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| Copyright Susie Jefferson |
Here's my project in Craft Stamper's December 2010 issue - the theme was packaging, in turquoise.
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| Copyright Craft Stamper Magazine - December 2010 issue |
The secret here was to use lots of tags, both stamped and in chipboard, and really festoon the package. I also tied the wired ribbon in one direction, knotted the ribbon and left long ends - then tied a second piece in the opposite direction. This gave me two lengths to tie off in really extravagant bows, looping the ribbon through the strings of the tags.
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| Copyright Craft Stamper magazine, December 2010 - my project is bottom left |
This is an idea I've done variations on over the years: my husband (now 60) is worse than a child of 3 at Christmas... poking, prodding and shaking packages, trying to get the tape off without me noticing... I now get my own back by putting prezzies under the tree at least a week before The Day, with so much ribbon etc on them, that he cannot get into them without a Swiss Army Knife and possibly a flame thrower.
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| Copyright Susie Jefferson |
It puts him in a fever of expectation, makes the presents look a lot more important than they actually are (last year's were 3 DVDs and a pair of gorilla slippers) and he really has fun getting into them when it's finally time. Plus I have a lot of fun doing them.
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| Closeup - copyright Susie Jefferson |
This package is recycled brown wrapping paper, sprayed with Ranger's Dye Spray in Bottle & Turquoise, lightened with an overspray of Glimmer Mist. So not particularly expensive re paper - plus I get back the tags and the snowflakes and the ribbon (he's really good about things like that) so I can use them again for something.
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| Copyright Susie Jefferson |
Hope this project gives you some ideas!
I bet there's nothing in that gorgeous parcel!!! It is something I would dream of receiving even if it had just a yard of ribbon within it's beautiful exterior. That is a perfect example of how to make nothing look enticing!
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Jo - how did you guess it's an empty box? (It's not because I'm mean, but because I had to post it and then it's going in BladeRubber's window).
ReplyDeleteYou're entirely too clever, lol - you're supposed to imagine it's full of Very Expensive chocolate!