Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Quick Gift For Under A Buck!
This is what I made for the ladies at the office and for my daughters teacher. The are simply votive candles with rub ons.
I was at Micheals looking for individual glass votive holders which were nearly $1 a piece. Then I picked up the votive candles which were around .40 a piece. So I have already spent roughly $1.50 once you include tax and I still needed to buy the rub ons. Just as I was leaving the candle aisle I spotted something! A box of 12 glass votive holders with candles for $8.00 which actually only cost me $4.80 after my 40% coupon. I bought a couple different packs of Christmas rub ons for around $1 - $1.50 each and was able to make at least 2 candles with each pack. Put them in a cello back with some ribbon and a tag and there you have a nice, quick and affordable gift.
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Christmas Class Treats
I decided I wanted to do something different for the class treat this year. I really wasn't up for paper crafting, so I pulled out the plastic canvas and shipped up these kissing reindeer. They are super easy to make, but a bit time consuming. I should have known better and not waited until just a few days before I needed them to get started on them. I was up late into the night, but I got them done and to my surprise they kids loved them. They had so much fun playing with them, clipping them on their hair and clothes, making them talk. It was great!
You squeeze their cheeks and they give you a kiss.
I had picked these cute stacking jelly candy sticks and added a little stamped tag to them.
I decided not to make Christmas cards this year and felt guilty for not getting use out of any Christmas stamps, so I stamped the tags.
Labels: Christmas, Plastic Canvas, Sewing, Treats
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Christmas Can
I have made a few of these in the past and they are always fun to do, not to mention VERY quick and simple. I made this to hold my gift for the office party.
You start with an empty paint can that you can purchase at most builder stores like Home Depot and Lowes. I wrapped it in 2 12x12 pieces of paper that are cut down to fit the height of the can. A white strip of white cardstock, cut with scalloped scissors to give it a ruffle effect for the trim on the enter of the coat. 2 pieces of black card stock to go around the can for the belt and cut out square for the belt buckle. You can buy a small feather boa from most craft stores and probably fabric stores. I cut 2 pieces to size and glued them around the top and bottom for fur trim on the coat. I never know what to put on the lid so I just cut a circle and put some white letter rub on's on it. The handle is carefully removed and covered with pony beads (or you can tie a bunch of ribbons around it). And that's it!! I use double sided tape when attaching paper to the can and glue when attaching paper to paper.
Labels: Christmas
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Classroom Gifts
I made snowman soup packets for my daughters 1st grade class. I printed the poem on light blue cardstock. I cut the snowman using my cricut. The packets contain instant hot chocolate, 2 Hershey kisses, candy cane and mini marshmallows. It is all sealed up in a clear envelope (like the ones Stampin Up sells).
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Ornaments
These are glass round ornaments with coordinating Chirstmas paper rolled up and dropped inside where it unrolls a bit. I used some cheap brand of rub ons on the outside that were a pain in the butt to work with. I just added a hook and tied a bow. These were made for the ladies I work with.
I put them in plastic bags used for like chocolate candy suckers you make. Tied some ribbon and added this stamped tag. I bought the stamp on clearance last year at Hobby Lobby. It has 3 stamps in it and I think I paid .60 for it. I cut it out and matted it on a round piece of green cardstock and added a jump ring to attach it to the ribbon.
I bought a kit (also on clearance, only I bought it 2 years ago) to make several different felt ornaments. I got 2 of them made this year. Maybe I will start in January to get the rest of them done for next Christmas.Labels: Christmas
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Monday, December 24, 2007
Little Gifts (No SU)
For the ladies at work and Cameron's teacher I put mint chocolate bells inside of a wire whisk and wrapped it in a cello bag. The tag says "We Whisk You A Merry Christmas". I guess there is a little SU on this. I stamped the bird from It's Snow Time on the tag.
For the kids in Cam's class I made Rudolph's red-nose repair kits. The poem says
Rudolph guides ol' Santa's sleigh,
His nose glows red to guide the way.
But if it flickers on Christmas night,
Just use one of these replacement lights.
Rudolph was made with the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge. The 'noses' inside are sour cherry balls.
Labels: Christmas, Non SU, Projects
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Santa Containers
I have a stash of Crystal Light containers in my "to be altered some day" closet. I pulled them out Saturday to make these for my niece and nephew. I filled them with candy and pens/pencils. No stamping involved for this project.
These are the larger CL containers (they hold 6 tubs of CL I think).
The red paper to go around it was cute 6 x 9.
The white strip down the front is cut 1.5 x 6.
The belt is 1 x 9.
The black buttons are 1 inch circle punch.
The buckle is 1 3/8" square punch with a 1 inch center punch.
The red circle for the lid is a 2 inch circle punch.
I used a little White boa I found in the craft store for the trim on the bottom. The adhesive I used was the Scotch Tacky Glue (love that stuff!). I used stickers for the names on the lid.
Labels: Christmas, Non SU, Projects
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Christmas Card
This years Christmas card
Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, It's Snow Time, The "Happy Holidays" was a former hostess set that I can't name off hand right now.
Ink: Handsome Hunter, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Craft White.
Markers: Brilliant Blue, Yo Yo Yellow, Real Red, Only Orange.
You can't tell from photo, but the snow on the ground is Aleen's dimensional craft paint. I used various off brand cardstock because I waited too long to decide what I was doing to order SU paper for it. Snowflake brad and some hemp complete the card.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Paper Pine Cone
These have been all over the Internet among paper crafters. It is a 3 inch Styrofoam ball (I picked up 2 for $1 at Dollar Tree). 4 coordinating sheets of 6x6 paper cut into 1 x 2 inch strips. The paper is folded to make a point and are attached to the pine cone in rows with straight pins. Some sheer ribbon was added to the top for decoration and hanging.If you would be interested in taking a class to learn how to make these using Stampin Up Designer Series paper, please contact me.
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