MeGa Stampin Studio

Graduation Gift Box

 
Although most high school graduations are over, there are still a lot of kids graduating from college.  So, it's not to late to make one of these fun little matchbox money holders.  You can see the original one Gayla did on Paper Fashions, Etc. Both use our brand new Graduation Set that was posted here on Paper Fashions, Etc. along with a FREE tutorial for a great gift card holder!

 
The matchbox was made using Stampin' Up!'s matchbox die and regular card stock.  The inside pages were cut and scored to tuck neatly inside the box.  The top (hat) is a 3x3 inch piece of card stock.  The little tassels were made using embroidery thread and secured in the top of the hat with a small brad.

 
All the images and sentiments are from the Paper Fashions Graduation set.  Thanks for stopping and be sure to check out Gayla's original gift box as well as all our new images on our Paper Fashions blog.

Melissa & Gayla

Freebie Friday - Let's Celebrate Earth Day!

For our Freebie Friday project today, we thought about something that would go hand-in-hand with Earth Day and Good Friday.  So,we decided on these paper mache "re-purposed" sheet music eggs!

 
First, gather your supplies:  paper mache eggs, sheet music (or patterned paper, fabric), Mod Podge, paint brush

 
Once you have cut your sheet music in 1/2" strips, you simply cover the egg with some Mod Podge and add the strips.  Cover the strips with Mod Podge as well.  We found you need to be generous with the Mod Podge.

 
After you have totally covered your egg, put a nice coat of Mod Podge over the entire egg and allow to dry thoroughly before decorating.  Notice that we used two different colors of sheet music - one is much older.

 
To decorate our eggs, we used punches, card stock and pearls.  We used Crumb Cake and Black card stock, 5-petal flower punch and the Trio flower (retired) punch, a pearls.

 
Here are the two finished eggs!

 
Thanks for stopping!  Celebrate Earth Day by creating re-purposed projects!  Melissa and Gayla

Freebie Friday - Colored Easter Eggs

There's still time to make some of these colorful, fun, dyed Easter eggs!

To create these eggs, we used some of our stamping supplies.

First, gather your supplies:  sticker paper (we used Avery labels), punches, dye, eggs

 
Next, simply punch circles for polka dots or small flowers from your sticker paper.  We found that the stickers adhere to room temperature eggs the best.

 
Now, place your eggs in the dye and allow to sit until the desired color is achieved.

 
Pat the egg dry with a paper towel and then peel off stickers.

 
After you peel off all the stickers, you have a fun decorated egg!

 
How fun and easy were these!  You can use any size or shape of punch that you desire! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have fun making your own custom-designed eggs!

Melissa & Gayla

 
 

Freebie Friday - A Fun Way to Recycle!

What a fun way to recycle your water bottles and use them for packaging!  Can you guess how we got all the goodies inside?  Can you guess how to get them out??

 

 Well, here go!  It's as simple as this...using an Exact-o knife, make a slit in the middle of the bottle.

 

Next, slide a pair of scissors in the slit and cut around the entire bottle - cutting the bottle in half.

 

Then, fill your bottle with your goodies.  We used Easter grass and eggs.

 

Next, seal the bottle back with clear packing tape.  Be sure to keep the bottle edges together straight.

 

Now it is time to decorate.  We cut 2 strips of patterned paper and scalloped one of them.  We glued them together.  These two strips are creating the belly band around the bottle.

 

 

 

Next, we stamped, cut out, and sponged a chocolate bunny.  We added a ribbon bow.

 

We decorated the lid by punching a circle from the patterned paper and added ribbon around the edge of the lid.
 

And, like we said, its as simple as that.  Notice, we did add a little extra Easter grass under our bunny.

 
Now, go and pull out all those empty water bottles and get to creating some fun projects.  Recycle, recycle, recycle!!  These make great projects for birthday party favors or how about a scouts' craft project!

Mega Team - Melissa & Gayla

Freebie Friday - Candle Making

Candle making and there is no hot wax involved.  LOL

Today we are going to show you how to make your own paper candles.

 

Gather your supplies:  string, 3x3 patterned paper, skewer (something round), adhesive (we used Mono adhesive)

 

 Then, using the skewer roll the paper around it.  You are doing this to make the paper easier to roll.

 

 Next, run your Mono-Adhesive down the entire end.  Lay your string along this line of adhesive.

 

Keep rolling the entire length.  You will change the look of the candle by how tightly (or loosely) you roll your paper.  Of course, you can also change the look of these candles by changing the size of paper you start with.  You will run a line of Mono-Adhesive down this end as well to hold the candle closed.

 

There you have it....a fun way to create your own candles for any theme or color scheme.

 
 

Check out Two Paper Divas on Tuesday to see this card "dressed up" Divas' style.

Thanks for stopping!  Melissa & Gayla

Freebie Friday - Bunny Easter Egg holders

Today we are going to share a fun way to display your colored Easter eggs.  We are giving you directions and the pattern so you have plenty of time to make these for Easter.

 
 
To create these sweet little bunnies, you will first need to gather your supplies and print "this" patttern.  (We have included the chick holder from Two Paper Divas as well.) 

Supplies include:  White and pink card stock, punches, ribbon, and embroidery floss.

Trace and cut out the bunny on white card stock.(the ears on pink) 

 

We then ran ours through the Big Shot using a polka dot embossing folder.  This creates a fun texture on our bunny.

 

Now put his face on :)  We used the Two-Step Owl punch from SU! to create the eyes.  We found this size worked perfect.  You could use gogglie eyes.  You can go as basic or "over-the-top" as you choose.   We made an eyelid with eyelashes for ours.  (cut the large circle in half and fringe and curl for lashes.)  We used embroidery floss for his whiskers.

We also added ribbon and eyelet around the neck.

 

Add Scor-tape to one end of holder.

 
Wrap around your egg and secure. Add a pom pom or cotton ball for his tail.

 

Now, hop on over to Two Paper Divas and check out the cutest "chick" ever, that we posted yesterday.  Both patterns are available there as well. 

As always, we hope you have enjoyed your visit.  Melissa and Gayla

For a sweet little girl............

Here is a framed work of art that I created for my adorable adopted niece, Maliha.  I love being an honorary aunt and take it very seriously.  Her room is done in Orange Sherbet (which her mother loves) but since all little girls need a touch of pink, the name is done in Peach Parfait and Regal Rose. 

The letters were cut out with the Serif Essentials Alphabet and then ran through a polka dot embossing folder.  The white card stock was punched using the Scallop Trim Border punch.  This scalloped border created the perfect edge to hang the tiny hangers from. 

 

All the little hangers were hand-made from 22 gauge wire.  The baby onesies were made using the Baby Tees wheel.  They were all wheeled using Staz-on ink and then colored in with ink pads and a blender pen.  Some of the images were cut out and popped up.  I think you can see that the star was done this way.

 

This one was created for a very special little girl but you could easily take this idea and create your own!  Thanks for stopping!  "Aunt" Gayla

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!!  We are so ready for spring here in the midwest.  We have actually been having a few warmer days so we were inspired to make a "Spring" banner in celebration.  This banner is made with the jumbo bottle caps.  We have been having so much fun playing with them.

 

Here is what they look like before we spray painted them.  We just used an ivory metal paint.  If you are interested in purchasing some of these, please check it out here.  Also, if you haven't seen all the new My Mind's Eye patterned paper, you can check that out here.

 
The photo below shows how they look after they have been painted.  We used the Serif Essentials Alphabet dies to cut out "S-P-R-I-N-G."  We also used the Lacey Scallop Circle from Spellbinders.

 
We used Stampin' Up's Pennant die for the actual banners. We die cut them from Naturals Ivory card stock and we sponged everything.  We used crinkled hand-dyed ribbon to string this entire banner.  We embellished the bottom of each "triangle" with a felted wool ball.

 

 

We also used some of our new Epiphany bubble caps between each banner.  These can also be found here in the Two Paper Divas store.  The possibilities for these are endless.  Aren't they too fun!!

 

 

To see another fun project using these jumbo bottle caps, please go to Two Paper Divas today, to see another fun project.

Have a great weekend.

Melissa and Gayla

 

Love Impressions Heart Magnets

Do you want to use up some of those stacks of chipboard...how about heart magnets?

 

This picture shows them on one of our old vintage windows that we converted into this awesome, dry erase, magnetic and chalkboard display board.

 
These chipboard hearts have been covered with the Specialty Designers Series Paper, Love Impressions.

 
The magnets were embellished with ribbon, brads, buttons and some were stacked and layered on to each other.  You can use this same idea on any shape of chipboard.  How fun to make magnets for every occasion.

If you'd like to see more samples you can go here.

Thanks
 

Perfect Pocket Package Tutorial

We have created a versatile five pocket holder that can be used for MANY fun things.  We are sharing a sewing-themed idea today.  The sample below uses Stampin' Up's Sweet Stitches Designer Series Paper and the Sew Suite stamp set - both found in the Occasions Mini Catalog.

You can see below that we added 3x3 note cards and a sewing-themed bingo card to two of our pockets.  More pictures included in the tutorial.

 

 
 

This tutorial is 15 pages full of step-by-step directions with lots of photos to help you complete your own Perfect Pocket Package.  Also included will be detailed photos of the Stampin' Up! based project as well as the Cosmo Cricket pocket holder which you can view here on Two Paper Divas.

If you wish to purchase this tutorial for $9.95, please use the Paypal button below. No digital images are included.