Xyron Design Team Project - Re-purpose an old project!

For my first official assignment for the Xyron Design team I was given the task of taking an old project and find a new use for it.  When I opened the box to see what my assignment was I was a little excited by what I found, a clear acrylic napkin holder along with a couple of other pieces but I'm saving those for next time.  My kids though that it was a big paper clip!!!! lol.  I played around with the holder and in the end decided to keep it's general purpose as a holder but remove it from the kitchen and use it in the bedroom.

 If your kids are like mine then they LOVE their bedtime stories and normally the books end up on the floor by morning or under the pillow for some sneaking reading by torch light.  So I think I have a pretty nifty solution to help keep those books in order and ready for bedtime.  I turned the napkin holder into a 'Bedtime Stories' holder.

PRODUCTS USED

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron Mega Runner

Acrylic Napkin Holder (IKEA)

Bazzill Basics 'Dino-Mite' by Brooke Sadler Stack

Bazzill Basics Coordinates Pretty Buttons #304076

Bazzill Basics Paper Flower (Stars) #304061

Bazzill Basics 'Dinomite' Stickers #304187

HOW I DID IT

CUT A BASE TO SIZE AND PASS THROUGH THE XYRON CREATIVE STATION AND APPLY TO THE FRONT OF THE NAPKIN HOLDER

CUT A SMALLER PIECE OF COORDINATING PAPER, TRIM EDGES WITH DECORATVE SCISSORS OR XYRON CUTZ AND USING AN INK PAD DISTRESS THE EDGES

PASS THROUGH THE XYRON 5" CREATIVE STATION

LAYER ONTO THE BASE SLIGHTLY OFF CENTRE

USING THE XYRON MEGA RUNNER APPLY ADHESIVE TO TWO COORDINATING STRIPS OF PAPER

APPLY ADHESIVE TO THE STARS AND BUTTONS

CUT OUT THE PHRASE 'BEDTIME STORIES' USING THE XYRON WISHBLADE. CUT A SHADOW IN A DARKER PAPER

RUN THE LETTERS THROUGHT THE XYRON 150 X AND LAYER TOGETHER

PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER ON THE FRONT

THE REAR OF THE HOLDER COVERED IN MATCHING PAPER

THE FINISHED HOLDER!

So there you have it, one re-purposed napkin holder. 

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