Cricut Imagine Candy Bar Gifts 12 Days of Christmas DAY TWO GIVE AWAY

SWEET!!  Guess what’s in there?  Go on…guess!  Who guessed candy bar?  No, that’s not it.  Keep guessing.  Ok, you were right the first time.  I just thought you guessed too easily and I was trying to drag out the suspense.  😀

Let’s take a look at how we can make an ordinary chocolate bar look like a special treat!

(ugh…milk chocolate…I really don’t like milk chocolate, but treat dark chocolate like a winning lottery ticket)

First, we’ll need some candy bars.  It’s easiest to work with flat ones and not ones that are shaped like Butterfingers or Snickers…2 of my favs that don’t work well for this. 😉  I bought a box of these at my favorite wholesale store.  My daughter is going to give them to friends at school for Christmas treats.

Now we need to cut some paper to fit the candy bars.  It should be able to wrap all the way around the candy.

The paper I used is by Stampin’ Up.  It’s 12×12.  I cut it into 6×6 pieces and they were an almost perfect size for the candy.  They could stand to be cut just a tad smaller.  After I had all of the paper ready, I simply taped one side of it and stuck it to the candy wrapper.

After completely wrapping the paper around the candy bar, I glued down the last side.  I used my ATG gun for this whole process.  So simple!  YAY!

I wanted to add a little WOW factor to my candy bars so I used my Cricut Imagine to print a pattern from the Mr. Frosty cartridge directly onto some clear vellum.  FUN!  It has a pattern, but you can also see through it.  COOL!

This is another piece of vellum I printed using my Cricut Imagine and the Mr. Frosty cartridge.  Isn’t it cool?

BUT WAIT!  THERE’S MORE!  I used 3M Post-It Craft Paper to add some fun elements to decorate the candy bars further.  I also used the Winter Lace cartridge to cut out the snowflakes.

Here I’m cutting out some snowflakes using the Post-It Craft Paper.  It’s so simple to use.  You just cut it out, peel off the backing and stick it to your project.  AWESOME!  Even cooler?  You can peel it off and stick it back down if you make a mistake, or even if you want to reuse it somewhere else.

Here are some other projects where I used Post-It Craft Paper.

Here we are BEFORE adding some Post It Craft paper embellishments from my Cricut.

TA DA!!  Pretty and Yummy Treats!

All of the embellishments on the tops of the candy bars are cut using Post-It Craft Paper.  You can see I have layered some of the images and even added Stickles to several of the cuts.  I hope you enjoyed this simple but fun project.  It’s a great way to make a quick gift for someone with your own little twist to it.

On the 2nd Day of Christmas 3M Post-It Gave To One Winner….

3M Post-It is giving away a gift bag and Post-it® Craft Paper.  The gift bag includes a variety of Post-it® Notes and other Post-it® products as well as some Scotch and 3M goodies!  Retail value is over $50.  To be eligible to win please leave a comment on this post. The winner will be chosen by Random.org on December 13.

SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR THE 3rd Day of Christmas and a Crafty Post & Give Away!!

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  1. Very cute! These would also be fun to do to hand out at the birth of a new baby, or as favors for guests at a wedding! Oh the possibilities!

  2. I would love to win this Post-it package! This craft paper is soooo easy to use and I love that it can be moved around if I change my mind (something I do often)! 🙂

  3. Love the chocolate bar wrappers! Great idea for the kids! That post-it paper is pretty neat! I’ll have to look for it! Or maybe I’ll win some….:-)

  4. Did you say CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!! I love any kind of chocolate. Such a cute idea also. Need to find some of that Post-It craft paper. Thanks Joy for another super idea and giveaway.

  5. What a wonderful idea! I am going to have to make a trip over to Joann’s and look for this paper. I have not seen it before. I guess I really need to take my Cricut out and play more.

  6. great idea…I have saw this idea for new babies but never thought of it for anything else. this great giveaway is one of the best also. Would love to win

  7. haha Joy, last night I sat down and did this very same thing but I used the Hershey Symphony large candy bars. I love the idea of the ccraft paper – thanks!

    Deanne G
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  8. Great idea for inexpensive gifts for your daughter’s friends. Love how they runed out.

  9. Great Idea!! I keep forgetting to get some of the Post-It Paper. Looks like fun to work with!!

  10. Joy, you amazed me again! Great project and terrific use of Post-it Craft paper. Glitter works great on the sticky side of the paper too – no glue needed! Thank you!!

  11. Great idea for the young and old. You make everything seem so easy. Thanks for the inspirations you always share.

  12. I’ve done these before as gift toppers. Where was the Post-It paper then? I could’ve made more with all the extra time! Great use of the product. TFS

  13. I would love to try Post-It Craft Paper. Thanks for the chance to win. Your candy and wrappers have me drooling — I love milk chocolate. They turned out very cute.

  14. Gotta try this Post-It Paper. Looks like a great addition to crafting. Cute candy wrappers.

  15. Dear Joy,
    What a great idea! I think these would make great stocking stuffers. Thanks for sharing your talent.
    With Warm Regards,
    Carol Broney

  16. What a great idea…this would be good for stocking stuffer candies 🙂 Thanks so much and thanks to 3M and post it for the AWESOME giveaway!!!!!!

  17. Perfect idea for my co-workers and mini’s for my son’s class at school! TFS

    What a great giveaway!

  18. Had this paper in my hand last night at joannes and I put it back because “I didn t need it”. Now I am mad I did! very cute!

  19. Love the vellum…these gifts look great. Awesome of 3M to gift the paper and all. I have been wanting to try this and hope I get lucky.
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  20. i have been using 3m paper for a while and love it ,,, you can also use the part left after cutting the snow flakes on the bars so you have the positive and negative effect ….

  21. I’m really lovin’ this one!
    I have the winter lace cartridge and the imagine…so now I just need to get some Post-it Craft paper.
    I make stockings every year for my nieces & nephews and these would be great to add to the stockings!
    Thanks Joy!

  22. I am so lucky to have come across your blog! This will be a great idea for me as I think of nice little things to give people in my office

  23. Woo Hoo!! I’ve been HOPING some 3M craft paper would be in one of the give-a-ways!! But I think I’m going to have to buy some too. It looks so great!! Thanks for another great idea! This will DEFINITELY be one of my Secret Santa gifts next week!

  24. WOW what a great project and I would so love to win this so I can try out the super cool post it paper! It looks like it would be so fun to make stuff out of it!
    Tammy

  25. Love these and so easy. Heading to amazon right now to get this craft paper. Self-adhesive, what’s not to love!

  26. Would love to try this paper out! Great giveaway, and think I will order some anyway!

    Hugs, Linda from MN

  27. i love wrapping my kids treats. they have a blast. even their classmates like the goodies too that i make for them around the holidays. very nice giveaway. thanks for a chance to win.

    HUGS
    Stephanie Collins
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    stephanoid69-YT

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