Pretty Treats

I've been asked to create some inexpensive treats for the employees in my sister's office.  She gets them a gift card, but likes to have a pretty little "sumthin" to go with it.  Here's one idea I presented:

These are the ClearTiny Treat Boxes from Stampin' UP! and they make a really cute favor or table decoration.  These each hold 6 Ghirardelli Chocolate squares but the recipient will have to open the box to see what's inside.

I used Designer Series Paper (Festive Farmhouse), cutting a "just under" 2" strip x 8-1/2" long.  It was scored at "just under" 2", "just under" 4", "just under" 6", and "just under" 8", leaving the 1/2" strip on the end.  After folding on the score lines,  I just placed it inside the box along all 4 sides - a perfect fit!

Each box has a banner, cut with the Takeout Treats dies, and stamped with Itty Bitty Greetings.  This one has a Shaded Spruce tag and some holly from Peaceful Poinsettia.  But check out the top:

Such a pretty little wreath!  The Sprig Punch did all the work, cutting Shaded Spruce, Call Me Clover and the Tranquil Tide glimmer paper from the Joyous Noel pack.  All it needed was a bow of the Mixed Satin Real Red Ribbon, and some sparkly Red Rhinestones.

Who wouldn't love to get a little package like this delivered to them?

And what about this one?

Here is the gorgeous flower from the Detailed Poinsettia Framelits Dies.  I cut a Cherry Cobbler base and a Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper (also from the Joyous Noel Glimmer Paper pack) using the Framelits, and layered them together.  

The leaves are the Nature's Roots dies with the Tranquil Tide Glimmer Paper, and I colored some Rhinestone Basic Jewels with Shaded Spruce Blends (and there's a Red Rhinestone in the middle).

This one got the royal treatment with a sparkly tag and sprigs, along with the banner.

Wouldn't you just love to see one of these little beauties sitting on your desk?  Yummy boxes, and yummy treats!

Make them yourself; here are the supplies used:

Product List

Peaceful Poinsettia Clear-Mount Bundle

[149962]

$48.50

Peaceful Poinsettia Wood-Mount Bundle

[149964]

$55.75

Itty Bitty Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146667]

$36.00

Itty Bitty Greetings Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[146664]

$48.00

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$7.50

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$7.50

Festive Farmhouse 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[147820]

$11.00

Joyous Noel 6" X 6" Glimmer Paper

[147817]

$15.00

Call Me Clover 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146969]

$8.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$8.50

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

[100730]

$9.75

Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119685]

$8.50

Clear Tiny Treat Boxes

[141699]

$7.50

Sprig Punch

[148012]

$18.00

Detailed Poinsettia Thinlits Dies

[147925]

$33.00

Nature's Roots Framelits Dies

[146341]

$39.00

Takeout Thinlits Dies

[147927]

$33.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Real Red 3/8" (1 Cm) Mixed Satin Ribbon

[147894]

$6.00

Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[146924]

$7.00

Shaded Spruce Dark Stampin' Blends

[147937]

$4.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$5.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Best Fishes!

Playing with more stuff!  I saw a sample on a demonstrator-only Facebook page, and had to try it for my grandsons.  What do you think of this:

I got this adorable new stamp set, Seaside Shore, and thought it would be fun to make a card for Ethan and Jacob.  So I started with the inside--if this wasn't going to work I wasn't going to spend time creating the outside of the card...but it DID work,and it came out so cute.

So here is the card from the front.  I stamped the fish, masked them with a post-it note (stamped the fish and cut out to create the mask) and then stamped over them with the seaweed.  I also added the bubbles.  Then I colored them to make them look "tropical", and I added Wink of Stella to each fish (sorry you can't see how shiny they are).

Then to the inside:

I created a "pop up" by folding my cardstock in half and making a slit about 1-3/4" across the fold.  Then I scored from each end of the slit to the center of the fold--this allowed me to pop out the "mouth" of my fish.

I covered him in Peekaboo Peach Designer Series Paper; his tail is cut from a retired flower punch (but could easily be from a heart punch) and his fins are the retired Scallop Circle punch.  On the back of the card, across the "mouth" I added a stamped banner, glued to either side of his mouth.

Seaweed was added along the bottom of the "ocean" and I stamped and cut some little shells for the ocean floor.  This piece was mounted to little scalloped strips of Peekaboo Peach, and then adhered to the inside of my card.

But I had to have a treat to go with my cute card...

The new Clear Tiny Treat Boxes were perfect!  They are 2" cubes, clear, and such fun to play with.  I cut 1-15/16" x 8-1/2" strips of the Peekaboo Peach DSP and scored them at just under the 2" mark every 2"; this allowed me to insert the paper INSIDE the treat box.  I wrapped them with ribbon and added little tags. These were cut with the Lots of Labels Framelits and decorated with Swirly Scribbles "seaweed" and cut out fish.

And what was inside?  Well fish and and worms, of course:

I found Swedish Fish and Gummy Worms--what could be more perfect?

I loved putting this set together, and expect my grandsons will enjoy it all when it arrives this week.
What do you think?

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