Tea Bag Holder Tutorial

Today, I have a tutorial for you so you can make your own tea bag holder.  They are quick, fun and easy!  What more could you want?

Here are 3 versions of them.  I used the sheet of squares from the Snow Festival DSP (Holiday catalog) and cut them up for lots of covers for the tea bag holders.  I added bits of bling using the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.  I finished them off with a 'sprig' of Cherry Cobbler seam binding.

Here's how you do it:

Step by step:

• Start with a 3 1/2 X 11" piece of CS.
• Score at 3 1/2" ... 4" ... and 7 1/2", using the Simply Scored tool.
• Score diagonally from  7 1/2" to outer, bottom right corner (using Diagonal Scoring Plate).
• Cut off top right corner, as shown in above diagrams.
• Fold on all score lines.
• Run a thin line of Liquid Tombow adhesive along bottom right section.
• Fold that section in to form a pocket to hold your treat.  Hold a few seconds, to allow the glue to set.
• Decorate to your heart's content.  Enjoy!

Here's a look at the inside.  You could decorate the inside too, if you wish.  I kept this one super simple.

I told you it was easy!  Now, let's think of more things that you could place inside the holder other than a tea bag:

• coffee mix
• cocoa mix
• chocolate square
• mini note card
• gift card
• your ideas...

I'm off to work in my studio today --- all day.  How glorious!  I'm putting together creations for all of my upcoming Holiday classes.  I'm having so much fun doing it.  I hope you'll join us for lots of Holiday stamping!  Here's a peek at what's coming in November.  You'll notice that I added a new class --- 15 cards (3 each of 5 designs) on Nov. 29.  So... don't panic that you don't have enough cards to send.  We'll fix you up in no time.

Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln

At our last Team Meeting (Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln) we decided to have a shoebox swap at our October meeting.  It was so much fun.  I'd like to share with you the projects that were created by those who were able to participate.

I shared a project that is a little treat holder.  A variety of goodies would fit inside the holder, so you could choose what you'd like to put in it.  For this one, we used a tea bag --- a low cal treat:)  I used a sheet from our Snow Festival DSP that has little squares on it.  You can cut it up and use it for individual tags or designs.  I added little dots of cherry cobbler Dazzling Details, for a touch of bling.  We'll be making these at my Touch of Christmas class and I'll have a tutorial on them in a later post.

Laura's project was a treat bag using our Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.  I love the little flag strips of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP.  We embossed the bags and added a treat inside.  Who will get this treat?

Jenn's project was a Fall card using the Wonderfall stamp set.  The leaf is die cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I love her color combo:  Perfect Plum, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  It is gorgeous together!

Lynn's project  was a gorgeous Christmas card.  Using the colors from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, she went with Island Indigo as the card base, with a touch of Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Silver CS for the mats.  The ornament is embossed with Pewter EP (She used silver.) and then another layer added to the ornament, embossed with white EP.  We tied the ornament with a little Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  We added some dry embossing too, with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  The text is from More Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have a talented bunch of ladies.  Before I go, I'd like to share one more project with you from my team.  Here is a bottle tag that Laura made using my double pocket treat holder idea.  Isn't this a clever way to use it!

I know you'll want to go try some of these ideas.  Enjoy!

Sneak Peek

Look at what I've been making!  I love getting ready for Christmas!  I'm having so much fun getting ready for my Touch of Christmas class for Oct. 19.  We're going to make cards and projects --- any 10 creations you choose.  You can even make additional cards and projects, time and materials permitting, for $2.00 more per card or project.  I'll show you how to make this beautiful flower for the top of the box.   

If you look over on the sidebar, you can see more of a sneak peek for the Touch of Christmas class.  If you start now, you can be ready for fun by Christmas Day.  Let's show our friends and loved ones how much they mean to us by giving them handmade gifts this year.

Start creating now and you can have lots of surprises for everyone on your gift list.  Keep checking back for lots of fun ideas to spark your creativity.  Have a great weekend and I hope you get to stamp something.

Sneak Peek #3: Christmas Project

As promised in my last post, here is a sneak peek at one of the Christmas projects for our class this Friday night (Aug. 24).  Please pay to register by Wed., Aug. 22 to be included in this super fun class.  You'll be glad you did! 

 

This was inspired by a project right out of our Holiday Catalog.  You can fill it with most any kind of goodies or a small gift.  It's large enough to hold quite a bit.