We know that everyone must be headed out to parties and family get togethers for the holidays. Here is your tutorial for the best cupcake carrier for your event!!
You all need to make one and post your picture of your creation to our Facebook page!! We will be looking for them!
Hi everyone!!
I'm Michelle Reynolds from www.shellsinthebush.com/ and the Cre8ive Klatch Team.
I'm here today to show you how I made this pretty disposable cupcake holder and to inspire you to create your own.
I've just baked two dozen cupcakes to take to my high school reunion and needed a way to transport them safely so I decorated an old cereal box. This is a great idea if you have to take a cake or cupcakes to an event such as school party or a fair donation and you don't want to be worried about getting your plate back or the plastic wrap touching the icing - a couple of toothpicks will help with that if your cake is bigger than the sides of the box.
Supplies
~ an old cereal box
~ craft knife or scissors
~ tape, sticky tape and double sided tape
~ paper to decorate - I used gelli prints but you could recycle wrapping paper or scrapbooking paper.
~ washi tape
1. Tape up the opening of the cereal box.
2. Use the craft knife to cut away one large side - I put this back into the bottom of the box to strengthen it.
3. Measure and cut the side and bottom panels and place in box.
4. Use the double sided tape to stick the paper to the inside of the box - just one small piece in the middle of the side is all I used. I used sticky tape at the bottom of each outside corner to keep the paper in place.
6. Measure and stick washi tape to each corner edge - this helps keep the paper in place and makes the box look prettier.
There you go - one pretty cupcake holder...hmmm...maybe too good for cupcakes...will try to take it home and re-use it for something else if there isn't too much icing on the paper...
I hope you have fun creating your Diposable Cupcake Holder. Please join our Cre8ive Klatch FaceBook Group and share your creations - I would be thrilled to see them and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you.
Michelle.
PS
If you would like to buy some gelli prints to use to create this cupcake holder
or in your art journal, for collage and mixed media art then check out
my Etsy store for some great Gelli Print Packages.
Have you gotten your papers and tape finished?
Here you go for binding all your pages!Imagine how cute these would be for gifts!
Hi everyone!!
I'm Michelle Reynolds from www.shellsinthebush.com/ and the Cre8ive Klatch Team.
I'm here today to show you how to bind the pages you've created with the washi tape you've made into Little Books.
Part 1 showed you how to make different backgrounds and pages for your book.
Part 2 gave you some tips to make your own washi tape.
Part 3 binding the book together - no needles required!!!
Supplies:
Pages
Washi tape
Scissors
Paper
1. Use a ruler to keep the pages lined, allow a small gap in between the pages to allow for bending.
2. Stick your washi tape down the spine.
3. Trim excess tape. Fold page over, add another page and stick more tape down the spine.
4. When the book gets too thick then tape one side at a time, flip the book over and place the page on the tape leaving a small gap. Continue on until you have finished all your pages.
5. The spine of the book will be all stick and will need covering. Measure the width of the spine.
6. Cut a piece of paper, not cardstock as it will be too thick and inflexible, the width and the length (add a little extra length, similiar to when the edges of the pages were taped) of the spine. Stick a strip of washi tape to each side of the paper.
7. Lay the spine on the table and place the book on the spine, leave a small gap between the book and the paper. Then fold over the spine towards the cover of the book.
8. Trim excess tape from your spine and your book is ready to write in, for doodling in, drawing in and decorating.
I hope you have fun creating your book. Please join our Cre8ive Klatch FaceBook Group and share your creations - I would be thrilled to see them and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you.
Michelle.
PS
If you would like to buy some gelli prints to decorate your pages
or in your art journal, for collage and mixed media art then check out
my Etsy store for some great Gelli Print Packages.
Part 2 of Michelle's book series...
Enjoy!!
Hi everyone!!
I'm Michelle Reynolds from www.shellsinthebush.com/ and the Cre8ive Klatch Team.
I'm here today to show you how to make washi tape for your Little Books and to inspire you to create your own.
Part 1 will show you how to make different backgrounds and pages for your book.
Part 2 will give you some tips to make your own washi tape.
Part 3 we will be binding the book together - no needles required!!!
Supplies
~ Double sided tape - 18mm/0.7 inches wide
~ Paper - use very thin paper as the tape will be folded over and this is much easier to do with thin paper. (I once tried to use vellum but it was too thick and did not fold over.)
I'm in Australia and I love to use greaseproof paper - it is $2/roll, thin and soaks up the paint on the gelli plate. If you are in USA or elsewhere then I suggest tissue paper or deli paper or if you have another suggestion then leave a comment below. Thanks.
~ Ink Sprays
~ Gelli plate and acrylic paint, brayer
~ Stamps and ink pad
1. Decorate your paper.
I only have 3 inks and spray them onto the paper inside a cardboard box so I don't get ink everywhere. I need to be careful not to mix the inks altogether to get brown.
I always have greaseproof paper around when I'm using the gelli plate as
it's great to make texture, it sucks up paint and therefore cleans the
plate up nicely and I put it next to the plate to roll off any excess
paint from the brayer.
2. Stamps add a bit more interest to your paper:
3. Before adding the double sided tape cut the paper to desired lengths adding a little bit extra - 10cm/4" and 20cm/8" are required for the book. Stick the tape to the back of the paper.
4. Then cut the tape into strips. See first photo.
5. Optional - I like to do this as it adds colour and interest to the pages - add washi tape to the 3 out of the 4 sides of your page - stick half a strip on one side edge and the other half to other side, the back side.
My next tutorial will show you how to bind your book pages together with washi tape - you will need more washi tape.... :D
I hope you have fun creating your washi tape for the pages of your book. Please join our Cre8ive Klatch FaceBook Group and share your creations - I would be thrilled to see them and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you.
Michelle.
PS
If you would like to buy some gelli prints to decorate your pages
or in your art journal, for collage and mixed media art then check out
my Etsy store for some great Gelli Print Packages.
