How to make a necklace & ring from soda bottle tops

Today I will show you how to make a necklace using clean bottle tops - preferably soda! 

I've used Stampin Up's soda bottle tops which are currently in the Clearance Rack sale along with lots of other products discounted by up to 80%!

I simply took the soda pop top, cut a small circle of card & punched initials using the Notable Alphabet stamp set with a background from the Open Sea stamps. The little butterfly is from the Lovely Labels stamp set. 

The whole ensemble is then sealed with Crystal Effects which gives it a glossy, hard, varnished looking finish. Basic rhinestones finish the look! The necklaces came in a wholesale order and I made the little links from some silver craft wire. They are threaded onto the necklace through a hole punched in the bottle top with my Crop-o-dile.

The heart in the bottle top ring is punched with the small heart punch from Strawberry Slush designer stack paper.

I handmade the little boxes from some retired SU Christmas paper and then used a ready made paper ribbon from the Pretty Presents designer bow set of 10 bows along with some Cherry Cobbler Chevron ribbon to decorate the boxes.

If you're quick you may find the Soda pop tops still for sale in the online Stampin Up clearance rack sale - click on the pic below to take you to the sale which can be found listed on the left hand menu bar of my online store

Soda pop tops - see clearance rack sale!

Tomorrow I have a congratulations on your new job card to share with you, until then have a great day!

How to cover post it note pads & notepads for party bags, favours & gifts

Love pretty stationery! These covered post it note pads & notebooks are a really quick & easy way to spruce up and prettify ordinary stationery items to make them into something special. Here's how ...

For the post it note holder take your post it notepad (mine measured the standard 7.5cms x 7.5cms) and cut a piece of card measuring 17.5 cms x 9cms. Score at 8 cms & 9 cms and then fold over. The card will overlap the post it notepad by approx 3/4 cms on every side. Then simply decorate! 

I've used the Fun flowers Bigz L die for my decoration with a belly band & flowers cut from Sweater Weather designer series papers. The embossing on the card was done using the Fancy Fan embossing folder - I used 1 of each of all my embossing folders for each post it notepad I made so there was a lovely selection to choose from :)

For the covered notebook, mine measured 12.5cms x 7.5cms so I cute a piece of Sweater Weather paper measuring 28.5cms x 8cms and then wrapped it around the notebook encasing it in pretty paper. A belly band,  scallop circle and a punched butterfly completed the notebook.

As these are so quick and easy to make, you could churn a few out at a time to always have on hand should the need for a small gift arise or you just want to make someone smile!

Last party bag favour here tomorrow - and an excellent recycling idea! See you then :)

Owl theme punch art treat bags & straw drink toppers

Owl sweet treat bags & straw toppers today! These two projects are super quick & simple, can feature any topper and can be replicated for any occasion.

My owl choccie treat bags are made using the Stampin Up Top Note die cut in Early Espresso card then  two whisper white 1" punch circles & two basic black 3/4" punch circles - you can set the owls pupils however you like to give a more comical or serious look :) The beak is punched using the Petite Pennants punch in crushed curry card. Then simply adhere a cellophane bag - I've used Stampin Up's 6" x 4" cello bags are they're really economical per bag - then fill, fill, fill!!

I love coordinating all my table decorations - do you? I picked up these cute little plastic mini milk bottles from Ebay and love how they can be re-used and transformed to suit a theme :) I used them a few weeks ago with stars & stripes decorations - see here for that post! 

This time, I punched Pumpkin Pie orange cardstock scallop circles then used my owl punch again to decorate - coordinating the owls "vest" with the cardstock by using the gorgeous knitted yarn effect paper from the Sweater Weather designer paper series. The bottles were then filled with pink lemonade :)

 

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See you tomorrow for some more owl party bag contents!

Join Stampin Up for just £25! New Best of Sale-a-bration stamp sets! £65 freebies with a £250 order!

New for October!  3 great  Stampin Up offers just released! Join Stampin' Up for just £25,  choose your starter kit products &  get 20% off catalogue prices on future orders! Two weeks only!! 7th October - 21st October 2013 No obligations or ties! I'd love to welcome you to the worldwide Stampin Up family whether you wish to use Stampin Up products just for yourself or to share them with others! Imagine what fun you'd have with 20% of your future orders! If you attend my classes you could even combine this offer with your free class with product order option! Wish to find out more or have questions? Just drop me a line at lisa.barton@hotmail.co.uk or give me a call on 07803 883893. Get £65 worth of extra freebies when you spend £250! 1st October - 31st October 2013 Customers placing orders of £250+ from 1st - 31st October 2013 will get an amazing £65 worth of free products of their choice!! So if you've got your eye on the Big Shot or the Many Marvellous Markers collection - now's the time to splurge! Treat yourself to some early Christmas gifts, combine your order with a friend or two's order or purchase Stampin Up products as Christmas gifts! New October Best Of Sale-a-bration stamp set released! Available whilst stocks last or until 31st March 2014 The last  'Best of' set  has now been released and it features the Best of Sale-a-brationstamps at a great price of  £13.95 (that's just £2.32 per stamp!!)  and is available in clear mount to use with your acrylic blocks.  Clearance Rack sale is still on! Grab the last of the bargains at up to 80% off! Worth a look if only for gift buying!  Visit my online shop for Clearance Sale bargains!    If you'd like anything please feel free to  email, call me or shop online!   My online Stampin Up shop   [

Owl party favour gift bags, owl washi pegs & owl cake

Hello & welcome to October! Today I am sharing Lily's owl party favour gift bags complete with owl washi peg and owl cake! Lily turned 11 last week and wanted an owl themed party so thanks to the Stampin Up owl punch I got creating!  Over the next few days I'll be sharing what was in her owl theme party bags but for today here are the bags ...

I used inexpensive, plain white paper bags from Ebay and dressed them up using tea doilies, scraps of Sweater Weather designer series paper as banners and the tags were stamped with Cycle Celebrations stamps. I chose the lovely combination of Soft Sky & Crushed Curry to reflect the Sweater Weather paper (and because it's one of my favourite colour combinations - do you have one?)

 

The owl was punched using the fabulous owl builder punch which has all the component body parts to make the cute little owl; the peg was covered with Gingham Garden washi tape.

And here's her owl cake - the brief was a leopard print owl - do you think I managed that? ;)

The wings were made with leaf shape cutters and overlapped and the cake was pale pink inside :)

 

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 See you tomorrow for a peek at the party bag contents - all handmade of course!!