Try Treat Tubes for your next party!

Looking for a quick-to-make party favor for your upcoming events?  Treat Tubes are fun and easy!  This one was made for a birthday party, but you could easily adapt the design for a holiday party.

Directions:

1. Score Designer Series Paper (3" x 5-1/2") every 7/8" (along the 5-1/2" wide side). Assemble tube using Sticky Strip.
2. Punch two flowers from cardstock using the Fancy Flower Punch. Score each petal. 
3. Punch one circle with 3/4" Circle Punch and attach to center of one Fancy Flower.  Punch the center with a 1/4" circle punch.
4. Tie Stitched Poly Ribbon in a knot at one end and push through the 1/4" hole in the Fancy Flower to make a loop handle.
5. Attach petals to Treat Tube with Sticky Strip, leaving a couple unattached until you fill the tube with treats!
6. Stamp sentiment image on Whisper White Card Stock. Punch out using Label Punch. Mat with colored cardstock.
7. Punch hole in label using 1/16" Circle Punch. Thread Baker's Twine through hole and tie to ribbon on tube.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Ink: Pool Party and Peach Parfait markers
Paper: Everyday Enchantment DSP (retired and on sale!), Peach Parfait cardstock (retired)
Extras: Fancy Flower punch, Large Tag punch (retired and on sale!), Extra Large Tag punch, Baker's Twine in Early Espresso, Stitched Poly Ribbon in Peach Parfait (retired and on sale!)
Inspired by: Stampin' Up!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

 

Be sure to leave a comment if you have any questions. And enjoy those holiday parties!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Tags for Christmas

'Tis the season to need little gifts, right?!  This week I will share with you some little tags, bags, and more that I have made just for gift-giving.

These little tags were used to give cookie plates to the various offices at the college where I work.  And the jar topper tag sits atop a jar of my yummy homemade cappaccino mix (thanks to my dear friend Cindy!).  It's my annual traditional gift for my close friends and student workers.  (The recipe is below in the comments.)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: So Many Scallops, Star-Studded Season (both retired)
Ink: Real Red, Glorious Green (retired)
Paper: Real Red, Glorious Green (retired), white linen
Extras: Two Tags Bigz die, 1 3/4" Scallop punch, 1 1/4" Circle punch, Extra Large Tag punch, Large Tag punch (retired), 1/8" hole punch, Dazzling Details, green rhinestones, red raffia
Inspired by: me!

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.


I hope you are enjoying the warmth of the season . . .
Thanks for stopping by today! 

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J

Fun Fold for Christmas

I really like the surprise of a different fold when I pull a card from the envelope.  This is the card I made for Christmas last year, and it uses a 'letter fold' on a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of cardstock.  The bottom is folded up, then the top folded down to just overlap a bit - the finished card is 5.5" x 4".

The belly band is punched at each end, folded around the card, and secured with ribbon and a bit of bling.  I made two variations - one for my Stampin' Up! Only (SUO) swap, and one for my family Christmast list.

Don't you love those little jingle bells?!  They even made a tinkling sound. And they mailed fine with an added quarter sheet of cardstock to shield them inside the envelope.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: Snow Swirled, Winter Post (retired), Star-Studded Season (retired)
Ink: Whisper White craft ink
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Silver Glimmer Paper, Whisper White
Extras: Extra Large and Large Tag punches, mini jingle bells (retired), jingle bell die (Quickutz), 1/8" Taffeta ribbon in Baja Breeze, white 1/4" satin ribbon, teardrop punch (Fiskars)
Inspired by: Susan Chester

Purchase the Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project at my ONLINE STORE.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my Christmas workshop today!  Hope to see you on Saturday at the Mayer Holiday Boutique, too!

~Hugs~   Cheryl O.    J