Cookie House

I was giving a friend a little bag of cookies, and I thought some fun packaging would make them even better!  So I cut this little house from the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge at 11.35" (about as big as I could get it on a 12" mat)  I cut the house base, the roof, door, and window frames.  Then I used the My Creative Time Stitched Grass Die and Stitched Pretty Flower & Leaves Dies to decorate it!  This made it very easy to quickly customize it.

One last little detail I did was to run the door through my Vagabond with the Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate to make it look like real wood.  I love how you can see the cookies through the windows!

Products used on this project:

Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes AC Kraft Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Enchanted Evening Cardstock PTI Simply Chartreuse Cardstock PTI Berry Sorbet Cardstock PTI Winter Wisteria Cardstock PTI Orange Zest Cardstock PTI Harvest Gold Cardstock PTI Lemon Tart Cardstock MCT Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies MCT Stitched Grass Die PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate

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MCT October Sneak Peek #3

It's day 3 of our My Creative Time Sneak Peeks!  Are you ready for more?  Today we are sharing the cutest dies ever:  Stitched Scalloped Bow Dies!  Emma has created two different sizes of these dies.  For my candy box today, I used the larger of the two, the Medium Stitched Scalloped Bow Die.  To give you a frame of reference, my box is 4 3/4" wide.

Isn't the bow just adorable?  To get your signature stitching to always be showing in the right place, this die cuts your bow in two larger pieces that connect together, along with a little piece that wraps around the center. 

To make my tag, I used the tag and tab from the Stitched Round Tab, Arrow & Tag Dies and added the adorable little champagne glass, made with a die from yesterday's sneaked All Around Holidays stamp/die set.  The sentiment is from Classy & Fabulous.  I kept the tag clean and simple to go with the clean lines of the box.

Here's a look at the box from the side.  I made this with the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.  The bow is adhered to a belly band made with a strip of white cardstock that can slide off of the box to open it, without destroying the bow.

And on the inside... yummy truffles from See's Candy!   I sized my box so that the cutout circles in the insert would be just right to hold the truffles securely.  I think my friend who is receiving this will enjoy her little treat!

Sneak Peek Giveaway!

We will be giving away the set we are showcasing each day to ONE lucky winner!  For example, for the set we are showcasing on Monday, we will announce the winner on Tuesday, and so on...

ALL you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on our blogs!  You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the better chance you have of winning!

For extra entries, you can spread the word about this release on Facebook, tweet about it, OR even instagram it! #mycreativetime!  GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY, & let's start spreading the word!

Be sure to stop by Emma's blog to see what she and the rest of the design team have created for you today!

Products used on this project, except for the new releases:

Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes PTI Aqua Mist Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock Bazzill White Cardstock *Echo Park BUNDLE OF JOY BOY 12 x 12 Collection Kit BJB46016 *Echo Park BUNDLE OF JOY BOY 6 x 6 Paper Pad BJB46023 MCT Stitched Round Tab, Arrow & Tag MCT Classy & Fabulous PTI Dark Chocolate Ink Thin Hemp

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Box of Mini Cards

I joined in another PTI Stamp-a-faire challenge.  This one was to create a card set.  I decided to make a cute little box to hold my cards.  I used PTI Beautiful Blooms patterned paper for the lid, tied it with some pure poppy satin ribbon, and added a tag made with the Framed Out #5 stamp and die set.  The sentiment is from the Flower Fusion #1 stamp set.

My actual box was cut with the Cricut Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge.  I cut it at 9 3/4" to make it big enough for my 3" cards.

Because I didn't need too much height, I trimmed off each of the side panels until they were 1".  I also trimmed the sides of the lid down to 1/2".

I made four 3" cards to go inside the box.  Each one was made with the Flower Fusion #1 stamp set.  

To give the cards a fun, different look, I used sentiments to create the "grass".

A fun technique that I learned from Jessica Witty's video for this challenge was to use the wrong side of  a die (Flower Fusion #1, in this case), to emboss the shape before stamping it.  I love this extra touch!

For the first two cards I shared, I used ripe avocado for the stem and grass.  For these two, I used simply chartreuse.  Oh, and I picked up another badge for this challenge, LOL!

Products used for this card:

PTI Beautiful Blooms Patterned Paper PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock PTI Framed Out #5 Die PTI Flower Fusion #1 Die PTI Framed Out #5 Mini Stamp Set PTI Flower Fusion #1 Stamp Set PTI Winter Wisteria Ink PTI Hawaiian Shores Ink PTI Summer Sunrise Ink PTI Hibiscus Burst Ink PTI Simply Chartreuse Ink PTI Ripe Avocado Ink PTI Pure Poppy Ink PTI Pure Poppy Satin Ribbon PTI Vintage Buttons Holiday Mix PTI Buttons Autumn Mix PTI Rustic Cream Button Twine

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