Great Gifts: Acetate Candy Boxes

You may know that I had to have hand surgery this past winter.  I had to wear a cast and wasn't able to use my hand for a couple of months.  One of my friends came over to help me make some sort of a crafty gift to give to people that helped me by bringing over a meal.  We came up with this Acetate Candy Box to give to them. 

They are made using the acetate boxes from Stampin Up's holiday catalog.  It perfectly fits 6 Ghirardelli candies in it.  We wrapped them in designer paper cut 1 3/4" x 5" long and attached the paper with 2 glue dots to secure it. 

The belly band is 1 1/4" x 12" long and we wrapped that around the outside of the box.

After that, we just decorated them using different sayings, circle images, doilies, snowflakes, etc and attached that to the belly band to create a focal point. 

Then we cut strips of designer paper 1" x 4" and trimmed the ends to look like banners.  I added some sequined ribbon to dress them up even more.

Although the majority of mine are made with Christmas paper, you can make them for any occasion, just change out the designer paper.  They make a great little gift to show your appreciation to someone special. 

Which one do you like the best?  Have you tried making these yet? 

Working with Petal Palatte

One of the first stamp sets in the Stampin Up Occasions catalog to catch my eye this year was Petal Palette.  I like the soft, watercolor look that the images have.  I ordered the designer papers and framelits to go with it (of course, I just had to!). 

Here are 3 cards that I made using the stamp set with the papers.  Isn't the little bird really cute?  And I like the font on the sayings.

Although it is a little hard to see what this is, it's an acetate box filled with 6 Ghiradelli candies, each wrapped in designer paper.  Then the outside of the box has a band and a focal point.  I attached some designer paper banners hanging from the circle and some sequined ribbon to make it pop.

These are really easy to make and are great for giving as a small gift of appreciation to someone.  For more details on them, see the next blogpost.