Hot Cocoa Jars

If you are looking for some inspiration for some last minute Christmas gifts you have come to the right place. Today I have another great crafty and inexpensive gift idea.  This would be great for a quick and cute gift for a teacher, neighbor or co-worker.

 

There is two packages of cocoa mix along with chocolate chips and marshmallows with makes a perfect cup of hot chocolate.

Quick tip: this might be obvious to some but I found when I made some of these last year and used card stock for a focal image on the front and that it did not want to stay glued to the curved surface.  I tried various adhesive methods but nothing worked so this year I used a sticker sheet and stamped on it and then stuck it to the jar and it worked much better this year.

 I just love to see them all like up before giving them away. I could look at them all day.

Snow Candle

I'm back and I have a great project to share today.

 

For the craft fair this year I made some snow candles. This is the first year I have made them.  I am very pleased with how they turned out and using Papertrey Ink's Peaceful Pinecones was a pefect match for the tag.

 

 

Here is a close up of the tag.

 

Snow Candle

Supplies

STAMPS: Papertrey Ink Peaceful Pinecones

PAPER: CTMH Card stock

OTHER: Papertrey Ink Tag Die #4, Papertrey Ink Peaceful PInecone Die, Ribbon, Martha Stewart bakers twine, Bell, Clear bag

Letters to Santa kit

Hello, I know it has been quiet around here and that is because I have been busy getting ready for a craft fair. With a week and a half left til sale time my to do lists seems a mile long but I wanted to give you a preview of what will be on my table. Today I am going to share my Letters to Santa kit. 

 

 

I just loved how they look all packaged up all together.  I am hoping these will be a big hit with kids and parents alike. 

 

I wanted to create a kit that would allow the child to be creative. They can decorate the front of the postcards using the sticker sheet I created before mailing off their Christmas wish list to the big man.

Teacher Valentine's

Today I have the Teacher's Valentine's to share. I wanted to do something a little different then what I did for the kids in the class for the teachers.  So I created these little boxes to put a few chocolates in. I used this box pattern from Papercrafts but I adjusted the measurements to work with the amount of pink cardstock I had left. 

(Sorry about the dark pictures I wasn't able to finish these in the daylight hours)

Here is a close up.

Be Mine Valentine Box

Supplies

STAMPS: Clear and Simple Stamps Love Cupid, Clear and Simple Stamps Hearts Plus

PAPER: CTMH Cardstock and Pattern Paper

OTHER: Ribbon Unknown

Valentine's Treats Part 2

Today I have the other set of valentine's my youngest son it going to give out at pre-school. (Well I only have a picture of one since it was starting to get dark and I need to have some natural light to take pictures, I'm still working on tying bows on the rest)  Since the number that was needed was much smaller I decided to go with something will a bit more detail. For these treats I used my Silhouette to cut out the pillow box. For the tags I used the Papertrey Ink Limitless Layer die and colored in the image with color pencils.

Valentine's Treats

Supplies

STAMPS: PTI Tiny Treats: Valentine's

PAPER: CTMH Cardstock and Pattern Paper

OTHER: Silhouette pillow box, PTI Limitless Layer Die

One Layer Wednesday: Class Valentine's

Oh. my, I am so excited to share today's project with you.  I recently stumbled across the Little Critters set from Clear and Simple Stamps.  It is too cute for words. (Prepare yourself for the over use of the word cute) I decided to use them to make Valentine's for my oldest son's class. I just love this set, lots of options with sentiments with each of the little critters. This project came together pretty quick which is what I needed since there is 22 kids in his class. Using the PTI Half and Half die to cut them out and punching two holes to stick the sucker in took the most of the time.

Here are some close ups of the cute little critters.

Isn't that owl cute.

A purr-fect little kitty.

The bandit racoon.

A bat.

And last but not least a bee.

Critter Valentine's

Supplies

STAMPS: Clear and Simple Little Critters

PAPER: Cardstock

OTHER: PTI Half and Half Die

An Easter....Box?

Well, over the weekend I was able to finish a project I started a couple of weeks ago.  I wanted to send my sister an Easter box.  It all began with Papertrey Ink's Egg Hunt stamp set and the work that Betsy Veldman did with this set, amazing!!! So a few weeks back I created this card and slowly but surely I have been working on the other little items.  I had alot of fun putting together all of the bits to the box and I really like how the whole thing turned out. I was able to finish everything and pack it up and best of all it should be showing up on my sister's door step today.

Enough with the chatting here are some pictures.

This is everything that went into the box.  Since the box would be sitting outside a door in the heat I decide it would be best not to use chocolate, so I end up with some gummy bunnies, candy buttons, and peeps.  The cookbook is something I have been meaning to give her since it has some great stuff that is fast and easy for one person.

Here are some of the details.

I stamped the eggs on fabric.  I loved how this turned out.  Will be doing it again.

Easter Box

Supplies

STAMPS: PTI Egg Hunt, PTI Fillable Frame #7, PTI Tag it's #1

PAPER: CTMH Card Stock and Pattern Paper

OTHER: PTI Fillable Frame Die #7 PTI Egg Die, PTI Mat Stack #1 Die, Spellbinder Labels 8 die, Marvy Punches, Ribbon unknown, Fabric unknown 

Christmas Teachers Gifts- Cocoa Kits

Today, as promised, I have the teacher’s Christmas gifts I made time to craft up over the weekend. While looking for ideas I found a tread on the forum at Papertrey Ink about how to reuse the clear boxes that the stamps come in.  One of the ideas was to use it to package up some cocoa and marshmallows, so I took that idea and ran with it. And since I already had the cocoa sliders and the tag that I did for the blog hop it came together pretty quick.

Cocoa Kits

Supplies

STAMPS: PTI Background Basic woodgrain, PTI Tiny Treats Christmas, PTI Warm Happiness, PTI Stocking Prints, PTI Holiday Button Bits

PAPER: Close to my Heart, Basic Grey

OTHER: Spellbinder, PTI Mat Stack 1

Here is a closer look at one.

Here are all of the pieces of the cocoa kit, I added an extra till touch on the lable I used to close the marshmallows.  I think it is the little details that make someone feel special. 

Another little touch I added was to just slide a piece of pattern paper in the back.  I didn't use any adhesive for this.

After showing Mr. Sunny for his approval (really I just showed him because I thought it turned out so cool) he was worried the teacher's would not know that the cocoa was in the slider thing. He said I should put some instructions on the back.  I told him no problem; I have this super cute stamp set that is perfect for this. So I stamped it on a label and used the label (instructions) to hold the box close, which work out great since I was just push the flap inside the box to close it before. 

Snowman Ornament

Today I have the Christmas gifts I made last year for the boy’s teachers.  When I was searching for a crafty project for the kids teachers I found Jennifer Holmes’s cute snowman ornament. The tutorial is here and it is so easy.

To package up the gifts I used a plain white bag and put in some red shredded paper.  I also whipped up some tags.  It came together easily and was I was able to fit in making three of them over the weekend in between the laundry, grocery shopping and chasing two boys.

Gift Tag

Supplies

STAMPS: PTI Holiday Button Bits, Vintage Lables

OTHER: Spellbinder Lable Die and PTI Buttons

Christmas Chocolate Slider

Today’s share is a chocolate packet slider I made.  I found the instructions for this on Kerry’s paper crafting blog. I think these would make great stocking stuffers or teacher’s gifts along with a mug and maybe a gift card. I made up a bunch of these to have on hand for any last minute gifts and use up my old Christmas paper.

Hot Chocolate Slider

Supplies

STAMPS: PTI Stocking Prints, Warm Happiness

PAPER: Basic Grey, Close to My Heart Cardstock

OTHER: Spellbinder Nestabilities