The Littlest Among Them
I can’t wait to share how you can really bring your small stamps that may lie neglected in you CD cases to life! Here is a little project you can do with minimal effort but a big wow factor. You will only need a few simple supplies to make this sweet choker. For boys, leave off the choker and use the bottle cap magnets for school lockers!
What you will need (links are in bold): A 1 inch circle punch, 9 bottle caps, a stack of magnets (any magnets will do really, just make sure they are not too thick. A button from the Papertrey Vintage Button Collection which has a ribbon slider on it. A washer. A hot glue gun, some tombo metal to paper glue (or you can use crystal effects or anything like that.) Some Papertrey Ribbon (I used Hibiscus Burst Twill), a Hinged Tin and the stamp sets I have listed below.
First go through your Papertrey stamps and collect you favorite stamps that may have circles, small images and small sentiments. My Favorites? Sweet Love, Simply Stationery, Boxes Bags and Tags, Little Lady, Paper Tray, Birds of a Feather, Mixed Messages & Around and About Sentiments. I stuck to four colors (New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst and True Black) for my color scheme. This kept the look cohesive, but really, you can do however many colors you want. So stamp your images and punch them out. Then using the tombo metal/paper glue, adhere the image into the bottle cap.
Then using your hot glue gun, carefully glue the magnets to the backs of the bottlecaps.
While your glue gun is still in hand, put a thread of glue around your button and adhere your washer to the button.
When everything cools and is dry, thread your twill through the ribbon slider. You could also use a flexible cording that is waterproof if you would like. I made these for light use.
Assemble your newly crafted bottle caps and choker in a windowed tin for perfect gift giving. A perfect way to change your necklace everyday and decorate your locker. Even let your kids trade them with friends.
Sophie loves it! How about you?
Stamps: Sweet Love, Simply Stationery, Boxes Bags and Tags, Little Lady, Paper Tray, Birds of a Feather, Mixed Messages & Around and About Sentiments.
Paper: Stamper’s Select
Ink: New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, True Black
Other:
A button from the Papertrey Vintage Button Collection which has a ribbon slider on it.
1 inch circle punch, 9 bottle caps, a stack of magnets and a hot glue gun
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July 24th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Brilliant project Becky – the kids will love it and if I’m feeling generous and let them do some of the stamping, they could design their own bottlecaps. Thanks for the inspiration.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Such a cute project! Great way to use those tiny stamps!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:21 am
What a fun project. Looks real good.
Eveline.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:29 am
OH MY! So adorable; what a great use for the tiny little stamps, and what a great gift for a new school year!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Can’t wait to show my granddaughter this great idea. I’m sure that we will be making a few of these for her and her friends.
July 24th, 2009 at 7:09 am
What a great idea for kids! Mine would love these for their school lockers!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:11 am
What a great idea! I’m not sure my college-freshman age niece would want a choker, but I heard her mention that she’d like some fun magnets for her fridge in her dorm room! This is a great little gift idea to add to my list!!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:38 am
This is just adorable! Thanks for sharing!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:40 am
love this project, i have these large bottle tops and was just about to get rid of them, now i have the perfect project! thanks xx
July 24th, 2009 at 7:42 am
SOOOO CUTE!!! Once again Becky, another adorable project!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:56 am
ADORABLE! You continue to amaze me with your creativity! Thanks for the inspiration.
Teresa
July 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
How clever!!! Great idea!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I have been saving bottlecaps and just making magnets, so I love the choker idea. Another greatw ay to show off your creations. You are a genius, Becky!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I love this idea! They are so cute! I’m definitely going to have to have some fridge magnets that look suspiciously similar very soon.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:13 am
very clever! I was thinking you could also make a tic tac toe game with them too.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Absolutely something I would have loved at your daughter’s age!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
What a cute idea!! I’m definitely going to make this project!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Very cute!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:10 am
This is so adorable! My daughter and my 2 sons will love it, thanks for a great idea!
July 24th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Perfect! I’m always looking for something to do for/with my granddaughters. I can’t wait to begin!
July 24th, 2009 at 10:30 am
WOW, a fabulous idea from a fabulous person, TFS.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
These are just as cute as can be. I have just gotten into the bottle cap thing and my mind keeps coming up with things to use them for. This would be a great great gift for a young person. Thanks for sharing this
Elaine in Maryland
July 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
becky!
Thanks so much for doing this. These chokers are all the rage right now where we live and selling like hot cakes! LOL
I looked at them and thought I can make that myself but sat down to do it and couldn’t for the life of me figure out how they attached the necklace part -Ha HaHa
Now I know and will let the kids make them!
You rock!
Kisha
July 24th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
What a cute idea!!
July 24th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
This is brilliant! I wonder if you might give me permission to write a post about your post on my stocking stuffer blog some time in the near future? It would be kind of a summary of your post (using one or two of your images to illustrate) with direct links to your post, of course. Is this something you would be comfortable with? (If not, no hard feelings!!!!)
July 24th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
This is such a cute idea, I love it! I’ll be linking.
July 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Love this idea–my granddaughters will both love it and I have lots of bottlecaps I’ve been wanting to use! Thanks for the great idea!
July 24th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Darling, Becky–great job!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
My cousin had a necklace like this the other day! Hers was a pendant, but still the same thing – so cute! I might just have to make one!
July 24th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Very Creative! Cute!
July 24th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Such a Cute Project!!
Great Idea
The kids will Love these ..
TFS
July 25th, 2009 at 7:20 am
A-mazing! Love this idea. Thanks for the step-by-step details on how to make them!
July 25th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Oh my gosh, these are wonderful! I would love to make these for my niece & nephew who are going into middle school this year!
July 25th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I LOVE IT, what a wonderful idea thank you so much for creating for us
July 26th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Wow! What a great idea! Perfect for those fashion divas who want a different look each day! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing!
July 27th, 2009 at 12:04 am
OMGoodness! Could this be any cuter?! Love it.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
This is way too cute.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Once again you blow me away with your creativity. Thank you for taking the time to write step by step instructions and for including photos (very helpful to a visual learner like myself). I am going to enjoy helping my daughter and her friends make these when she is a bit older. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Great idea! I have featured this on somedaycrafts.blogspot.com