Christmas Muslin Stamped Goodie Bags

As I mentioned in my last post, I was finishing up making some goodie bags for Jennifer's classmates.  We were at Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark with her over the weekend, and I gave them to her to take home and fill with goodies that she and her Mom had purchased.  I had been through my stash and trying to clean things out and found these mini bags I had purchased stuffed in a drawer.  I  decided to try and use my stamparatus and make some for Jennifer and her classmates.  I have to say the videos make it look easy, but I found that the clear stamps didn't turn out as good as the rubber stamps.  On a few of the bags, the black ink ran but for the most part they turned out pretty cute!  I also found this adorable snowman stamp mounted on wood that worked great!  I only had 15 of the smaller bags, so I made Jennifer a larger one stuffed with a candy cane, covered notepad and some other Xmas items.  I really liked how they turned out.  Here is the large one I made for Jennifer.

After I stamped them in Stazon ink, I colored them in with my markers.

I went through my Christmas stamps and picked out different stamps to try.  For some reason, the bags didn't like the brown marker, but I thought the gingerbread man and reindeer were cute together and I loved Mrs. Claus.

I decided to use different colors on the snowmen.

I computerized my greeting and then punched them out with my bell punch.

I enjoyed making these and love how they turned out.  Jennifer is having her Christmas program on Friday and will hand them out to her friends and her teacher's gift as well.  I hope everyone is getting their to-do list finished.  I know mine still a lot of things not marked off.  We are suppose to get a nasty storm by the end of the week, so I'm trying to finish up my shopping.  Depending on how much I get done, you may or may not hear from me for a while!!

I submitted this post to CardzTV Challenge #79 - Anything Goes. and Moving Along with the Times Challenge #87 - Anthing but a Card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Hershey Nugget Wrapper and Santa Box

I am trying to finish up most of my crafts this week and then work on some cards.  Over the weekend, I made the rest of my little Nugget wrappers for the Wellness Center  I saw this video at - Dawn's Stamping Thoughts - and thought they were so cute.  They look like little packages under the tree.

Since I made about 50 of them, I cut all my papers first and then used my Envelope Punch Board.  I have to admit it took me awhile to get the knack of putting them together.  You don't have much room for error.  I learned very quickly that you have to score them well and break down the fibers well and then the little boxes came together easier.  I used my small star punch in glimmer paper to top them off.

It was a great way to use up some scraps of DSP paper as well.  My daughter won't be taking them in to the Wellness Center for another week, so I used 2 glue dots to secure them as I wanted to make sure they didn't come apart on the trays.

Here is one of the trays I put together.  I wanted to find some little trees to put in the center but finally saw this adorable - Santa Box video - that Dawn posted on her blog.  She put some candy in a bag, but I just put the left over nuggets in Santa without the bag.  I think it is so cute!

I have some extras that I made and have been handing them out like she did.  Joe and I had an appointment today and gave some out to the staff and they were so excited.

I have to make another Santa Box for the other tray and then they will be ready to go.  I have been working on Jennifer's gifts for her classmates.  They turned out so cute!  Wait until you see them!

I entered this post in CardzTv Challenge #78 - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Pop-Up Mini Pizza Box

I was looking for something to make Jennifer's teachers for Christmas and I saw so many of these adorable mini pizza boxes all decorated up for different holidays.  I think they are so cute!  I decided to make the one that - Debbie's Designs made mainly because I had the DSP paper that she used and loved the cute surprise that pops out!

They came together pretty quick.  She does a great job with her tutorials.  I changed up the CS color as I don't have Poppy Parade.  I planned on using Real Red, but it definitely did not look right with the DSP that had Poppy Parade color in it!  You think red is red but - NO!!

Here are the little Peanut cups that I decorated.  Aren't they cute!!  Now, are you ready for the pop-up surprise???

Here comes Santa!  I just love how you fold this cute little fella up and he pops up when the box is opened! 

Here is how I finished up the pizza box.  I used some twine and found some cute little jingle bells that I had in my stash and glued them on the circle with the sentiment.  You could make these with so many different figures for different holidays.  This is just one example.  Well, the weeks are going by quick and I have some more goodies to make.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy