card stock, scallop punch, bat w/ sentiment & pumpkin faces (Stampin Up!), Shimmery paper for the ghost (Unknown), Fraidy Cat punch (Martha Stewart), Candy Corn image (Inkahootz!), Ghost #2 and Pumpkins #2 dies (Sizzix), Ink (Stampin Up! & Memories), Circle Punch (Marvy).

I generally use a 6 x 6 sheet of card stock because this makes a decent size little treat basket.

Score at 2 inches and 4 inches ... turn ... score at 2 inches and 4 inches

Fold along the score lines for nice sharp creases. Use your bone folder if necessary.

Cut as shown by dotted...

Use a strong adhesive to hold the basket in shape... decorate as desired!

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by

     Cara

Fat little Bird Tutorial

I was asked again for a tutorial to make a punch bird I recently used on a card.

Let's see how this works

To make this fat little fun bird I used the following

2" circle punch

7/16" circle punch

1/4" circle punch

Scallop punch from Stampin Up!

Boho Flower punch from Stampin Up! (If you do not have this punch you can us a small heart punch for the beak and another suitable flower punch for the feet)

Some sharp scissors

Paper of choice in colors of choice (what is shown is for reference only. I am going to make a "Cardinal"  to use on a Christmas gift later so I am using Red for my bird here)

Tweezers (optional)

Embossing folder (optional)

Glue

White gel pen or googlie eyes if you wish

 Step 1

You will need to punch

one 2-inch circle in Red

one 2-inch circle in White

one scallop circle in Red

one scallop circle in yellow

two 7/16-inch circles in white

two 1/4-inch circles in black

two 6 petal flowers

one 8 petal flower 

Step 2

Emboss white 2-inch circle if you want ... here I embossed with Snowflakes.

Glue the 1/4-inch black circles (or googlie eyes) to the 7/16-inch white circles

Cut the two scallop circles in half as shown below

Step 3

Attach a small strip of scrap paper with a sticky dot to the 2-inch white circle

Step 4

Using the paper strip like a small handle you can insert the circle back into the 2-inch punch for trimming. Line out where you want and punch.

Step 5

Cut the scallop circle halves as shown.

Cut the small 8 petal flower as shown

(I've left some pieces so you can see where I trimmed)

Now you start putting together your bird friend

Start by gluing the white belly onto the remaining 2-inch circle.

Add the eyes and the beak.

Glue the two 6 petal flowers to the backside of the birds body for the feet.

Glue two of the scallop pieces together a bit off center. Once they are set glue to back side of the birds body.

Finished bird!

Use the gel pen to add accents to the eyes

Here I added some Pearl smooch to the eyes (I was trying for the whole "Anime Eye" look) and  the snowflakes on the belly.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Pleae ravh out if you have any questions!
(Hugs) Cara