Holiday Treat Boxes

Each year it is my happy responsibility to make bridge mix, a recipe given to me by my high school friend. I've been doing it for years. Even though I no longer eat it, I still make it for my expecting friends and family.

I put the bridge mix in Chinese food take-out containers. This year I designed some panels for the front and back. I even took the photos of the bridge mix for the panels (with a bit of added holiday graphics). 

I got an alterable Nutrition Label, and added some nonsense/humor to the information. Not sure you can read all of it (it's too small), but if you look you can see some of it. I really enjoyed making these.

I usually make around 30 boxes. I also designed and cut labels for the top (I have to do this so my husband won't sneak bridge mix out of other peoples boxes!)

This box was made for some pecan brittle I made for a few others who won't eat the bridge mix for health purposes. It is made without sugar (keto). The pattern for this flip-top box comes from Simply Crafty SVGs.

I added a couple of extra layers on the bottom and sides of the box to get it more strength for holding the brittle.

Lastly, I made this little tray, used for some keto crackers that I made. It's so cute. It's a free cut file from Dreaming Tree, called Cookie Snack Tray. It's pretty small so I made it at 110% and it worked well for my purposes. But, to me, it seems a bit small for anything but very small snacks. 

Merry Christmas!

12 Days of Tags - 2022

Another year of holiday tags has arrived. This yearly challenge has us making 12 tags, posted a tag a day beginning December 1. The challenge is presented by our paper crafty Facebook page, EcalSCALCreateMakers. The 12th day was today, so I can finally post here. It's surprising how quickly the 12 days went. These are so fun. If you are so inclined, you can look at previous years to see more different tags.

Day 1 Tag: 

This cute and easy little tag pattern is from Design Bundles. The pink/red color on the top tags did not look good with my intended kraft tag, so I switched it out with a darker red. Then used a sage green as the front with the pink/red, and it worked much better. Very quick tag!

Day 2 Tag:

The hot chocolate mug contains a peppermint stick, which I made myself, along with simple, but cute gingerbread men. I had an image of whipped cream, but made a second copy and cut it apart and used foam tape to give it dimension. The snowflake is from Creative Fabrica.

Day 3 Tag:

I used htv on these little muslin bags (3.5"x5.5"). The Santa sack images came from Creative Fabrica, and I altered them a bit to fit my purposes.

A little treat in the bag will be a great topper for my grandson's Christmas gifts. I've shown a close up to show the detail with which my Starcraft Solo cutting machine can produce. It was amazing, but my older eyes did have a bit of a time weeding the vinyl, as the pieces were microscopic.

Day 4 Tag:

I made this tag when I saw a tag on Pinterest that I liked. I recreated my version in Affinity Photo, and added this cute little Santa head from Shutterstock.

Day 5 Tag:

This is a print-2-cut image that came from Creative Fabrica. I added the wording, and copied out a few elements to be popped up to give a bit of dimension.

Day 6 Tag:

Love this layered mandala Christmas tree. The free svg came from the Crazy Cricut Lady (Carmel). She has lots of  free cut files in svg format, so anyone with a cutting machine should be able to utilize them. I added the wavy Merry Christmas label.

Day 7 Tag:

This is a simple tag I made similar to a birthday card I recently made. It was designed in Affinity Photo, then a print-2-cut on kraft cardstock and layered with a black edge. Then, another print to cut with the ornaments, which I popped up with foam pieces on top of the printed one (colors don't print well on colored backgrounds).

Day 8 Tag:

The art for this groovy retro-Christmas tag came from Creative Fabrica. Lots of print-2-cut, layering and popping up of elements for this fun tag. Christmas trees, star, labels, gifts, nutcracker, poinsettias and flowers. Peace out!

Day 9 Tag:

No pattern for this one. I used elements from SVG Cuts' Cardinal Crate Box Card. I put some flocking on the cardinal. And, the cardinal is standing on a twig from my yard. And the pine cone, also from my yard, made much smaller by pulling off prongs and sanding down the back.

Day 10 Tag:

This simple little tag's images came from Fast Snail Shop (stocking cap) and Creative Fabrica (Retro Christmas Clip Art). The stocking cap was altered. The background was altered from a frame I found in the Affinity Photo stock images. Then ferns were added.

Day 11 Tag:

This is a little tag made as a gift box with a little tag! I used a burlap digital paper, with the ferns, some twine and a mini gift tag.

Day 12 Tag:

This was made from digi paper by BoBunny. I copied out the inner frame, cut it, and put it on top of the full image to pop it out, then added a vintage Christmas tree from Shutterstock. And, then a little peace tag on the top edge. I made multiple layers of the popped up frame and the little peace tag. And double layered the background as well.

And, there you go! 12 tags for the first 12 days of December, 2022. Hopefully see you again in another year (or when spring tags happen, or fall tags!

Merry Christmas to You All!