It's Frugal Friday Time!

It's our favourite day of the week!!!
It's FRUGAL FRIDAY!!!!

Welcome to our weekend SALE!!!  I've put a dozen of

 our favourite stamp sets on special and some of them are going to sell out for sure!  They are 25-50% OFF just for the weekend!

And only while supplies last!!

 This week's Frugal Friday Specials are:

LOTS OF LOVE 1 - 50% OFF!

KRAFTY KATASTROPHE - 30% OFF!

HANDMADE TRINKETS - 25% OFF!

CANINE CAPERS 2 - 50% OFF!

JULIE - 40% OFF!

ONCE UPON A TIME 3 - 40% OFF!

GANDALF - 40% OFF!

JUST CHILLIN'! - 30% OFF!

HAPPILY EVER AFTER - 25% OFF!

BUG BUDDIES 1 - 50% OFF!

FELINE GREAT - 40% OFF!

SNOW MUCH LOVE - 30% OFF!

 

12 DAYS OF HANDMADE GIVING - DAY 4

Hi there!  Marilyn here and it's my turn to host The 12 Days of Krafty Handmade Giving! Each day from December 1-12th we will be sharing lots of handmade goodies here on the blog featuring Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We know that you're always looking for fun things to create besides cards but especially at this time of year! So we've got lots of amazing and creative things to share from tags, to notepads, to holiday decor so be sure to pop by every day!!

I've got a cute Snowman Hat treat holder to share with you!  It's very simple and actually cost almost nothing to make!

Aren't they super sweet!  They are made with a empty wrapping paper tube and card stock.  I have a few pictures for you of supplies and various stages of making the hats. I used The Magic Of Christmas stamp.

I wanted a tall hat so I cut the roll 2 inches high and then I used a black sharpie pen to color the edges so nothing would show once the black card stock was taped in place.  Then I cut a round with one of the spellbinder dies for the brim and glued it to the bottom of the hat.  Once it dried I added the ribbon and then decorated it. 

This was super simple to make and took no time at all.  If you wanted to use it for placement cards for your Christmas dinner table you could always write the persons name on the brim of the hat.  Here is one last picture of the completed hat for you.

I hope you have been enjoying our 12 Days Of Handmade Giving and find lots of inspirations for your  holiday gifts!  Don't forget to pop back in tomorrow because we have lots of fabulous ideas to share with you!  Have a wonderful day!

12 Days of Krafty Hademade Giving: Day 3

Hello everyone! Tracy here for day 3 of our new series called the 12 Days of Handmade Gifts. For the next couple of weeks, some of the Krafty Girls will be featured on the blog, with fun holiday projects showcasing different Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Make sure you come back to check out the daily dose of handmade gift giving inspiration.

Today, I am excited to share with you, a gift box that I made for my daughter's teacher. I decorated the box with paper from Echo Park Hello Winter and it features the sweet Ice Ice Baby and delicious One Cup at a Time stamp set.

It's the perfect little box for gifting some tasty hot chocolate and maybe a few other yummy treats.

The box is double sided. One side can be created from an 8x10 sheet of cardstock and measure 4 (wide) x 5.5 (high) x 1.5 (deep) inches.

The template below shows my measurements for one side of the treat box. You will start with an 8 x 10 sheet of cardstock. Along the 8 inch side you will score at 0.5, 2, 6 and 7.5 inches. Then along the 10 inch side score at 3 and 4.5 inches (measured from the bottom of the box). The portion (of the template) in grey is scrap. The red lines are where you will cut and the dashed lines are your score/fold lines. For the double sided box, you will cut and assemble two of these.

After you cut and score your box base, decorate before assembling. Keep a close watch when you are adhering your paper, to ensure you have it facing the right direction, once it's assembled (ask me how I know that one).

To create a handle on the box, you can either use a die or your paper cutter. With all the layers on my box, I knew the die wouldn't work as easily. Before attaching the boxes together, on the back of one box, I drew out the handle and cut it out with my paper cutter. I then matched the boxes back to back (they way they will be taped together) and used the cut out portion to mark where the hole would be on the other box. I traced this hole on the back with a pencil, then cut this out. Once the handle is cut out, the back of boxes are taped together and the rest of the box assembled.

I hope I have inspired you, to create a fun holiday gift box for someone special this Christmas. Please come back tomorrow to see the next wonderful project from Marilyn.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful and krafty day!

Tracy

12 Days of Handmade Giving: Day 2

Hello Krafty peeps! Krafty Girl Martha here with you today! Welcome to Day 2 of The 12 Days of Krafty Handmade Giving! Each day from Decmeber 1-12th we will be sharing lots of handmade goodies here on the blog featuring Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We know that you're always looking for fun things to create besides cards but especially at this time of year! So we've got lots of amazing and creative things to share from tags, to notepads, to holiday decor so be sure to pop by every day!! I hope you are all enjoying your Christmas Season! My project for Day two of the Twelve Days of Handmade giving is an Altered Notebook! I used the Birthday Buddies set for my notebook.

 

 

Annnnnddddd......I made a VIDEO showing you how you can do this yourself! Enjoy!!

 

Krafty Hugs

Martha

12 Days of Krafty Handmade Giving, Day 1

Hey yall!!!  Krafty Girl Tangii here kicking off The 12 Days of Krafty Handmade Giving!  Each day from Decemeber 1st through the 12th we will be sharing lots of handmade goodies here on the blog featuring Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We know that you're always looking for fun things to create besides cards but especially at this time of year! So we've got lots of amazing and creative things to share from tags, to notepads, to holiday decor so be sure to pop by every day!!

Let's get things started with something warm and cozy and yummy!  I've made this little cuppie for one of the Realtors that's helping us with our house.  The most expensive part of this was the cup... $5 at the Grocery store!  First let me show you the Krafty, then I'll show ya the yummy and be sure to read this to the end for a recipe for some super-d-duper HOMEMADE MARSHMALLOWS!!

So I just made a quick tag here using some dies and some burlap paper.  If you're making several you can quickly do this on your Silhouette.  The sentiment on the baby tag is from The Magic of Christmas clear stamp set.  I also used one of cute little cups from the One Cup at a Time clear set.  I paper pieced the cup but colored the "whip" with some Copics.  Then I just added a few embellies to the tag.

Now to the warm and yummy part!!!  The snowman bag has some hot cocoa mix, I make my own, but you can certainly buy this from the store!  There are LOTS of yummy Cocoa's out there!  I added a few Candy Canes cause not only are they yumm-a-licious, but they're kinda pretty too!  Then the piece de resistance... (drum roll please...)

Homemade Marshmallows!!!!  Oh my giddyness, these are a-mazing!!!!  And... they were super easy to make!!  So I totally swiped the recipe from Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa), here it is below...

INGREDIENTS

3 packages unflavored gelatin

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup light corn syrup

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

DIRECTIONS
Combine the gelatin and 1/2 cup of cold water in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and allow to sit while you make the syrup.

Meanwhile, combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Raise the heat to high and cook until the syrup reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from the heat.

With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sugar syrup into the dissolved gelatin. Put the mixer on high speed and whip until the mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes. Add the vanilla and mix thoroughly.

With a sieve, generously dust an 8 by 12-inch nonmetal baking dish with confectioners' sugar. Pour the marshmallow mixture into the pan, smooth the top, and dust with more confectioners' sugar. Allow to stand uncovered overnight until it dries out.

Turn the marshmallows onto a board and cut them in squares. Dust them with more confectioners' sugar.  I stored mine in a large Ziploc bag and poured in an extra scoop of Powdered Sugar just so they didn't stick together.

With a sieve, generously dust an 8 by 12-inch nonmetal baking dish with confectioners' sugar. Pour the marshmallow mixture into the pan, smooth the top, and dust with more confectioners' sugar. Allow to stand uncovered overnight until it dries out.

Turn the marshmallows onto a board and cut them in squares. Dust them with more confectioners' sugar.  I stored mine in a large Ziploc bag and poured in an extra scoop of Powdered Sugar just so they didn't stick together.

Totally delicious!!  Ok, so bottom line... you can make this gift easily in large quantities, very inexpensively and it is just too, too cute!  Thanks for popping in, be sure to swing by tomorrow for another fabulous idea!!