Happy Hybrid Holidays!

Happy Thursday !! Kari here to share another hybrid project with you! Today we are focusing on Happy Hybrid Holidays … a little inspiration to get your mind racing on things you can create to celebrate and share during any holiday season. With Halloween around the corner I couldn’t help but create a project focusing on the “spooktacular” holiday that is just a few weeks away.

One thing that my family loves to do for almost every holiday is make “secret” deliveries to friends and neighbors. In October we call it the “Family Night Phantom.” We put together some type of treat and take it to a few families on Monday nights. This year we decided to do a “BOO” chain … where you leave a sign that they post on their door saying they’ve been “BOO’d” so that others know not to deliver to that family again and instructions for them to create a treat to deliver to someone else – causing a chain effect of spreading Halloween fun! I found a poem online and decided to alter it to fit our purpose (there are several poems to be found online … just Google “BOO” poems).

I used Ellie Lash’s Boo! kit to create the tags and door sign that we would use … it was perfect! But how would I package all of it? I decided to create a box out of 6 x 6 black chipboard coasters that I had picked up on Ebay.

I created 2 different “layouts” to use on the sides of the box. I sized them 5.5 x 5.5 to allow a layered effect with the black coasters. I printed 2 of each page (I like using Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte), trimmed them, used a corner rounder on the corners, and ran them through my Xyron machine to put adhesive on the back. Then it was time to attach the pages to the fronts of the coasters. I *LOVE* my Xyron for projects like this – a quick and easy PERFECT application of adhesive!

After applying the pages onto the coasters I had to punch the sides. You will want to punch holes along the right and left hand side of each coaster. I marked them .25 inches in from the side and 1 inch apart (marking on the back with pencil). With a 6 inch coaster I ended up with 5 holes along each side. I used my Crop-a-Dile to punch the holes.

Once you’ve got your holes punched you are ready to tie them together! Make sure your coasters are in the order you want them going around the box … for me I alternated the two designs. I chose to criss-cross my ribbon for more of a “shoelace” effect but I have also done them by tying a single knot through each set of holes. Have fun with this – there are so many amazing ribbons to choose from!

We’re almost there. After you have your 4 sides laced together to form a square you need to add a bottom to your box. Take another coaster to use as a base and add a strong adhesive around the outer edges – not too much or it can be messy!! I used QuickHOLD Craft but have also used E6000. The bottom coaster should fit inside of the box that you just stitched together. Make sure to allow the glue to dry before stuffing your box with goodies

Here is a photo of the completed box, “BOO” tag, door sign, and instruction sheet that I created.

I love to make homemade caramel corn in the fall so I thought it would be the perfect thing to fill my box with . I added my “BOO” tag to a cellophane bag stuffed with caramel corn, tucked the door sign and instructions into the back of the box, and added purple and white shredded paper – along with some silver for the “bling” effect. I hope our friends enjoy receiving it as much as I enjoyed creating it!!

Here is another example using the same tag and instructions but using a store bought tin (from the dollar spot at Target). This is what is so great about hybrid projects … they can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be!! All I did for this was print out my tag, put it on some black and purple cardstock, attach the tag to the tin with matching ribbons, placed the instruction sheet inside the tin, and stuffed it with candy – 15 minutes TOPS (since I had the tags and instructions already designed)!

My challenge to you is this: Create something to deliver to someone you love. It doesn’t have to be a “BOO” theme. It might be similar to what I created or it might be something completely different – it’s up to you!! Make sure to snap a photo of it before you drop it off so you can share it with us! Upload your photo to the gallery in the Hybrid Layouts & Projects section and then link us to it over in the Hybrid it Hot! forum.

I hope this has given you a bit of inspiration for the many upcoming holidays. I can’t wait to see what all of you come up with!! One last sample of a goodie I worked up for our Christmas deliveries using Erica Zane’s A Touch of Cherry Kit ….

Until next time -

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