Stamping the Cape: Craft Fairs

Ghiradelli Box with Video

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I'm getting ready again for my final craft show of the year and I thought I'd show you this little box I made last year that holds 2-3 Ghiradelli candies (depending upon how generous you want to be ;o} ). I've also resurrected the Jolly Friends Bundle and retired DSP as they went so well with this adorable box I acquired.

Both Santa and his pal were quickly colored using our new Stampin' Blends. The color flows on so easily that it took no time at all. I used the Ivory Blend for the face and the Dark Pink Pirouette for the cheeks, as the light was washed out by the Ivory.

For my elf friend, since his hair was already so dark from the stamped detail, I used my Light Crumb Cake blend just to fill in the spaces.

To make sure I knew what flavor was in which box, I identified the dark chocolate with the Chocolate Chip cardstock box and Santa, and the milk chocolate has the Cherry Cobbler cardstock box with the elf, but if someone wanted to, they could easily slide off the band and switch the characters because the box would still identify the contents.

Here are a couple of boxes using products from the 2017 Holiday Catalog. I thought the box using the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper would be appropriate to give to your church choir members or if you belonged to a singing group and wanted to give a small gift to your fellow songsters.

I decided to make the boxes black because I felt it was an elegant background, particularly for this box that's decorated with the Year of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper. The gold and silver against the Basic Black background make these terrific party favors for New Years or any cocktail party.

I ran Silver Metallic Thread around the belly band of the box and attached the sentiment on top. A little Metallic Enamel heart adds more bling to this shiny gift. I cut down the Foil Snowflake to make it fit to the box. Let me show you how to make your own.

Details:

5-1/2" x 7" piece of cardstock - color of your choice
Score along 7" side at 2-3/8" and 4-5/8"
Score along 5-1/2" side at 3/4", 1-1/2", 4", and 4-3/4" or score at 4" and 4-3/4", turn 180 degrees and score again at 4" and 4-3/4". Either way is fine.
Belly Band - 2" x 7" piece of coordinating Designer Series Paper or cardstock; a second 1" x 7" band can be added for additional interest.

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Craft Fair - Wine Bottle Tags

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I've been working away in my craft room making items for an upcoming craft fair. I decided to make some wine tags in varying themes using a variety of stamps and products.

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Earlier this month, I had made a wine tag using one of the 3 x 3 cards and leaves from the October Paper Pumpkin kit. I decided to make more using some of my leftover leaves but I've made the tag out of cardstock and cut them 2-3/4" x 8". I've used the largest Lots of Labels die to cut the top and bottom scallop, scored one end at 3" and punched a 1-3/4" hole on that end to fit over the bottle neck. I thought these would be good for Thanksgiving if you bring a bottle of wine to your hostess.

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For this tag I cut the snowflakes from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits and the sentiment is from the Hearts Come Home stamp set. I added the silver Metallic Enamel Shapes for some shine. This tag could be used all winter long.

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I pulled out my retired Jolly Friends stamp set from last season (love that Santa face!) and used a sentiment from the Merry Little Labels stamp set to complete this tag. I used the Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers to color Santa's face. Some extra bling was added with the Glitter Enamel Dots.

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If you're going to make wine bottle tags and you have a wine bottle stamp, well - you just have to use it! I got to play again with my new Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers. You can't tell from the picture but I added some Wink of Stella to the bottle top and covered the bottle and glass in VersaMark Ink and embossed with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder. I have an old VersaMark pen so I was able to emboss just the bottle on the tag. The wine glass was stamped separately and so I could use the pad directly on the image before embossing and cutting out the glass.

I will be packaging these in a cello bag with a tag topper. I've learned that presentation is as much a part of the sale as the product. I want them to look really cute!

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It's Craft Fair Time!

PumpkinBiscotti I have a craft fair coming up November 4 & 5 at the Coonamessett Farm not too far from my house. Last year I had a mix of my folk art dolls and other items, along with my Stampin' Up! products but this year I just don't have time to sew. I'm focusing more on my Stampin' Up! business this time and these Nonni's biscotti treats are one of the items I'm featuring.

These happen to be pumpkin spice with pumpkin icing but I also found some that were pumpkin with dark chocolate. Yum!

DarkBiscotti I created the little boxes using the same process I used for my candle box. The paper surrounding the the boxes is from the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper pack, which is one of the papers on sale this month - Buy 3 get 1 FREE.

The "Hello Fall" sentiment is from the Merry Cafe stamp set in the Holiday Catalog and both sets of leaves are from the Colorful Seasons Bundle. The "Keep Warm" sentiment is from last year's catalog.

I'm off to make more items. Let me know what you think about these. Would you be tempted to purchase one as a gift for a teacher, neighbor, hairdresser?

DSP Sale copy