This past week I got a sweet surprise in the mail. Donna Keller-Houser sent me some Bella Rose designer series paper that she had cut using her Baskets and Blooms Big Shot die. She said she hadn't seen me post one of these baskets on my blog so she thought she'd send me some die cuts to play with. Isn't that sweet? It's very observant of her too. Thank you Donna! So I sat down and made this darling basket.
Here are some quick tips on how I put it together.
Put a piece of Sticky Strip on each half of the basket in the little section marked off by the perforated line. Adhere the two sections of the basket together. DO NOT fold the basket on the perforated lines. If you do this, your basket will be more oval shaped than circular.
Put a piece of sticky strip across the inside bottom edge of the basket. The Sticky Strip will have little buckles and bumps in it because it's a straight line and you're trying to put it along a curved edge.
NOTE: If you click to enlarge the photo above, you'll see that the perforated section is going down the left side of my basket. This is important to note for the next step.
Take the bottom of your basket and fold along the score line so that all of the little tabs are pointing down. You can see the red tabs in the photo below are pointing down.
Now it's time to adhere the bottom of the basket. You want to start adhering the bottom of the basket on whichever side your perforated strip is on. My strip was going down the left side of my basket, so I started on the left side.
Line up the bottom of the tabs with the bottom of the basket and roll it slowly across the length of the basket. This will adhere each of the tabs as you go. When you've rolled across the entire length of the bottom edge, adhere the two sides together to finish forming your basket.
Here's what the bottom of the basket looks like when you're done.
This project was so easy to make and I love the way it turned out. Thank you so much for thinking of me Donna. I hope you have a wonderful Monday. Thanks for stopping by! ~Dannie
Paper: Bella Rose DSP
Accessories: Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Dimensionals
Big Shot: Baskets and Blooms Die
