two more easy crafts for most occasions

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

I have just bought some acetate from ebay only 10 sheets but more than enough for me to do what I want ... only thing is that I am not clued up on these kinds of things so could someone kindly just check and make sure it is right please?

The link is here I have already bought it but if it is wrong stuff I can use for something else

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-A4-SHEETS-ACETATE-OHP-FREE-Card_W0QQitemZ120366401240QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Crafts_Glass_Art_Supplies_CV?hash=item120366401240&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

That's the stuff! I should have some already in my craft stash as I used to use it for aperture cards. I love the tube, think it is so professional looking I'm sure mine won't look anything as good as soblivion's though

RustyFlange

rainmac wrote: »

I've got to get me some of those but are they not a bit too cute to eat, not sure I could bring myself to do it

I felt the same so only bought 3 instead of 4 ... although I might make myself an easter hamper aswell so I am not left out like I am every year :rotfl:

Thanks for looking at the link rainmac, really appreciate it would have been a bit tough if it was the wrong stuff cause I had already paid for it :rotfl:

soblivion

Rusty and rainmac, you ladies will make light work of this I'm sure. I'm looking forward to seeing them and if you come up with an easier way of doing the end bits please let me know, it was easy enough but I'm sure it could be simpler and you'll probably have a different take on it.

re the acetate, mine was quite strong and thick, when it's made up it's very sturdy and solid. It's all I could get here but I just bought it by the sheet so I can't really tell you what it's called but having said that a thinner one will be much easier to work with and if I could find it here I'd try some.

RustyFlange

soblivion wrote: »

Rusty and rainmac, you ladies will make light work of this I'm sure. I'm looking forward to seeing them and if you come up with an easier way of doing the end bits please let me know, it was easy enough but I'm sure it could be simpler and you'll probably have a different take on it.

re the acetate, mine was quite strong and thick, when it's made up it's very sturdy and solid. It's all I could get here but I just bought it by the sheet so I can't really tell you what it's called but having said that a thinner one will be much easier to work with and if I could find it here I'd try some.

I have to admit it is the ends I am dreading .... I was going to play with one and see if I could come up with some kind of cracker end rather than a stopper? that makes no sense lol ... a few slits part way up then pull it tight with some ribbon so it looks more like a cracker?

mary43

soblivion - Brilliant idea !!:T Have to forage in my drawer -sure I've got a sheet of acetate in there somewhere.

bunbun2

RustyFlange wrote: »

A quick pic for you soblivion

they look so cute - will have to look out for them!

soblivion

Thank you mary.

Rusty, I'm just about to start one now, do you want me to put pics up of how I did the ends? It will take me a bit though I really don't mind.

RustyFlange

soblivion wrote: »

Thank you mary.

Rusty, I'm just about to start one now, do you want me to put pics up of how I did the ends? It will take me a bit though I really don't mind.

That would be brilliant if you don't mind please ... I really am not that thick honest lol I just struggle sometimes with crafty stuff

soblivion

RustyFlange wrote: »

That would be brilliant if you don't mind please ... I really am not that thick honest lol I just struggle sometimes with crafty stuff

No probs, just about to start.

soblivion

All done. Loads of pics sorry about that. Please see important Edit at bottom of page.


Acetate measures about 8 and a quarter inches by 3 and a half inches but you'd need to wrap it round your eggs or gifts to make certain it fits. Put a strip of double sided tape along one of the longest edges and wrap into a tube.


If doing size above, circles measure 1 and a half inches across. I cut 4 in red as my card is very thin and needed to double up, only do 2 if card is thick. I glued the 2 reds together and then glued on the pattern paper. then did the other the same for the other end.




This is what you end up with from all the circles, one side is plain red other side is patterned.


I cut 2 strips of patterned paper if you are doing the size above they measure 3 and a half inches long by 2 inch depth.


If it's patterned paper you need to make sure that they will be up the right way when they go on the tube. I needed mine like this

so it meant I had to put sticky strip like this, lengthways across the paper.


Put the paper on the tube half on the tube and half off it. I like to keep my seams altogether at the back, at so start at the seam and go all around keeping it straight so it overlaps a bit. You may have to cut the excess off.

you end up with this

Do the same for the other end


You'll end up having to glue this edge down.


Cut notches in the paper all the way round up to the plastic tube inside



Fold them all inwards and use a bit of glue to hold them down

you may have to snip a bit off as the may be too long to fold in


Making sure your paper on the tube is the right way up, glue it down on to the middle of one of the discs, pattern side up. This is the bottom


You have to fill with goodies now.


Do the same with the other end making sure you glue the tube onto the plain side so you have a nice pretty pattern on the top.


Here's the top being held on cos I haven't filled it.

Just add a ribbon round this top bit. I don't have any at the minute.

And the bottom

Just stick a message tag to the middle and your done.

Not a very good tutorial but any questions just ask. Hope it helped a bit.

Edit: Haaaa Haaaa Haaaa! I've just notced my papers are upside down, so don't make that mistake. In my defence I was rushing and taking pics too. Oh well back to do another one. They don't take long.
This is how the bottom should look with the hearts the right way up.

and the top