Welcome to the 4th Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! A few years ago we were looking online for handmade gift ideas and thought it would be great if there was a resource dedicated JUST to handmade gift ideas. Enter the Handmade Holidays hop! We’ve gathered over 100 of our creative blogger friends in the craft industry as well as some of our fellow product manufacturers to bring you a plethora of inspiring gift ideas you can make now to give to your friends, family, and colleagues. Pin and bookmark these ideas for this holiday season and to use throughout the year! Each day of the hop features approximately 30 gift projects and you can “hop” from one blog to another to check them all out.
We are exited to join this year’s Blog Hop! For the first day of the hop we invited our frequent guest Designer Judi Kauffman who created a beautiful decorated tissue box. See Judi’s instructions below.
Two-Way Tissue Box
By Judi Kauffman for Elizabeth Craft Designs
My friend Els is decisive when it comes to comfortable shoes and schnitzel (no gravy!), but when it comes to décor in her studio it’s another matter. She likes to redecorate and reorganize the space on a regular basis. Hence, her present this Christmas is a Two-Way Tissue Box. She can position it with the two adjacent mixed media sides facing her guests and students, or with the two adjacent embossed sides taking center stage.
When making your own tissue box projects all four sides can match, all four can be different, or use my strategy with two pairs.
You’ll need just under two and a half 5” x 12” sheets of Shimmer Sheetz from a 3-sheet pack. Keep the leftovers for cards, jewelry, or other projects.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Base coat edges and interior of Walnut Hollow Boutique Tissue Box with royal purple acrylic paint. (No need to paint the rest, it will be covered.)
2. Using an ink applicator tool to create a mottled effect, alter three 5” x 12” pieces of Purple Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz with pool (turquoise), espresso, purple and gold metallic alcohol inks. Allow some of the original color of the Shimmer Sheetz to remain visible between the randomly applied inks.
3. Mixed media side pieces: Cut one 5” x 12” piece of alcohol ink-altered Shimmer Sheetz in half (two 5” x 6” pieces). Cut sparkly mesh 5” x 6” to cover both pieces. Set sewing machine to 7 stitches per inch. Using tan thread, randomly stitch through both layers – mesh and Shimmer Sheetz. Switch to purple thread and continue stitching in different directions. (No need to switch the bobbin when changing to purple.)
4. Two-pattern embossed side pieces: Cut one 5” x 12” piece of alcohol ink-altered Shimmer Sheetz in half (two 5” x 6” pieces). Orient the pieces so they are vertical rectangles. Emboss the bottom 4” of each piece with Bouquet folder. Leave an eighth-inch space and emboss the remaining portion of the rectangle with Spring Leaves folder. Lightly sand to bring out the embossed details. Wipe sanded surfaces with damp paper towel. To create further contrast on these two side pieces, cover embossed flowers with paper to protect it; lightly apply purple alcohol ink to raised portion of Spring Leaves.
5. Top piece: Cut a 5” square from remaining 5” x 12” piece of alcohol ink-altered Shimmer Sheetz. Back with double sided adhesive sheet. (Do not expose the adhesive till step 6.) Place tissue box upside down on the back of the Shimmer Sheetz square and trace the opening. Cut out the opening. (Tip: Use short, sharp scissors to ensure smooth curves along the cutting line.)
6. Finishing: Back the four side pieces with double sided adhesive sheet. Working one piece at a time expose the adhesive and put the top and side pieces onto the tissue box (mixed media pieces on two adjacent sides, embossed pieces on the two remaining sides).
SUPPLIES
Elizabeth Craft Designs –
SS0106 Shimmer Sheetz in Purple Iridescent (3 sheets)
502 Transparent Double Sided Tape Sheets – 8.5”x11” – (5 sheets)
E118 Spring Leaves embossing folder
Walnut Hollow –
Other –
Alcohol inks in Purple, Espresso, Pool (Turquoise), Metallic Gold
Ink applicator tool
12” piece of 5” wide mesh ribbon in Brown with Gold Threads
Sewing thread in Tan and Purple
Sewing machine
Embossing machine
Sanding block
Are you ready for lots more creative handmade gift ideas and projects??
Follow along on our blog hop! Simply click on each of the links below to be taken to that post with additional information and photos on how to create a handmade gift project. Have fun and pin away!
Cookies for Breakfast- Beth Pingry
Cupcakes and Crinoline – Mary Beth Sharkey
Elizabeth Craft Designs – Frances Byrne
Lazy Mom’s – Joanna Grzeszczak
Homemade Ginger – Megan Kapple
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L – Asia King
Ellison Educational Equipment – Anna-Karin Evaldsson
The Buckle Boutique – Stephanie Nericcio
Modern Surrealist – Marisa Pawelko
A Little Craft In Your Day – Tanner Bell
Artsy Findings – Cheryl Waters
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What a great idea to sew on the Shimmer Sheets! Didn’t realize that was possible – thanks for always providing a surprise to your creative designs.
These tissue holders would sure be nicer than the regular boxes that tissues come in. So beautiful. I might have to find other projects for this technique.
If you don’t want to cover a tissue box how about one of those round plastic cannister-type things that hold CDs? Discard the lid. Cut the height down to a tad under 5″ high since Shimmer Sheetz is 5″ wide. I think one sheet is more than enough to wrap the diameter. Use it to hold napkins and utensils for a buffet or a big collection of pencils or even cotton balls and other toiletries. Shimmer Sheetz is waterproof so you can use a damp cloth to wipe it if it gets dusty.
Absolutely gorgeous!! I adore your color palette and love the texture! Well done!
Wow what a great line up
I love the look of this. My first introduction to you products.
Welcome! I hope you sign up for the blog and follow Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook and YouTube – always lots of project ideas and tutorials and if you have questions about any of the products just ask, Debbie.
Beautiful tissue holder and love the colors and patterns. Lovely inspiration.
Judi: Your tissue box is gorgeous and the steps were very clear and easy to follow. The perfect gift for that special person.
Thank you all for the great comments. I just love the Walnut Hollow boutique tissue boxes. I keep making more of them – it’s the perfect size to work on and such a good match for Shimmer Sheetz (only two 5 x 12 pieces, cut in half, to do all four sides, and a 5″ square for the top). I frequently make two sides with one design and the other two with a second design. I may do four different sides next time.
AMAZING!!!!!! I just love the colors and textures!
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Give it a try! I’m always hoping that an idea of mine will spark someone else’s projects, Shawn.
Gorgeous tissue box! I’d have to put that on a spinner so I could constantly look at both designs.
love this idea Judi, gorgeous!
Gorgeous tissue box!!
It’s so beautiful, you may want to have a cold more often just so you could look at it more.
Or watch a sad movie.
Those are so glamorous!! My favorite has the mesh. Great ideas..
OMG! What a gorgeous creation!!! LOVE the depth and texture along with these beautiful colors! TFS!
My pleasure, Barb.
Beautiful job altering the Shimmer Sheetz! I had the same idea of making altering a tissue box – great idea Judi.
Your turn, Raquel!
This tissue holder is amazing!!! Love the colors!
So different! I like it.
WOW, WOW, and again I say WOW! Awesome job ladies, amazing! This was an AWESOME blog hop, thank you so much for doing this!! So many great ideas! Hmmm, which ones to try, or maybe all of them!!
How wonderful! Thank you for the great inspirations!