Snowman Goodie

I made this from a Lindt chocolate snowman. I used the scallop tag topper punch, embossing folder, and an oval framelit. 

Have a great day!

Frosty the Snowman

I wanted to take something to a friend who has asked us over for dinner. She is so crafty so I thought I'd make something for her.  

Frosty is what I made ...

I used The Crafty Owl's box builder page to give me the measurements I needed to make boxes with the Envelope Punch Board. The bottom box is 6"x3"x3". The next box is 5"x3"x3". The box for the head is 4"x3"x3". The hat box is 2"x3"x3". Goodies (peppermints, Lindor truffles, and Ghiradelli minis) are inside the three boxes that make up Frosty; nothing is in his hat.

I used buttons and dimensionals to help the back flaps stay in place.

The circle for the hat is the largest circle framelit. I cut a 1" strip of paper (not sure of its length) and embossed it before wrapping around the box. The flower is made with the Flower Shop stamp set and punch. The center is the flower stamp cut with the smallest center circle framelit to look like a button. All pieces of the flower were put together with dimensionals.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set.

I hope she likes it!

Have a great day!

Chimney Card

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought I would try making one. It turned out so cute!

Rudolph Gift Card/Money Holder

Isn't this just the cutest!?!?  Did you know there are only 42 days until Christmas? 

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Stampin' Up! products used in this project:

Blossom Petal Punch
Small Oval Punch
Oval Framelits
Word Window Punch
Petite Pairs Stamp Set
Chocolate Chip stamp pad

What You Need:

Brown CS 4 1/2" x 7" (card base) 
                 2 punches with the Blossom Petal Punch - the largest oval petal
                 1 punch with the Small Oval Punch for the tab on slider piece 

White CS 3" x 4 1/4" (for the base of the slider part) 
              3" x 1 1/2" (for the pocket piece)

Red CS for oval - I used the second oval framelit (from the center) 

2 - 20 mm eyes (that is if I measured them correctly)

Dark Brown CS 4 punches with the Word Window Punch

5" of red ribbon

Double sided tape

Adhesive (I used Tombow)

Glue

Hole punchers

Black thin line marker (I used a Sharpie)

Instructions:

Fold the 4 1/2" x 7" piece of CS in half. Close the bottom and side with double sided tape.

Use the small oval punch to punch a tab into the top center of the card holder.

Cut two of the dark brown pieces in half to create the antlers - use glue to hold the pieces together.

Adhere the ear pieces and antlers to the inside back of the card holder with adhesive.

Adhere the nose with adhesive to the front of the card holder.

Glue the wiggly eyes to the front of the card holder.

Draw a mouth onto the card holder.

Adhere the 3" x 1 1/2" white CS to the slider piece with double sided tape.

Adhere the brown small oval piece to the top of the slider piece. I slide this piece into the holder and matched the oval to the tab cutout on the card holder.

Punch a hole in the center for the oval and insert the ribbon. Trim ribbon ends if necessary.

Insert the slider piece into the card holder and Voila! It is now finished! 

Hope you have a great day! :)

p.s. This idea is not mine, but the measurements and instructions are. I believe I found this on Pinterest - all I have is a picture so I do not know who was the creator for this neat gift card/money holder.

Christmas Thank You Cards

I wanted to make a cute thank you card to let those who gave me gifts this year know how much I really appreciated them.

I found the snowman on a blog and since I have been sick and not feeling creative, I purchased the pattern from her here.

I made several different cards, but I sealed the envelopes before getting pictures of the others.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!'s Lots of Thanks stamp set.

I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! 

Happy New Year! ツ

Snowman Goodie Wrapper

Don't these guys look like they should be singing "Jingle Bells"???

France Martin shared these on her blog and I had to make some for my family. She used hers to hold York Peppermint Patties. Some of my snowmen held two snack size Hershey bars and others held a Chapstick and a snack size Hershey bar in these.

You can get four snowmen out of one 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white card stock. 

Items needed:

1 - 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white CS

4 - 2" x 2" pieces of black CS

4 - 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces of black CS

Ribbon

Washi tape

Brads or candy dots

Scrap piece of orange CS

Envelope punch board

Instructions:

• Score on the 11" side of the CS at 5 1/8" and 5 7/8"
• Cut on the 8 1/2" side at 2 1/8" ... Do this two more times to get four snowmen pieces
• Fold on score lines
• Take each piece and use the Envelope Punch Board to punch at 2 1/8" from each end and on both sides - your pieces should look like the picture below

• Use the Envelope Punch Board to round the corners on one end of the 2" x 2" black CS - for the top of the hat
• Place the rounded end of the 2" x 2" black CS square onto the Envelop Punch Board at the 1" mark and punch - Keep the punched out part for the snowman's mouth - Repeat on remaining 2" x 2" black CS pieces
• Use the Envelope Punch Board to round all the corners on the 1/2" x 2 1/2" pieces of black CS - for the brim of the hat - the picture below shows what your pieces should look like now

• Place washi tape towards the bottom of the hat and affix the brim to the hat
• Attach the completed hat to one end of the snowman body piece
• Cut small triangles out of the orange CS
• Attach mouth and nose to snowman
• Use candy dots or brads for eyes and buttons
• Use glue dot to secure candy to the inside of the snowman
• Tie ribbon in knot around the snowman's neck

There you have it! A cute little gift ... I think I might leave one in the mailbox for our mail carrier!

Have a great day! ツ

Gum Wrapper

Aren't these cute! 

These use Eclipse gum - just the gum, not the wrappers. 

Cardstock is 6" x 3 3/4" scored at 1/4" on the short side and at 2 1/2", 2 3/4", 5 1/4", and 5 1/2" on the long side.

Remove the sections marked with an "X" and place sticky strip on the sections marked "sticky".

Put side together then the bottom.

Punch hole in the top of the gum container and tie ribbon through the hole.

Make snowman faces with Sharpie markers.

Viola! A cute gift for someone on short notice!

Have a great day! ツ

Mojo Monday 324

It's Monday and there are only nine more shopping days until Christmas ... Are you ready?

Here is today's Mojo Monday sketch ...

There are so many things I could think of to do with this sketch - normally, I cannot think of anything!

Here is the card I created ...

I hope you like it!

Have a great Monday! ツ

Sleigh of Candy

I recreated this sleigh of candy for Ana's teacher. It turned out great and I used glue dots instead of hot glue so it didn't damage the chocolates.

It is so easy to make. If you would like step by step directions, go here.

Have a great day! ツ

Mojo Monday 323

Are you ready for Christmas? It is only 15 days away!

Here is the Mojo Sketch for today ...

I love this stamp set (Best of Snow - Stampin' Up!) and had to use it on today's card.  The sentiment is from a Paper Pumpkin (also a Stampin' Up! product).

I hope you like it! Have a great Monday! ツ

Cookie Exchange Box

The ladies where I attend church services are getting together to have a cookie exchange. The instructions were to be creative on the packaging of the cookies so I decided to make boxes to hold the cookies I make.

Here are the boxes ...

I was going to make them all the same (the candy cane pattern paper), but I found this paper with the fun colors and decided to make them all different. I am to make 20 of these so I will use the papers shown along with different ribbons to make each one a bit unique.

Hope you have a great day! ツ

Ornament Christmas Card

The bad thing about getting your Christmas cards done early is you come across other ideas that you like! I saw an ornament Christmas card and thought I world try to make one. The card I saw used an ornament punch, of which I do not have, so I thought I would try it with my oval punches.

Here is what I created ...

I used a 3/4" and a 1 3/4" oval punch. Although the picture does not show it, I put a transparency behind the holes. I then punched out the reindeer, tree, and Santa from a piece of paper, spritzed them with glitter, and taped them onto the transparency. 

I created the tops of the ornaments with the itty bitty circle punch and cut the circles in half. I cut the ribbon to be the length from the top of the ornament to a little over the edge so I could tuck it behind the red cardstock. I tied little bows out of the same ribbon and affixed the bows and the straight ribbon with a glue dot.

I added the sentiment and back it with green cardstock. I affixed this to the card with dimensionals.

I thought it turned out pretty cute for my first attempt! I hope you like it too! 

Have a great day! ツ

Christmas Pouches

I turned these along with a pencil sharpener ...

Into this ...

For Ana's class this Christmas.

I made the pouch with the envelope punch board and a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of paper. 

Directions:

* Take the paper and use the 2" mark on the envelope punch board and score/punch. 

* DO NOT TURN the paper. Move the paper to the 2 5/8" mark and score/punch.

* Turn the paper and use the score line pointer on the punch section to line up the first score line and score/punch. Move to the second score line and score/punch.

* Repeat for the third side and turn.

* DO NOT SCORE the fourth side! Only punch after lining up the score lines.

If you want pictures of these steps, let me know.

Have a great weekend! ツ

Small Gift Bags

These cute bags were created from one piece of 12" x 12" paper!

Directions:

* Cut the 12" x 12" paper in half so you have two 6" x 12" pieces of paper.

* On the long side, score at 4", 5 1/2", 9 1/2", and 11".

* Turn and score at 1 1/2". The images on your paper will determine which way to turn the paper. This score creates the bottom of the bag so turn your paper accordingly.

* Remove the square that was created by the 11" score line and the 1 1/2" score line. I did not take a picture, but here is a quick sketch.

* Trim the score lines at the bottom up to the 1 1/2" score line. (see above)

* Use red line tape (sticky strip) and place a piece on the tab on the right and another piece on the back of the third tab on the bottom (see above).

* Burnish all score lines.

* Remove the backing from the sticky strip from the tab on the right. Fold your paper in half so the left inside matches up with the sticky striped side.

* Fold the short ends of the bottom inside the bag followed by a long side and then the sticky striped long side. Remove the backing and secure the bottom of the bag.

* Squeeze the sides of the bag to create seams on both sides.

* Use an oval punch to create the handles for the bag.

* Add ribbon and a tag ... You now have a gift bag ready for Christmas or any other occasion.

This pattern can be adjusted for any height needed for a bag. Use a 12" x 12" piece of paper and increase the bottom score line so you can fit larger items in the bag. Example: make the bottom score line at 4" and you have an 8" tall bag that is 4" wide - great size for a book, candles, note pad and pen, oh the possibilities are endless!

Have fun creating your own bags this holiday season! ツ

Christmas Gifts

Last year for Christmas, I made of list of craft supplies I would like for my husband and daughter so they could get an idea of what I would like to add to my craft room.  On Christmas was I surprised when I opened gifts and found they had purchased EVERYTHING on my "want" list.  I was excited!

One of my gifts was The Cinch binding machine. Oh, I fell in love with it. I did quickly discover I did not care for the spiral bindings. I do, however, love the wire bindings as the book will actually lie flat when opened. 

For Christmas gifts this year, I made these two notebooks. One is for my mom and the other for my DIL Ashley. I updated the book I made myself last year to include the same pages they have in their books.

The notebooks have a 2014 two-page calendar with family birthdays off to the right under the "Important" column. Our family just doesn't have any birthdays in March (picture below).

There is a section for recipes. I am always looking for a piece of paper to write down a favorite recipe so I thought this might come in handy for them. I placed page __ of __ at the bottom so they could finish a recipe on another page if necessary.

The last section is Menus and Shopping Lists. I plan my week of evening meals (dinner or supper, depending on what part of the country you are from) so this is super easy for me to know what ingredients I need for each menu.  I can take my book with me to the grocery store or jot down the needed items on my grocery list.  I thought this might also be helpful for them as well.

I hope you like the books and that they do as well!

Mojo Monday Challenge 315

Wow! It's Monday already?  Here is sketch for today's challenge...

Here is what I came up with this morning.  The red and white striped paper jumped out at me this morning so I thought I would do a Christmas card.  I love the little gingerbread man!

I made this card just now (it's now after lunch) ... I like this mojo pattern!