Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Inspired by Project: Back to School Gift by Shellye

It's back-to-school time and that means it's time to make some fun teacher gifts...we're taking this one-step further than the standard apple :)  This idea was inspired by a previous project created by Ro Philippsen:



I'm covering a standard 10 oz. bottle of lotion, but you can adapt the tag to the size that will fit your bottle.
  1. For the base piece, cut your paper to 3.75"W X 5.75"H. Corner round the two bottom edges.
  2. Cut the inner mat paper (shown as yellow) to 2.75"W X 4.75"H.  Corner round the two bottom edges; center and adhere to base paper.
  3. Place the paper onto a score board.  From the top of your paper: score at 1/2" and 1.75" marks. 
  4. Place a 1.5" circle die (or paper punch) approximately 1/4" from the top center of the paper and cut. 
  5. Fold paper along the score lines and you now have your bottle tag!

 I free-handed an apple motif onto the red dot Kraft In Color paper, but you may certainly use a template or digital cutting file.  My apple measures approximately 2.5"W X 2.75"H.  I sanded around the edge of the apple and added enamel dots for dimension.  The stem is actually a portion of a tree sticker found in the Happy Harvest Collection!  The leaves were trimmed from a Doodle Pop sticker.

Doodlebug Design has all sorts of tag stickers to choose from if you'd like to add that to your apple's front.  The Teensy Type alphabet stickers are a great size for adding a sentiment to smaller projects like this!

The opening slides right over the bottle top and hangs nicely.  I added a couple of small, low dimension glue dots to the back flap of the tag to secure it in place.

Keep this idea in mind for your upcoming Christmas gifts too!  

7 comments:

  1. How cute is this!!! Love your "scraplift"!!!!

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  2. i love the "have a smooth year" sentiment! Great idea for a teacher!

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  3. I love everything about this, great job on the lift. Awesome original project too. Hugs.

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  4. Such a darling idea! Love your little sprinkle polka-dots! :)

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  5. FUN & FABULOUS Shellye!!!
    LOVE your inspiration and LOVE your CHEERY version, the sentiment, colors and layers make me feel so HAPPY just looking at it, so the teacher will be thrilled :)

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  6. Love love love these projects! Shellye, your back-to-school caught my eye on Facebook and I had to pop over here to say FABULOUS, girlfriend!!!

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  7. WOW.. loving all the bright inspiration!! ♥

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