Priscilla's Papercrafts: Cheerful Tags

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Another Gift-Giving Idea

I know, I know...Christmas is over, but here is a fun way to give a treat to your friends any time of year. I happened to make these for colleagues in my office, but they would be a cute way to say "thank you for that thing you did" any time of year.

I saw this idea on Susan Itell's Simple Stampin' blog, and ran with it.

Chocolate Chip cookie fixings in a jar! Now Susan used clear Ball jars (1 quart size) and you can see the ingredients better, but I mistakenly picked up some PURPLE (special edition) jars. When I got home, I was initially disappointed, but then decided to have a little fun.

So after washing and drying the jars (thoroughly!), I filled them with the following:

   1-3/4 cup flour
   3/4 teaspoon baking soda
   1/2 teaspoon salt
   3/4 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
   1/2 cup white sugar
     1-1/2 cups chocolate chips

Next I added some sparkly washi tape around the lid of the jar:

And then I made a tag, using Sweet Sugarplum and Elegant Eggplant. The tag was punched on one end with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch, and on the other end with the Banner Triple Punch. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with the Holly embossing folder:

A piece of Silver Foil is under the lacy cut out of the Cheerful Tags Framelits Dies in Elegant Eggplant. The stamp is from Here's to Cheers--stamped in Sweet Sugarplum and again using an Elegant Eggplant marker and just highlighting "Scrumptious".

I hand cut the banner and layered it over the stamped image (which was cut using the Layering Circles framelits).

The tag was tied to the printed directions to make the cookies using ribbon from the 3/8" Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack.

The directions say:
Empty contents of jar into a large bowl.
In separate bowl, combine 3/4 cup of butter (use the real stuff), 1 egg and 1 yolk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until cream. Add to the dry mixture.
Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake ina a preheated 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes. Cool on a rack, grab some milk and enjoy!

Here they are all packaged up and ready for distribution...

Try this the next time you need a small gift. It was a huge hit among my coworkers!

Purchase products by clicking on them; it will take you directly to my on-line store:

Product List

Here's To Cheers Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[142098]

$27.00

Here's To Cheers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142101]

$19.00

Here's To Cheers Wood-Mount Bundle

[143528]

$52.00

Here's To Cheers Clear-Mount Bundle

[143529]

$45.00

Cheerful Tags Framelits Dies

[141838]

$31.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

[141395]

$6.50

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

[131262]

$29.00

Sweet Sugarplum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[141418]

$8.00

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[105126]

$8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$4.00

Tag Topper Scalloped Punch

[133324]

$23.00

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$23.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[141634]

$7.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$35.00

3/8" (1 Cm) Glitter Ribbon Combo Pack

[142015]

$6.00

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

A Little Wine, Anyone?

Time for Wine!
I recently participated in a blog hop with a holiday theme (see it here) and for my last project I decided to dress up some wine bottles for gift giving.

The Here's to Cheers stamp set with the matching Cheerful Tags Framelits dies make this a fun way to make a pretty present. Purchase them together and save 10% on the bundle!

Let's look a little closer:

Here's a tag all decked out in Christmas finery! I cut the basic bottle tag from Emerald Envy card stock. Although hard to see, there is a very pretty filigree gold layer and then the circles for the tag.

This bottle tag is very clever! In addition to the part that goes around the neck of the bottle, there are slots to feed the ribbon through. I used Real Red Stitched Satin Ribbon along with some Gold Sequin Trim. My tag is stamped using Emerald Envy and Real Red Stampin' Write Markers; the Whisper White and Emerald Envy layers are cut using the Layering Circles framelits, and then the larger red circle was cut using the new Stitched Shapes framelits. So fancy!

But let's not forget the other holiday--here's a bottle to celebrate New Years:

I put a "dress" on this bottle--wrapped it in Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper and placed it in a 6" x 17" Gusseted Cellophane Bag. Then added this tag:

All silver and pink for the new year! Same tag set and framelits, but this time I only used the tag shape (no neck opening) and tied it on with the 3/8" Glitter Ribbon in Sweet Sugarplum (this comes in a package of two spools--one in pink and the other silver). The tag was embossed in Silver and there's a banner of Silver Foil.

So how do you dress up your gift wine? These framelits, cello bags and stamps make your gifts as delicious to look at as they are to drink!

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