Small Gift of Love

Great things come in little packages, right?  Well, this little package has some yummy goodies inside.  I handed them out last week for small Valentine's Day gifts.  Super easy to make and using only a 3"x6" paper, you can make a lot from 1 sheet of DSP in no time at all.  I used the tutorial found here. 

Enjoy!

4th Grade Valentines 2016

My daughter loves puns, so this was a fun one to put together for her.  It was pretty easy, too, thanks to a pdf I found online.  I just printed it, cut it out, taped the Blow Pop to the back and added some curling ribbon.

 

Thank goodness it was easy.  We had a lot going on and had quite a few to make!  

Hope your Valentine's Day was wonderful!

Preschool Valentines 2016

Happy Valentine's Day!  

These are the Valentines that my 4 year old took to school for his classmates on Thursday.  It's an oldie but a goodie for our family - I made these for my daughter's preschool classmates as seen here.  

I used a favorite stamp set from the 2015 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog to add a few coloring sheets to go along with the crayon.  

 

 

Everything packaged up!

My little guy writing his name for the back of each gift.   

 

He was pretty excited to take these to school!  

Stay tuned for my daughter's class Valentines! 

Snickers Birthday Cake

The principle at my daughter's elementary school had a milestone birthday last year.  Each class was assigned an item and were giving her SIXTY of that item.  My daughter's class was tasked with giving her SIXTY SNICKERS.  The teacher asked if I could come up with a creative way to present the Snickers and this is what I came up with!  What do you think? 

 

It's similar to, but MUCH bigger than, this Nugget Cake I made for a teacher a few years ago.  I had asked for the kids to bring snack sized bars, but I got a variety of sizes, so I added them anywhere I could!

 

A view from the top!  That's a lot of candy!

I used the same process as I do when I make a diaper cake.  See all of my diaper cakes HERE, HERE and HERE.   

Paper Purse Gifts

Aren't these purses fun?  I'd come across the idea somewhere online (and loosely used this video tutorial as a guide) and made a whole bunch of these for my stamping friends.  I added a few goodies to the bag and it made a fun gift.  

Here's the whole group in different colors.  They really standout with the black and white DSP!

 

Teacher Christmas Gifts 2015

Happy New Year!
A few more Christmas ideas/gifts before the new Occasions catalog starts on Jan 5, 2016.  These were some of the gifts we gave to my kids teachers this year.  It included Wood Stamp Case Gifts, Gift Bow Die Angel Ornaments and Hand Santa-tizers.

I love making these hand Santa-tizers.  They're fairly easy, very inexpensive and super cute! 

 

  

I've been packaging the teachers' gifts like this for the past few years.  I saw it on Pinterest and it seems to be even more popular this year.  There are many variations.  I use a retired snowflake die (cut in half) for the antlers.   

Christmas Wine Hangers

I made these fun gifts for a craft fair last year.  I got the idea from a fellow stamper and went a little crazy.  As you can tell from my Wall Hanging, I like to make rosettes!

 

Enjoy!

Beautiful Christmas Frame

This is the beautiful frame I received as a result of the white elephant gift exchange I did with my team for Christmas.  Candice did a fantastic job.  You can see what I made here.

 This was difficult to photograph, but I tried to show all of the sparkly-ness.  It's so pretty in real life.

Christmas JOY Rosette Wall Hanging

Every year my team gets together for a white elephant gift exchange and potluck.  This year we did it right at the beginning of December.  Here is my gift that I gave - a Christmas Wall Hanging.  

I got the idea from some wine hangers that I made last year (see those here).  I like making the rosettes with the Simply Scored Tool.  

Here's a closeup.  Since I didn't end up with this gift, I'll have to make another one for me!

Thanksgiving Turkey Mini Tic Tac Sliders

Here is the Thanksgiving version of the mini tic tac sliders I made to hand out.  I just fell in love with the idea as soon as I saw it!  Make sure to see my Christmas version, too.  I got the idea and video tutorial here. 

These mini tic tacs come in packs of 3 at the Dollar Tree.  What a quick and economical gift!  Not to mention ca-ute!

Reindeer Mini Tic Tac Sliders

I know I haven't posted in a LONG TIME, but I just had to share these adorable Mini Tic Tac Sliders!  I got the basic idea (with a video tutorial) from one of my new favorite blogs here.  

These are great little gifts for my kids' teachers (along with other goodies that I plan to share later) and anyone else who might need a holiday pick me up!

The best part, for the engineer in me, is that you can get EIGHT of the boxes from ONE sheet of cardstock.  I did all of the embellishments with scraps.  BONUS!

Even though it's past Thanksgiving, I'll share the Thanksgiving version I did next! 

Wonder Woman Birthday

What do you do when your daughter wants a Wonder Woman themed birthday and NO ONE sells Wonder Woman ANYTHING???  Well, you MAKE it of course!! 

If you saw my daughter's Halloween Costume, you'll know she is a big fan of Wonder Woman.  She loves watching the old shows on Sci-Fi Saturday Night.   

Luckily I had these small red paper bags (bought on clearance after Valentines Day who knows when) in my stash along with some leftover white stars from these cards on my desk. After staring at her Wonder Woman shirt for a long time, it hit me - I knew how to make the 'W'.  I die cut the 'W' and then used a retired picture corner punch (cut in half) for the 'wings'.  Voila!  It worked and she was happy!

Now, what do you do when you need a Wonder Woman cake for the birthday party?  MAKE it of course.  Well, not really.  I found this 'super-hero looking' cake at Wal-mart and added a Wonder Woman Little People figurine.  Phew!  Mission Accomplished!

Does that make me Wonder Wo-MOM?   :)