A friend of mine, who lives in Joplin, Missouri, has requested that I make Post-It-Note Holders for him to give as Christmas gifts to his family and friends.
I’ve been working on these since Sunday and have made pretty good progress, so far. There are large empty spaces that are being left to hold the name of the person he wishes to have placed on the holder. These are all sports related and are masculine. I have five of them finished. Each base is 7″ x 7″ with the Post-It-Note pad placed near the bottom right corners.
I need to begin the feminine sets as well and I have some papers I’m really itching to get my hands on from Graphic 45.
SKIING:
Ski themed
I have attached resin boots, skis, and poles to the bottom left using E6000 adhesive. These were originally buttons but I cut the shanks off. There is wire mesh ribbon around the flap of the Note Holder with a sticker backed on chipboard attached to the front of the pad.
The papers, stickers, and resin items were purchased from Scrap Your Trip if you are interested in these items.
I have used Tim Holtz Glossy Accents and Stampin’ Up! Dazzling Diamonds on the snowflake stickers to give them dimension, texture, and sparkle. You can see them at the top left of the holder.
Glossy accents and glitter over a sticker
Glossy Accents atop sticker
HUNTING:
More papers and stickers from Scrap Your Trip for this hunting themed holder. It also measures 7″ x 7″. Most of the stickers have been adhered to chipboard and cut out using a craft knife. I have attached some brown and orange ribbon on the left side of this holder.
Hunting themed holder
GOLF:
The stickers on this Golf themed holder are the only thing I’ve used from Scrap Your Trip. The papers are from my stash and from Club Scrap. Wait, I do have paper from SYT…it is the grass paper. The big plastic “Golf” piece I found at Big Lots. This holder has a bit of ribbon on it also.
Golf themed holder
FISHING:
The fishing themed holder has both papers and stickers from SYT. I enlisted the aid of Joe to attach the fishing lures to wire. They now wiggle :D. The lures are stickers I attached to chipboard and cut out with a craft knife. I punched holes and added eyelets. These are hanging on the Post-It-Note cover.
Fishing themed
This is Joe, winding the wire “perfectly” with his drill. He never ceases to amaze me with the things he can do with his tools 🙂 and help me out. Am I lucky or what?
Twisting the wire
FOOTBALL:
The final holder I have finished is a Football Theme. The paper is from SYT (Scrap Your Trip) and only one of their stickers I have used. Attached it to chipboard and cut it out, the one with the flaming football flying through the air in the bottom left. The other two stickers are from Big Lots and are plastic see through type.
I needed some help from Joe for football terms. I made the piece on the note pad flap using a desktop publishing program and jamming the words together in a “box” shape. I had to reduce the size down quite a bit. I’ve put my shoulder out of joint patting myself on the back for this idea :D.
Football themed
I have “signed” each one on the back of the holder with my special signature 🙂
My signature
It is so small I had to draw your attention to it. Yes, I’m showing off 🙂
My sign
I sure do hope Tim likes these holders. I’ve got several more to make. I had to go to Budget Box and Bag to purchase more flat cardboard to use as the holder base. The assembly line part works well in getting the bases made. Personalizing the fronts takes a bit longer but I’m getting faster at it.
Check your stash and see what you can come up with as handmade gifts this Christmas. Have fun creating.
Leslie
