Double Candy Cane Holder

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends! 

Today I have kind of an upgrade to the candy cane holder that I shared with you yesterday.  Today, I have a double candy can treat holder to share.  I used product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog.  So......let's jump right in with my fun little Holiday treat holder.

As a STEPPED UP project from yesterday......I decided to CASE a project that Sam Hammond created back in 2016......and make a double candy cane holder for those times I need to give two siblings a treat.  

The holder is a Real Red piece that measures 4" x 10".  It is scored on the 10" side at 5-3/4" and 6-1/4".

I used the 'Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper' to decorate the front of my holder ..... And the 'Wrapped in Christmas' set was used for my sentiment.

My ribbon is the 'Whisper White 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon' that was colored with my Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends.

And that's all it takes to upgrade to this double candy cane holder.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Single Candy Cane Holder

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season...... Today, I'm sharing a FUN Holiday Gift giving idea. I use product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog. So...... let's jump right in with my fun little Holiday gift giving project.

Looking for a quick little treat to hand out to someone special or just as a Random Act of Kindness.  Check out this fun little candy cane holder I created.  It starts out with a Old Olive panel that measures 6" x 3".  I added a panel of 'Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper' to the front and that measures 5-3/4" x 2-3/4".

The belly band that wraps around the entire holder is a 7-1/2" x 1-2/4" piece of Real Red card stock and I added a panel of the same DSP that measures 7-1/2" x 1-1/4".

To the top of the belly band.....I added a cute little reindeer that is from the 'Warm & Toasty' set.....

And a little To/From was added to the bottom that was stamped from the 'Festive Post'.

My holder was topped off with some 'All The Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack'.  And all I did was knot that ribbon up and called this holder DONE!

The finishing touch was adding a candy cane under the belly band.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Jolly Gingerbread Gift Card Holders

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season......I'm sharing with you today my November 'Jolly Gingerbread' Paper Pumpkin kit for November.  I'm just LOVING how this project turned out. 

These little Gingerbread House Gift Card Holders will get a real work out this holiday season.

Each gift card holder is shaped like a little Gingerbread House....

And when you pull up on the ribbon......it reveals the gift card tucked inside.

Each house has all kinds of fun layering......

And the tag that the gift card is attached too is decorated too.

Must admit......This version is my favorite.

And how CHARMING are those ADORABLE little envelopes!

I have to admit......

This kit is HANDS DOWN one of my favorite to date!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Box of Snowmen Tags

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season...... Today, I'm sharing a FUN Holiday Gift giving idea. I use product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog. So...... let's jump right in with my fun little Holiday gift giving project.

Who wouldn't LOVE receiving this DARLING box of a dozen snowmen tags?  This box creation was shared by Leah O'Brien for a Pals Blog Hop back on October 14th.  Here is the link to her creation:  https://honeybeestampingandmore.blogspot.com/2020/10/pals-blog-hop-tag-youre-it.html

The box is created with a 10-3/4"  8-1/4" Garden Green base.  It is scored on the 8-1/4" side at 1", 2", 6-1/4" and 7-1/4".  On the 10-3/4" side it is scored at 1/2", 1-1/2", 2-1/2", 8-1/4", 9-1/4" and 10-1/4".

The clear slider cover is a 5-5/8" x 12" piece of Window Sheet.  It is scored at 2-1/8", 3-1/4", 7-1/2" and 8-5/8".

I created my box to hold 12-snowmen tags.  Each tag is 2" x 4" and I used the 'Scallop Tag Topper Punch' on the top of each Real Red and Garden Green tag.

I used the 'Snowman Season' stamp set and 'Snowman Builder Punch' to create each of my tags.

And instead of topping each tag with ribbon ...... I used an old clothspin and wrapped my 'All The Trimming Ribbon' around that and now whoever receives this can trim the ribbon to the length they want.

Each tag was also topped off with a 1/2" piece of 'Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper'.

Just thrilled with the way this little gift turned out.

Can't wait to give it away.

Thanks Leah for sharing your cute project with us.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Sharing Our Christmas Tree and Christmas Cheer Tags

Happy Thursday My Blogger Friends!

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season...... Today, I'm sharing a FUN Holiday Season tag idea. I use product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog.  But.....before I jump in and share the tags I created........I want to share my Christmas Tree for this year with you (thank you Debbie for the gentle push).

Every year.......I decorate our Christmas Tree with a new theme.......And I alway make home-made ornaments that I start working on months before our tree actually goes up.    Typically, those ornaments would be some type of papercrafting idea and would be made to be disposable (as you will hear shortly the reason why disposable).   Christmas has always been my FAVORITE time of year and as a child ..... My memories are filled with lots of Christmas JOY.   So.....With all that Christmas Joy in my heart ........ Each year I would drag Jack out to chop down our Christmas tree.  I quickly learned......Jack did not share the same HAPPY HAPPY Christmas Joy Joy that I did.  He went along with cutting down the tree.......And agreed to dragging the tree into the house......Getting it in the stand......And then I would give him the "Go For It" sign and off he would head to the famly room to watach football while my job was to decorate the tree.  (Honestly.....this was a GREAT plan because I wanted my Christmas Tree to look PERFECT and lets face it.......Who hasn't just pitched the tinsel onto the tree to get it over with.  NOT ME....Just ask my kids - It's one strand of tinsel at a time)  

SO......I came up with the BRILLIANT IDEA to make disposable ornaments because when January 1st came around and the tree had to come down and it was a tad bit dried out ...... All I needed to do was pull off the lights and Jack would drag the tree with the decorations out to the street for pick-up.  Because lets face it......nobody wants to pull ornaments off  a dried up tree and have their hands pricked with sharp needles.

So.......This year I decided to crochet Candy Canes for our tree and also create some ADORABLE Gingerbread Men to go along with the candy cane theme.  And just for the record.......These ornaments will not be thrown out!

Here is a close-up of the 100 crochet Candy Canes I made.......And the 75-PaperCrafted Gingerbread Men.  (Jack calls all this work I put into this project as my "nervous energy".......But I just say it's a project of LOVE!!!)

Just couldn't be happier with the way our tree turned out this year.  

So....... Now......How about we jump in on the holiday tags I created.

These little tags are going to look so cute on some of my Christmas packages this year.

I used the 'Warm & Toasty' set and stamp the ADORABLE reindeer onto the center of my 2"x4-1/2" Whisper White tag.

I used my Real Red, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Stampin' Blends to color that little cutie in.

And then I added some 'Real Red 3/16" Braided Linen Trim' to top of each tag.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

5-Merry Cards

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season...... Today, I'm sharing five FUN Holiday Season card ideas.  I use product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog.  For all five cards I used the 'Festive Corners' stamp set and 'Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper'. 

First up is an Old Olive version of my Merry Card.

I used White Embossing Powder for the sentiment around the top right hand corner of my card.

Next up is a Mossy Meadow version.

 

I used 'Whisper White Embossed' to create my Merry banner.

For this Whisper White version.......I used Real Red ink.

And added two stars using the 'Stitched Stars Dies'.

 

And here's another Mossy Meadow version.

Just crazy about how the stars POP on this fun DSP. 

And here is the formula I used to decorate the inside of my cards.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Joy To The World Card

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

To continue KICKING OFF the upcoming Christmas Holiday Season...... Today, I'm sharing a FUN Holiday Season card idea. I use product from both the 2020-2021 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ...... as well as the 2020 Stampin' UP! Mini Holiday Catalog. So...... let's jump right in with my fun little Holiday card project.

When you are SHORT on time ....... And need to create LOTS of cards ...... Here's my answer for you.

Start out with a Real Red base card and add a layer of Old Olive and top that panel off with a Whisper White panel.  Next cut 1-1/4" x 3" pieces of the 'Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper' and started arranging those onto the top of the Whisper White panel.

Next, I used the 'Joy Dies' and cropped out the layering words "Joy" and positioned that in the center of my card.  The last thing I did was use the 'Peace & Joy' set to stamp my "To The World" message and then adhered that to the corner of my card.

The best part of making these cards is you can change out the base card and layering colors......And end up with different cards every time.

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share more Holiday projects with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!