Inspiration: Color Throwdown #598
I recently used up my leftover pieces of the Laundry Line collection from My Mind's Eye and today, I was inspired to use the last few pieces to make embellishments. The starting point was a YouTube video sharing how to make little circle pieces with banners at the bottom, and once I got going, it evolved into this full set of embellishments. Again, my mind is blown at how much came out of so little patterned paper.
Passing along a fun trick I heard online recently: you can use the side of an hexagon punch to cut the end of a strip banner-style. I've used my papers snips or my triple banner punch from Stampin' Up!, but I do find it's harder to line the strip up when I'm not using the official sizes of the grooves, which are 1", 1-1/2" and 2". You also see what you are doing with the hexagon punch and there's less waste. Plus, it will add mileage to a punch that I don't use as often.
The cute 3" x 3" envelope with the insert was made using the Envelope Punch Board. I made a few bows with my bow punch, some of which I used on the embellishments and two of which I kept to be used on other projects. I used the more neutral papers so that they could fit with any collection. I even pulled out the old owl punch from Stampin' Up! and made a little guy out of a few different patterns.
I really enjoy making little ornaments like these when I want to sit down and craft but don't really want to focus on making a project from beginning to end. I'm hoping to work those into future projects or I might even gift some to my niece. The last time she came over, I pulled out the first kit I had made and we used those as inspiration for her to create her own embellishments. The ones she picked weren't necessarily the easiest to make, as they involved pulling out the glue gun, which I handled for her, but this kit here was almost entirely made of punched shapes, so it would be good inspiration for a future crafting session. She's allowed to go through my paper scrap bins and can pick whatever she finds in there to use for her own projects. She tends to pick patterns that she loves rather than patterns that go together, but as long as the results makes her happy, I tend not to interfere. I do try to teach her new tips and tricks every time we sit down to craft together, though, so she can improve her skills and knowledge.
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