Rinse Lather & Repeat-MFT Hop & Shop!

Welcome to the MFT Hop & Shop! :-)

Today, a speedy project for a change. I had a blast with the new Pure Innocence image ($9) and I tried to make this a quick project tutorial for those who have less time on their hands. :O)

Rinse Lather Repeat...



(Inside the box it says "Baby Yourself" heehee)

The bead bubbles are so fast, but they look real enough to give ya the giggles:



(They seem to look more bubbly in real life) :o)

1...Hop & Shop (My Favorite Things new releases)
2...How to make this QUICK Pure Innocence 4.5" box

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If you haven't started yet & would like to hop
The hopping starts here on Kim's blog!

Next up is marvelous Megan!

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make this 4.5" box

• 4.5" square box template
  
• New MFT clear stamp set: Rinse, Lather, Repeat (available here tonight)
  
• ...stamped on Perfect paper panels
• ...with Black Brilliance ink, clear embossing powder & a heat gun
• Copic markers
• Sweet tooth heavy weight cardstock
  
• TADA digital paper (flowers) from etsy & scrap of BasicGrey Origins
• Green & light turquoise cardstock
  
• Paper piercing tool, needle & thread,
  
• Beacon's 3 in 1 advanced craft glue & lots of clear seed beads
  
• Black Multiliner/permanent marker
• White cotton ribbon (from DressSew in Vancouver)

Step 1) Print the 4.5 inch square box bottom:

Print the MFT template for the 4.5 inch box bottom on green cardstock
Score it (where the tick marks show), cut it, & crease the folds.

(I used the version of the template that has no score lines on it, so it would be tidy inside.)



Step 2) Print & embellish the box lid:

• Print the template for the lid (this is printed on digital patterned paper)
• Score it, cut it, & crease the folds.
• Scallop the edges & trim the 4 flaps to fit behind the scallops.
  

Step 3) Add faux stitches with a black marker (speedy for a change!) ;O)



Step 4) Assemble the lid...



(tabs on the inside)



Step 5) Assemble the box bottom (tabs on the inside again) :o)



Step 6) Cut patterned paper to decorate the inside of the box bottom--4 1-4 inches square.



Step 7) Stamp & colour top of the tub with the Pure Innocence gal (from the Rinse Lather Repeat set.)



Step 8) Stamp & cut just the bottom for the tub (to layer under it) Colour the bathtub feet with metallic pen.



Step 9) Cheap trick: Stamp extra images to use a paper spacers (cut roughly.) Lately, I find this not only more affordable, but also more tidy than foam tape. (I guess I'm a bit cheap & a touch neurotic.) ynuk ynuk.



Step 10) Bubble the bath up with seed beads:

• Add clear glue to the bubble bath part of the image.
• Sprinkle lots of little clear seed beads on the wet glue.
• Add a second layer of glue & beads if you want it really bubbly.
• Fill in with single beads in spots that got missed.

(I used Beacon's 3 in 1 because it holds so well & dries SO quickly. It has a little give so it doesn' seem to crack when dry. I did the gluing outside, for lots of ventilation & used a plastic lid to catch extra beads.)



Neat thingy: Clear beads will pick up whatever colour you made the bubble bath on the image underneath. :o) I wanna do a rainbow coloured bath next time... and inchies with that ducky. (He is off the hook cute at about a half an inch square.)

and that's it....

Next on the hop
is Megan!

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