Stamp Simply Celebrates with Sharon Johnson!

BLOG CANDY NOW CLOSED!! 

THE WINNER OF THE POLKA DOT BASICS SET IS COMMENT NUMBER 199!!  ALLY V!!  HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID:

Love your packaging ideas today! And that scarf is beautiful!! The colours are gorgeous!

I think we’re skipping a big family present this year as we are going on vacation over the winter holidays, lol!

Thanks for the great tutorials!

Ally, please e-mail me at oehlers@verizon.net with you address so I can send out your goodies!  Thank you all for playing and I see many of you will be coming back via subscription!  Thanks!

Welcome to the day I play for the Stamp Simply Celebration Day!! Firstly…congrats a million times over to the exquisite Sharon Johnson for reaching the million milestone on her blog! I have lots to share with you today, so please take the time to relax and enjoy!

I just can’t wait to show what I have shared today for you! I have to say it is such a busy time of the year, you just go crazy with all of the things you have to get done! Not to mention, who has the money to buy little presents for everyone this year. So I am about to make your life a LOT easier today. Need a hostess gift, a gift for your kid’s crossing guard, bus driver, or anything small like that? Well, I am here to show you how to make something elegant to give that is so simple it is silly. Here is what I did.

Get a box of brownies (I get the ones with chocolate chunk ) , get some mini cupcake foil wrappers. Put said brownie mix into cupcake wrappers and bake. Then pour a bag of chocolate chips in a bowl and put the bowl of chips in the microwave for exactly one minute. No more! Pull them out and stir, stir, stir until all smooth. Pour the chocolate out onto parchment paper (or foil if you have no parchment). take an offset spatula and smooth out evenly into a sheet of chocolate about 1/4 inch thick. Work quickly. Let dry completely for an hour or overnight. I simly took a juice glass and used that as my circle cutter. So cut out circles of chocolate when dry. Then take a little bit of vanilla icing and crush some peppermints/candy canes and add them to the top of the chocolate disc. Put the chocolate disc on the top of the brownie with some icing as glue, and you are done! So easy, but it looks so special! I have left finished and unfinished brownies in the picture, so you can see how nice they look with the chocolate discs on top!

Using the Polka Dots Basics set as well as the Holiday Tags 2008 edition set from Papertrey Ink and some shimmery paper, I made a band to go around this great box! It is the perfect size for holding four of these treats, or two small ornaments! This is how I used this box I designed in another post. What a nice box! Here are the instructions for you:

Cut card stock to 10 x 81/2

Along the 10 inch side: Score at 2,4,6,8

Along the 8 1/2 inch side: Score at 2, 6 1/2.

Cut two of the side tabs off completly. Shown here:

Then cut along lines of the remaining tabs. Adhere with strong adhesive. I use red line tape found here. You can finish the front flap with pinking shears or a decorative edge. I did not do this on the project here.

If you would like to make one, please show us what you did and how you used it using the keyword at Splitcoast : SSC08…we would love to see it!

and a card also using the “Holiday Tags” set as well as “Spooky Sweets II” and “Beautiful Blooms” to finish it off!

Also, don’t forget some things you may already have lying around your house! This was a great sliding box I had kept which contained a German Smoker. I just covered it in this great 7 Gypsies Flocked Paper and added a tag using the Holiday Tags 2008 edition from Papertrey as well as some Papertrey ribbon and voila! A gorgeous box which took two seconds to “re-purpose” and hold a homemade scarf I made using pre-cut quilt squares and jersey fabric for the backing both of which I found at Joanne Fabrics.

I DO hope you enjoyed all of this inspiration! Give the box a try, I think you will really love it! Now for some great goodies!! As Sharon celebrates 1 million hits on her blog, I am celebrating 500,000 How would you like to win the Papertrey Polka Dot Basics set for all of the fun we are haivng? It is one of my favorite sets. So versatile, so great and easy to line up! Before you enter PLEASE READ these Stamp Simply”Netiquette” Blog Candy rules HERE.

OK…now here is the question you need to answer to enter:

Leave a comment telling me exactly what your big family gift will be this year!

Entries will be open until midnight TONIGHT (Tuesday night). Yes TONIGHT! So hurry up and leave a comment, because it will go quickly! I will pick a winner at midnight tonight and add it to the top of this post. Good luck!! To see the full calendar of events for this week of fun, you can go here!

Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, 2008 Holiday Tags Edition, Beautiful Blooms, Spooky Sweets II

Paper: White Shimmer, Pure Poppy, 7 gypsies, White

Ink: Pure Poppy, Versamark

Ribbon: Pure Poppy Stitched Grosgrain, Gold Sheer Metallic

Other: Filigree Detail Gold Embossing Powder