A Festive Unity

Greetings!

I'm pleased and excited to be sharing in this fabulous

AUTHENTIQUE PAPER & UNITY STAMP COMPANY 

BLOG HOP

Love Authentique Papers and Unity Stamps?

Then come on board as we hop and share projects

that combine both of these beautiful companies into one!

**You should be arriving here from my sweet friend, Thienly's Blog** 

Do you remember a few years back when the altered lunch tins

were all the rage?  Well, I've had a couple in my keeps and ran across

them the other day.  I thought one dressed up in Authentique Paper would

be perfect for Christmas, so I chose the Festive Collection and coordinating

stamps from Unity, Naughty or Nice (which is now on SALE!)

 In times past I have covered the top of the tin (when I actually had a pattern), but I 

went with tons of colorful ribbons and stamped tags on the handle instead.
 After measuring the height of the body, I cut two strips of "Joyful" paper into 5x12".

Next, I cut two strips of "Glistening" paper into 2.5"x12", center and attached to the
"Joyful" paper.  Machine stitch and distress with ink if desired.  I used a quick dry tacky
glue in attaching my papers to the tins.  To hide the seams, I glued on some ric-rac.

Using my newly acquired mftstamps.com doily dies, I layered the two different
sizes onto each other and embellished the top with the sentiment stamped from
the "Naughty & Nice" set.  Now, this stamp is inset into a swirl of snowflakes, but
wanting the cute shape to really stand out, I decided to trim it from the background.

The tags were as easy as stamping and trimming out.  But I took them one step
further and dressed up the tips with the sweet holly tab stickers from the
 "Festive" Details Sticker Sheet.  I also distressed the edges just a bit with
a walnut ink.

Now, what to do with my FESTIVE tin?
Every Christmas it seems I'm in search of extra hooks for the ornaments
that the kids make at school, replacement bulbs for the tree, tape for that flap that's
loosened from a present or a quick name tag.  So, now I will have a handy little
keeper for all of these things and I'll sit it neatly under my tree :)
Let me know if you have any questions!

It's time now to head over to my fellow Authentique gal, Heather's Blog!
 Here's a complete list of today's hop if you're in need: 

Unity Blog- http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com
Emily Lanham - http://www.createserendipity.net

Eryn Hagen - http://vintageglamdesigns.blogspot.com/

Guiseppa Gubler - http://guiseppagubler.blogspot.com/

Thienly Azim - http://modpaperie.blogspot.com/

Shellye McDaniel - http://www.paperedcottage.blogspot.com/

Heather Conklin - http://goldiecar.blogspot.com/

Jen Buck - http://www.thebuckstampshere.blogspot.com/

Shemaine Smith - http://shemainesmith.blogspot.com/

Authentique Blog- http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/

Be sure to leave a comment as you hop...there are several prizes to be
given away during the course of this two-day blog hop...good luck!
Thanks so much for stopping in!