Guest Designing for Little Yellow Bicycle!

This box started out flat packed as 6 raw wood pieces. I sanded and painted the edges red and then used an old graph paper stamp I had to decorate with white ink and mirror the grid pattern on some of the papers.

I then measured, cut and glued pieces of paper to cover all the panels before assembly.  I have mainly used the Ruler paper as it is such a fun print and reminded me of the old fashioned slide top ruler pencil boxes. 

I have used the Back to School paper to decorate the top which again has some lovely ruler detail and also picks up some of the other primary colours used throughout the collection.

The stars on the sides just add a little texture and detail to the sides. 

This again was a plain wooden piece that I painted and stamped like the Pencil Box. I have again used the Back to School paper  as the base for the sides and on the front I have used these super-cute mini pencils from the Chipboard Shapes as well as the stars and numbers piece from the Fabric Favorite.You can see the box is stuffed with a few goodies!

These giant paperclips are so much fun. You can use them as bookmarks or just as clips for giant paper! I sandwiched the paperclip between one of the Dimensional Stickers and a piece of plain cardboard backed with paper that I cut to the same size. I used hot glue to bond them all together which makes them durable and easy to use.

This dollar store ruler suddenly becomes a lot more fun with a great sticker! I removed the sticker it came with and replaced it with this super-fun ruler sticker from the Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers. I love looking for little fun ideas like this to give as extras with a gift – it makes it just that little bit more special. 

My son has to have all of his pencils marked at school so instead of trying to write his name in teeny tiny writing, I labeled them by wrapping coloured tape around the top. I have done the same here to create matching pencils for the pencil box. Such a simple idea but would add a lovely touch for a teacher.

Once again, I have just jazzed up something very plain. Fold-back clips with a little patterned paper.  So simple it’s almost embarrassing to explain! It’s a great way to use up scraps and I glued them using a clear solvent adhesive which cleans up very easily with an adhesive eraser.

I hope you have enjoyed these and I look forward to showing you some more projects next week. Please post a comment with any questions.