Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin Blog Hop

Welcome to the second day of the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Holiday Hoppin’ Blog Hop!  Spellbinders, along with Post-it Craft Paper are showcasing their newest products just in time for your Holiday crafting and gift giving.  (This blog hop took place in 2010.)

Today I am using Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, Labels 15 and Post-it Craft Paper in (lucky) green, crimson, white and black.  Here is the project I made:

SANTA’S BELT CANDY JAR!!

Prepare to be AMAZED…I only used these items to make this jar: the S4-291 Spellbinder’s dies, Post It Craft Paper, a jar (LOL), some ribbon, a few glue dots and an All Around Sentiments Joy’s Life stamp (which I embossed) and punched out with a circle punch!  The only paper used was Post It Craft Paper in 4 colors!

Can you believe I made a Christmas tree topper for this jar out of squares?  Well, I did!  Let’s look at it close up…

I am dying to tell you how I made the tree.  Ok, dying = slight exaggeration, but still…let me tell you.  I made this tree by cutting out 3 of those pretty scalloped squares using the Spellbinder’s dies.  Then I folded each one into a diamond.  I pulled off the backing of each piece of Post It Craft Paper and stuck each diamond shape to the sticky side of another.  Then I had a cool ornament shape, but that didn’t work for my project, so I snipped off the bottom!!  TA DA!! A CHRISTMAS TREE!  Then I added little blingy rhinestones to every part of the tree.  Each side has a slightly different design.

This tag is strong!  First, I stuck one scalloped square to another, which was easy with the Post-it Craft Paper.  You  just peel and stick.   Next, I added some more layers to this side to give it some visual dimension.  The super dimension comes from that little end of the big tree that I’d clipped off.  YAY!  I got to reuse some scraps to make a tiny tree.  Clearly, there’s no bling shortage going on here, once again every side of the tree is decorated.  I was able to stick that tree on using a glue dot. Notice that the tag was strong enough for me to punch a hole in AND add an eyelet.  I SUPER LOVE that!

Hey, I wish you a Merry Christmas!  See?  That’s from my All Around Sentiments stamp set.  I stamped my stamp into a glue pad, added some embossing powder and used my heat gun to heat the powder to a nice melt.  Can you believe the Post It Craft Paper can handle all that?  Well, it can!  I even punched out that circle and stuck it to the white tag.  Cool.  That paper rocks!  Hey, see the red frame I made on the tag?  (Yes, I notice it’s not perfectly lined up. LOL!)  I made that using two of the Spellbinders tags and nesting them.  Also cool!  I used my Sizzix Big Shot to cut out all of the Spellbinder’s dies.

Let’s see a side view of the Santa’s belt candy jar!  By the way, the jar came from Target and was less than $5.  I bought the candy in bulk at a wholesale store. 😉

Ho Ho Hop!!  Time for you to get back on the hopping trail…  I hope you enjoyed my project! 😀

Visit all of today’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs:

Mona Pendleton
Gina Hanson
Deborah Young
Becca Feeken
Julie Overby
Kimberly Crawford
AJ Otto
Margie Higuchi
Beth Pingry
Jennifer Holmes
Kerry Urbatch
Shona Erlenborn
Tammy Inman
Jessica Turner
Brenda Hurd
Julie Koerber
Rae Barthel
Rachel O’Crowley
Kellie Fortin
Kristen Cohen
Joy You’re at Joy’s Life right now! Welcome!
Candy Rosenberg
Laura Craigie
Stephanie Hester
Leesa Crutcher
Nina Brackett

Be sure to see all of yesterday’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs for inspiring projects and another chance to win!

Simply leave a comment on my blog to be eligible to win the Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin’ Prize Package!  One winner will be chosen from all the comments on all the blogs participating today.  Comments made in the first 48 hours of this post will be eligible to win.  Winner’s names will be published on the Spellbinders Blog on November 22, 2010 and they will have 48 hours to reply to Spellbinders to claim the prizes.

Thank you!

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295 Comments

  1. craftymom205 says:

    Great project.

  2. Love, Love, Love it! What a great gift!

  3. That jar and especially the lid is just simply adorable!

  4. very cute .. nice teachers gift??????????

  5. cardheaven says:

    Fantastic project!
    Thanks for the inspiration.
    Hugs,
    Michaela

  6. Great project. Jann

  7. Oh my goodness that is cute!!

  8. wow so cute I love your jar.. tfs tu amiga Kat.

  9. paperpearl says:

    Who would have thougght post-its craft paper was so good! You are too…LOL

  10. Janet Castle says:

    Cute trees….nicely done!

  11. I love the way your decorated your jar. Very nice and colorful! (my husband is my best friend too)

  12. Love, Love, Love your santa jar! Am going to have to make one for myself.

  13. Wow Joy!! What a great blog!! Thanks for a fun project.

  14. This is a perfect project to send to my husband in Afghanistan.

  15. what an inventive tag and tree idea- great project TFS

  16. liz folsom says:

    Great idea thanks for sharing

  17. Very cute!! TFS!

  18. What a cute project, love the belts

  19. Super cute candy jar. Great for office. Love Santa’s belt.
    Marcie

  20. Love the Santa candy jar…creative use of the dies…

  21. Love how you made the christmas tree and used the rest of it for a small one also

  22. Thanks for the hop!!

  23. What an adorable gift idea! Santa’s belt is great and I love the tree, so creative! Thanks for sharing Joy!

  24. Great gift, love teh christmassy colours! Thanks for sharing

  25. What a cute idea! Such a festive candy jar. TFS!

  26. This is really a wonderful idea for a gift! It’s so cute and fun! Thanks for sharing this! 🙂

  27. JerilynnO says:

    What a cute idea this Santa Jar is….just adorable.

  28. Joydee1963 says:

    Joy,that is so so cute jar,I just love,Joy

  29. Very cute project! Sure was a lengthy process just to leave a comment for the hop though.

  30. Nice idea. Thank you for sharing this.

  31. I can see this filled with cookie mix and handed out to my nieces

  32. Janet Licari says:

    Very cool project. Thanks for sharing it with us. You have great ideas.
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  33. Laraine R says:

    Very cool!! Great idea to us squares and make a tree out of them! Love it!!

  34. Very clever and adorable i have to show my mom, she will love this one!

  35. cindyeinwa says:

    You are SO talented!! I love how resourceful you are

  36. This is wonderful! I don’t know what I like best – the Santa’s belt idea, the 3-d trees or the idea that I can use the Post It Craft Paper and not have to glue! Thanks for ALL the inspiration!

  37. this is really cute – i love how you turned the ornament into a tree!

  38. Lisa Farquharson says:

    Very cute and I am thinking I need to get my hands on some Post It Craft Paper!!! Thank you for sharing!

  39. Cute way to dress up a treat gift with Spellbinders dies. Thanks for sharing your project!

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