Christmas Cookie Jars

Hello again!  Here to tell you about another Christmas item I made.  This time it is Christmas Cookie Jars.  I made about 10 of these jars and my daughters and I gave them as gifts.  My granddaughter also gave one to her teacher along with a snowman she made and a batch of the cookies that were the same recipe as the jar ingredients. 

I did find one of the recipes on Pinterest but the others were from a Betty Crocker Cookies in a Jar Book I found at the grocery store.  After layering the dry ingredients from the recipe I closed the jar and added a bow and some jingle bells.  I printed out the "Additional Ingredients" and the "To Prepare Cookies" part of the recipe, mounted it on some pretty Christmas paper, added some little Christmas tags and some snowflakes and tied this to the bow on the cookie jar.  You can't see this but I also added a set of measuring spoons to each of the jars just for fun.

Extra note:  If the ingredients do not completely fill the jar just crinkle up some wax paper or plastic wrap and set onto the top of the ingredients to keep them from moving around and getting mixed up inside the jar.

Here are a couple of the jars I made...

Front of jars look like this

 

Side view of "Christmas Cookies in a Jar" mix...can you see the crinkled plastic wrap at the top?

 

Side view of "Prancer's Peanut Butter Cookies"

 

 

Here is the Recipe for the "Christmas Cookies in a Jar" that I used...

 

1 qt. glass jar

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup quick-cooking oats

1 cup dried cranberries

1 cup white chocolate chips

 

Additional Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

 

Directions:

1. In a 1 qt. glass jar, layer the sugar and brown sugar, packing well between each layer.  Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; spoon into jar.  Top with oats, cranberries and chips.  Cover and store in a cool dry place for up to 6 months.

 

2. To prepare cookies:  Pour cookie mix into a large bowl; stir to combine.  Beat in butter, egg and vanilla.  Cover and refrigerate for 30  minutes.

 

3. Drop by tablespoon full 2 inches apart onto un-greased baking sheets.  Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until browned.  Remove to wire racks to cool.  Yield: 3 dozen

 



My granddaughter and I made each of the cookie recipes before I made the jars just to be sure they were yummy!!!  And yes these are!!!

 

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Bottle Brush Christmas Trees

Good Morning and Happy New Year!

I haven't posted in a while because it's been so busy around here...I'm so ready now to get back to my crafting!  I did however finish a couple of Christmas items that I am going to post today.

The first one is a few of the Bottle Brush Christmas Trees I made.  I found these on Pinterest, of course!!!  I Love Pinterest it's so addicting and fun to search.  They have so many clever ideas for Holidays, Parties, Recipes, Clothing...almost anything you can think of.

Anyway...I saw these trees and had to make them...so I made four, three silver and one gold.  The picture is just the three silver trees of which one is made with silver, blue, green and white, and the other two are made with silver, pink and white.  The gold one was made using gold, red and a tiny bit of green, it's very lovely but my daughter took it home before I could get a picture of it!  All of the items came from Michaels Craft Store except the silver and gold bottle brush trees, they came from World Market.  All of the items are hot glued onto the tree.

Here is  a picture of the silver trees...

My Recipe for the Bottle Brush Trees:

     Hot Glue Sticks

     One Bottle Brush Tree from World Market either in silver or gold.  They come on a round wooden stand which I cut small enough to fit into the tea light holder.  Then I hot glued it into the tea light holder cup.

     One Tea Light Holder Cup in either silver or gold.

     Small and Tiny Christmas Ornaments in your chosen color scheme.  I used 10 small ornaments, 7 extra small ornaments and 6 tiny ornaments.

     I also used...20 silver and white berries cut from some Christmas sprigs, 10 metal pieces consisting of flowers, a snowflake and a butterfly, 5 clear mini bead balls and 5 pearl beads.  One silver tree has a string of pink tiny pearl beads wrapped around it and the gold tree had white tiny pearl beads wrapped around it.

Please note that the amount of items you may need will depend on how you want to decorate your tree...this list is just what I used for one tree.

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Happy New Year!

 

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Christmas Stocking Card

Good Evening to you all!

I've been so busy decorating, shopping, wrapping gifts, planning Christmas meals, playing Dragon Vale (oh I know that doesn't have anything to do with Christmas but it is so much fun to play) and browsing through Pinterest for Christmas ideas, that I haven't had much time for crafting...

I had originally planned on making Christmas Cards for family and friends this year too, but well... I've run out of time so maybe next year hahaha.  I did however find some time today to finish a little Christmas Stocking Card that I will save for next year.  I was inspired by a card my mother sent us.  It had the cutest Christmas stocking on the front of it.  I had bought some cut out stockings, which were just the right size; at our local Michael's Craft Store awhile back so I used one as a stencil for cutting out my card.  I cut a heal and toe piece and a cuff for the top of the stocking.  I also cut out a bunch of snowflakes and covered them with Star Dust Stickles to make them shine.  I layered large and small snowflakes together, added a pearl to the middle and attached them to the stocking cuff.  The cuff paper already had snowflakes on it so I just added the ones I made onto those.  The Joy tag is a pre-printed tag from the 6x6 paper pack I used.  I don't know if you can tell or not, but I added Glossy Accents to the letters to make them stand out.  I haven't put anything on the inside of my card yet, I'll probably wait to do that until I know who I will be giving it to.

Soooooo here it is...enjoy!

Front

Peek of Inside

My Card Recipe:
     Digital - Snowman Top O'The Mornin by Whimsy Stamps
     Stamps - Christmas Mini Icon Tags & Christmas Sentiment Tags by Lily of the Valley
     Paper - Bazzill White & Handmade Holiday 6x6 paper pad by simple Stories
     Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
     Paper Punches - Alpine & Aspen Snowflakes by Martha Stewart
     Metal Die - Snowflake by DooHickey
     Inked Edges - Distress Ink Vintage Photo
     Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust and Glossy Accents by Inkssentials
     My Stash - Ribbon & Pearls

Colored in Copics:  Snowman BG0000, C00     Cheeks RV0000, RV00     Top Hat C5, C7, C9
Blue BG18 + 0 Blender     Red R24, R27, R39     Brown Bird E30, E31, E33    
Yellow Beak Y21, YR24     Green YG93, YG95, YG97     Grey Shading C00

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Winter and a Snowman

Good Afternoon!

Today I have a christmas card I finished  using a Saturated Canary Digital called Winter.  I thought I was going to send hand made Christmas Cards this year but...I have almost run out of time so probably will send out store bought cards instead.   :0(  

I've seen so many other diy crafts I want to work on so my card making is way behind...I am going to continue making Christmas Cards as time allows and will post them as they are done.  I'll keep them all for next year and hopefully by then I will have enough made to send to everyone on my Christmas Card List!!! 

So here is my card for today, hope you like it!

Front

Inside

My Card Recipe:

     Digital - Winter by Saturated Canary
     Stamps - Merry Wishes by Verve Stamps and Christmas Sentiment Tags & Christmas Mini Icon
          Tags by Lily of the Valley
     Paper - Bazzill White & Red, Festive 6x6 Paper Pack by Authentique
     Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
     Paper Punches - Ribbon Loop by Martha Stewart
     Metal Die - Card Shape is Frilly Square #10 by Go Kreate, Leaf Branch by CC Designs and
          Snowflake by DooHickey
     Inked Edges - Distress Ink Vintage Photo
     Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust, Glossy Accents by Inkssentials and Ranger Liquid Pearls
          White Opal
     My Stash - Ribbon, Lace, Pearls

Colored in Copics:  Hair - E53, E35, E37     Face - E0000, E00, RV00, RV11     Eyes - BG0000
Red - R22, R24, R27     Green - YG03, G21     Yellow - Y32, YR21, YR24     Brown - E42, E43, E44
Snow - BG0000     Grey Outline - C00

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3D Snowman Card - Teddy with Penguin

Hi and Good Afternoon,

Today, as promised yesterday, I am posting my second 3D Card.  This one was a bit harder than the first because it required so many more 3D layers but I really like how it turned out.  I again used the Shape EZ Snowy Ball Card from Whimsy Stamps.  I love these Shape EZ Cards...I'm going to pop on over to there web site and buy some more!!! 

Here is my card for today...Enjoy,

Front

Side so you can see the 3D effect

Inside

My Card Recipe:

Card Template - Shape EZ Snowy Ball Card by TLC with Whimsy
Stamps - Teddy with Penguin & Christmas Sentiment Tags by Lily of the Valley and Very Merry
     Christmas by Hero Arts
Ink - Black Momento
Paper - Bazzill White and Handmade Holiday 6x6 Paper Pad by Simple Stories
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Petaloo
Paper Punches - Snowflakes are Martha Stewart Aspen, Artic and Glacial
Metal Die - Christmas Stacker Tree by Dees Distinctively A Cut Above, Spruce Sprig & Bon
Voyage Foliage & Vintage Leaf from DooHickey
Inked Edges - Distress Ink Vintage Photo & Stormy Sky
Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust and Glossy Accents by Inkssentials
My Stash - Ribbon, Doily and Pearls

Colored in Copics:     Bear - E30, E33, E35     Red - R24, R27, R37, R39
Grey - C4, C6, C8    Orange - Y17, Y39     Snow - B0000     White Shadow - C00, C2, 0 Blender

3D Instructions - By Mariska Van Der Veer found in the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine dated December 2011 - Issue 5.

3D Background Under Pieces is Copic W5
3D Pieces were outlined using Copic W10
3D Glue is made by OLBA and called Lijm Kit...I bought this from Whimsy Stamps

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Lighted Christmas Presents on My Porch

Hello again!  I have a second post to share with you today...

I really love to decorate for Christmas so I wanted to show you the new front porch decorations that I recently finished putting together.  I saw something similar on Pinterest and had to have it.

I LOVE PINTEREST!!!

Anyway...I purchased a set of lighted presents from Bed Bath and Beyond (using my 20% off coupon of course).  Then I removed the existing ribbon and bows, which were quite ugly, so I could add my own.  First I rewrapped new ribbon around each present.  Then I wired together some red and white Christmas flowers, and a green pine & pine cone sprig that I purchased from Michaels Craft Store.  I made three different sizes, (small w/1 flower, medium w/2 flowers and large w/3flowers) one for each present.  Then added red and gold ribbon bows, that I made, to each of the flower/sprig bouquets and placed one on the top of each present.  The bouquets are removable for storage and the presents will stack inside each other to fit right back into their original box for storage after Christmas.

I also purchased the artificial tree behind them from BB&B (using another 20% off coupon...love those coupons lol).  It came with white lights and pine cones attached and it sits inside a dark brown urn shaped pot.  I added a few red ornaments from Target and this is how it all turned out!

What do you think?  I really love them! 

Front Porch Tree & Presents

 

Presents Only

 

A Close-up of Largest Present Topped with Bouquet

 

Thanks for stopping by...

 

See you tomorrow with another Snowman Card...

 

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3D Snowman Card - Bundled Little Snowboy

Good Morning to all!

I have been very busy putting up all of my Christmas decorations this past week!  The house looks great, presents are wrapped and only a couple more gifts to buy...yeah!!!  Now that that's done I can continue on with my Christmas Projects.

I have a Christmas Card to show you today that I did a couple weeks ago.  It is my first try at 3D card making.  I saw some samples in the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine dated December 2011 by Mariska Van Der Veer.  She has some amazing stuff on her web site, sendingyoualittlesmile.blogspot.com/.  Check it out...such beautiful work! 

Anyway I made my card using the Shape EZ Snowy Ball Card by TLC at Whimsy stamps.  It turned out so cute that I made a second which I will post tomorrow!

Here's my first 3D Card...I really love it...hope you do too!

Front of Card

See the 3D Effect

Inside of Card

My Card Recipe:

     Card Template - Shape EZ Snowy Ball Card by TLC with Whimsy
     Stamps - Bundled Little Snowboy by Whimsy Stamps, Christmas Grungy Messages by LOTV
          and Giving & Receiving by Penny Black
     Ink - Black Momento
     Paper - Bazzill White and Handmade Holiday 6x6 Paper Pad by Simple Stories
     Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts and Petaloo
     Paper Punches - Snowflakes are Martha Stewart Aspen, Artic and Glacial
     Metal Die - Christmas Stacker Tree by Dees Distinctively A Cut Above, Spruce Sprig & Bon
          Voyage Foliage from DooHickey
     Inked Edges - Distress Ink Vintage Photo & Stormy Sky
     Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust and Glossy Accents by Inkssentials
     My Stash - Ribbon, Doily and Pearls

Colored in Copics:     Snowman - BG70, BG72+0 Blender     Red - R24, R27, R37, R39
Green - YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97     Pink Cheeks - R00, R20     Orange Nose - Y39, YR04, YR07
Outline - C00     Brown - E31, E33, E35     Grey - C4, C6, C8

3D Instructions - By Mariska Van Der Veer found in the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Magazine dated December 2011 - Issue 5.

     3D Background Under Pieces is Copic W5
     3D Pieces were outlined using Copic W10
     3D Glue is made by OLBA and called Lijm Kit...I bought this from Whimsy Stamps

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Fall Pumpkins & Halloween Trick or Treat Bags

Today I have one last post for the Fall and Halloween projects I made. 

The first is two different sized plastic pumpkins painted white.  I attached lots of swirls in different shapes and styles, then added a pretty flower in the center.  They looked great on my entry table through out the fall season.

The second is the Halloween Trick or Treat Bags I made for the neighborhood kids.

Here they are... enjoy...

Large 9" Pumpkin

Small 6" Pumpkin

Trick or Treat Bag

My Crafting Recipe for Pumpkins:

The Pumpkins were purchased from Michaels and painted white then varnished.  Stems were painted brown then varnished.  The pumpkins are two different sizes...9" wide and 6" wide.

The swirls were made by Kaiser Craft, Recollections, Prima and Zva Creative.  I purchased them from several different craft stores in my area.

The flowers are by Recollections from Michaels Craft Store.



My Crafting Recipe for Trick or Treat Bags:

Black Bazzill card stock paper punched along one side using Martha Stewart's Spiderweb punch.  The purple, green printed papers & cut out pumpkins are from a 12x12 paper pack by K&Company called Halloween Designer Paper.  The Words are cut from a 12x12 paper pack by Martha Stewart called Carnival.

The Cat Sticker is by Recollections.  I used many different types of stickers and all were from Recollections which I purchased from Michaels Craft Store.

The colored papers were punched using Nesting Scallops by Lifestyle Crafts and the purple paper shape is Labels Four by Spellbinders.

The bag is purchased from Michaels Craft Store and then filled with different candies from the grocery store.

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Ice Cream & Pickles - Baby Shower Card

Good Morning!  It's a beautiful Monday afternoon and I have just finished a cute card for my Niece's Baby shower.  She is having a little girl so I made the card quite girlie.  I really love the Saturated Canary Digital Ice Cream & Pickles.  You can find the website on my side bar, just double click and it will go directly to the Saturated Canary Shoppe.

Hope you're having a wonderful Monday...here is my card, Enjoy!!!



Front
 

Inside

 

My Card Recipe:
     Inside Sentiment - Typed and printed from my computer.
     Digital - Ice Cream & Pickles by Saturated Canary
     Stamps - Vintage Labels Just to Say by Lily of the Valley
     Paper - Bazzill White, Flamingo Double Dot by BoBunny and Spring Feast 6x6 Paper Pad by     
          First Edition Paper
     Flowers and Pearl Button - Wild Orchid Crafts
     Metal Die - Tessatina Border by Memory Box, Faus Crochet Border by Die-Namics, Nesting
          Circles & Scallops by Lifestyle Crafts and Heart Swirl & Bon Voyage Foliage by DooHickey
     Inked Edges - Distress Ink Vintage Photo
     Sparkle & Shine - Stickles Star Dust and Glossy Accents by Inkssentials
     My Stash - Ribbon, Pearls, Butterflies, Doily, Hat Pin, Charm & String

Colored in Copics:   Hair - E43, E44, E59          Face - E0000, E00, R01          Eyes - E40, E41
Pink - R20, R22, R24          Yellow - Y00, Y21          Blue - BG70, 0+BG72
Green - G20, G82, YG63          Grey Outline - C00

Thanks for Stopping By...

 

Hugs...

 

Dot Pumpkins for Thanksgiving

Good Morning!  Today I have finally finished all 20 Dotted White Pumpkins that I will be placing at each Thanksgiving table place setting.  I have made one for each person coming including the grandchildren. 

It has taken me awhile to complete them, which is why I haven't posted anything lately.  Each pumpkin started out green (that's how I purchased them).  I then had to paint each one with 3 coats of white paint to cover the green.  The stems were painted first with black, which I didn't like, then with two coats of a dark brown (much better).  Then I traced on the letters which I had printed out on my computer, painted each dark brown, covered the pumpkin with different sized brown dots then the whole pumpkin was covered with a coat of varnish to make it shine.  I added a bit of Stickles Star Dust to the swirls on each letter and three little gems.  Tied some raffia and ribbon bows, added some leaves, feathers, buttons (for the boys) and flowers (for the girls) and they were finally finished.

So here is a sample of each type.  The one with the flower was made for my daughter and the one with the button is for her boyfriend. 

I really Love them!!!!  I think they are going to look great on our table at Thanksgiving and each person will be able to take theirs home too...

My Crafting Recipe:

From Michaels Craft Store – Small Green Plastic Pumpkins (painted white), Fall Colored Ribbon, White & Dark Brown Paint and Varnish.

From My Stash – Raffia, Fall Leaves, Feathers, String, Jewels & Button

Flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts

The Letters are a font called LD Garbo Script – Printed on paper, traced onto the pumpkin and painted with the Dark Brown Paint

Sparkle is Stickles Star Dust

Thanks for stopping by...

Hugs...Patti