Get WILD with a Matchbox template!

Hey blogland friends! Back with some more monkey business! Earlier in the week you saw the baby shower invite Traci and I put together for our cousin's baby shower. I'm back today with a fun matchbox favor container using one of Kelleigh Ratzlaff's new template releases! Run right over to Kelleigh's blog to check out this and 4 other wonderful template releases today.

This template is PERFECT for party favors and treats.

The new parents have chosen a monkey motif for their nursery and the My Cute Stamps monkey from the Circus Animals set was the perfect touch for the top of this matchbox.

This box easily fits 6 tealight candles stacked two high in the drawer. What a cute and easy party game gift. I may also make boxes for all the young attendees and fill them with treats...

won't they be surprised?

I also wanted a way to open the matchbox “drawer” in a knob sort of fashion. In comes this perfect vintage button that is bent up on two edges! A button without bent edges would work just as well too. I actually stitched the button on with embroidery floss. The floss is tied on the backside of the drawer front and then the ends were taped for extra security.

Aren't our coordinating party items coming together nicely? I have a few other ideas rolling around in my head for this little monkey...we'll have to see if I can pull them off! :)

In the meantime, I mentioned I made my digital paper right?

First the inspiration from Babies R us...

This changing pad cover set the stage for multicolor polka dots. I then used Microsoft word to insert shapes, (circles and lines), in colors that closely mimicked the changing pad cover. I made one dot in each of the four colors and then copied and pasted to my hearts content. The dots were randomly scattered by hand by clicking and dragging them all over the page. Same thing with the lines. Super easy and worth a try if you are a matchy-matchy like I am sometimes :)

As Kelleigh put it in her post I linked above, I am CLUELESS when it comes to digital anything and I don't have Photoshop on my computer. This just goes to show that even the clueless can make good digi things happen with a little creativity...and goodness knows we all have PLENTY of creativity! Feel free to ask me any questions about the digital stuff I do and I'll be happy to help if I can. :) Have a creative day and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Digital paper: custom made using Microsoft Word 2007

Paper: Papertrey Ink and Georgia Pacific

Template: Matchbox by Kelleigh Ratzlaff

Stamps: My Cute Stamps

Punch: CM and SU!

Pens: Zig scroll and brush

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Other: button and embroidery floss