Our senior DT challenge this month was to make our very own embellishments.  This is such a fantastic and EASY thing to do, just by using your leftover scraps of cardstock!  This is a great way to use those long thin strips that hang around in your folders.  You can even make them ready to sell just by adhering them to some clear cardstock and adding a simple hanging tag!  So here is how I made some embellies for an invitation card kit all ready to be boxed up and sold!

I took the open flip flop image from “Day at the Beach” and stamped them using Palette Noir ink and then colored them using copics that matched Raspberry Fizz and Summer Sunrise cardstocks.

I then punched out the flip-flops using a 1 1/4 inch punch.  Then I took scraps of my Raspberry Fizz and Summer Sunrise cardstocks and punched circles using my extra jumbo scalloped circle punch by Marvy.

Then using my Tsukineko glue pad, I stamped the thong part of the sandals onto the colored flip flop image.  Then I took my pliers and dipped them into glitter!

I then cut some Papertrey Clearly Creative Cardstock, which is nice and thick and durable.  I placed dimensionals onto the back, and then took a mini glue dot and placed it onto the paper backing of the dimensional.  This will adhere the dimensional to the clear cardstock.

Taking a tag punch and some mono multi and my cropadile, I made a tag already for hanging.  This ensures the user that while they are creating, they can hang up the embellies if need be.  It also finishes up the project to look 100% professional.

My finished invitation kit, all ready to be boxed up!  And how much did this cost me?  Take a look:

I don’t think I will be buying too many embellies from now on!  Not when I can make them myself!

Check out what the other girls have done!

Michelle Wooderson

Lisa Johnson

Lauren Meader

Heather Nichols

Kelly Lunceford is playing too!

Stamps: Day at the Beach

Paper: Bitty Dot Basics, White, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Clearly Creative Cardstock,

Ink: Palette Noir, Copics

Other: Glue Pad, Glitter, dimensionals

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