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

Ornamental Ideas Day 2

Here's a few more ornamental ideas from our design team...

Reindeer Ornaments
by Wendy Sue Anderson

When we were first married someone gave us a dated holiday ornament as a wedding gift.  It's always one of my favorite ornaments to hang on our tree each year.  I thought it would be fun to create a set of ornaments that would be cute to commemorate a "first Christmas together."  This idea could easily be adapted to baby's first Christmas, or just a dated ornament.  Or just a cute addition to any tree - date or not!
 

Suppy List: North pole icon stickers, north pole 6x6 paper pad, teensy type cardstock stickers (ladybug), doodle twine (christmas)


Loopy Christmas Ornament
by Stephanie Buice

Supply List: Mini Pearls:Christmas assortment, Doublesided Cardstock:North Pole, doodletwine: Christmas assortment, Cute Cuts:North Pole


Holiday Rosette
by Aphra Bolyer

Supply List: North Pole Santa's Scarf Cardstock, North Pole Playful Pines Cardstock, North Pole 6x6 Paper Pad, North Pole Cardstock Sticker Icons, North Pole Jewels, North Pole Mini Pearls, Christmas Doodletwine.

Note: Aphra also used the Cricut Expression and Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge to make the rosette.

Ornamental Ideas Day 1

We are excited to share some "ornamental" ideas with you this week. We've given our design team the task of inspiring you with their ideas for holiday ornaments. Whether or not you use them to hang on your tree to as a beautiful accent on a gift, we hope to inspire you!

Bird Ornaments 
by Jing-Jing Nickel

Supply List: north pole: frames cardstock sticker, in a flurry, playful pines, santa's scarf, 6x6 paper pad; doodle twine: christmas; mini jewels: ladybug, lily white, limeade assortment; doodlepops: poinsettia, snowflake, wreath, flurry; other: Maya Road chipboard birds

Sweet Scene Ornament
by Kathy Martin

Supply List: North Pole Ornament; North Pole Collection: In a Flurry, Cute Cuts, Cardstock Stickers; Doodle Twine: Christmas; Mini Pearls: Christmas Assortment; Mini Pops: Tiny Pines, Snow Buddies

Pockets & Shadow Boxes
by Sherry Cartwright

I love, love, love handmade Christmas presents and ornaments and cards and gifts and ... love the heart, soul and love that go into each handcrafted item. I made these two ornaments to share on our tree this year.  I envision a second Santa ornament being made and each containing a letter from my kiddos.

Hop on over to my blog for more details about these ornaments.

Supply List:  north pole collection: christmas cheer cardstock, cardstock stickers and frames stickers; mini card, flocked/velvet cardstock, doodle twine, adhesive jewels and metallic glitter

Tuesday Tutorial: Paper Houses by Kathy Martin

Hello!

Kathy here and oh my, did you notice that it's less than two weeks until Christmas? The two week marker slipped passed me on Sunday! It's time to wrap up our presents and get those last minute gifts taken care of! So, I have a tutorial to show you how to make these little paper houses for gift giving.

The supplies you will need are:

Ruler

Score Board (optional)

Scissors or X-acto Knife

Patterned Paper (card stock weight)

Craft Glue

Craft String

Accents (Buttons, Stickers)

Instead of giving you a template that would only give you one size house, I thought I'd explain how to create one so that you can make different sizes and shapes.

For this tutorial, I'm going to show you how I made the narrow house in the photo above. The first step is to determine what size house you want to make. I wanted a small square house that was narrow and a bit tall so I decided on a width of 1.5" per each side and a height of 4", keeping in mind that will include the eave of the house. Once you decide on the size of your house you can cut your paper.

1.5" x 4 sides + .25" (tab for gluing closed) = 6.25"

My paper was cut to 6.25" wide by 4" tall

Once you have your cut piece of paper, use your score board to score the measurements of each wall as I have done in the photo below. You can do this step with just a ruler and bone folder if you don't have a score board.

Notice that I made a score line every 1.5" so that I have four sides for my house? And at the end I left a .25" tab for gluing the house shut? Now turn your patterned paper counter clockwise once so you can make a 1.25" score from the top of your paper which is for the eave of your house.

With your score marks in place it's time to measure and cut the eaves of your house. At the top of your first side, measure half the length of that side which is .75". Then with a ruler, create a line between point A and point B shown in the photo above. This is where you cut your paper. Repeat this step for the third side of your house as shown in the photo above. For the two remaining sides, you do not need an eave, so you cut that piece out.

Now you can fold your house into a square and secure it shut by adding some craft glue to the patterned side of the tab and tucking it inside the last side of the house. For the roof I measured the length between points A and B which is 1", doubled that for each side and add .5" so that each side had a .25" overlap. I used a border punch to create the scalloped edges which can be done with decorative scissors, freehand or left straight. Add a little craft glue along each eave to secure your roof.

At this point, it's time to accent your house. I kept mine fairly simple since I wanted plenty of the patterned paper to show. With a Tim Holtz die, a Big Shot die cut machine and a Doodlebug button I created a rosette for my little house (as shown in the photo above). You can use stickers to decorate your house or any other accent you can dream up.

These little houses can be made into ornaments too for teachers, neighbors and coworkers! In the photo above, I made a little hole in the center of the roof with a tiny punch and threaded some Doodle Twine through it with a large needle. Then I secured the twine hanger with a knot at the end before I glued the roof onto the house. Get creative with these houses and tuck a surprise inside or a gift card! This year I think my son and I will make paper gingerbread houses instead of the real thing that's messy and hard to work with!

In the photo above I took my three little houses and attached them to a wreath I bought at Target's Dollar Spot section. In addition to the houses, I added a bow and some of Santa's Workshop tags. There are many other ways to decorate with these houses...add a few windows before you glue them together, then you can place some battery operated lights inside for a light up village! What will you create?

Please take a moment to leave Kathy a kind comment or visit her blog for more of Kathy's inspiration!!