12 days of Christmas {projects} - day 6

Christmas Project #6

Wrapped Rolos

This next project is one of those super easy treats to put together, but yet it looks FABULOUS! They are perfect for those people that you want to wish a Merry Christmas to with just a little something more than a card...staff at your child's school, bus driver, mailman (or woman), your child's classmates, co-worker, hair stylist, your UPS driver (you know us Stampin' Up! demos appreciate those boys in brown!)...the list could go on and on! These have have been a big hit both at this year's bazaar and last year's as well!

Supplies you will need:

• Rolo candies (look for sales on candy bars or buy them in bulk at Costco!)
• Your favorite DSP (I used misc. retired SU! paper)
• Matching ribbon
• Any Christmas stamp set that would make a cute tag

Wrapping the Rolos:

• Remove the outer wrapping of the Rolos. The wrappers should slip right off and the gold foil will remain.
  
• Cut a 3-1/2" x 4-1/2" piece of your favorite DSP.
• Place SNAIL adhesive on one side and Sticky Strip on the other side. Starting where the SNAIL adhesive is, roll the Rolos into your DSP, ending with the Sticky Strip to secure tightly.
• Tie a ribbon around the Rolos and add a tag...
  

The tag I decided to make seemed PERFECT for this treat. It comes from the Tags til Christmas stamp set. I could have punched it out with a 1" Square punch, but decided I wanted the inked border around it, which would have gotten cut off. So I hand cut the edges (it didn't take that long...promise!) and then punched out a scallop square in a coordinating color using the Scallop Square punch. I added a Dimensional to make it "pop"!

Hope you have an extra SWEET day!!

Bless someone with a handmade treat made by you...just for them!

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Day 1 - M & M's Skinny Bag with Matching Tag
Day 2 - Rudolph Punch Art Gift Card Holder
Day 3 - Santa Suit Jars
Day 4 - Hershey Nugget Trays

Day 5 - Holiday Hand Sanitizer Ornaments

12 days of Christmas {projects} - day 4

Christmas Project #4

Hershey Nugget Trays

I'm going to have to keep today's post short and SWEET! Today is a big day for me as I am participating in a Holiday Shopping Party with 15 other vendors. I'm looking forward to sharing some of papercrafting creations and maybe get some people interested in attending my events!

You've probably seen these Hershey Nugget Trays all over and they're nothing new, but I thought I would share with you just how quick and easy they are to put together for a fun Christmas treat for a friend, co-worker, neighbor...and perfect for your child's teacher! Who wouldn't love chocolate with a handmade touch by you?!

Please note: I am using retired Jolly Holiday DSP from the last catalog, but these can be made with all kinds of DSP!!

Measure and cut your card stock (I used Cherry Cobbler)...
1-7/8" x 4-1/4" and score 1/4" in on each side.
Crease the folds with a Bone Folder.

Cut 4 pieces of various patterns of DSP...
1" x 3" each

I used regular SNAIL adhesive on one end and a small piece of Sticky Strip on the other end (as seen below).

Starting with the end with the SNAIL adhesive begin wrapping the DSP around the Hershey's Nugget.

Pull tight, and seal the end with the Sticky Strip.

Do the same above for each Hershey's Nugget and then place in "tray".

Using pretzel bags (these can be found in the cake decorating/candy aisle of your local craft store)...

Slip the tray with candy into the pretzel bag.

Stamp your greeting, choose your ribbon, and...

...punch a hole and tie the ribbon in two knots to hold secure. Finish it off by trimming the top of the pretzel bag.

These have always been super fun to make and so easy for any holiday!! In fact, I've made them for last year's Holiday Bazaar, Valentine's Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving...

I hope you will continue to join me this next week as I continue on my 12 Days of Christmas {Projects}. Please let me know if you ever have any questions on any of the projects I share.

Thanks for coming by!!

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Day 1 - M & M's Skinny Bag with Matching Tag
Day 2 - Rudolph Punch Art Gift Card Holder
Day 3 - Santa Suit Jars

turkey treats and Thanksgiving tags!

Over the weekend (and yesterday) I was able to work on a few fun Thanksgiving treats to add to my items at a local consignment shop, as well as in my preparations for the upcoming craft bazaar I am going to be a part of.

I found this cute little turkey online somewhere and just knew I had to use him to make some treats! To make the topper, I used the Top Note die in Crumb Cake and then embossed it with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The "Happy Thanksgiving" is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and I stamped it in Chocolate Chip onto Daffodil Delight. The ribbon is More Mustard 1/4" Grosgrain ribbon (retired). I attached the top note with Sticky Strip to the baggie before tying the ribbon around the top. The turkey was attached with a Dimensional.


How to make the turkey...

• Turkey Body - Owl punch with Chocolate Chip card stock (trim off the ears)
• Feathers - 5 Petal Flower punch with More Mustard & Pumpkin Pie card stock
• "Gobbler" - use the heart form the Owl punch (punch 1 in Daffodil Delight and 1 in Real Red - trim off the bottom of the one punched in Daffodil Delight and glue it onto the bottom of the Real Red heart and then turn upside and glue onto the face)
  

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Last week I attended a meeting at the home of my awesome upline Andrea Botten. She always has inspiring projects to share and one in particular caught my eye of something I could recreate. The cute little tag on the right was her creation and I just copied her design because I thought it was perfect! I added some Early Espresso sponging to the edges to give it more of a soft feel. I decided to come up with a little bit of a different twist with the tag on the left to have options. I used the BEAUTIFUL Spice Cake DSP from the Holiday Mini Catalog, Early Espresso card stock, and twine. The stamp set I used is Day of Gratitude. I tied the tag around a "tube" of Fall colored M & M's that are inside the 1" x 8" Cellophane Bags from the Holiday Mini.

As always, if you have any questions, please leave me a comment or send me an e-mail! I'm happy to help! Happy Stamping!!