Container Madness!!

The Challenge that I gave to my team members last month was Craft Sale related.  I gave each one of them an empty container from the (off brand) Crystal Light drinks and told them to decorate it to market it at a craft sale.  They had to fill it and price it.
I showed them this one that I had made and Gracie gave one to her teacher on the first day of school

As my friend, Rachel, would say - this is a TRASH of TREASURE.  Do you throw away the empty containers or do you repurpose them??  Inside this one is a sleeve of 6 Lindor Truffles.  The leaves are from the BOTANICAL BUILDER FRAMELITS

Here is what the girls came up with and I love ALL of them!! I think they did a fabulous job!!

Carla decorated her container with a Baby theme using the COOKIE CUTTER CHRISTMAS BUNDLE.  Carla is going to be a grandma again so she filled this with candy treats for her daughter to pass out when she got visitors at the hospital!  Clever idea!!
Donne went the elegant route. Because it was a craft sale item I did not limit them to using only Stampin' Up! products, so Donne chose this elegant die and cut it from gold foil and backed it with black.  Donne filled her container with a sleeve of gold wrapped Hershey Nuggets.

Inez chose a fall theme for her container and used the VINTAGE LEAVES stamp set and Framelits. Her Designer Paper is from the REGALS PAPER STACK (she used Rich Razzleberry! a perfect color for the fall leaves.  Inez filled her container with a yummy homemade mix of candies and crackers.
Paula went with a snowman Theme for her container.  She used the SNOW PLACE stamp set and Framelits and filled it with a sleeve that held 3 K-Cups of hot chocolate.

Sue went with a beautiful Christmas theme for her container.  The band of Designer Paper is from WARMTH AND CHEER and backed with Real Red Card Stock.  She used the very cool pines from the PRETTY PINES THINLITS DIES using several different shades of our green card stock, and the cute bells from the CHRISTMAS MAGIC Stamp Set, stamped with Stazon Black Ink onto GOLD FOIL and hand cut out.

The Santa was a last minute idea on my part because I found him in my stash from last year and felt he needed a home. He is on a clear Crystal Light container and would be darling filled with the red and white peppermint puff candies. (I didn't have any in the house or I would have filled it)

These last two are ones I made, feeling guilty that I didn't make up a second idea.  Especially when I asked my team to make theirs.  My friend Donne had these cute little leaf treats at our dinner plates in September

and I thought they were so cute that I made some up for the craft sales.  The leaves I purchased were on a garland strand and they also had the large pinecone and pumpkin on that strand so I decided to not let them go to waste.  All I did was add a little bow using the LINEN THREAD and some EMERALD ENVY BAKERS TWINE  The leaves on the front are from watercolor paper that I colored in Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzazz and Watermelon Wonder.  A splash of Gold Wink Of Stella gives it a shimmery look.  Then I cut them out using the VINTAGE LEAVES FRAMELITS.  I punched out Soft Suede Acorns using the ACORN PUNCH, them with a retired embossing folder. and gave them a GOLD GLIMMER topper.  I cut the 5/8" BURLAP RIBBON in half for a narrower look and it also gives it a more rustic feel with the frayed edges.  I filled my containers with mini Tootsie Rolls and I am planning to pass them out to our neighbors at Halloween.

What will you do with your empty containers??

Thanks for stopping by!

Christi

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Put a Smile on it!!

This is the 3x3 card that Gracie will find in her lunch box today!  The ACORNY THANK YOU stamp set is even cuter when you add a smile to it.

I used the PETITE PAIRS stamp set for the greeting and the inside coordinating stamp says "...Begin with you").  The face was hand drawn.

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and HAPPY FRIDAY!

Christi

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Dove of Peace

This is one of the cards that the ladies made at the COME STAMP WITH ME TUESDAY open house style class I hold each week here in my craft room.

This is one of my favorite days because I never know who or how many will show up that day.  I am thankful for my up line Glenda who let me borrow this stamp.  I used the NEW Bough's and Berries Embossing Folder along with the Metallic Doilies, Silver Cording and Silver Satin Ribbon.  I did a bit of work ahead of time because the words and the dove are on one stamp and since I wanted the dove cut out and the words lined up at a different alignment I chose to emboss all the words and doves ahead of class time. A lot of work??  Sure, but I love it and it is just my way of loving on these ladies who come.
While I had the stamp I thought I would make up these cute pillow boxes

Vellum Card Stock embossed with White Embossing Powder, and colored in on the back side with Bermuda Bay

 Very Vanilla Card Stock embossed with Silver Embossing Powder (this one matches the card they made)

Vellum Card Stock embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.  See the crinkly gold thread?  Want to know where I got it??
Do you remember the post from yesterday?
The SPRING ladies made this card Tuesday night and I had run out of the Thick Very Vanilla Twine

So I pulled out my Gold Bakers Twine

You can see the difference in the width - here they are side by side

 I just pulled off the gold metallic thread so that I would have enough Very Vanilla Bakers Twine for the girls cards on Tuesday night.

Got to be smart with those left overs!!

Here is a list of the supplies used on the Christmas Card.

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And here are the supplies that I used on the Grateful Card.

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Thanks for stopping by!

Christi

card inspired by Melissa Davies

Treat inspired by Erin G

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Encouragement

Tuesday night my friend and fellow Red Hot Stamper, Donne, and I hosted a Ladies Night Out for the young ladies at church.  They are the SPRING girls because they range in age from post college age through 30 (ish).
Donne shared a devotional and I showed them how to make this card with the intention that they would use it to encourage someone else.

 Then Donne and I wanted to encourage them so we made each of them a treat that coordinated with the card they made

Here you can see them together.

 It was such a blessing to see these young ladies, laugh, cry and pray with one another, sharing their requests and challenges.  I couldn't think of a better way to spend an evening.
Thanks for stopping by!
Christi
card inspired by Wendy Weixler
treat inspired by Dawn Olchefske Pin It Now!