Do It Yourself, Soap on a Rope Gag Gift

Hello!

I made some Father's Day cards using the Ties Digi I have for free HERE. More on the card later...

I really love to tease my father in law. He is just the sweetest guy and he has a good sense of humor. He dishes it out, but he can take it too! Also, I don't know how many soap on a ropes my Dad received from us as kids, but I'm sure they could have filled a bathtub! So this gag gift worked for both of them. 

I decided to have a little fun with our Dads and send them a "do it yourself", mini soap on the rope kit. It comes with instructions and a troubleshooting guide, and is small enough to fit in the card.

Here's the card:

Here's the soap with hook & rope with the instructions and troubleshooting guide in a ziploc bag:

I just typed the header for the ziploc bag out in Word and attached it with staples.

Here's the instructions I made up. It's a png, so take it if you like it. Hubby thinks it's silly, DIL likes it...it's a lottery!  :)

And also the sentiment for inside the card, if you want it.

I prefer to paper piece rather than color, so I printed the ties on 4 different sheets of designer paper.

Then I cut them all out and inked the sides...I distress inked all the designer papers on the card.

Here's the paper pad I used. The card and envelopes were the gold ones from Michael's.

I stamped the soap because it was a soft soap. I used a regular rubber stamp.

Here's a snap shot of the inside as well. I still have to add the sentiments to them. The background paper is 7 Gypsies.

You can take any piece of unused soap and cut it smaller. Some soaps will be harder than others, but you can just cut them with a knife. Then include a hook and a piece of hemp or even embroidery thread, yarn or whatever. Use a ziploc or make a small envelope they'll fit in and you have a Soap on the Rope Kit! 

Well, that's it for today! Enjoy!

Carmen