Christmas treat bags

Good morning everyone,

 

I hope your weekend went well.

It's my turn again to create a project for Creative Craft World's

Christmas Countdown.

 

I like to make the children's teachers a little handmade gift at Christmas,

so this year I thought I would make some pretty packaging for some chocolates.

 

and here they are....

 

They are very easy to make!

 

You just take a cello bag (it's better if you can get one with a gusseted bottom or one with card in it like I have) and fill with chocolates.

It's very tempting having chocolates on my desk and I have to say they are YUMMY!!

 

For this bag, I just tied the top with ribbon and then made some toppers

with snowflakes cut out with my Silhouette Cameo.

Next, I cut two wooden skewers to size and coloured them with Copics.

Then layered the snowflakes with the stick in the middle and finished it with a button and some gems.

The banner with the sentiment was also cut out with the Silhouette,

wrapped around the stick and held in place with wet glue.

 

Regular readers of my blog may recognise this little gingerbread man from HERE.

 

I used the same cutting file and just reduced it in size before cutting him out of kraft card.

I layered two lenghs of Christmas paper together (one narrower than the other) and wrapped them around the bag, with the join at the front.

I covered the join with the gingerbread man, popping him up with foam pads.

The banner was made with matching paper with the sentiment on one side

and the to/from details on the other side along with a matching button.

 



 This 'Merry Christmas' ribbon is available to buy at Next!

 

 The back of the bags

 

The little banner - on one side 'Happy Christmas', on the other it's personalised with the teacher's name.

A wooden skewer, trimmed to size and coloured with a red Copic pen.

 

Supplies list

cellophane bags ~ with a gusset or a firm bottom (teehee...)

I got mine from a chocolate factory.

ribbon

chocolates ~ I used Thorntons Praline melts and Caramel melts

wooden skewers

various Christmas papers

buttons and gems

 

I hope you have enjoyed these little treat bags today,

and if you pop back tomorrow I'll have a link to Lou's blog where she will have a tutorial for a Christmas journal.

 

I'll also have a little project of my own that I made way back in the summer

but I'm only able to share it now, as it had to be kept secret!

 

Once again, thank you for stopping by today,

and I'll be catching up with you all later :)

Take care,

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter these in the following challenges:

MIM ~ always anything goes

Crafty Bloggers Network ~ Christmas anything goes

Forever Friends ~ ribbon and/or twine 

 

Day 11 Christmas Countown

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your good wishes yesterday for my hospital appointment.

I'm glad to say the nerve conduction tests were nowhere near as painful as I'd imagined,

they just stung a bit!

Unfortunately they confirmed the diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel syndrome

and it has progressed past the stage that wearing splints could help.

My next option would be steroid injections into the wrists or surgery.

I'm not keen on either but I'll have to wait and see what my own Dr says after he gets the report.

I just wish it wasn't so painful at night....

 

Anyway, enough of my problems!

 

I'm here to tell you of a fab idea Sue has for using up your older Christmas papers

to make envelopes.

You'll find the tutorial here.

 

Tomorrow it's my turn again and I'll be sharing some cello treat bags for Christmas.

They're part of the teachers' gifts for this year so I hope none of them are looking at my blog...

 

Thanks for popping in today

and hopefully I'll see you back again tomorrow :)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

Sarah xx

'cool company' Christmas card

With Christmas fast approaching I have another card to share today.

It's only the 3rd Christmas card I've made so far, so I'd need to get my skates on!

 

I've been trying to use up some of my forgotten/older stash for my cards this year.

I have no room to store anything new!

 

Supplies used

White card ~cut and scored to A6 size

Patterned Paper ~ DCWV Christmas multi stack (6x6")

Red card ~ cut with Nestabilites labels 8 die

Green card ~ embossed with Cuttlebug snowflake folder

Stamp ~ Penny Black 3743K 'cool company'

Ink ~ Memento black

Coloured with Copics

Red/White ribbon, Christmas twine & Green star button

Stickles 'star dust'

Ice white pearl pen ~

for the dots of snow in the background, but they haven't shown up too well in the photo.

 

 

....continuing on the Christmas Countdown....

I hope you've been enjoying the lovely festive projects shared by the DT

at Creative Craft World.

We're now on day 10 and Morag has a winter scrapbook page here

 

 

and that's it from me today!

I hope you're all enjoying your weekend :)

I have an appointment at the hospital this morning for a nerve conduction study

for Carpal Tunnel syndrome.

I'm dreading it a bit because I don't know what to expect and it sounds possibly painful??

Maybe it won't be as bad as I think :)

I'll let you know how it goes....

 

All the best

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday ~ cute Christmas

One Stop Craft ~ anything goes

Krafty hands ~ Christmas

2 Sisters ~ favourite Christmas stamp

CSAYL ~ anything goes

Fun with shapes & more ~ the 1st snow (Christmas/winter, white base colour)

Day 9 CCW festive project

Good morning!

 

Thank goodness it's Friday :)

It's another quick post from me this morning with a reminder o

Creative Craft World's Christmas Countdown.

 

Today Ali is sharing a gift holder which you can find here.

 

I may be back later today with a project of my own, but if not,

I'll have one for Saturday.

Take care,

Sarah xx

Christmas card with Barry Bear

Hello again!

This is my second post this morning and here's the Christmas card

I said I would share when I got a photo of it :)

 

 

 I love kraft and white together for Christmas along with traditional red and green.

So for this card I stamped white dots on the base card and added strips of patterned paper then tied satin ribbon around the top and finished with a snowflake button.

 

This little teddy is a digi from The Stamp Fairy and he is actually standing beside a birdhouse but for this card I cut it off.  I love this wee image so much you'll be seeing more cards with him soon!

He is coloured with Copics and raised with foam pads.

I added Stickles 'star dust' to his hat and bobble on the top.

 

 

It's a beautiful morning here today and my Mum

very kindly came over to help me with the housework

and then took away a big basket of ironing to do, just so I can get my DT projects finished.

Isn't she lovely!

 

That's it for me today, it's been lovely to have you vist :)

See you tomorrow

Take care,

Sarah xx

 

Supplies used

Bazzill kraft card
DP ~ Three Bugs in a Rug 'Let it Snow'

Digi image ~ The Stamp Fairy
Sentiment ~ Playtime font

Background stamp ~ Unity
White Ink ~ Elzybells pigment ink

Stickles 'Star Dust'

Snowflake button ~ Dress it up

Satin ribbon
Copics ~ C1,3,5...E53,31,33...R00,20,32,35,46,37

 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Ready Teddy Go ~ don't be square

Whimsy Stamps ~ traditional Christmas colours

Bearly Mine ~ anything goes

Just keep on creating ~ anything goes Christmas
Oldie but a Goodie ~ spots & stripes (DP, ribbon & button all older than 6 months)
Sweet Stampin ~All that glitters

Day 8 Christmas Countdown

I have a really quick post this morning

with a link to our Guest Designer Natalie's project.

You'll find all the details HERE on the Creative Craft World blog.

 

She has made a Christmas banner and from what I can see in the photo, it looks lovely.

 

 

I had a Christmas card to share this morning, but when I took the photos of it yesterday

the lighting was terrible and the photos just weren't right.

So I'm going to try and retake them again this morning and post the card later.

 

Sarah xx

18th Birthday card

Hello again!

 

Can you believe I'm managing to schedule a post every day!

It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it, isn't it?

( The housework has been put on hold though....lol)

 

This weekend is one of my nephew's (I have 10 of them!) 18th birthday.

As well as having a party with his friends he is having another party for family.

Sadly we won't be able to go because my brother (Nathan's dad) is in the middle of chemotherapy

treatment and Phoebe's chicken pox could be extremely dangerous for him.

 

This is the card I've made to send to Nathan.

Earlier in the year, I won a challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink and my prize was a voucher for the shop.

I love digi images so that's what I bought with my voucher.  As soon as I saw this image it reminded me of my nephew and I knew it would be perfect for his birthday.

The papers are Echo Park 'Note to self'.  I didn't intend the card to have as many layers but they're covering up a few mistakes... things stuck in the wrong place and then the paper tearing as I removed them...you know how it is!  lol

The large star though is to cover up a sentiment on the background paper that I don't think Nathan would appreciate....

When I stuck the image down I realised that beside it,

it said in bold orange writing 'one thing after another'.

Well, Nathan like many teenagers gets into mild scrapes and lately it has been 'one thing after another' so I didn't think he'd appreciate it pointed out to him on his birthday!

 

The number and stars are cut with the Silhouette

and the sentiment is computer generated using 'Oleo' font.

I coloured the image with Copics.

Skin: E00, 11.....Hair: E51,53,33, YR20

Trousers: B93,45....Railings & Ground: C1,3,5

Cap:R17, YR07

a close up of the layers

I also have a reminder of the Christmas Countdown over at Creative Craft World.

Today is day 7 and it's Trish's turn to share some stunning Christmas cards

she's made using her Silhouette.

 

Here's a little peek.....pop over to her blog HERE for the tutorial.

 

I know I always say it but I really do appreciate you stopping by my blog.

Your comments are a treat to read :)

 

I'll be back again tomorrow

with another Christmas link and maybe a project of my own to share too.

Take care!

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Cards for men ~ anything goes

Ladybug crafts Ink ~ In the office  (does the string wrapped around the star count?)

Lexi's Creations ~ special birthday

The Pink Elephant ~ favourite colouring medium (Copics)

Kaboodle Doodles ~ anything goes

Make it Monday ~ anything goes
Here come the Boys ~ Die cuts/punches
Allsorts ~ for men only

Day 6 and a birthday card

Good morning!

I'm back again today with another link

and this time it's for Lou's lovely Christmas scrapbook page.

You'll find it HERE with all the details.

 

 

 

My card today was another rush job, this time to send to Australia...

I'm getting into a bad habit of leaving things to the last minute!

It was for my wee nephew's birthday and although it's pretty simple I was pleased with it in the end :)

I used Woodware 'peeking over' stamps and I decoupaged the horse and sheep for some dimension.

Layered it on yellow card, added doodled stitching around the outside

and tied some twine around the top.  It was coloured with Copics.

 

That's it from me today.

I will be back tomorrow with a link to Trish's Christmas cards.

 

I'll also be sharing a card I've made for my nephew's 18th birthday this weekend.

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Take care

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Squirrel and the Fox ~ flowers, hats or horses

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

The Crafty Pad ~ anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles ~ anything goes

Christmas decorations

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you had a good weekend :)

As we continue with the Christmas countdown at Creative Craft World

it's my turn to share a project and I have chosen to make some decorations for Christmas.

 

I used my Silhouette for these to show that the machine is not just for papercrafting.

You can cut fabric with it and although I didn't cut the felt for my decorations (I think it would be too dusty)

I made templates with the Silhouette designs.

 

Here's a photo tutorial so hopefully you will want to make your own!

 

To start with I cut out the designs from a sheet of 12x12" card

 

Then I kept the sheet of negative shapes to trace around.

 

To make this little lady...scroll on down.

 

 Lay the shape over black felt and trace around using a light coloured pencil.

 

 Lay the traced piece of felt on top of a 2nd piece of black felt (for the back and front)

and cut them out together.

 

Trace and cut out the other pieces of felt the same way.

I used black brads for eyes and stitched a nose with orange embroidery thread and added a red heart before sewing the white tummy to the black front piece with running stitches.

Sew the feet on the front piece as well.

Next lay the back and front pieces together, putting a length of doubled ribbon or twine for the hanging loop in between the pieces at the top.

Sew all around the shape leaving a small gap for stuffing.

Lightly stuff with toy stuffing and sew the gap closed.

And that's it finished!

 

 

The basic instructions are the same for all the felt decorations and you can embellish as you like.

 

 For the fabric hearts, I used a cream linen type material and used my heart nestabilites die to trace around the shape.  I then laid two pieces of fabric, right sides together and stitched following the traced line ~ make sure you leave a gap for turning right side out.  Then stuff firmly, sew up the gap and decorate with buttons and twine.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it made sense!

If there's anything that's not clear, just email me and I'll try to help.

 

If you don't have a Silhouette you can always use a roller die cutting machine (Cuttlebug or Sizzix)

or even draw your own templates.

 

Thank you for visiting today

and if you come back tomorrow, I'll have the link to Lou's blog where she is sharing a gorgeous Christmas layout.

 

Take care

Sarah xx

Day 4 Christmas Countdown

 

Just a quick post from me this morning!

 Our Christmas Countdown is continuing over at Creative Craft World

and today Sue is sharing a tutorial for Reindeer noses.

Why not pop over to her blog HERE to have a look.

 

a sneak peek!

 

 

I'll be back tomorrow with some felt Christmas decorations

and I'd love you to join me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

Sarah xx