Spring Fever is in full swing (up here in the northern hemisphere, anyway) and I have a project and a hop for you to enjoy. Angie has everyone sharing Easter or spring projects today and I think it will be great fun to see what everyone created along the hop.
Here is what my project looked like earlier this morning:
I had my color scheme and expected to come up with a number of mostly CAS cards with the Arrange a Wreath Bundle. Then I pulled out a pack of mini pizza boxes and decided to see where it would lead me...
...not a card and it doesn't actually look as simple as it truly is.
- I decided to test out my theory that the suspender bow that I introduced this past Tuesday could work on a box. If it did it means that you could put it back on the box after devouring the treats and no one would be any wiser!
- So the first thing you do is tie the ribbon around the box. Pool Party Sheer Ribbon would be perfect here since I already had Pool Party die cuts and the wreath would show through it.
- Fold a 32" piece of ribbon in half and place the fold on your box wrapping the rest of the ribbon around the box going away from you.
- Bringing the ends around the box thread them through the fold and tie a knot. This knot is what will keep your ribbon tied after you've opened the box
- Then tie a bow and spread the "suspenders" so that the ribbon is taut. Now test your ribbon by lifting the folded part of the ribbon over your bow to release it from the box. Did it work? Leave it off while you decorate your box.
- I glued 3 layers of die cut wreaths to my box colored by an assortment of die cut Easter eggs.
- My next puzzle was to figure out the recipient would know how to get the bow off of the box. I made an Easter Tag and hand printed the words "pull me!" on the back of the tag. First I tried tying the tag around the bow but it really seemed to work better tied to the fold of the ribbon. I still need to make a video of the initial tying of the ribbon but here is a short clip of opening the box.
It is an absolutely gorgeous, though not quite Spring, Saturday here in Minnesota so I'm going to procrastinate making the CAS cards and get outside. Tomorrow it might snow so I can make cards then. Enjoy the hop!
Now it's time for you to go and check out JoAnn Pollack's blog. I'm sure you will love it!
Here are the other participants:
Angie McKenzie ● Mikaela Titheridge ● Alejandra Gomez
Leonie Stuart ● Danielle Kassing ● Annette Ball
Vicki Milyard ● Aurélie Fabre ● Kristie Wilson
Mo Rootes ● Gez Carpenter ● Terry Hamilton
Deb Macdowell ● Narelle Fasulo ● Karen Henderson
Jill Chapman ● Melissa Faust ● Susan Webster
Anne Marie Hile ● Chris Smith ● JoAnn Pollock
Cheryl Hamilton ● Tricia Butts ● Teri West
Susan Simpson ● Rochelle Laird-Smith ● Lisa Mackey
Libby Fens ● Ann Krucek ● Jan Musselman
Shel Anderson ● Sue Allen ● Jo Blackman
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