So I started my project with this........
And after a couple coats of white acyrlic paint, I had this.....
After the inside and sides were dried, I turned the caddy upside down and painted the underneath. Once that was dry I took them outside and sprayed them down with a sealant to help protect the paint.
The next step was finding the right papers for each of my caddies. Once selected I measured the rectangular sides, cut the needed sizes and then traced the two ends onto the left over paper. In all one 12" x 12" sheet of paper was all that was needed. After inking the edges of the paper I used Scotch quick dry adhesive, I glued my papers in place, carefully trimmed any excess and then lightly sanded all edges.
Now for the fun. Deciding what cuts I want to use to embellish my caddies! I wanted to use cuts that would enhance the papers used. While some were easy choices, others were not as easy as I anticipated.
All caddies of course have the same folder. I cut these from Grapically Speaking and repurposed an actual manilla folder for the job. After cutting the folders I ran each one through the printer and used the Christmas card font from dafont.com.
I then used the following cuts between the four caddies:
Teddy Bear Parade - Elf Teddy Bear (pictured above)
Christmas Solutions - Santa (after several attempts to cut his glasses I gave up)
Create a Critter 2 - Snowman
Christmas Cheer - Candies and Stocking
Oh, and that card you see in my caddy - here it is in full view.
I originally cut this little bear out for one of my caddies but with the antlers he was too tall. So I combined him with this tree cut from one of my Sizzix dies.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my project and if you make some I'd love to see what you did so come back and tell me about it.....
2 comments:
These are amazing - what a wonderful idea and could be reused every year - would even look wonderful under the Christmas tree:-)
These are just gorgeous!!! I only wish I could find me a couple of those caddies!! Love these!
Hugs,
Jo
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