Christmas Bauble Table Favors, decorations

Christmas table favors that contain a chocolate

These little baubles are my Christmas table favours - they contain a wrapped chocolate.

I used a great tutorial by Nigezza of Nigezza Creates who adapted an idea by Sam Calcott of Mixed Up Crafts.  I have used the same methodology but reduced the dimensions.  

I followed a tutorial by Nigezza Creates but reduced the dimensions 

I used a piece of Cinnamon Cider, decorated with the gorgeous Brightly Gleaming paper and some Copper Foil Sheet.

This is the flat, decorated piece just before I glued it into shape

The smaller size is perhaps a little more fiddly but it's still surprisingly easy to make .... and very satisfying when it pops into shape!

Since my table favours also serve as place names, I cut little labels with one of the Ornate Frames dies and enlarged the hole a bit so that I could fit the ribbon through.

DIMENSIONS:

• Cut cardstock to: 10cm x 17cm
  
  
• Score long side at: 2cm, 4cm, 6cm, 8cm, 10cm, 12cm, 14cm and 16cm
  
  
• Turn and score short side at: 2cm, 4cm, 6cm and 8cm.
  
  
• Turn back to the long side again and score, only to the first horizontal line, at: 1cm, 5cm, 9cm and 13cm

Follow either Nigezza's or Sam's tutorial from here to score the diagonals, cut the flaps add the holes for the ribbon and decorate.

I cut my decorative paper and foil into 1.7cm squares (18 of the paper and 8 of the Copper Foil).

I used 18cm lengths of ribbon.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Ornate Frames Dies

$59.00

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$26.00

Basket Weave & Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

$14.00

Paper Trimmer

$44.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Christmas - Peaceful Boughs Christmas Table Favour

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  This month our theme is Christmas.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia. I hope you enjoy my project and then click on "Click here to enter" and click through the little images to see all of the other great projects in the hop!

I like to make little treats or "table favours" for my Christmas table with place names attached.  The pressure is on each year to come up with something a bit different!

A Christmas table favor featuring the Peaceful Boughs Bundle and Winter Snow embossing folder

This year, I've used the Peaceful Boughs Bundle to make little festive wrappers for a chocolaty treat.  Our Christmas Crackers (or Bon Bons) this year are silver, so I embossed a little piece of Silver Foil Sheet with the Winter Snow Embossing Folder.

The wrapper is made from Blackberry Bliss cardstock, the cones are silver heat embossed on Early Espresso card, the foliage is cut from Shaded Spruce card and the whole thing is held together with a piece of Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon.  The names are written on little Very Vanilla banners cut with one of the Tasteful Labels dies.

These are the dimensions for the wrapper box

I added a strip of adhesive to the back of the wrapper in this location to adhere the ribbon

The wrapper box is the pefect size for fun size packs of M&Ms

I hope the project you've seen here on my blog today has brightened your day.  

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Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Peaceful Boughs Bundle (En)

$90.75

Winter Snow Embossing Folder

$13.00

Gray Granite 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

$12.25

Silver Foil Sheets

$8.75

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Tasteful Labels Dies

$54.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - 3D Project - Christmas Gleaming Bonbon

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.

Our theme this month is a 3D project and I've made a Christmas Cracker (or BonBon) with the Brightly Gleaming Suite.

A Christmas Cracker (or bonbon) featuring the Brightly Gleaming Suite

In addition to the Stampin' Up products listed below, I also used two cardboard rolls, a paper hat and cracker strip/snap (sold as a cracker making kit) that I purchased from my local craft store.

I used a piece of Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper that was 12" long and just wide enough to wrap around the tubes with a slight overlap.   

Positioning the cardboard rolls on the paper to make the Brightly Gleaming Christmas Cracker

I cut one of the tubes in half and then used Tear & Tape adhesive to stick the tubes into position with the whole tube in the middle and the halves at each end.  

To make rolling and sticking easier, I placed more Tear & Tape on top of the rolls and also (although I did it after taking this photo) a piece along the bottom edge of the paper.

I adhered all my decorative elements to a Stitched Nested Label and then attached that to the cracker with Glue Dots.

 TIPS:  

• Make sure to leave plenty of space between the rolls to allow for scrunching and tying ribbon.
• I haven't tested it, so I don't know if it will make a difference, but after rolling, I punched a row of holes into the paper between the rolls with the idea that it might make pulling the cracker easier.
• I tied one end with ribbon before placing the cracker, hat and gift into the middle and then tied the second ribbon.
• I used a little piece of sticky tape at one end to keep the snap in position

If you have the entire Brightly Gleaming Suite, you could also use the Brightly Gleaming Foil Elements
to decorate this Christmas Cracker and tie the ends with the 1/2" Classic Weave Ribbon

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this project.  You are currently visiting StephanieFischer - please see the list below and click on the next person on the list to hop through all of the people and see all of our projects.  You don't want to miss any!

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Frosted Bouquet Dies

$57.00

Stitched Nested Labels Dies

$61.00

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

$9.50

Stylish Scroll Embossing Folder

$13.00