Last Craft Show Items

I saw these stamps and couldn't stand not having them. Oh how I've missed my Prisma colored pencils! I don't make all the same card for Christmas, at most I may make 4 or 5 of something. I'm making some of these for my own Christmas Cards and made a set to sell at the craft show.

Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green and Very Vanilla cardstock, More Merry Messages stamp set and Impression Obsession stamps

Gift Boxes All Dolled Up

These Tag a Bag Gift Boxes are food safe so I used my Great Grandma's Date Nut Loaf recipe and pored the batter into mini muffin pans. I just couldn't sell them empty:-) I'll be ready to go set up at the craft show bright and early tomorrow morning. My friend Rachael volunteered to help me. Isn't that the sweetest thing?

Gift bags made with Stampin' Up! Paper

More Craft Show Creations

I'm so happy with the whole printing and binding that Stampin' Up! offers with the My Digital Studio program. I made a cookbook for my son. I wanted to keep illustrations and embellishmets to a minimum cause he is a man! Below are some pictures of it and some more thing I made for the craft show next weekend.

Origami gift boxes,with chocolate inside

Lip balm holders

Notepad cases

Tealight birthday in a box.

Craft Show Creations

I'm ready for the craft show! I have just about everything packed and ready to go. I need to figure out some way to display the wreaths I made. There are only 8 of them, but I need to hang them somewhere.  That moss is so messy when you are working with it, I did all the decorating out in the shop. I took a few pictures while I was working on them, not the best background but you can get an idea of what they look like.
 I sure hope they sell. It took a long time to cut the grapevine and form them into wreaths, then gathering pinecones, but I enjoyed being outside and the dogs were thrilled to have me with them. They laid right by me most of the time, nudging me forto pet them. The wreaths are not real elaborate...natural, just using things that I found. I know the wreaths with that shiny metallic ribbon are very popular right now. People might not like this homespun version. Oh well we'll see.

Boxed Card Sets

I've been making card sets which is such fun! I have a tutorial for the box in the tutorial section.

Lollypop Present Revisited

I'm back:-)  Here is the improved version. I like it, but to sell for $1 or $1.50 it takes too much time and too much in the way of materials. It would be a cute gift for kids though.

1. Cut four pieces of cardstock 2 ⁷/₈ inch square.
2. Cut four pieces of dsp 2 ³/₄ inch square.
3. Adhere the dsp to each piece of cardstock.
4. Punch an ornament shape in the center of each one. Use the old ornament punch for blow pops or the new ornament punch could work for Tootsie pops.
5. Fold each square in half and crease with a bone folder.
6. Glue the back sides together: half of one to the half of another. Be sure to insert the sucker before gluing the last side. Add a bow or two to the top and you have a Present pop:-)

This is the style I'll make to sell at the craft show.

Cake and a Card

I know many of y'all have probably seen these tealight cakes. After I took the picture, I added some punched flowers to the top. That really made it pop! I made this for a surprise birthday party. I put it in a gift bag along with a bottle of wine. It was such a hit, she loved it:-)  I'm going to make a bunch if these in matching boxes to sell at the craft show.

Craft Show Creations

I have been holed up in my studio feverishly creating for the Christmas Craft show. Here are just a few of the things I've made.

I designed this gift bag to hold a coordinating set of cards.

Origami box

I measured and played around until I constructed a box that would fit behind these characters. I wanted them to be large enough to hold some good things!

Origami box made from one sheet of 12 x 12

Gift Bag Tutorial

Materials

Gift Bow Bigz L. Die #129977

Word Window Punch #119857 or Large Oval Punch #119855

Sticky Strip # 104294

12” x 6” Seasons of Style Designer Series Paper #132340

12” x 6” Modern Medley Designer Series Paper # 126926
Frosted Finishes Embellishments #132150
Simply Pressed Clay #130685
Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds #131272

1.       Score 12” x 6” designer series paper at 4”, 5 ½”, 9 ½”, and 11”

2.       Turn the paper 90 degrees and score at 4 ½”

3.       Cut score lines up to the 4 ½” score line.

4.       Fold on all the score lines and trim off the small square in the bottom right-hand corner.

5.       Assemble your bag using Sticky Strip, which is only needed in 2 places The bottom picture is the inside of the bag. When folding and adhering the bag, make sure to put a long side piece on the outside of the bag, then a small tab, the other small tab and the last long side on the inside of the bag. In other words you will NOT see the small tabs. From the bottom, you will see only the long side covering the entire bottom of the bag. From the inside, you will see another long piece covering the entire bottom of the inside of the bag.

6.       Pinch sides to look like a gift bag or lunch sack, then use the Oval punch to make the handles

7.       Use the Gift Bow Bigz Die to make a beautiful bow from coordinating Designer Series Paper. Alternately, you could use some of the pretty ribbon listed below.

I used the blossom punch and strawberry slush cs to make this flower. The leaves are gumball green. The center is glimmer paper circle punch and then slits cut all the way around.  Attach layers with a glimmer brad.

Alternatives for Embellishments:

¾” Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon #

1 ¼” Burlap Ribbon #132140

Cherry Cobbler 1” Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon #132135

Old Olive Simply Styled Embellishments 132148

Hung Up Cute Clips 129389

Hardware Clips Essentials 129964

Origami Box

I must be on the box channel lately:)  This one was quite a challenge. I have several origami books and have made boxes before, but this one is a bit different. I LOVE BELLY BANDS! Most people who have posted directions for this type of box are German and I can't even say hello in German. I could only find two videos in English. One done by a German American Demo with a rather thick accent, and one by an Australian Demo. The first didn't explain it in a way that I could really get it and the second one's measurements were incorrect. So By watching both of them with a lot of rewinding, I finally figured it out. I'll make another this week, take pictures and post a tutorial. You know, I really do not like video tutorials. I hate rewinding and watching over and over. I'd rather just have written directions and pictures. I am not auditory AT ALL. I don't learn or remember from hearing things. Just write it down or show me a picture and I'm good to go.

Venetian Romance dsp, pumpkin pie, soft suede and basic black card stock, and pumpkin pie chevron ribbon.

This is the first one I made. I wanted to try it with some dsp that I didn't like, so I wouldn't waste anything pretty. Retired dsp and ribbon.

Stampin' Up's Sturdy Cardstock

SU's cardstock is thick enough to make these adorable little favors. I'm going to give some away at a vendor fair and make some for a craft show.  Just who came up with the design construction of these keen kisses? Not me, no unh-uh. That would be my friend Brenda. She is amazingly talented! She has tutorials on her website.

Craft Show Success!

Whew! It was a TON of work, but loads of fun and I made some $$$. My friends, Deborah and Pam made it such a good time. We put all our stuff together, sold each others' things and Cha Ching!

I think I've posted pictures of most of things I made, but following the pictures of our booth there are some shots of the last few things I made. Gift card holders and some South Carolina College things.