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Christmas Gifts Project #1

 

'Mawnin'! as they say where I come from in Belize!

Today I will be sharing with you one of the projects we did Friday night. It was so much fun. We did a Pajama Party theme and I baked cookies (sugar and turtle-two of my favourites) and just enjoyed each other's companiy.

Here is a photo of my friend with her cute slippers she wore and they even matched her jammies! How cute was that!

Yep! She is camera shy. That is the only way I could get her to agree to let me take her pic.

 

 

So, as promised, here is the first project we did. We actually made 6 gift items and I will be sharing each of them with you in the days to come, so come back and visit me again!

Christmas Gifts Class Project #1: Hershey's Nugget Tin

Isn't this tin cute? I wanted to do something elegant but still a bit cutesy at the same time. I really like how it turned out. This would make a great co-worker, friend, teacher's gift or for an extra gift just to have for an emergency situation. Ever had one of those???

I was going to have it be multi-coloured you know the normal red and green, but as I started to work on it, the monochromatic look worked better for me. A little note: I didn't like how the nuggets would move around in the tin as the 12 nuggets were not an exact fit (and yes that drove me batty) so I created a cradle inside the tin to hold the nuggets in place. I guess you could also put a bit of glue to hold them in place.

What I did was took two Starbucks stir sticks and cut them down to fit the width of the inside of the tin and then I wrapped both ends of the cardstock liner (that I had cut about an 1 1/4" longer than the depth of the inside of the tin) over the sticks, glued them in place and then placed it as a liner in the bottom of the tin. I am sure there probably was something easier to do but if you know me, sometimes I can really make things more complicated than they need to be when I am in a bind. Ha!

As you can see, all I did was wrap some DSP patterned paper to fit around the lid and bottom of the tin. I also made a "belly band" to fit around the tin and added some pretty ribbon and cord and a cute tag! The stamp set that I used for the tag is called Christmas Punch and it is a Level 2 Hostess Set on page 14 of the 2009-10 Idea Book & Catalog. That means that you can get it for FREE! Feel free to email me and ask me how. (grin!)

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Christmas Punch (Hostess Level 2 set)

Ink: Classic Real Red

Cardstock: Whisper White and Real Red

Patterned Paper: Christmas Cocoa Specialty (Holiday Mini Catalog pg: 21)

Accessories: 1" Real Red Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Hinged Metal Tin (non-SU), Silver Elastic Cord(Holiday Mini),

Scalloped Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch, and Clear Rhinestone Brads.

If you need to order any of these supplies from me, just click the Order Online button on my website!

I hope you liked this little tin and check back later for my next project!

Bye!