How about these Coaster Purses/Totes? Here's a really cool way to use chipboard coasters - make a purse and fill it with matching photo boards or matching cards or whatever will bless you!
You are welcomed to make these for personal use but please do not submit as your own original work for magazine submissions or contests. I'm sure you can relate to that, huh?
You will need 5 of the 4"x4" coasters. Here's how to make them:
-Ink your
brayer with
Pastel Kaleidacolor rainbow (5 colors) inkpad and brayer in color to your coasters as your background.
-Stamp your favorite theme. I used
"basic birds" and
"abundance is" rubber stamp sets here.
-Color in your images with
Prismacolor pencils.
-Use a cosmetic sponge to ink the edges of the coasters with
Palette "cognac brown" inkpad.-Take two of the coasters. Each one will be creased at 1/4" of its two sides. Sand lightly where needed. Drop down to the SLIDE SHOW for a better view of the 1/4" creases.
-Aligning and holding a "creased" & an "uncreased" coaster together, with a Cropodile I punched holes at each corner.
-Aligning and holding these two coasters together, set the
eyelets at the corners.
-Cut a 14" piece (or whatever size you desire) of refrigeration vinyl tubing.
-With Cropodile, punch a hole on each side of tubing, about 1/4" from each end and insert
"ball chainz" into the tubing.
-Punch a hole at center top where you will insert a large brad in thru the coaster and the vinyl handles. Again, go to the SLIDE SHOW for a better view of this.
-You will use the 5th coaster for the bottom of the purse. I used
"Yes!Glue" to adhere it to the bottom and it worked wonderfully.
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online store where you can find highlighted and other TAC items. ny questions, please leave a note. Enjoy making these as gifts!
Here's a slide show of them:
We know that one of the greatest healing realities in life is the written Word, God's awesome Word! I made this gift for a friend of mine who was hospitalized this week. It is a cute little purse with four scripture verses to bless her. This particular stamp set "Scriptures" is from TAC's retired sets, but I sure love it and use it ALL the time. If you're interested in this stamp set, I'm sure I can find it from one of the other TAC demonstrators. Let me know.
I know some of you have asked where I get my scripture stamps...mostly I use TAC's stamps. Click here to see TAC's INSPIRATIONAL selections. Click here to see their FAITHBOOKING stamp sets...check out the one entitled "Heavenly Father"...isn't it awesome?! You must see their SIGNATURE SERIES and check out "Bookoo Blessings" and "More Abundance"...you'll love that you can do so much with these! Well, enjoy the rest of your day and may it be a HAPPY one!!
