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My sister-in-law is pregnant and for her baby shower for every box of wipes or diapers you brought in you were entered into a raffle for a drawing of a gift basket. I couldn't just bring in a plain old wipes box! So, I made it pretty :-) .... wait, she's pregnant with a boy...I mean I made it cute! LOL In any event, the baby's room is a soft green color and the items that my brother and sister-in-law chose for it have monkeys on it so that's the theme I went with on my box. I used my Silhouette to cute out words and the template for the box top and sides. Since I had the same wipes box at home from when my kids were little I took the top off, used a black sharpie to outline the top and then I scanned it. From there I was able to import the scanned image into the Silhouette software and create a template for the top. The sides were much easier and I just pretty much measured them and created a template in RoboMaster. I have all the templates saved in case anyone wants to create their own. It's from a Huggies box if you've got the same one. Just let me know!
For the monkeys I used a clipart that I had. I colored it in PSE and copied it so that I could import into Word. From there I made two small monkeys and one larger one. I printed and cut them out. I used some twine for the vines and punched out some leaves using the same paper as the letters/wording. I used tacky tape to adhere all the background pieces and then glued the monkeys and leaves and letters down. I let it all dry for a day and then I covered all the paper with a triple tacky sealant. It goes on really thick but makes a nice seal over everything. My sister-in-law was very happy with it and said it matches the room perfectly. Yay for me! :-) I hope you like it too!
Tools used: Silhouette, leaf punch
I like the saying you came up with! It looks great and I'm glad that your SIL liked it too!
ReplyDeleteit lokks great ! Joyce x
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute project Heather! I´m sure your brother and sister-in-law will love it!
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what a cute idea :) thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute and fabulous idea! Love it! :o)
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