April Pals Blog Hop

04/09/2013

April Pals Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the April Pals Blog Hop! To celebrate Earth Day, the April blog hop features new cards and projects that capture the essence of Earth Day through colors and images and/or use recycled or reused elements. We hope you are ready for some fun and creative ideas.

You should have just left stop number 20 on the Pals Hop - Kim Czenszak at LiveLoveStamp. If so, you are in the right spot. If you get off track, the full blog lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

For my project this month, I've chosen to make something out of recycled material. In this case a cardboard cylinder that held a soft drink mix:

My daughter really needed something to organize all her hair things, and one day while going through Pinterest I found the cutest idea to make a headband holder (it also holds barrettes and scrunchies inside)! So, here is my interpretation of that project:

For my headband/scrunchie holder I used the following:

1. "Warehouse sized" soft drink mix container

2. Designer series paper pack: Brights collection (117155) - Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise

3. Paper Mache medium

4. Wooden balls for feet and handle

5. Brights Collection Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (119698)- Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, and Tempting Turquoise

6. Rhinestone basic jewels (119246)

7. Hot glue

9. Heavy duty adhesive to adhere wood items

10. Coordinating 1/4" ribbon

I adhered the paper to the container with paper mache adhesive. And, while that dried, I painted the wooden balls with a mixture of the adhesive AND drops of the Classic Stampin' Ink! Yes, I learned (from the wonderful Stampin' Success magazine that we consultants receive) that you can add ink to acrylic paint to make custom paint colors for a variety of projects (more to come from me later on this). But, at the time of this project I couldn't find my white paint. So, in the spririt of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle I repurposed the adhesive and experimented with adding drops of the ink to it. And lo' and behold my daughter and I LOVED the glossy effect we got from it for the wooden knob.

After everything was dry, we added the wooden bead as a handle on top (wooden bead feet will be added later and photo posted, ink was still drying - UPDATE - see new photo below), added touches of ribbon and bling with the rhinestones and voila! a hair accessory holder is born.