Wednesday, November 25, 2009

November Papertrey Blog Hop And Some Thanks

Tonight is the November Papertrey Bloghop.
This month the challenge was to create a quick & inexpensive wrap or tag that can be the perfect solution for "grab & go" gifts!
Since Hanukkah starts on December 11th this year and Emilia's favorite Hanukkah treat is gelt(chocolate coins), I decided to come up with some special packaging for it. This is what I came up with .
I started with some Raspberry Fizz Cardstock and the pillow box from The Cash or Charge My Timeless template. After I cut out the pillow box I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. When I was done with that I added a layer of Summer Sunrise to the outside edges.
The main image is a digital image from the Pink Cat Studio called Hanukkah Lily that I colored with my Copics. I hope you all will forgive me for not using a Papertrey stamp since it is a PTI bloghop but when I saw this image I knew it would be perfect for this project. After I was done coloring Lily I matted her on a piece of Summer Sunrise Cardstock that I cut out with a rectangle scalloped Nestabilities die. Next I punched a hole in the top of the image threaded a piece of sky blue ribbon through it then attached it to the box and tied it in a bow. To finish it off I used the PTI Simple Alphabet set to spell out Happy Hanukkah on some more Summer Sunrise Cardstock then cut it out and attached it to the handle. That's it. I think these pillow boxes would be a great quick way to wrap up any small item this holiday season.
On another note since Thanksgiving is tomorrow I also wanted to take a moment say how thankful I am for everyone that has visited my blog and left such wonderful comments. It really means a lot to me to know there are people out there that enjoy my work. As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day tomorrow.

32 comments:

Frogwoman said...

Cute! I love your coloring job.

BethieJ said...

FABULOUS Terri!!! I LOVE the colors.. and that image is darling! I LOVE PCS images too! :)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family tomorrow!

Lori said...

Cute!!

Marge said...

This is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!

Elizabeth S. said...

This is so cute! Love the coloring!

Diane Jaquay said...

Cute cute cute!!!

Babies-Beth said...

Terri, I used Simple Alphabet too, but your letters look so much closer together than mine- did you do them one at a time??

farmhouse-story said...

love your embossing and coloring!

Becca said...

What a fun way to package some treats for your daughter. I really like the addition of the embossing. Great idea!

Linda said...

Very nice. Great image. What a special way to package a gift!

Kerry said...

So nice to see another holiday highlighted! This is really, really cute!

AKiteFlier said...

Great idea - adorable image - super cute coloring. Thanks for sharing.

Dru said...

This is adorable!!

@JoyceCasaldi said...

Very nice!

Rhonda said...

What a great idea. love your coloring.

Avril Tanner said...

too cute!

Kim said...

Very sweet way to package up the treats!

Daniela F. said...

Cute project! :) Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Nerina said...

This is so cute! Love your colours and colouring!

Karli said...

Very cute & great idea to emboss the holder :) TFS

Donelda said...

great idea to do a hanukkah card!!

Nadine said...

I love the color combo that you used! Very bright and festive!

Mona Pendleton said...

These little pillow treat boxes are so sweet! You did a great job coloring that sweet little girl image :) TFS

peggysue said...

I love your decoration of that little pillow box, that makes a fabulous container for the coins. I always give the kids bags of coins in their stocking on St. Nicholas Day, they're a lot of fun, aren't they?

Kelly S. said...

What perfect coloring! I love the shape of the box and that sweet little image!

Pamelamma said...

I just love the details from the embossing to the coloring with Copics to the ribbon. What a fun gift for your daughter. She'll love it!

Charlene Austin said...

Terri! This is absolutely awesome! Lucky little girl!

Betsy V said...

Cute little project, Terri!!

Purrfect Paper Creations said...

Very cute!

Ted said...

How cute is this pillow box! :)

Cindy Holshouser said...

This is so sweet. I love seeing Jewish projects because we don't see a lot of them.

Cara said...

Hi, Terri! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!! This is so adorable! Stop by my blog, I have an award for you http://carasscrapnstampart.blogspot.com/2009/12/over-top-blog-award.html
Also, stop by the DCRU blog, you were a winner in that girly challenge!!
Hugs,
Cara