Friday, July 17, 2015

Sweet Post-it/Pen Holder Lisa Laski



This sweet lil’ paper craft is perfect for teachers, office buddies, friends, craft shows, etc. I utilized two of our sweet Close to my Heart (CTMH) cartridges: Artise and Art Philosophy.  I also utilized the Blossom paper pack , Colonial White cardstock and Honey cardstock.

Supplies: 
Cardstock, B & T patterned paper, adhesive, glue dots,  bone folder or our super sweet CTMH score board, paper cutter, 3x3 Post-It Notes (found at the dollar store with six to a pack!), Velcro dots (found at Walmart for a couple of dollars for a pack of 20!) and sweet little pens (found at dollar store with three to a pack!).

Directions
Circuit Cuts:

       Artise:
1)        Use the base cardstock (Colonial White cardstock) to create your base of your paper craft. This is found within the Artise cartridge (pg. 60, Card, Family key) set for 3 inches.
2)      Use the B & T (Blossom paper pack) for accent pieces also using the same cut: Artise cartridge (pg. 60, Card, Family key) set for 3 inches.
3)      For the bow, use the cardstock (Honey cardstock) for your bow found also within the Artise cartridge.  The bow takes two separate cuts, BOTH found on pg. 55: 1) Accents 2, G, set for 1 inch 2) pg 55, Accents 2, G, set for 1 inch.
4)      For the pen holder, use the cardstock (Honey cardstock) and cut 1 x 3 with your paper cutter.

5)      Use remnant of the B&T (Blossom) for front and center soft rounded square (I’m lazy – didn’t want to have to cut by hand/cutter and corner edges – also another way of doing this!) found within the Art Philosophy cartridge (pg 23, <Square 1>, 2 ¾ inches).  I also have the circuit juke box, which makes it waaay easy to utilize cutting from 6 Cricut cartridges at a time!

Assembly:

1)        Take base cardstock (colonial white) cut and note the four slits.  Score each of those slits utilizing your sweet score board or paper cutter score or bone folder using paper cutter for a perfect straight line.  Fold at the scores. Set aside.
2)      Take your B & T (Blossom) cut and cut the top fold area.  Then cut two perfect 3 inch squares from remaining portion of the cut.
3)      Adhere the two perfect 3 inch cut square solid color on the top and bottom portions of the base.
4)      Adhere the one soft squared B & T on top solid corner square.
5)      Take pen holder cut and fold evenly, place pen within fold to measure/ensure pen will fit, use adhesive (preferably a glue dot for greater strength) to glue together.  Remove pen.  Adhere pen holder to lower portion of top square inside (adjust to pen height). 
6)      Adhere post-it notes on bottom top inside portion of base cut, leaving the pen holder covered over with the adhering of the post-it notes.
7)      Adhere cut off B & T flap slightly below the base flap, showing a slight trim of base.
8)      Bow: Take bow cut and take ends and fold together, meeting at the middle of cut.  Adhere (preferably glue dot) to glue each side to the middle.  Take the second straight cut for bow and adhere with the ends folder together to BACK of bow – matching previous gluing together of bow. Flip – perfect bow!  Adhere bow to the front flap – covering small circle cutouts.
9)      Adhere Velcro dots: rough side dot on inside of flap and soft dot to match to top of B & T soft square.


Tadaa!  You’re done!  Post me pics with your creations!  I’d love to see them!  It’s always fun and healthy to share our creativity!

Post me a picture of your creation and then email me with your address and I will send you a sweet lil CTMH treat!

Shop till you drop with these awesome supplies I utilized with this project (and so many others of course!):

            Sweet Close to my Heart cartridges: Artise and Art Philosophy
Sweet Close to my Heart paper & paperpacks: Blossom paper pack , Colonial White cardstock and Honey cardstock 
        Sweet Close to my Heart necessities: adhesiveglue dotsbone folder  
        Super sweet Close to my Heart tools:  CTMH score board paper cutter

A few pictures below …


Sweet Scrappin’

Lisa J

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