Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

flyingpig58

Hi Mrs Tine ...... I have an electric bag sealer for my sweetie bags - that way I can be sure everything stays fresh - it has been one of the best things I have ever bought.

As for the font ........ no font ....... it's my own handwriting! However there are a lot of handwriting fonts available to downlaod for free on the web.

MrsTinks

WAAAAAAAAH I'll never make it as neat as you!!!! *sulks*

I actually have one of those sealers... a JML one that sticks on the fridge... why did that not occur to me???? Hmmm

What diecut machine do you use? I want one but I'm struggling with justifying the space and money... space probably being the bigger problem lol

Doreen_Beech

Love your crafty handy work flyingpig58. I think, like others if I tried your designs it just wouldn't look the same. Have you got any easy designs that I could try??

flyingpig58

Hi Mrs Tine

I started with a Cuttlebug - which is a brilliant die cutter

Then I sold it about 2 yrs ago when I was persuaded to get a BigShot and I will stick with it as I love it and it's so easy to use.

The reason I changed is that I wanted to make the BigXL boxes and bags dies Sizzix do .... Some people do all sorts of fancy things on their cutters .....but I keep things very simple.



This is the Elitech bag sealer I use, as I have said its the best tool I have EVER bought! I shopped round a lot and found one under £20 on e-bay. I only use mine for sweet bags .... but it would also be brilliant for freezers and storing food.

Hi Dorren

You are very kind but believe me you can make stuff just as good as me I started blogging because I got so frustrated looking at other peoples blogs and feeling "rubbish" - I hope what I do is fairly simple and easy to copy.

I think my chocolate bars are one of the easiest things to do .... like the reindeer one. Just cover a bar with paper - brown for a reindeer deer for example ..... then all you need to do is add a nose and some wobbly eyes and some antlers - if you stick a loop of ribbon on the bar before you wrap it, you can hang it on a tree.

Decorate 24 chocoate bars with loops and hang them on a length of string/ribbon and you've got an advent calendar!

I have a few more chocolate bars to add and a couple of chocolate bar ideas in my head I've yet to make.



These bars are REALLY and used small child sized choc bars I found in Tesco

flyingpig58

I've covered this bar of chocolate with felt ..... which is a touch extravagant, but a good white paper would be equally as good.

His hat is made by cutting the fingers off "Magic Finger" gloves - I see they are selling 2 pairs of these gloves in Primark for £1 - so for that amount you can have a lot of hats - and that many fingers allows you for a few mistakes!

The buttons and eyes are black flat backed gems I found in Paperchase. The carrot I admit is something special ...... but I managed to get some other carrot buttons on e-bay for a reasonable price and cut the shanks off. But you could also draw a carrot shape and cut it out.

The scarf is made from a piece of ribbon (from East of India)

This is a deluxe version I admit ..... so I am going back to the drawing board tonight to see if I can make another one using simple materials - but keeping the glove fingers!

flyingpig58

This uses red, black, white and silver paper plus two black flat backed gems ..... or small black buttons would do.

PootleFlump_3

Loving all your stuff Helen. Going to make some of your poop bags this year although dont have a die cutter yet so might not be very good! (...as a keen follower of your blog, I also cant wait for you to finish your advent calendar!!)

Edit: Lilmiss, your choccie orange is great

Carrie_Bloomy

Thanks for sharing those lovely cfart ideas. I know what are goint to be few of my presents (translucent bauble with wishes)

Tamster150

Wow, what a fab thread... and you have a new blog follower

Hollie84

Hi me again
ive been out today and managed to get some vimto bon bons for reindeer noses but wandered where u got the blue bon bons from?? i know your normal sweet shops do them but was hoping to get them cheap??