Gingerbread Man Candy Cane Holder/Ornament

Today I bring to a little Gingerbread Man Candy Cane/Ornament. Originally I was making 28 of these for my daughter's 5th grade class but unfortunately she came down with strep throat 3 days before the last day of school before her winter break. I couldn't have them go to waste so I decided to only make 15 and hand them out to my fellow chemo patients and nurses when I went in for my chemo treatment this week. I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo but I did attach the candy cane just a little with my ATG. These were so much fun to make I hope to make more in the future.

Here is a peak at the back where I stamped it with the simple saying, "Merry Merry Merry Christmas."

I used these items to create this project:

• Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite cartridge
• white gel pen
• BugBites Stamps - All Year Round "Merry Merry Merry Christmas" - stamp on back
• brown ink
• Candy Cane
• ribbon

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• Exploring Cricut - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Christmas - open til 12/22
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #40 - Christmas - open til 12/25
• More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #78 - Christmas - open til 1/1
• DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge - Linky Party - Anything Goes - open til 12/31

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my little Gingerbread Man Candy Cane Holder/Ornament.

Family Christmas Project

The other day while at Michael's I picked up some of the un-finished wood and decided we would have a family craft night.  So the other night we each had a un-finished wood ornament to paint.

This is my 2 year old Jaidyn painting her ornament:

This is my 9 year old Kaitlyn painting her ornament:

More pics of the kids and my husband working on their ornaments:

This is mine before it was finished:

Here is my finished project. 

I used a really pretty ice blue and silver sparkle craft paint.  I cut the snowflake from Cricut cartrdige Wrap-it-Up at 5 3/4 and then stickled it.  Lastly I attached ribbon to the back that says, "Let it Snow."

These are my husband's and my oldest daughter Kaitlyn's projects.

They used red, green, blue, and silver sparkle craft paint.  They also added some really chunky glitter and stickle.  Kaitlyn also attached a Dilly Bean stamp - Snow Family that I printed out on cardstock and colored with Stampin' Up chalks.  Both were finished off with some red ribbon.

Now this one was made by my 2 year old daughter Jaidyn...she had a blast painting her project and loved using all the colors.  I finished it off for her by adding some bright pink ribbon.

Here they all are togther hanging from our living room window.

I am entering our projects in Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge - create a holiday decoration

and at Anything Challenge #56 - Anything but a Card

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed our family Christmas projects. 

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Rudolph Treat Bag/Ornament/Gift Card Holder

Today I share with you some little treat bags that I made for my daughter's 4th grade class for the last day before Winter break.  What I also discovered after making just one of these cute little bags was that it can double as an ornament for the Christmas tree or gift card holder.  The entire bag stands about 4 1/2 inches high, 3 inches wide and not quite 1 inch deep.  I made 28 of these for my daughter's class!!!

I used these items to create these treat bags/ornaments/gift card holders:

• Design Studio
• Plantin SchoolBook Cricut cartridge - for the bag
• Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge - for Rudolph
• Martha Stewart punch - for the snowflakes
• Red stickles - for Rudolph's nose
• Misc. Christmas ribbon from Michael's

Here they are as ornaments on the tree:

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #89 - Present Time
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #36 - Christmas Treat and Gift Packaging
• Robins Creative Cottage #2 - Ribbons and Bows
• Cardz TV #2 - Crafty Christmas
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #87 - Anything Goes + Glitter
• Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Any Christmas Project
• Decorate To Celebrate #13 - Christmas Party
• Cooking With Cricut Challenge #63 - Sounds of the Season - Create a project featuring your favorite sounds or songs of the holiday season
• More Than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #61 - Christmas theme project
• Cricut Creative Cutter Room - Animal Theme

I had so much fun making these and the versatility of this project was a HUGE BONUS!!!  I can't wait to get them to the kids!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my Rudolph treat bag/ornament/gift card holder!

Have a Merry Christmas!