Last year my sisters sister-in-law made her a beautiful basket of homemade lotions and potions as well as some gourmet spices. I thought that making the spices would be a great gift so I decided to make some this year.
I made the labels using My Digital Studio. I simply sized the circle punch to 2.5 inches, color filled with opacity set to 40% so that the color would be more muted and the image and writing would really stand out. Then I added a stamped image and text and printed them onto shipping labels. Then, using my large 2.5 inch punch, punched them out and stuck them onto the jars. I think they turned out great! I didn't make the box, because I was feeling overwhelmed with my homemade gifting, and it was 50% off....can't say no to that, but it would be super easy to make with paint and stamps, or even decor elements.
Inside the box my daughter made a nest. It was such a great activity for her, she used my paper trimmer and some old or retired paper that I had, and she set about cutting strips and squishing them up.
I got a lot of use out of my decor elements, including using the adorable cardinal on a glass jar filled with homemade granola as a hostess gift.
Here is another way to package up those spices. I found the BEST instructions on how to make any type of box on Splitcoast. For this one I took a piece of paper, 6" x 7.5", scored at 2" all the way around, folded, trimmed the long edge to where the score lines meet (yes this would best be seen in a photo, you can see a video on Splitcoast) folded and used sticky strip to adhere. Then I used the top note die and the Big Shot and trimmed about 1 inch of the middle out, stuck the outside rounded pieces on both of the long sides and covered the seam in ribbon. Voila - cute!
Finally, as I was making the scrapbooks rather than making calendars for the grandparents, my hubby mentioned how much he enjoyed his calender, so I made him one....again crazy easy using MDS. I used the calender template then saved the pages as jpeg. Then, because I wanted a simple way to print it out at home and I wanted the picture and month on the same page, I started a new project and brought the jpeg images back in as photos, lined up and resized the photo and months, printed them off and trimmed to my desired size. I cut a piece of chipboard, covered it with retired DSP, stamped and embellished, added ribbon to hang both the pages and the project.
I made the labels using My Digital Studio. I simply sized the circle punch to 2.5 inches, color filled with opacity set to 40% so that the color would be more muted and the image and writing would really stand out. Then I added a stamped image and text and printed them onto shipping labels. Then, using my large 2.5 inch punch, punched them out and stuck them onto the jars. I think they turned out great! I didn't make the box, because I was feeling overwhelmed with my homemade gifting, and it was 50% off....can't say no to that, but it would be super easy to make with paint and stamps, or even decor elements.
Inside the box my daughter made a nest. It was such a great activity for her, she used my paper trimmer and some old or retired paper that I had, and she set about cutting strips and squishing them up.
I got a lot of use out of my decor elements, including using the adorable cardinal on a glass jar filled with homemade granola as a hostess gift.
Here is another way to package up those spices. I found the BEST instructions on how to make any type of box on Splitcoast. For this one I took a piece of paper, 6" x 7.5", scored at 2" all the way around, folded, trimmed the long edge to where the score lines meet (yes this would best be seen in a photo, you can see a video on Splitcoast) folded and used sticky strip to adhere. Then I used the top note die and the Big Shot and trimmed about 1 inch of the middle out, stuck the outside rounded pieces on both of the long sides and covered the seam in ribbon. Voila - cute!
Finally, as I was making the scrapbooks rather than making calendars for the grandparents, my hubby mentioned how much he enjoyed his calender, so I made him one....again crazy easy using MDS. I used the calender template then saved the pages as jpeg. Then, because I wanted a simple way to print it out at home and I wanted the picture and month on the same page, I started a new project and brought the jpeg images back in as photos, lined up and resized the photo and months, printed them off and trimmed to my desired size. I cut a piece of chipboard, covered it with retired DSP, stamped and embellished, added ribbon to hang both the pages and the project.
Very cute & a great idea. Love how you used MDS!
ReplyDeleteSheila