Jaded Blossom Monthly Challenge-Anything Food or Candy Related!

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I am SO VERY EXCITED!!! Today marks my FIRST project for the month for my Guest Designer spot over at Jaded Blossom!!! I have been waiting since December for this!!! I was getting SO antsy waiting for June to get here, and NOW ITS HERE!!! WOO HOO!!!

For my first post with the team, there is a monthly challenge out there for EVERYONE to take part in! Here are the details:

 

 

 

 

 

Challenge Info: Anything Food or Candy Related

Well, I have got A LOT of their stamps, and there are still MANY more that I want, but I decided to go with the 2 stamp sets for my project. Are you ready to see it???

 

Supplies:

Jaded Blossom Stamps: Teacher Appreciation & School Day Candies

Silhouette File: Teacher Appreciation (for the A+ Teacher)

Die: Jaded Blossom Fancy Topper Die

Bag: Gusset Bag from Jaded Blossom

Paper: Recollections for solid and DCWV School Days for patterned paper

Hershey Kisses

 

 

 

I decided that I wanted to make a little something special for my son's teacher for the end of the year! He really cares about her, and he has given her quite a bit to deal with this past school year. I just wanted her to know that we very much appreciate all she has done for him!

 

So, please be sure to link up YOUR project on the Jaded Blossom Current Challenge Page!!!

 

Be sure to stop back all week long as we show off sneak peaks of this month's release! IT...IS...AWESOME!! I KNOW you will all be buying the whole release after tomorrow's sneak peek!!!

 

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

 



 

 

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 5! Chocolate Nugget Tin!

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Today is Day 5 of Teacher Appreciation Week!! Its the last day! We had a great week showing off different projects for the teachers! Here is a quick rundown for what I did for the week:

 

Day 1-K-Cup Holders

Day 2- Lip Balm Purse

Day 3-Sticky Pad Holder Stand

Day 4-Seed (or Hot Chocolate) Slider

 

For Day 5, I am going to show you a SO VERY SIMPLE project that I made for this week.

 

 

 

Its a Chocolate Nugget Tin! Here are the supplies I used:

 

Tin (mine is from a company called Speciality Bottle. Click HERE for the website)

Hershey Chocolate Nuggets (12 per tin)

12 strips of patterned card stock cut into 1"x 3" strips. (I used DCWV The Grade School Stack for my project)

Solid piece of card stock. Mine is the blue piece for the belly band, and I cut it at 2 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Embellishments to decorate for a teacher theme.

Scotch Quick Dry

 

So, I took my 12 pieces of chocolate and my 12 pieces of patterned paper, and I wrapped the paper around the nuggets. I used a bit of Scotch Quick Dry to keep the paper adhered together, but not adhered to the chocolate. It should be able to slide of the piece of candy. I did that 12 times.

 

Next, I put the candy inside the tin, and got ready to make my belly band. To make the belly band, all I did was fold it around the tin. No scoring, no matching fold lines, just fold it around. Make sure its kind of snug, but not to snug where you cant pull it off. Glue the one end of the belly band to the other and then its all ready to keep you tin closed!

 

Finally, add your decorations! I just made mine very simple. The teacher I gave one to last year said that it was so cute she didn't want to open it. Well, that ment she did not get a chance to enjoy the chocolates, so I did not make these ones as nice because I want to them enjoy it! Then, when all the candy is eaten, the teacher can use this tin to add paper clips, tacks, stickers, etc to it!

 

OK all! That's it! I hope you enjoyed my projects this week for Teacher Appreciation Week! If you couldn't get the projects done in time this year, remember my blog for next year!!!

 

Hope to find you Craftin' and Stampin'!

Teacher Appreciation Week-Day 4! Seed Slider!

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Today is Day 4 of Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

For today's gift, I made a Seed Slider! You could also use this as a Hot Chocolate Slider! It was SO VERY EASY to make!!!

 

 

Here is what it looks like:

 

 

To make this slider, you will need to follow some very simple instructions!

 

The supplies you need are:

 

Solid Card stock

Pattern Card stock

Double Sided Tape

Hole Punch

Ribbon

Stamps for decorating

 

 

First, you will need to cut a solid piece of card stock to act as the base. It needs to be 7 3/4" X 5 1/2". Then, you need a piece of patterned paper which needs to be cut at 7 3/4" X 4 1/2". You can glue the patterned paper on top of the base and get ready for step two.

 

Next, take your scoreboard or your trimmer and score along the 7 3/4" side at 3 5/8" and then again at 1/2". Fold along your score lines. On the 1/2" piece, apply a piece of double sided tape all along it. Then, fold it together. It will look like a sleeve.

 

Now, you will need to take a hole punch and punch a hole big enough for your ribbon to fit through it. For this part, I DO NOT CUT MY RIBBON. I measure it inside the hole with the seed packet in there! I thread the ribbon through both holes, and I place the slider inside WHILE I AM HOLDING THE RIBBON. This is what makes the slider! Once the seed packet is in there, THAT is when I cut my ribbon! That way there is no waste!!!

 

To finish, you tie a bow with your ribbon (mine bow did not want to stay as I was taking the picture, lol). You can add any stamps you wish to decorate it. You can round your corners of the slider.

 

 That's it!!!

 

OK all, come on back tomorrow to catch the last project for Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

Hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

 

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 3-Sticky Pad Holder!

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Today is Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Week!!

 

I have another SUPER QUICK project for you! This one LITERALLY took my 5 minutes to finish, and the teachers just ADORE it!!

 

 

 

This is a Sticky Pad Notepad Holder! It is a 4 x 6 acrylic frame that I put a piece of patterned paper in, decorated the front and added a piece of the matching patterned paper to a PENTEL pen. The piece of the patterned paper for the pen was 1 x 3 for me at least! You just unscrew the top of the pen, roll the paper tight around the ink, and place back in the pen. You cant really tell from this picture, but the pen is decorated! 

 

For the notepad, you will need double sided tape. You need to put it on the back of the pad real good so it stays down when you rip the sticky note off!

 

The piece of patterned paper for the holder piece should measure 4 X6. My frame must of been a little off because my paper was a little smaller than 4 inches and a little smaller than 6 inches.

 

Now, decorate away! I had that sticker from the other project I did, and I thought it would be SUPER CUTE to have for this project!!

 

OK all, check back tomorrow for ANOTHER project!!!

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Teacher Appreciation Week Day 2! Lip Balm Purse!

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Today is day 2 for Teacher Appreciation week! For today's project, I made a Lip Balm Purse!

During the holiday craft shows, these sold like CRAZY! Not just for teachers, but as stocking stuffer's for little girls or gifts from little girls to mom! So, these are just not made for Teacher Appreciation, but you can make them for ANY female holiday!!

Here is a picture of the lip balm purse:

Here is the picture of the template I found online at Split Coast Stampers to follow to make this:

If you go to THIS BLOG, you will find more detailed instructions on making a bunch at a time. I only made 5, so I didn't follow her steps exactly, but I did follow!


For making this lip balm purse, I had a BUNCH of adhesive back stickers that said things about teachers that I got at AC Moore. The package did not have a title, nor a name of who made them!

The difference I found in making these was that I wanted to add just a slight tough more. I used my Crop a Dile and put in an eyelet to give it a little extra spark!

OK all! Check back tomorrow for Day 3 of Teacher Appreciation Gifts!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!


Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

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OH MY GOSH! So sorry I have been MIA for a while there! I had SO MUCH going on with my mother in laws surprise party, and craft shows, and my day job being short staffed that I had NO TIME to post here! I haven't even had time to use my prompt containers to do my project life! AHHHH! BUT, at least because of making a ton of stuff for our craft show, I have a weeks worth of cute projects for you!! WOO HOO!!!

 

So, today, I was part of the Teacher Appreciation Week committee at my sons school. I was in charge of getting the breakfast necessities for this week! BUT, did I remember that last night?? NOPE! So guess who was at the food store at 7:00 this morning to get my items for today! I did get them all in time and the teachers already seem to love their week!!!

 

As for a goodie for teachers, I made these for my son's teachers as well as the Craft Show! I have my K-Cup file HERE in my Etsy Store. Its a GREAT file that you can use for EVERY OCCASION! And its a nice gift for either a male or a female!! And EVERYONE loves coffee!!!

 

Here is the K-Cup box for Teacher Appreciation Week:

 

 

(Please do not mind the mess I made on the floor! I knocked over my stamp stand and EVERYTHING went everywhere, lol!)

 

Supplies:

Craftin' and Stampin' K-Cup Box

Recollections Paper (Back To School  8 1/2 x 11 pack)

Jaded Blossom Stamps- School Rules

Silhouette Cameo and Design Studio

ATG

Pop Dots

K-Cups

 

 

I really hope my kiddos teachers like them! And after they use the K-Cups, they can use the box to store little items in (paper clips, tacks, magnets, stickers, etc)!

 

OK All, Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

 

My Turn at Exploring Cricut

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Today is my turn over at Exploring Cricut!!!


I was VERY excited to create this project! It's Teacher Appreciation week, and I knew EXACTLY what I was gonna do! I wanted to make a "College" type decoration for my son's teacher's desk! I knew what cartridge I was going to use also! I got a mini haul of cartridges this past week, and in that haul I had the Recess cartridge! Its SUPER cute!

How CUTE are the images on this cartridge??? 

 Here's what I made with the cartridge!

I hope she likes it! I also hope she knows how much we appreciate her!!!

Me and my little guy made it together!  


OK all, hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!