CANDY CANE LANE GIFT CARD MITTENS | with Wanda

Hi crafty friends! Happy Holiday Season to you all! Wanda here today to share a project made with the brand new Candy Cane Lane Collection! It's so holly jolly and cute and fun! Everything you could want in a winter paper collection... I was smiling the entire time I was making this project to share with you. I am always looking for cute handmade gift items to give out to friends, neighbors, and coworkers this time of year. I decided to make some paper mitten ornaments that hold a coffee gift card tucked inside. After the recipient takes out the gift card, they can hang the ornament on their tree! I will put the date and name on the back of each one too.

I started by using the gorgeous 12x12 papers from the Candy Cane Lane collection. I die cut out two mittens in each color and then glued them together back to back. I die cut two cuffs and did the same, being careful not to glue the top shut. I used the Gingham 6x6 paper pad to make the cuffs. I tucked a little bit of tissue down inside the mitten to make it puff out just a little. 

I used silver brads on the cuffs and put some Chunky Twine through the brads to act as the ornament hanger part. Then the really fun part - decorating the mittens with stickers and ephemera! I tucked a bit of tissue, the coffee cards, and a small candy cane into the top opening. Super festive. I can't wait to give them away! I used an old mitten die that I've had for years. You could easily use a template from online, or an SVG file of a mitten. I thought this idea would also be cute with coffee mugs instead of mittens. I might try that!

Here are my three mittens...

 I used lots of stickers (Icons) and gems and all the good things from the Candy Cane Lane Collection. If you look closely, can you see those super cool clear acetate snowflakes? Love them!

   

I adore this happy jolly snowman! He's holding his Christmas tree, and I added lots of rhinestone ornaments to it! I do love the sparkle!

 

 

 

I hope I've given you some good ideas for your Christmas crafting today! December is going to go by fast and I'm hurrying around trying to get everything done. I wish you a joyous holiday season! I will see you soon with another project. Until then, happy crafting!

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 DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

Candy Cane Lane Collection
Chunky Twine
Gingham 6x6 Paper Pad

OTHER SUPPLIES

Mitten Die or template
Silver Eyelets and Eyelet Setter
Adhesives

LET IT SNOW CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE GIFTS | with Miguel

One of the things that my friends who scrapbook enjoy the most is, without a doubt, happy mail exchanges.  Who wouldn't be excited when receiving one of these fun gifts and discovering what is inside. Exciting, don't you think?

Today I show you some exchange gifts that I made, for a Christmas crop that we had in Mexico.  The theme was the new Doodlebug Design collection "Let it Snow". Everything in the exchange had to be decorated with this beautiful collection.

The exchange gifts had certain requirements including a cup and some chocolates among other items, I decorated mine using washi tape, sprinkles, stickers and the beautiful Let it Snow papers.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope my project has inspired you to create a future exchange. Greetings!

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Let it Snow Collection

CHRISTMAS MAGIC TREAT CONES | with Tya

I don't know about you but I am always needing little gifts I can give to my friends and neighbors this time of year. Whether it is a last-minute teacher gift or a quick and easy way to give a treat - these little cones are a quick and easy way to solve all the last-minute gift-giving dilemmas! Plus I get to use my cute Doodlebug paper and embellishments - so it's a win!

 To make these little cuties, I  used this cut file and used my Silhouette to cut out the cones.  I couldn't really find any cones I loved, so this is a party hat that I just used upside down - make those cut files work for you the way you need them to I say lol! I just ungrouped the shape and deleted the feathers since I didn't need them. I liked that this cut file had a notch that I could hook the paper in the back so it would stay nice and snug. You could also do a google search of paper cones online and use a template- that would work as well.

To decorate the cone, I thought it would be fun to make a little label. I used a mini doily and a 2 1/2 inch white cardstock circle as the base. I used the "Merry Christmas" sentiment found on the Christmas Magic Stamps. I stamped it in some black ink on the bottom section of the circle. I then used a few different shades of ink on the circle to add some interest to the background before I added my icons. The stickers are from the Icon Sticker sheet. I added them to the circle with some foam tape. I then added one of the Tiny Heart sprinkles on the bottom under the sentiment. I added the whole circle to the front of the cone with some double-sided tape. I then attached some bakers twine to one of the mini clothespins and pinned it to the rim of the cone.  I kind of love the scale of the stickers on these cones - they are just the right size for smaller projects like this.

 Here are the other two cones I made. You can choose to fill the cones up with any treats you want. Small toys, socks, or even a gift card would be really fun in these as well.

Well, that's all I have for you today! I hope that I have inspired you to create a few of these fun cones for your gift-giving this year. There are so many darling pattern papers in the Christmas Magic collection -how could you not give something cute when you use this line! Happy Holidays friends! Thank you for stopping by the blog today! 

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED:

Christmas Magic Collection

Mini  Doilies

Mini  Clothespins

OTHER PRODUCTS USED:

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Cut File # 10578 (Feather Party Hat)

Christmas Town Recipe Album | with Traci

I'm always looking for fun, unique gift ideas at Christmas and I love to give handmade items.  Here's a cute idea for passing on family recipes that are traditional favorites around the holidays.
For this sweet little book, I used a chipboard album from Prima, paper from Doodlebug's Christmas town collection, and alpha stickers from my stash.  

I used white card stock to create pockets in the album, perfect for tucking in some cute recipe cards and those adorable jellyclips!

When I fill out the recipe cards, I plan to handwrite them with colorful gel pens in lots of Doodlebug colors!

In addition to using the Mini Icon stickers throughout the album, I used lots of Doodlepops.  I'll tuck a photo or a recipe behind this Sweet Spruce tree on the page above.

I found some border stickers from a past Doodlebug collection (Milk & Cookies) that looked cute across the top of the pockets.  I love that Doodlebug collections coordinate from year to year since everything always matches!

Do you give handmade gifts for the holidays?  We'd love to hear about your projects, and hopefully I've inspired you with a unique gift idea today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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