Use Winter Tags for your Holiday Cookies!

I was trying my hand at icing some sugar cookies over the weekend and inserted a lollipop stick into a large snowman cookie before baking it.  I decided it would make a cute gift for a friend of mine so I added a tag from the Winter Tags set and added some curling ribbon.

The winter tags set is one of my favorite Winter rubber stamp sets.  Here's a link to a couple of other projects featuring this stamp set.

There are many ways to package cookies and food items.  You could create your own box from patterned paper or even stamp on a tin that you've purchased from a local dollar store.

Cookies are great inexpensive gifts that you can personalize to make them really special! (They're also fun to eat.)

Birthday Card/Favor Box with Template

Here's a birthday card and favor box that I made for a friend's birthday. I put some M&Ms into the box for the birthday "sweets."

Created with The Angel Company Stamps & Papercrafting Products:

Stamps: Birthday Wishes & Little Cupcake
Paper: Mia's Cottage - Soar With it Collection
Cardstock: Mia's Cottage, White CS
Ink: Belle Rose Palette Ink

This Favor Box PDF template is available for instant download for only 99 cents! (I'm trying to find creative ways to pay these bills that are piling up!) I used the file with my CraftRobo and it worked perfectly.

Stamped Baby Shower Favor & Note Card

I found some cute little die-cut boxes at the dollar store and put together a quick baby shower party favor with a coordinating card. You could also stamp a bunch of the cards as Thank You cards as a gift for the mom-to-be.

These stamps, however, are on the discontinued list and are only available through tomorrow (Friday, June 26, 2009), but the Toodle Loo paper collection will still be available as it will be in the new catalog that is being unveiled at the The Angel Company Seminar as I type this blog entry! You will also find all the Baby Themed Rubber Stamps at my TAC e-commerce site.

I used my Scor Pal to create the embossed lines of the card and my Cuttlebug for the bottom piece with the embossed dots.

The colors in my photo are a bit off (the ribbon isn't really that dark). Here is a thumbnail of the Toodle Loo paper collection with the coordinating cardstock and ribbon. It is a much better representation of the actual colors. It is such nice paper that I only have scraps left...which is all you need for this project!

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps & Supplies:

Paper Collection: Toodle Loo
Coordinating Cardstock: Toodle Loo Cardstock
Coordinating Ribbon: Toodle Loo Ribbon
Rubber Stamps Sets: On Safari & Double Trouble
Craft Punches: 2 1/2" Mega Scalloped Circle, 2" Super Jumbo Circle

Stamped Fabric Ladybug Hat

I'm always on the lookout for things that I can stamp on. Hats, bags, shoes...you name it. I was thrilled to find a plain cap to embellish for my daughter. This set is perfect for stamping on fabric because it has a bold image.

Created with The Angel Company Rubber Stamps:

Squiggle Ladybugs
Noir Palette Ink
Dries Clear Fabric Glue

The hat and silk flowers were from my local dollar store and the ribbon was from my stash. I used the Dries Clear Fabric Glue to adhere the ribbon to the hat, but I used my hot glue gun for the flowers. I also used some fabric paint glitter on the ladybug spots but you can't see them very well in the photo.

The Angel Company Blogs, Great Ideas from The Angel Company

Here are links to The Angel Company blogs that feature papercrafting projects using The Angel Company rubber stamps, designer papers, and projects featured in The Angel Company Catalog.

Altered Kisses Jar & Candle with Coordinating Card

Mimi Soar With It Paper Collection (SWIC)
Mimi SWIC Cardstock
Mimi SWIC Ribbon
All Things of Nature (bird stamp)
Trendy Greetings (card sentiment)
More Abundance

Holiday Stamped Gift Tin

Here's an inexpensive gift for someone that enjoys baking or you can fill it with cookies for the non-baker! A "Cookie Mix in a Jar" would complete it.

Supplies:

Ornamental Snowflakes
Ginger Joy - Vintage stamp set available until November 30th.
Staz-On Cotton White Opaque Ink
Icicle Stickles Glitter
Merry Wishes Paper
Metal Tin (I got mine from the Dollar Tree)

Here's a tip for stamping on rounded surfaces. Cut up one of the plastic containers that your unmounted stamp set came in and use that as your acrylic block. It will allow you to bend the stamp around the tin.

Halloween Sculpey Clay Pins

I've finally tried Sculpey clay! It is so much fun to work with and I have lots of ideas to share with you. My first project was making pins with The Angel Company halloween stamp set called Trick or Treaters.

Supplies:

Trick or Treaters stamp set
White Sculpey clay
Acrylic Paint
Pin backs
Clay Sealer (you can use Future floor polish)

Baby Jesus Cookie Can

This is a little project I made last year to thank my sister for the nativity cookie cutters that she gave us. I adhered patterned paper to a clean mushroom can and added the stamped image. I also coiled up some thin craft wire for a handle. I was able to do this because I had just purchased a new can opener from Pampered Chef that kept the edges smooth. A fun thing to do is to glue the lid back on with super glue. You can flip the can over so the glued part is on the bottom and then decorate it. You can even send it through the mail that way. It does cost a bit extra to mail it, but it's lots of fun for the recipient to figure out what could possibly be in the can!


Supplies:

Can (use a can opener that doesn't leave sharp edges)
Patterned paper
The Only Thing stamp set
PrismaColor Pencils

Perky Penguin Candles

Well, I finally got this set away from my niece. (Yes, S.C. I'm referring to you!) It's called Perky Penguins and it made its debut as a Level B Hostess Reward in The Angel Company 2007 Fall/Winter Catalog and is currently available for purchase in the 2008 Spring/Summer Catalog.

Supplies:
Perky Penguins (Level B Hostess Set)
Holiday Greetings
Merry Wishes Paper
White Liquid Applique
3/8" wide Ribbon
Red Cardstock
Large Candle (approx. 5 1/4")
Small Candle (approx. 3")

Halloween Treat Box

I was shopping at Staples and noticed some plastic pencil boxes. I knew instantly what I would be using them for and grabbed a bunch of black ones to make this stamped treat box for halloween.

Supplies:

Plastic Pencil Box from Staples
T2246 Boo Bash
V-926 Simply Spooky Pad
Noir Pallette Ink

If you'd like to see more of my halloween themed stamp art using The Angel Company stamps, please visit my art gallery at Create With Love.