RUDOLPH WITH CANDY CANE ANTLERS

I have done it again.  My plan for last week was to was to make Christmas cards and share pictures but instead I’ve been making gift items.  In my defense, I can say that my reindeer with the red M&M nose and candy canes for antlers are adorable.  What do you think?

This little reindeer is a perfect gift for teachers, principals, bus drivers, neighbors, …, simply for EVERYONE. He is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face. His face is made with the Top Note Big Shot Die and of course, the nose is one of Stampin’ Up!’s popular Sweet Treat Cups. A few round punches complete the magic.


In my version, the front flips up (like a card but I have to take the candy cane antlers out first) and I have the same sliding door behind the sweet treat cup as I made for the turkey (see the video on the turkey for instructions). Then I added a little box on the inside to the back to hold the candy canes so they don’t slip through.

Would you like to make one with me in my Stamping Studio?

If you are in Wichita, just give me a call to set a time to come by and make one with me. Remember to call me at 305-5207 to enter my Spunky Stamping Heaven!

Supplies to make your Candy Cane Rudolph

Cardstock – Early Espresso, Whisper White, Basic Black
Punches – Circles: 1 ¾” for nose, 1 ¼” for the white in eyes, 1” for pupils
White Gel Pen
Big Shot & Top Note Die


As I said, if you are local, call me to come make one with me. If you are out of town, send me an email and I will shot a video to show you how to make these cute fellows.  I aim to please and your request will be my command.



Tanja
316-305-5207
tanja@spunkycards.com

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Turtle

This little fellow has been keeping me company in my stamping corner after my little hat experiment back fired.

I used the sweet treat cups to make cute little hats with ribbon and bows and I prouly presented them to my daughters and asked them what they thought. They looked at the hats and asked me what they were supposed to be. Obviously, it wasn't obvious that they were supposed to be hats.

So I set out for something different and I am currently working on bugs for you. I had a bag of mini M&Ms that I sorted. The red M&M's will be a lady bug when they grow up and the yellow ones a bumble bee but the green ones were really speaking to me that day and they wanted to be a turtle. When my girls saw the turtle for the first time, they smiled and said "Nice try but it's still no hat. It looks like a turtle!" They are my best and worst critics.

Everyone who has met turtle since, loves him! As soon as I finish lady bug and bumble bee, I'll show pictures of them. To order your Sweet Treat Cups, click here!

Don't have too much fun stamping without me!

Tanja

Thanking Room Moms with Sweet Flowers

This weekend, I made 30 sweet treat cup flowers for my good friend, Traci. She heads up the room moms for her son's elementary school and with the school year ending, she wanted to have a special thank you for each of her room moms.

The sweet treat cups are filled with mini M&M's. Aren't they great? Stop by my SU! online store and order some for thank you projects. SU! also has heart shaped treat cups that are absolutely adorable. Click here to check them out.

As always, don't have too much fun stamping without me! Tanja

Gift Boxes: Rudolph

As promised, here is the video on how I make my Rudolph boxes. I've got four Rudolph boxes sitting on the mantel of my fire place right now. I can't wait to fill them with cookies, hot chocolate pouches and other holiday treats. They make such cute Christmas presents!!!

If you don't have the Big Shot but want to make your own Rudolph boxes, you can order Rudolp as a kit from me. The kit includes:

paper for the box - prescored as shown in the video

2 top note pieces, one with hole already prepunched

2 antlers

sweet treat cup

paper circles for eyes - already punched

paper circle for eye lids

You need:

1. Adhesive to glue the box (I used sticky strip) and adhesive to attach the sweet treat cup (I used snail adhesive) and eyes and antlers (I used the 2 way glue pen).
2. Scissors.
3. Stampin' Dimensionals for the eye lids are optional.

You can order your kit by emailing me at tanja@spunkycards.com. The cost is $2.00 per Rudolph box plus tax. I would be happy to mail them to you, too.

Don't have too much fun stamping without me! Tanja

The Raffle

The winner of the beautiful centerpiece is

Madison Malone!

Thanks for stopping by my booth at the Fall Festival.

How to get to the candy?

Yes, it's my first Christmas card of the year. I am still in love with SU!'s Sweet Treat Cups and yesterday, I decided to see how I could incorporate them with my current SU! Christmas stamps. And of course, I am still on the quest to make access to the candy as easy as possible. I hate the thought of having to tear into the card in order to get to the candy. So on this card, I used the slit punch on the bottom and a metal thing (not sure what it is called) on the top. And it works really wonderful. The raindeer is from the set A Holly Jolly Christmas. My kids absolutely love it. The colors in this card are Chocolate Chip, Real Red and So Saffron. And here is the link to the Sweet Treat Cups. They are from the new Holiday Mini Catalog that started September 1st and runs through January 4th. Click here to go to my SU! website where you can download the Holiday Mini. It is really worth it!!! Enjoy! Tanja