Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

mary-op

CT -love the post it note holders:T............did those last year but nowhere near as nice as yours. Got some mini pens from tescos.....still got some left..........looks like I'll have to do some more post its.............lol

flourgirl - lovely cards..........just goes to shoe what can be done:T

hogshead - normally I'd be looking out for you but early night tonight as we're off early in the morning:(

flyingpig58

The bags you need for this project are called Pretzel bags - and can be bought from hear

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-x-2-x-9-CLEAR-Pretzel-Cello-Bags-/260670192166?pt=Uk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ&hash=item3cb1277a26

The punches used are from Stampin Up - available from
[EMAIL="lisa@craftfairies.com"]lisa@craftfairies.com[/EMAIL] - they are not cheap but I can't live without mine!

There scalloped punch is the only one they have - and the plain circle is 1 3/8 size - which fits perfectly.



Punch the plain circle out in blue then add some snow - using white paper or glitter paper. Use a white gel pen for the fiddly bits



You make a front and a back bit and "sandwich" an Elizabeth Shaw mint mint in the middle



I know the above picture is for Halloween but I hope it gives you an idea of how they are made.

Emmamumof2

Ive just ordered my pretzel bags, going to get some more mints tomorrow BOGOF in Tesco, ordered the circle punch as only have the scalloped circle at the mo and just ordered the white pen!! Very excited!
Helen - you are an absolute star!
After all I said Im going to invest in a Big Shot at the weekend I think!!

flyingpig58

I use the slim bars of Cadbury's for my decorated bars - about £1 for 6 from Home Bargains.

But I think you could work the idea for any bar of chocolate

flyingpig58

Have any of your children got a Bandai Badge Maker thats gathering dust? Well pinch it!!!

I got mine from a carboot sale for 10p because the woman just didn't want to take it home with her - it even had a full bag of refills

There's a few on ebay at the moment - search for "Badge It"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Super-Badge-Accessories-/260676120949?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item3cb181f175

You can buy the refills from Bandai Uk online.



I just put brown paper in mine - then when it was made, added white dimensional paint, a few black stick on dots (but I could have drawn them on the paper before I sealed it in the machine) plus confetti holly and falt backed gems.

The backing paper is a download from Mad About Cards.

A card and a badge all in one!

flyingpig58

This is a very simple card you could make using various sizes of snowflake punches. I've done the wording on my computer.

littlekitty2010

Well i went into town today and got lots of goodies. Poundland had the strawberry bonbons great for rudolphs nose. Also got cute bubble snowman and reindeer stickers and packs of coloured card so well pleased. Also got malteaser and galaxy hot chocolate sachets 6 in each box for a quid so gonna make the snowman soup too. Thanks everyone this thread is FAB!! I will post some pics when im done gonna get stuck in at weekend if my ebay stuff comes.

piglet27

Evening all

There are so many lovely ideas on here, my todo list is growing everyday! lol

Flourgirl thankyou for the template just got it, been looking for box template for a while to put kids hm chocs in.

piglet27

Can anyone help, how do we post photos on here?

craftygranny

You need to upload to somewhere like photobucket then click on the thing just above that looks like a postcard with a mountain on and insert the image code then your pic should appear.