Category Archives: Candy

Sweet Jar Happy Birthday Card

Create this card in May when you get the new Sweet Jar Bundle! You will find it in the Online Exclusives coming May 6th! Can you believe it will be May 6th next week already?! This is going to be fun set to be very creative with, I believe!

In the Sweet Jar Bundle, you get the Sweet Jar Stamp Set and the Sweet Jar Builder Punch. The Punch punches out the jar and the lid. You can stamp them first and then punch or just punch plain paper and jazz it up if you want.

For this slimline card, the card base is Peach Pie cardstock with a layer of a pinkish/peachish paper in the Full of Life 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. One of the “other sides” of this very colorful pack of paper! Start with a 6″ x 6″ piece of cardstock, score at 3″ and you have a slimline card, as we call it. You can vary the measurements if you have a larger envelope that your card will fit in.

The jars are punched from Basic White cardstock and the candies inside are stamped on there. It’s easy to ink up the stamp to make all the candies the same color. If you want to make them different colors you have to use a Stampin’ Write Marker for each candy. Since my photopolymer stamp was new, it wasn’t working great with the marker on another card I made no matter what I tried. So this method is easier. You can even imagine these candies being something else in the jar. Use your imagination! I also took a Pool Party Stampin’ Blend marker and just lightly let the brush tip run along the edge, ON the edge, of the jar just to put a hint of color to make it look like a glass jar, with a few little highlight streaks. Hold the jar in your hand when you apply the ink to the edge so you’re not really drawing it on. You could probably use a gray marker as well. The lids I punched out of Gold Foil scraps. All three jars luckily fit on this slimline card with a couple of them tilted a little bit. It makes them fit and looks a little more fun! The greeting is in the set and is stamped in Peach Pie ink. I cut the ends to make a little banner out of it and made the strip narrow to fit on the card. Everything is glued down flat to the card. Not one to leave off some embellishment, I had to add three little Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems, also coming in the Online Exclusives.

This Sweet Jar Bundle will also allow you to make shaker cards for fun! Start thinking of ideas of what you will want to make!

Old Easter Bunny Joke!

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This old bunny stamp and this old Easter Bunny joke made into a card still makes me laugh! It wasn’t my original idea. I got it from someone else online at least six years ago if not longer! And I still have the stamp! And this card was made long ago, too!

It goes along with the talking point, do you bit off the chocolate bunny’s ears first or his butt? The ears would be the easiest, but if you want to keep the main shape of the bunny I guess you would go for the bottom!

In either case, I hope the Easter Bunny leaves you a BIG chocolate bunny to munch on whichever way you like!

Have a Happy Easter tomorrow!

PS: If you need last-minute Easter ideas (cards or treats!) just click on the drop down box under Categories on the right side of my blog, under the Annual Catalog, and choose Easter. You’ll find lots of things that I hope will give you some inspiration!

Three Fun Little Easter Baskets To Make

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If you are looking for some easy and fun Easter baskets to make, here are Three Fun Little Easter Baskets To Make to help you get started! You can copy these exactly or make the basic basket and then choose how you are going to decorate it. These baskets are from five years ago apparently but they have been very popular through the years! I have made newer ones in recent years, including this year, but these just seem classic. Use whatever colors you like, use cardstock or designer series paper, decorate with stamping or punch art, whatever your creative mind comes up with!

This is some Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (retired) that I used back then. Since it was already 6″ x 6″ in size, it was perfect. Score at 2″ and 4″ on one side, then turn the paper and score at 2″ and 4″ so you have that tic-tac-toe pattern as I like to call it. All three baskets are made this way. Cut up on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. If you like, you can round off the corners as I did on this basket if you have a punch that can do that. But it is fine if you don’t. Cut a matching handle of about 8 1/2″ x 1/2″.

Fold the paper into a basket and use brads or glue to hold the sides and handle together. The handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside.

This gingham basket is decorated with a little punch art bunny face! So cute! I made the bunny face with a circle die and two oval dies. You could use punches. If you don’t have any ovals, you might have a leaf die or punch that would work or just cut something out by hand. I used the tip end of Stampin’ Blends markers to draw on the parts of his face and the little “stitching” around the sides of the face and ears. Adhere to the side of the basket with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

This basket is made with Melon Mambo cardstock, scored and cut the same way as the basket above. The paper is the retired Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (retired). Each section of the Melon Mambo basket is 2″ x 2″ so you can cut the designer paper just a “smidge” less than 2″ on each side or 1 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ if you want a little bit of margin showing.

Just fold the sides of the basket together, adhere with brads or glue, adding in the handle as well. Then decorate with a flower such as with the Daisy Punch or whatever you have and add a gem to the center.

This last basket is pretty enough with some floral stamping on the cardstock! It is Pool Party cardstock stamped with flowers in the Painted Glass Stamp Set (retired) with Pool Party ink. Just add a pretty ribbon like this Variegated Petal Pink and White ribbon.

Fill the baskets with Easter grass or paper shred and some Easter candy treats! These would be cute as a little favor at each place setting at your Easter table. Or make one for yourself for a decoration in your home! Complete with chocolate candy, of course!

Easy Chocolate Easter Bunny Treat

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Here is an Easy Chocolate Easter Bunny Treat that you can easily make for a little favor or treat for Easter. All you have to do is buy some chocolate bunnies! They are required for Easter, aren’t they? I’ve made these little treats through the years and you can vary the size according to the size of your chocolate bunny or whatever you are putting inside.

If you have a bigger treat, just make the treat holder taller or wider and possibly increase the size of the base if you need to to make the treat fit inside. You don’t even have to cut a window in the front if you want to decorate the front and hide the treat a bit. But my preference is making a cute opening so you can see the treat inside as if it is in its little home!

For this particular one, since I had just a small chocolate bunny, I cut a strip of Pool Party cardstock at 2″ x 8 1/2″. I could have made it a little bit shorter or probably wider would have been better for wider sides to be a little sturdier. After cutting the 2″ wide strip, score at 3 3/4″ from each end. That gives you the middle section which will become the flat base of the treat holder and you will put the treat on that center base. You should be careful with adhesive and candy, but I did put a little Stampin’ Seal on the bottom of the treat holder to hold the bunny in place.

For the opening, I used one of the rectangle dies in the Nested Essentials Dies. Position it on what will be the front side of the treat holder and exactly where you want it to be. If you are decorating your treat holder with designer paper, then adhere that to the front first before you diecut. After you have the front opening cut out, fold and crease the two score lines and punch two holes for ribbon at the top, unless you are going to use some other closure. Decide if you want another color or stamping on the inside background behind the candy and adhere that to the inside before adding the candy.

Decorate the front however you like, with stamping, DSP, embellishments, a greeting, whatever you like. I used a few diecuts in the Celebrate Love Ephemera Pack. See! It wasn’t just for Valentine’s Day! I even glued a stem of flowers to the inside. Oh, and I put some Lemon Lime Twist grass at the bottom. When I used to make these I used the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch I think it was named to make the top edges fancy. But rather than look for a punch, I just clipped the two corners off to give it a little something. Then I tied it together with some silver trim I had handy.

As you can see, you can make one of these little Easter decorations pretty quickly and easily and they will give your guests a smile on their face to receive one! Plus one by each dinner plate at your table for a little favor and to decorate the table! Or put one in an Easter basket!

Here is a side view of the treat holder.

Just play with this idea and see what cute things you come up with!

Make Easy Little Easter Baskets

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It’s time to make some cute things for Easter and here are two quick and easy Easter Baskets! All you need is a 6″ x 6″ piece of paper to make the basket. You can make the baskets with either cardstock or designer paper or both. After that, just decorate the basket a little bit and add some “grass” and treats!

Start with a 6″ x 6″ square piece of paper and score like a tic tac toe. Score at 2″ and 4″, then turn and score at 2″ and 4″. Cut on the two vertical score lines up to the horizontal score line. Do the same on the opposite side. See the photo of the basket with designer paper below to see how the basket paper is scored and cut. Cut a handle of about 8 1/2″ x 3/4″ or whatever size you like.

Crease and fold all score lines. Round all four corners if you like or leave them as is. Form the paper into a basket and use brads, staples, or glue to hold the sides and handle together. Make sure you are putting adhesive so that it doesn’t show from the front. If you think of it ahead of time the handle goes in between the two side flaps and the center flap. That hides it a little bit on the inside. ! Or it can just be glued to the inside of the basket.

If you use cardstock for the basket, you can decorate with squares of designer paper as you see on this layout. Since each square is 2″ x 2″, I cut the Storybook Moments Designer Paper at 1 7/8″ x 1 7/8″.

If you want to decorate the basket handle you can add a narrow strip of designer paper to the cardstock. You can even tie a ribbon on to the handle if you like.

Here is what the front and back of the basket looks like with the flaps folded in and adhered together.

The basket with the Storybook Moments DSP has a base of Old Olive cardstock. I love the strawberry design on this paper. The other basket (the one show above) is made with the Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper. Each basket has a diecut character from the Storybook Moments Paper. The little mouse is layered on a diecut out of Old Olive. I just found it in my package of cardstock, it probably is a retired die but I liked it. You can use anything that fits the size of whatever decoration you are putting on the front and goes with the size of the basket. The plaid basket has a Calypso Coral die cut circle for a layer made from the Stylish Shapes Dies.

Just do whatever you like to make your basket and decorate it. These baskets only take about five minutes to make! So cute and so fun! Especially with chocolate candy inside!

Last Minute Past Valentine Ideas

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If you are looking for some last minute Valentine ideas, here are some from past years that you can make with stamps and paper in your older “stash” or update them with newer craft supplies.

Valentine Jar

The first one you see above is super easy if you want to make a treat for someone….or put a candle inside! Just grab a jar, a doily, and a heart! Tie some ribbon or twine around, even add a greeting if you like and you have a very cute holder for some candy, a small gift, cookies, whatever you have that will fit in your jar. You don’t even have to have a lid, but if you do, you can decorate the top of the lid.

Valentine Candy Bars

Get a regular-size chocolate candy bar (or even the gigantic ones!) and wrap it with cardstock or designer series paper and decorate. Even if you almost have no supplies, you can cut out or draw hearts for sure! If you want, tie a ribbon around the candy bar lengthwise you they can pull it out of your decorative wrapping without tearing it open!

Make a Heart Flower

Use this card as an idea to make a flower out of a heart, a couple leaves, and a stem! While you’re at it, make two or three heart flowers! You can make a card similar to this one or decorate your Valentine jar with one.

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders

This idea is an oldie but goodie paper craft….candy holders in a matchbook design! Just fold a strip of cardstock, cut or punch a slit in the bottom section that folds up and slide a chocolate square into it. Decorate the cover and you’ve got it. Click on the title to go to the blog post for all the directions.

Decorated Heart Foil Tins

Maybe you still have a few of these Heart Foil Tins in your stash somewhere, but if not, just decorate a small box or whatever you have. Just use hearts or doilies, stamps, whatever you have to decorate your container.

Bee Mine Book Fold Card

Whether you have the old Bee Mine Designer Series Paper or the newest Cute As Can Bee Designer Series Paper (which I think is almost the same designs, just different colors) you can make plenty of Valentines with any of the sheets. This card is the fun Book Fold design, with the fold at the top, which is very easy to make. Click on the title under this card for all the directions.

Hopefully these samples give you some ideas if you need to make a Valentine card or treat right away!

Make Place Cards For Thanksgiving Dinner

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If you are serving Thanksgiving dinner at your house, you might want to make place cards so people know where to sit or just for a table decoration. When I was a little girl, I always liked to make place cards! Sometimes I made them at my grandma’s house when it was just my family and grandparents. I just folded some paper in half and stuck on a sticker or drew a little picture. Little did I know that years later I would have all kinds of paper, ink, and stamps and a multitude of tools and accessories to make place cards!

Here are three ideas for making place cards.

This little pumpkin is made with punched hearts. I used the heart in the retired Heart Punch Pack that had this regular heart punch and one with a scalloped heart punch. You may have other heart punches or heart dies you can use. If you have the retired Apple Builder Punch that would work also. Just cut or punch out several hearts and score them down the middle to make folding them in half easier. You can cut out a little stem by hand if you like.

Fold and crease each heart in half. Apply glue to the top of the first folded heart and adhere another folded heart to it, making sure it lines up pretty well on all sides until you have all the hearts stacked up and glued together. Use as many or few hearts as you like. Before making it into a pumpkin, use a sturdy scissors and cut off the bottom point of the stack of heart to make a straight line for the base of the pumpkin. You only need to take off a little bit. Die cut or cut out by hand a leaf and write a name of a guest for the place card. Then open up the stacked hearts. before you glue them together, adhere the stem if you cut one and the leaf to hold them. Glue the hearts together so you have a standing pumpkin! If you want to get fancy, maybe you have a stamp set with a pumpkin and can stamp that first and fussy cut or diecut, whatever you have, or shade the edges of the hearts.

Here’s the standard kind of place card, the kind I used to make for our family dinners. You can make it any size you want. Mine is a 4 1/2″ x 4″ piece of Basic White cardstock, scored in half at 2 1/4″. I stamped the small pumpkins from the Playful Ghosts Stamp Set, colored them with Stampin’ Blends markers, then cut out by hand. I also diecut some foliage from the Textured Floral Dies in both Lemon Lime Twist and Garden Green cardstock. If you have the Bough Punch you can use that. I cut the diecut foliage apart because I only needed little pieces to glue to the place card behind the pumpkin. I put just a tiny bit of glue behind the pumpkin to hold it in place while I glued down the foliage where I wanted it and then added a bit more glue under the sides of the pumpkins. An easier way, if you have the stamps that fit, would be to stamp a pumpkin, hold a mask over it, then stamp foliage on each side. Remove the mask that protected the pumpkin and yours should look like mine except stamped! Or simply stamp and color a pumpkin in the corner of the card.

This kind of place card is actually a little party favor, too! I simply covered a small chocolate bar with a piece of designer paper and added a name on top. I used a piece of the green plaid paper in the Season of Green & Gold Specialty Designer Series Paper. You could just use cardstock as well. I used a piece that was about 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. It all depends on your candy bar, of course. For this card, I diecut a piece from the Everyday Details Dies on which to glue on the pumpkins and write the name. On the other candy bar in the top photo, I used a diecut from the Unbounded Love Dies in Very Vanilla and used a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blend just to outline the edges of the diecut, plus added two Gold Textured Dots. There are no bounds to what you can do with these!

These are just some ideas to get you started! Once you begin, you will likely come up with more and better ideas! Just have fun!

Halloween Ideas From the Past!

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Here is an assortment of Halloween Ideas From the Past! Maybe you don’t have the newest products to use or just want more fun Halloween ideas here at the last minute! Here are some of my favorites! Click the title to go to the blog post for directions and information.

Quick and Easy Frankenstein Halloween Card

Frankenstein’s face is always a fun and easy card to make. Once you have the idea, you can use it on lots of other projects.

A Fun Spider Card for Halloween

This is an oldie, but just punch out or diecut a circle and add some legs you can cut yourself!

Halloween Witch’s Boot Candy Treat

Save a paper towel roll or create your own, then decorate to look like a witch’s boot! I’ve made several variations through the years! So cute! Put a bag of candy inside!

Triangle Treat Box For Halloween

Learn to make this easy triangle treat box and you can make one for any occasion! What is easier than decorating with a black cat and harvest moon or any Halloween image, stamped, punched, or diecut!

Cute Halloween Treats To Make

This treat holder couldn’t be simpler! Just decorate the front however you like for Halloween! Use stamping, designer paper, diecuts, anything!

Ghosts Halloween Gift Bag

If you need a gift bag for a Halloween treat or a bag for trick-or-treating, just take a kraft gift bag and decorate the front with designer series paper, stamping, or whatever you like. It’s like making a card on the front of the bag!

Them Bones Halloween Treat Bag

We’ve all made these bags a million times! Just decorate for the season!

I hope these Halloween papercrafting ideas from the past give you some new ideas for the present!

Halloween Memories Stickers Candy Bars

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Decorating these candy bars for Halloween was one of the easiest projects to do! When I came across these chocolate bars with a Harry Potter wrapper, I knew I had to get them for my niece and nephew and their families who love Harry Potter. When I went to decorate them, it was so easy with the Halloween Memories Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. In the kit, you get designer series paper, cardstock, and stickers! And obviously, you don’t have to only use it for scrapbooking, although it would sure make scrapbooking Halloween memories easy!

For these candy bars, I wrapped each one in a different Halloween color of cardstock. You could use designer series paper which is a little thinner and easier to fold around. I secured the two ends on the back to each other with Stampin’ Seal+ which is a little stronger. I happened to have some scraps of the Dotted Circles Embossing Folder so I cut those down into strips and adhered around the candy bar. On the third bar at the top I used a piece of the Halloween Spells DSP to wrap around. The rest are stickers in the kit except for a few Daffodil Delight stars I punched out with a retired small star punch. The ghost is my favorite technique of all time, cutting a heart in half and making it into a ghost!

Here is another group of decorated candy bars using cardstock and stickers in the Halloween Memories Scrapbooking Workshop Kit. I did add some eyes on the bats with a white gel pen. And on the top purple bar is the other half of the heart ghost and some punched out stars.

These were so fun and easy it was incredible! I had no plan, no design idea, just played with what I had in front of me. Using chocolate candy in your stamping projects is always one of the most fun things you can do! Even if you had little candy bars you could wrap around small pieces of paper and decorate a little bit. Designer Series Paper probably would work best.

Have fun jazzing up some of your Halloween treats!

Cute February Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Paper Pumpkin February 2024 Kit Sweet Springtime

My Sweet Springtime Paper Pumpkin Kit finally arrived the other day and I was thrilled to see the box itself in person! I can’t wait to dive into this kit as soon as I get time to relax and stamp!

If you are a subscriber and received your kit, here is the unboxing video. Every Paper Pumpkin Kit comes with a video to see how to assemble the project. You also get directions, but I think it is fun to watch the video!

Yes, it is past time to get this kit as part of your subscription, but if you subscribe now, you can go to the Online Store, under Kits-Paper Pumpkin, and then look under Refills, Past Kits, & More. You can purchase the REFILL kit, which does not include the stampin’ ink spot or the stamp set but has all the pieces otherwise to make the project. You can choose a stamp set you already have to stamp any greetings. You might even want more than one refill kit!

Refill includes:
* 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
* Projects include printed cards and gift boxes
* Folded standard card size: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
* Folded slimline card size: 3-1/4″ x 6-1/4″ (8.3 x 15.9 cm)
* Gift box size: 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ x 4″ (6.4 x 6.4 x 10.2 cm)
* 6 printed envelopes
* Precut paper pieces
* Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine
* White Classic Matte Dots
* Adhesive

Product colors: Berry Burst, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Pecan Pie, Petal Pink, Very Vanilla

You must be a subscriber to purchase any extra full kits that are still available or the Refill Kit if that is available, while supplies last. Since it is Sale-A-Bration for about one more week, put a Paper Pumpkin Prepaid Subscription on your order and earn Sale-A-Bration rewards! Even if you already have a monthly subscription, you can purchase a Prepaid one and put the code in your account that Stampin’ Up! will email to you. Your account will use that subscription until it runs out and then revert to your monthly subscription.

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Sour Cream Container Birds

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Here’s a fun idea you might like to try for a Valentine treat or a fun little bird! The other day I saw a reel on Instagram of someone using short toilet paper rolls and forming them into a little bird shape. I thought it was very cute, but then I realized it looked like what most of us in stamping have made before, a sour cream container! I don’t know if real sour cream containers exist in this shape but I think they used to. It was kind of a twisted container, crimped at both ends. For years, we have made “sour cream containers” to hold candy for a holiday or party favor. After watching this reel of making this bird with a toilet paper roll, I thought why not use designer paper instead? Of course, you could also use cardstock and decorate that.

You can vary the size of your bird. Cut a paper rectangle about 4 1/2″ x 6″ or maybe a little smaller at 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″. You can experiment with the size you want in the end. Apply Tear & Tape or Stampin’ Seal on one short side and one long size.

It’s a little easier to roll the paper up if you have a curved surface or edge of a table or something just to get it loosened up to roll up easier. Remove the liner on the tape on both sides and make a roll to adhere to the other short side. You can overlap the edges however much you want. Then squeeze together the end that has the adhesive on it. Fold that adhered end up to make the bird’s tail feathers!

Then squeeze the other end together but going in the opposite direction of the tail. If you are putting candy inside, put it in there now. When we made these as just a candy holder, we would adhere and/or crimp the edge. But for the bird, we still have some work to do. In the photo above, instead of squeezing the top and bottom of the open end together, you will push the sides together so that the end is going in a different direction than the top.

Before you adhere that end, cut along the edge in a curve. Then cut a little beak out of scrap paper. Cut a triangle out of Daffodil Delight and then fold in half to make a beak. Glue the inside and then glue the beak into that curved edge.

Punch out some black dots for eyes or just draw them on with a black marker. If you have a white gel pen, put a dot for the “whites of his eyes”.

For the wings, just punch out, diecut, or cut out by hand two hearts. Fold those in half and glue a folded wing onto each side of the bird. Don’t adhere the two sides together as you did for the beak.

Add a little glue to the inside edge after getting the bird all made, although it will be adhered at the point where the beak is.

That’s all there is to it to make these cute little birds! Just kind of a silly little project you can try on a Saturday afternoon!

Candy Bar Homemade Christmas Fudge

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I’m bringing back an oldie but goodie! This Candy Bar Homemade Christmas Fudge poem and idea has been around probably as long as I have been a Demonstrator, which is a long time! But no matter how old it is, it will look updated with current designer paper and is always a funny gift to give!

You can modify this idea to whatever size candy bar you have, but my chocolate candy bar is 4.4 ounces and says “XL” on the label. You might even find a gigantic candy bar you could use!

I wrapped a piece of Real Red cardstock around the candy bar, and cut the correct length to cover the candy bar, without scoring. Since the candy bar has some thickness it probably works better to wrap, unless you want to figure out the score lines. The measurements all depend on the size of your candy bar. I think I used a piece about 7″ x 7 1/4″. Then I measured just the top of the bar and cut a piece of designer series paper almost like a card, leaving a slight red margin around the edges. I used the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper with the cute little light bulbs.

After typing and printing out the poem (you can do it on computer paper or Basic White cardstock if that works in your printer) I cut it down to a narrow size and layered it on a slightly larger piece of Real Red cardstock so it would stand out from the designer paper. I even stamped a few little ornaments in Real Red ink from the Merriest Trees Stamp Set. For the finishing touch, I added a Real Red & Gold Dotted Ribbon bow to the top of the poem.

You will find a few different versions of this poem online, but they are basically the same. Feel free to change it up for your personalization if you are good at poetry!

If I knew how to share a link to the poem I would, but you can type it up and make it whatever size and font you like.

Have fun with this project! I hope you find some giant chocolate bars!

Last Minute Thanksgiving Ideas!

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We’re almost out of time because tomorrow is Thanksgiving! If you are still looking for some inspiration for a treat to take to someone, table decorations or favors, a card, or something else, here are some of my past ideas from the archives! You can update with the paper or stamps you have now or dig around in your stash and find something you have that will work! Just click the title below each photo to go to the blog post!

Thanksgiving Wine Bottle Label

Maybe you are taking a bottle of wine or some other drink to a Thanksgiving dinner or just want to decorate your own bottled beverage. Make a simple decoration to hang over the neck of the bottle. It’s almost like a giant tag with a hole in the top! Check out my blog post for the measurements and details to get your started making your own!

Blackberry Beauty Thanksgiving Card

This card really caught my eye as I was looking back for past projects! It certainly is the gold foil accents that makes the card so beautiful! You don’t need to use this exact same paper, just use some other paper you love with a Thanksgiving greeting (or something generic) across the front with a little glimmery embellishment.

Hello Harvest Pumpkins Card

Oh, how I loved this Hello Harvest Stamp Set from last year! You can make a similar card with the Pick of the Patch Stamp Set we have currently, or go look for the Hello Harvest Stamp Set from last year’s Holiday Mini Catalog! I loved coloring in the pumpkins with Stampin’ Blends.

Turkey Sour Cream Treat Holder Side View

Turkey Sour Cream Treat Holder For Thanksgiving

This is one of those “sour cream holders” that we have probably all learned to make from the time we learned about stamping! Put some candies inside and put one by everyone’s place at the table! Read the blog post for the directions if you aren’t sure! Then decorate your turkey with whatever punches or dies you have for feathers!

Little Thanksgiving Turkeys

I can’t resist! You may not have the ingredients on hand but maybe you’ll remember for next year! I learned how to make these from a friend back when my kids were little and in preschool! I made them lots of years to take to school for treats or to simply have as place setting decorations at our Thanksgiving table at dinner. I don’t know why, but I love them! Just soften a few caramels at a time in the microwave, stick the cookie on the back end, then smoosh in a candy corn on its side!

Enjoy Your Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Candy Holder Favors

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It’s down to the wire for Thanksgiving, as hard as that is to believe, but there’s still time if you want to make some little Thanksgiving Candy Holder Favors. These are really easy and will hold two chocolate kisses or a chocolate nugget. Think how cute these would be by everyone’s plate at Thanksgiving dinner for a little favor!

To make these little candy holders, cut a strip of cardstock approximately 5″ long by 1 3/4″ wide. You can change up the measurements depending on what kind of candy you want to put inside. Score these strips at 2″ and 3″. Crease and fold on the score lines. You can use different colors and images on the front or make them all match.

After you have your candy inside, you can punch a hole in the top and tie a ribbon through the hole or use a couple of Mini Glue Dots to hold them closed. If you have any kinds of clips you could use those to hold them closed. You can also attach a greeting or a guest’s name to use each favor as a place card. I used to love to make place cards when I was young for family dinners!

I started with the pumpkin and the Pilgrim hat but I got a little carried away with the turkey! The pumpkin is stamped from the Pick of the Patch Stamp set and just a little diecut greenery that was already in a pile of scraps on my table.

The Pilgrim hat is made with Early Espresso for the hat and the brim. The hat is a 1″ x 1″ square and the brim is 1/4″ x 1 1/2″. The Basic Black band on the hat is 1/4″ x 1″. The buckle is made with a 1/2″ x 1/2″ square of Gold Foil with a center of Basic Black 1/4″ x 1/4″ to look like the band going through the buckle.

The turkey is made with two circles of Pecan Pie cardstock. The feathers are die cut greenery in the Joy of Noel Dies! Just use whatever you have or come across! The red turkey waddle is a diecut holly leaf from that set! The eyes are punched with my old Crop-a-Dile and colored in with black.

These are just fun little candy favors, so unless you want to, you don’t need to go to a lot of trouble making these!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Last Minute Past Halloween Ideas!

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If you are still looking for last-minute Halloween ideas, here are a few from past years! You can update with our newer products or maybe you still have some of these older products from years past! Whatever you like! Click the title above the photo to go to that blog post for directions. Don’t miss the last idea at the bottom of the post – a new one I had to stick in because it’s so fun! I usually make one of these every year! Save that paper towel roll!

Make a Cute Halloween Votive Candle Holder

Make Easy Sour Cream Containers for Halloween Treats

Halloween Chocolate Candy Treat Bag

Triangle Treat Box For Halloween

Halloween Night Candy Bars

Witch’s Boots

Here’s an updated idea I made this year but I’ve made lots of these in the past!

I didn’t stuff any candy in there yet but I will! The Witch’s Boots are made with a paper towel roll cut in half. Wrap the roll in designer paper or cardstock. I used the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Paper, the pattern with the stripes that look like socks! Yes, you can use Christmas paper for a Halloween project!

Take a piece of Basic Black Cardstock however high you would like it to be to wrap around the bottom of the roll to start making the “boot”. Cut it so the ends meet in the center of the front of the boot and then you can fold back the top corners. Make it tall enough to add the buckle, especially if you want a big one.

Cut a piece of Basic Black in a long triangle to make the bottom of the boot. You want it to be as wide as the roll but you can trim around it to make it rounded in the back. You can cut it longer than you want and then curl up the toe with just a pencil or something however you like it.

You can make a cheater buckle by just adhering a square of black in the center of a square of Gold Foil. Then put some candy in a cello bag or add it to the “boot” as is. Just have fun with this idea

I hope these ideas are helpful and fun for you! Each one of these is my favorite thing that I love to make! (Maybe, especially, decorating these large candy bars??!!!)

Have fun and be safe on Halloween Night!

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