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Totally Tools Tool Chest

August 12, 2009 By Connie | 35 Comments

 

Yeah!  I get to stamp today!  I have the whole day set aside…well, I may run to the store real quick, too.  I’m also going to need to spend some time photographing cards!  I’m running out of photos to show you!  I know I’ve spent a lot of time creating them, just not the details of photographing!

I haven’t shared this with you before.  I sent it in for a Stampin’ Up! monthly contest, but didn’t win…bummer!  I’m disappointed because I thought it was very original.  However, you just never know what competition you are facing when you send things in!

I made the little manly tool chest from two #2 Boxes die cuts from Real Red cardstock and adhered them together on top of each other.  I ran the Brushed Silver cardstock thru the Big Shot with the diamond pattern Texturz plate and covered the front and back.  I added small strips of black folded in half for the long drawer handles on the front.  The sides, I took a silver  Small Grommet and cut it in half, then placed it in the Basic Black cardstock along each side.  I watercolored the tools and cut them out, randomly adhering them inside the tool box.  I used an elongated Word Window for the words.  You can’t see from these pictures, but the bottom has four Silver Jumbo Brads for the "feet". 

 

Unfortunately, I sent the only one I had in for the contest, so I don’t have the measurements or anything.  Leave me a comment and tell me what YOU think about this project!!!  I thought it looked pretty realistic!

Reminder that the Control Freaks Tour de Freaks Blog Hop is coming up on August 20th!  Mark your calendar so you can tour the 13 Blogs on that day!  I know I always get AWESOME inspiration from these gals.  I was happy that I got to meet up with several of them at Convention this year!  Fun to put faces with names!

    

 

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Filed Under: 3D Projects, Big Shot Tagged With: Box #2, Tool Chest, Totally Tools

I love stamping cards, altering 3D items and making little favors. I've been stamping for over 20 years and will have my 19th year Stampin' Up! anniversary in early May. I love being part of something that sparks my creativity and hear people comment, "you MADE this?" I also enjoy sharing that passion with others in my classes! If you live anywhere in the Delaware, Dublin, Powell, Lewis Center, Hilliard or surrounding Columbus, Ohio areas, join us! I love to meet new stamping friends. Email me for a current class schedule... I'm adding new classes all the time!

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  1. Lorie says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:33 am

    I love it Connie! It totally should have won!

  2. Christyne says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:48 am

    How fun! If I had picking the winner, I would have picked you for sure!

  3. LeAnne Smith says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:48 am

    Absolutely adorable!! I mean manly! I LOVE IT!! Great work & I can’t believe you didn’t win.

  4. Melanie Schulenberg says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:49 am

    That’s Cute!

  5. Adair says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:51 am

    This is awesome and a total winner to me! Very creative!

  6. dianne shiozaki says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:03 am

    super job Connie..Love it! :)very clever in making it look like a craftsman cabinet…have to see if you can get the measurements back so you can share the pattern!!! 🙂

  7. Chris says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:20 am

    OMGosh, that tool chest is soooo stinkin’ cute. You should have won hands down. Anyway, it is way cool!!!! Love it.

  8. Stace says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:26 am

    OMG this is so cute I cant believe you didnt win! What a super cute idea for the tool man in your life.

  9. Linda Rodenberg says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:28 am

    That is so neat! A guy would love to get a card or 3-D item like that, I’m sure!

  10. Barbara says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:36 am

    Connie: Just loved the tool chest. of course, I love all your cards. But, the
    tool chest – now that was original. don’t
    give up – it may still show up somewhere on
    the Stampin’ Up site! Thanks for sharing
    with all of us.

    Barbara

  11. Laura Pertot says

    August 12, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Hi Connie,
    What were they thinking??!! Maybe they have something else in store for you! Your toolbox is completely “out of the box”!! Thanks for sharing…I wouldn’t be surprised to see it somewhere on SU in the future!

  12. Julie Saylor says

    August 12, 2009 at 11:20 am

    Wow – I am floored that this didn’t win! It is fantastic and SO original!! Maybe it will show up in an SU publication later – I sure hope so 🙂

  13. Tory B says

    August 12, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I know my husband would love this. It looks just like his tool cabinet. Very cool.

  14. Loni says

    August 12, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    My hubby would love it; he is such a CraftsMan tool horse. When he looks at my overflowing stamp collection and says, boy you have a lot of stamps; I can just look back at him and say, gee have you seen the Garage? You have a lot of stuff too.

  15. Carol Smith says

    August 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    This is so stinkin cute! You should have won something for this……….

  16. Patricia Drybala says

    August 12, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Excellent “manly” project. It looks just like the Craftsman tool box … Patricia

  17. Alicia says

    August 12, 2009 at 6:13 pm

    That is freakin’ fabulous!!!!

  18. Patti Chesky says

    August 12, 2009 at 6:31 pm

    Oh my word!!! This is AWESOME!!!!

  19. Lisa D. Atha (inspired by purple) says

    August 12, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    OMG! I can’t believe you didn’t win! That looks absolutely just like the real thing. Geez, now I am afraid to try and send anything in. I think it is adorable.

    Lisa Atha

  20. MaryJo Marshall says

    August 12, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    this is sooooo cute!!! I love it – great job, sorry you didn’t win.

  21. Andrea says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    love your tool chest. What a great idea.

  22. Renee says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    What? It didn’t win? That’s just wrong. Sooo cute.

  23. Wendy Riordan says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Super cute, in a manly way!! 🙂

  24. Janet says

    August 12, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    FANtastic!!!

  25. Andrea says

    August 13, 2009 at 12:26 am

    I sincerely think you were robbed this is stinky cute! I love it! I love your blog you are very talented.

  26. Whitney Richardson says

    August 13, 2009 at 6:39 am

    This is absolutley awesome. I can’t believe you didin’t win! totally original and took deep imagination and thought to put this together. you are very talented! BTW Its whitney we aste dinner together at the Japenese steak house at leadership with Cassie I have been following your blog your doing amazing work!
    Thanks for your inspiration each day!
    Whitney
    http://www.whitney69.blogspot.com

  27. Cheryl Kosakura says

    August 13, 2009 at 11:50 am

    This tool box is so cool, I love it!!! Thanks for sharing!
    -Cher

  28. cookie says

    August 15, 2009 at 1:44 am

    Connie, you take my breath away with your creativity….. thank you so very much for sharing….. Now could ya send me some of your creativity….lol…..

  29. lisa808 says

    August 16, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Awesome creation!!! I definitely would have chosen this as a winning project.

  30. Mary Redford says

    August 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Melanie, oh my that is Soooooooooooo
    cute …and your blog is great!!have a great day sweetie…..we are moving to Owensville Ind….I bet thats close to youwell I hope it is any way…………….
    Mary R

  31. Jessica G. says

    August 18, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Oh my goodness! That’s amazing! I can’t believe you didn’t win. So original, yet so perfect!!!

    Well you would have gotten my vote! 🙂

  32. Lois Folla says

    December 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    YOU won in our hearts Connie!!!  Absoultely Adorable!!!!

  33. Suzie Q says

    December 20, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    I LOVE this idea!!! 

  34. Mary Redford says

    December 20, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    Connie, I have a tool box like that but it has a bigger one that one fixs under it ,I have my art supplies in and I wanted to know is that a stamp by any chanceI would love to have one we live in a small apt and that why i have this big tool box and belive me it in my dinner room , We have no room for my art & crafts  and omg I have over 500 set of SU stamps,,thank you for showing us ,,,
    MaryRedford

  35. Jan Hoyt says

    December 20, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Connie, I am so glad you reposted this…somehow I missed it back in August.  Definitely scores 115% on the cool scale, not sure why it didn't win either but it shoulda!   Jan

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