Back To School Backpack Kits Now Available!

Today is the day... Backpack Kits are now available!
The kits are sold out but the tutorial is still available HERE for $3.95.

Additional photos can been seen on the two previous posts HERE and HERE.

 

It's not just for Back To School, you can change out the colors and papers and these make the perfect gift packaging for virtually any occasion.  Scouts, birthdays, camping parties, that outdoorsy person, as well as teachers.

 

 

Here is what you will get. 

 

All the papers to complete one darling backpack.  (Designer Series Papers will vary from the 4 shown in the photo).  Not included in this photo but definitely included in the kit is the ribbon for the top pocket and the flower for the bottom pocket. 

 

 The kit will be snail mailed to you, so make sure your address is correct on your PayPal record.

The Back To School Backpack tutorial will be e-mailed to you the date of purchase.  Tutorial contains 10 pages of instructions and photos for completing this project and future backpacks.

 

US and Canada orders only please.

 

Back To School Backpack Kit

$14.95

 

Sorry, the kits are sold out but the tutorial is still available HERE for $3.95. 

Thank you!

Back To School Backpack Kit Second Preview

Today's backpack is shown in one of the 4 different Designer Series Paper patterns you may receive when ordering the Backpack Kit. See the previous posting here.

 

Isn't this cute with a few little snacks? 

 

Kit's will be available starting this Friday!

They will all be Real Red and Daffodil Delight and assorted papers from the I Am Me Designer Series Paper pack.  The tutorial for assembling (and making more) will be e-mailed to you and the kit will be snail mailed to you. 

This is the exact same pattern as the Birthday Backpack tutorial I've had on my blog for a while now, so if you own that then you aren't getting anything new except updated photos and the kit.

 

These cuties would be perfect gift packaging for birthdays or virtually any other occasion if back to school isn't for you.

 

What do you think?  Do you need one? 

Back To School Backpack Kit Coming Soon!

It's that time of year again!  I used to say on my blog that it was MY favorite time of the year, but now that the boys will be a Freshman and a Senior, I'm not really so happy about this time of year anymore. *Ü*  Time is moving so fast - toooo fast!!

 

Anyway, there are still gifts to be made and given - high school teachers love gifts too, right?  While making mine for this year I decided to see if anyone would like the convenience of having this project cut and ready for them to assemble for their back to school gift giving.

 

I have a couple more pictures to show you this week, then on Friday the kits will be available for purchase.  They will all be Real Red with Daffodil Delight and assorted papers from the I Am Me Designer Series Paper pack.  The tutorial for assembling (and making more) will be e-mailed to you and the kit will be snail mailed to you. 

This is the exact same pattern as the Birthday Backpack tutorial I've had on my blog for a while now, so if you own that then you aren't getting anything new except updated photos.

 

They cuties would be perfect gift packaging for birthdays or virtually any other occasion if back to school isn't for you.

 

What do you think?  Do you need one? 

 

The new Holiday Catalog is now available and it's AWESOME!  Chocked full of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas items plus 17 pages of creative ideas. Get inspired right HERE. 

View the new 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! catalog online, and please place your order right HERE.  Thank you! 

Cake Mix Class Directions

These measurements are for a Betty Crocker cake mix. All cake mixes are slightly different in size, so if using another brand, you may need slight adjustments.

Box
Cut 2 pieces of cardstock to 5-5/8” x 10-3/4”. Score each end at 1-1/2”. Apply Sticky Strip and attach end to end. Slide cake mix inside.

Outside of box (front cover) is a piece of cardstock cut 5-5/8” x 9-1/4”. Score at 1/2” and 1-1/2”. Attach at the bottom of the box with Sticky Strip.

The box closure is a piece of cardstock cut 1-1/2” x 5”. The layering designer series paper (DSP) is 3-3/4” x 1-1/4”. It only covers the front and top and does not reach all the way to the back. Secure to the back of the box with Sticky Strip. The front will be secured with a sticky Velcro circle.

ADD HANDLES NOW!!

Ribbon handles. You’ll need approx. 52“of ribbon. Place Sticky Strip all the way around the box and the front piece about an inch or so from the edges. Start on the bottom, come all the way up the back, leave excess for a handle, go back down the other side of the back and under the bottom, up on the front side, leave room for a handle (make sure they are the same length) and down the other side of the front to the bottom of the box. Cut off excess ribbon. If you are using Sticky Strip, it is slightly repositionable, so you can straighten anything that may need it.

The front pocket is a piece of cardstock cut 5-1/4” x 7”. Score 3 sides at 1/2” and 1”. Use the Scallop Edge Punch to make a decorative edge along the top. Cut off the corner pieces as shown in the photo.

Use a Mini Glue Dot to pull the corners together. Then place a line of Sticky Strip along all 3 sides, peel and attach to the front of the cover.

This is how the pocket looks when attached.

Cut cardstock 1” x 10-1/4”. Score at 1”,1-3/4”, 2-1/2”, 3-1/4”, 4”,4-3/4”, 5-1/2”, 6-1/4”, 7”, 7-3/4”, 8-1/2”, 9-1/4”. Fold on score line as shown in the photo above.
Test Tubes: I bought mine from SKS Bottling because #1, they are my favorite source for fun things to decorate, but #2 because I need to buy a large quantity. The tubes I used are 3/4” x 6”, order number 0890-17, 48/in a bag for $21.12. You can order smaller quantities from Papertrey Ink.

Hold the strip of cardstock you just made up to the project. Insert the test tubes making sure the bottom of the test tubes are on the bottom of the project. Adjust the height of the cardstock so it is about in the middle of the tubes and adhere with either Sticky Strip or Mini Glue Dots. Attach to the inside of the box with either Sticky Strip or Mini Glue Dots. Fill the tubes with a variety of cake decorating sprinkles.

Add embellishments to the closure and the Velcro circle underneath the closure.

Fill the glassine bag with flat backed type sugar cake decorations and tie with a ribbon. Place in the pocket. Stamp a cupcake, color it in with markers, cut out and attach to a clothespin with Mini Glue Dots. Clip to the pocket for decoration.

I had each guest make 2 little favors. I used the Bigz Two Tag die-cut. Fold on the score line then add an additional score line between that line and the top, about 1/2” above the die-cut line. Punch a handle by first punching a 1-3/8” Circle then centering over top of it, punch the scallop circle punch. Fold and secure with a brad. Add a strip of DSP across the front. Embellish as desired. Insert snack size Hershey bar.
The favors were inspired by Barb Mullikin.

Cut card base cardstock to 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” (Regal Rose). Cut layering piece of Old Olive 4” x 5-1/4” and run through the Big Shot with the Polka Dot Embossing folder.
Stamp image once on Whisper White and once on coordinating color cardstock (Regal Rose). Use the 1/2” circle punch to punch out images. Layer on top with adhesive.
Mount on a Top Note die-cut, cut from DSP, trimmed on the perforation line and mounted on another one of cardstock. Tie with ribbon.
The image design with the cut out circles was inspired by Dawn Griffith.

This is a tub of Pillsbury frosting; they all seem to be about the same size. Cut DSP 3-1/3” x 11” and secure with Sticky Strip. Decorate the lid as desired.

Since the Sweet Pea Stitched Felt are discontinued, I made all the flowers for embellishments out of various felts and Big Shot die-cuts.

The cake mix idea was originally created by Nichole Heady of Papertrey Ink. I adapted the project using Stampin’ Up! products for my class. I thank Nichole for her creativity and willingness to share with the blogosphere so we can all enjoy this project.

Giant Nugget Boxes

Did you think I ran away this week? Well...I thought seriously about it!

Man, what a week it's been.

I held my first Teacher Appreciation Luncheon at Nicholas school and all went well. That's a lot to fall one a persons shoulders if it fails :) The kids have been out of school for Parent Teacher Conferences, I made 9 cake mixes and frosting gift sets and forgot to take a single picture of them. I have to make 6 more so I'll remember this time, and I won't bore you with all the rest of the week.

The good news is, I'm doing a Holiday Bazaar on the 21st of November and I thought I would get started with a few things! I'm not going to make too many things because I'm using this mostly as a business day...but you gotta have some cute stuff to show, right?

How about Giant Nugget Boxes??

These hold four 3x3 Note Cards & Envelopes with 3 wrapped Hershey Nuggets down the middle. You could arrange the compartments anyway you want and fill them with all kinds of things.
Delightful Decorations and Christmas Cocoa DSP

Animal Stories and Tall Tales DSP


Christmas Punch and Merry Moments DSP

Would you like to make one? Here's how I did it!
Cut cardstock to 5-1/4" x 10-1/2". Score at 1/2" and 1" on all 4 sides. Cut out the corners as shown and fold into a box shape as shown below.

Divider insert

Cut cardstock 3" x 10-1/4". Score at 3-1/4", 3-3/4", 4-1/4", 5-3/4", 6-1/4", 6-3/4. Fold with peak and valley style as shown above. Adhesive the peaks so they stay up. You can put adhesive under the divider if you want but it isn't necessary and no, it does not fit tight, it just sits in the box.

Transparency Sheet Slider

Cut transparency paper to 8-1/2 x 8-3/8.

The scoring measurements are a little odd but keep in mind the box is 1/2" tall by 3-1/4" wide so these measurements are just a fraction over those sizes.

Score at 1/2", 3-13/16, 4-3/8", 7-11/16".

It's kind of hard to fold this paper unless you score it well. Unfortunately there is a fine line between scoring it perfectly and scoring through it! :) Add Sticky Strip to one end and attach to the other.

Looks like this now.

Slide the box inside and you've got it!

The silver elastic cord is about 18" long. Tie it in a knot, slip it around the box and tie a ribbon onto the cording.

Now...how much should I sell these for? That is the hard part for me!

Box of Cupcakes

I'd rather have a real box of cupcakes, but if I was handed this box I'd be fine with that too!

I received my pre-order shipment of new Stampin' Up! products and have been doing a little playing around. I gotta tell you...and believe me, I will always tell you... I'm really not fond of these new colors! I'm a good team player though so I'm sure you will see me use them from time to time...as soon as I get some bifocal sunglasses so I can see and tone down these BRIGHT colors!

Today's project uses the new Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. It's designed to go with the new In Colors. However, I gotta ease into this you know, so I made due with core Stampin' Up! colors. It seems to match just fine which is a great thing about Stampin' Up! They are very aware that everyone can't invest in new In Colors just to use the new DSP's. Kudos to Stampin' Up! for that!

I made a standard A2 card box and lid to fit cards sized 4-1/4" x 5-1/5" using the Simple Birthday Thanks stamp set. It holds 6-8 embellished cards and envelopes perfectly.

The box base is 10" x 8-1/2" of Pink Passion cardstock. Score at 2" on all 4 sides. Cut on the score lines up to the intersecting lines on 2 sides and trim corners off at an angle like I've done in the photo.

Box lid is 6-5/8" x 8-1/8" of Pink Passion cardstock. Score at 1" on all 4 sides. Cut on the score lines up to the intersecting lines on 2 sides and trim corners off at an angle like I've done in this very blurry photo.

Before we go on, I want to show you what I did to my Simple Birthday Thanks stamp. I love this cupcake, but my kids are too big to use it with these words in the center of the cupcake...so I took an X-acto knife and carefully cut that part out. Now, it's a perfect stamp! Sometimes you have to alter things to fit your needs, right?

Stamp on a scrap piece of cardstock and cut it out to use as a template for the lid.

Lay the template on top of the lid at desired angle. Trace around it with a pencil. Poke a hole in the center and hand cut out with scissors.Fold on score lines, assemble the box lid and box bottom. Cut a piece of transparency paper, over head projector paper, window sheets, anything that is see-thru to fit on the inside of the box. Secure with adhesive.

I added strips of DSP to the box bottom. Two strips of 1-3/4" x 5-3/4" and two strips of 1-3/4" x 4-1/4".

Put the cards in the box so that the cupcake shows through. I angled my cut-out to mimic the same angle as the cards. As you can see in the very top photo, I added a strip of Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon around the box adhering it with Sticky Strip.

Top left: Cardstock is Rich Razzleberry base with Rich Razzleberry cupcake.

Top right: Cardstock is So Saffron base with Pink Passion cupcake.

Bottom left: Cardstock is So Saffron with So Saffron cupcake

Bottom right: Cardstock is Rich Razzleberry with Pale Plum cupcake.

Stamp Sets: Simple Birthday Thanks, Oval All

Accessories: Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon turned backwards for the beautiful pink solid sheen. It matches the Pink Passion perfectly! Build A Brad with solid 1/2" circle cardstocks, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Natural Hemp Twine for cherry tops, 1/4" Circle Punch for cupcake confetti. Dazzling Diamonds Glitter and Two Way Glue Pen. All backgrounds and cupcake papers are DSP from the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP (designer series paper...duh!)

Have fun creating your own stationary box!