Welcome to the first ever Paper Garden Projects Garden Walk blog hop.
Take a stroll through the blogs of all the Paper Gardeners and enjoy some wonderful Holiday inspiration.
While you visit, subscribe to each Gardener's blog and take note of each designer's name and their special treat listed in their blog post. Once you finish your garden tour, send an E-mail to custserv@papergardenprojects.com with the list of designers and their special Holiday treat.
Everyone who sends the correct list of designers and treats will be entered in a random drawing to win one of 3 prizes. You need to send an e-mail to the address above; please don't leave your list as a comment. You have until midnight (EST) on Nov. 24 to make your list and check it twice....
The first prize is a festive collection of Holiday paper crafting goodies.
The prize includes:
The second prize is a $7 gift certificate to the Paper Garden Projects store.
The third prize is a $5 gift certificate to the Paper Garden Projects store.
So put on your walking shoes and go for a garden tour (or just stay in you jammies - we won't tell). Here is the garden tour guide list:
Melissa (Mel)
Tracy - (you are here)
Debbie
Amber
Lorelie
Tangii
Tricia
Cathy
Post-it Note Holder Tutorial
Start with some "Sticky Notes" - I used ones from Walmart. They were the most inexpensive. You can get 4 for $2.00 or 12 for $5.00. Staples was double the cost even for the generic ones. They are 3x3 with 100 sheets in each pad.
Cut your cardstock to 3 1/4" x 8 1/2"
Score at these measurements - 2 1/2", 3", 6" and 6 1/2"
Adhere your sticky notes to the cardstock with red sticky tape.
Note - the shorter end is the top and flaps over the larger end.
Edit - one of my readers had a great suggestion - use a good repositionable adhesive to attach the sticky notes to the cardstock, that way people can reuse the holder :)
This is what it will look like when it is closed.
Closures - for this one I used these Basic Grey Magnetic Snaps. Half of them are the positive side and half are the negative, so you get 10 snaps in a package.
If you were interested in making a bunch and needed a more economical approach you could use repositionable adhesive. I have done that before and it's fine. For the top of the sticky note holder I cut a 1 1/2" inch white square and a 1 3/4" colored square (mine is purple). Then I stamp something on the white square to decorate it. The one I made here is a little more decked out than what I would normally do, because I'm usually mass producing them. I then stick the colored square on the holder so that it hangs half way over the edge. Adhere the repositionable adhesive to the bottom portion of the purple square. You should be able to stick it to the bottom half of the holder.
Edit - several people have suggested using velcro as a closure and I think it's a great idea!
If you decide to try the snaps, stick them towards the top of the flap. They do bulk up the closure a little.
Now you can decorate it however you wish :)
Here is my finished holder. I still started out with a 1 3/4" purple square but wound up rounding the corners and adding a border. If you use a repositionable adhesive I would stick it to the back of the purple square along the bottom.
I hope you liked my project and I'll leave you with my "Name" and "Treat" for the blog hop prize -
Tracy: Crispy Cookies
Collect all the participants info and email it to Cathy, the owner of Paper Garden Projects -custserv@papergardenprojects.com. She'll enter you into the drawings :)
Supplies:
Stamps - Tall Holiday Trees and Cover-a-Card Fluff Background by Impression Obsession
Cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Blue and Purple from SU!
Tools - Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Corner Rounder punch by SU! and Scor-Pal
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Coloring - Copic Markers and Stickles
Adhesive - Red Sticky Tape and Dimensionals
Other - Sticky Notes 3x3 100 sheets, Basic Grey Magnetic Snaps
