Hello! I've been working through my Pumpkin Spice pad from CraftSmith (actually I'm working through 2 of these pads at the same time!). I made some fun and quick little projects that I thought might be great for Fall gifting or items to sell at Fall craft shows! You can watch my process video showing all of these projects HERE.
My first project were some hot cocoa pockets! I just used some envelopes along with patterned paper and cut-a-parts from the paper pad to make these. I will eventually add some apple cider packets and/or hot cocoa packets (these are my favorite packets to use) to these along with some other goodies to make a cozy, warm and tasty drink.
I started with a standard #10 business envelope (HERE is a 40 count box from Dollar Tree). Really, any type of envelope would work for this as long as it's at least 4 inches wide (to fit a hot cocoa packet). First, seal the envelope, either using the existing glue strip or some adhesive. Cut the envelope in half. Cut 2 pieces of your patterned paper to fit the size of your envelope and add the paper to the front and back of the envelope. I cut my pieces to be 3 7/8 inches by 4 1/2 inches. I use Scor-tape to adhere the paper to make sure it's a strong adhesive bond. Use a circle punch (I used a 1 inch punch) to cut a notch out of the top front of the envelope, in the middle. This makes it easier to pull out the contents of the envelope. Decorate your packets as desired and fill with goodies!
Next up was a wine bottle gift tag! I love gifting wine and making some fun tags to add to the bottle to dress it up!
These are very simple to make! Start with some cardstock or thick patterned paper and cut to 3 inches by 9 inches. Score at 2 7/8 inches down from the top. In the center of that top square, punch or diecut a circle (I make my circle about 1 3/4 inches). Add some pattern paper and embellishments to pretty it up and you're all done! I added some patterned paper from my pad that was 2 3/4 inches by 6 inches and used some Art Glitter Glue to adhere it. I used a retired Stampin Up set called Making Spirits bright for my image and sentiment. I layered both of these onto some brown cardstock and adhered them to my wine tag.
Do you ever make homemade bread and gift it during the holidays? These bread wraps are a quick and easy way to dress up your loaf of bread! You can also use them to wrap around Mason jars!
I used a 1 1/2 inch by 12 inch strip of my patterned paper and then embellished it in the center of the strip with some circle punches and a cut-a-part from the paper pad! That's it!
Last is a decorative sticky note pad, using a Jot 125 Sheet Sticky Note Pad from the Dollar Tree. I started with a 5 1/8 inch by 8 1/2 inch piece of patterned paper. I scored at 3 inches, 3 5/8 inches, 6 5/8 inches and 7 1/4 inches. I folded up all the score lines and then used some scor-tape on the back of note pad to adhere it inside the holder. I finished my note pad holder off with a belly band (1 1/4 inches by roughly 9 inches). I wrapped the band around the holder to see where the fold lines would be. That also told me if I needed to cut any excess off the strip. I trimmed off the excess and then glued the ends together. Then I added my embellishment to decorate the front. You could also close the holder up with some adhesive velcro as well, instead of a belly band.
I also created 2 other decorative note pads using the Mini Writing Tablets from the Dollar Tree. I got this idea from Amber over at Lyriclover Crafts. You can see her tutorial HERE.
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you got some ideas for some fun little Fall/Halloween or holiday gifts or even some items to make for your craft fairs! Please be sure to let me know if you have any questions. I'm off to work on some more Fall projects from my Pumpkin Spice pad. Happy crafting!
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