Here's a cute little idea (if I do say so myself!) that I came up with for a Teacher Gift this year. It's a "Pencil Case" with m&m pencils inside:
It was really easy to make...the hardest part was not eating all the m&ms as I was making it! I've used "Crispy" m&ms, but the plain would work well too. I had to eat all the brown ones because I only had room for 5 pencils.... What a shame! ;o)
I used a framelit to cut a window in my DSP, so that the pencils are visible from the outside. And here are my pencils, all lined up. The m&ms are in our skinny cello bags (trimmed down as they were too long to fit inside the DVD case). You can find them on page 161 of the Annual Catalogue ($4.50 for 50). And the DVD case is on page 7 (Clear Mount Case $9.95 for 4). I've used Summer Smooches DSP.
To make the pencils, I used the Pennant Punch to punch out a coloured Triangle (Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pacific Point and Gumball Green) and a Crumb Cake Triangle. I hand-cut the tip off the Crumb Cake triangle so my "lead" would show. I re-inserted the other end of the Crumb Cake Triangle into the punch to get the inverted scalloped edge. I used Pretty in Pink and the Petal Card Punch for the eraser, and just a small rectangle of Brushed Silver cardstock, scored at regular intervals for the "metal" piece.
This is so awesome Marelle, love it :):):) Marlene
ReplyDeleteAhh, very cute ..... you'll be 'teacher's favourite' for sure!
ReplyDeleteGenius!! You're tops Mz Marelle, thankyou so much for sharing your wonderful ideas xox
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Adele
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THAT is gold. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOoooooo. . . LOVE these pencils Marelle - absolutely gorgeous! I would love this as a gift. Thanks for the GREAT idea yet again. J xo
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great gift! Think I might be tempted to give that a go. Thanks for the super instructions.
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative idea!! TFS!!
ReplyDeletewhat a cute idea!!! Thanks for sharing! Jan Hoyt O'Fallon, IL
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