"Girl Scout Week- Gift Sets"

These are the completed gift sets for the Girl Scouts. I had so much fun making these for the girls. Molly passed them out on Tuesday and the girls loved them. The treat boxes were filled with two bag toppers, a peppermint sammich, gum holder, and RSVP pen. You can find the directions for the items from the previous posts from this week. Now I need another project. Maybe I will do some Valentine treats for the teachers. They do love to get gifts and I love making them.
Stamps: Make New Friends (retired CTMH) Girl Power (retired Stampin' Up)
Paper: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa, Stazon Black
Accessories: SU Scallop Circle Punch, SU Circle Punches, Word Window Punch, Tacky Tape, Micro Beads, Heat Gun, Address Label, Trident Gum, Hershey Nuggets, Brads, Green Apple Grosgrain Ribbon, Ziploc Baggies, M&M's, York Peppermint Patties, SU Markers, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, RSVP Pen, Glue Dots

"Girl Scout Week - RSVP Pens"

I love love love making these pens. This is the last item for the gift boxes. Tomorrow I will post the gift set all put together. The Girl Scout image is from the retired Close To My Heart stamp set Make New Friends and I colored them with SU Markers. Here are the directions on how to make the pens. I also made a step by step tutorial like 5 years ago on SCS Here is the link to that. The only thing I do different now is I buy tacky tape sheets instead of using the roll tape. I get the tacky tape sheets at Oriental Trading Company. You get 3 8 1/2 x 11 sheets for $4.95. It is a super deal. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me.
Stamps: Make New Friends (retired Close To My Heart)
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: RSVP Pens, Micro Beads, Tacky Tape, Heat Gun, SU Markers, Address Label

"Girl Scout Week - Bag Topper #2"

This bag topper was fun. They always sing the make new friends song at the end of their meetings. You know the one I'm talking about, "Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the others gold. A circle's round, it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend." The stamp set has part of the Make new friends poem. It is from the retired Close To My Heart clear set called Make New Friends. I also thought it would be fun to use one silver brad and one gold one to hold the topper closed. To tie in the song, I bet the girls won't even notice that I did that and I don't think you can see it in the picture either.

I filled these bag toppers with stamped Hershey Nuggets. I stamped on labels and wrapped them around the nuggets. I buy the labels at Walmart, Target or Walgreens. They are in the pen isle usually. I buy the 1 x 3 inch labels. I buy my baggies at Joann's. They come in a 100 pack for $1.50 in the jewelry/bead isle. You can also find them at Walmart in their jewelry/bead isle. They are 3 x 4. The topper is cut 4 x 3 1/4 and score at 2 inches on the 4 inch side. So when you fold it the dimensions are 2 x 3 1/4. The mat is 1 7/8 x 3 1/8 and the stamped piece is 1 3/4 x 3
Stamps: Make New Friends (retired Close To My Heart) Girl Power (retired Stampin' Up)
Paper: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa
Accessories: Brads, Ziploc Baggies, Hand Held Hole Punch, Hershey Nuggets, Address Labels, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

"Girl Scout Week - Peppermint Sammiches"

Once again a super easy candy project for Molly's Girl Scout troops gift set. I make these all the time. The stamp set that I used is a retired Close To My Heart clear set called Make New Friends. When you are looking for the York Peppermint Patties, make sure you find the ones that are completely wrapped in foil and not the ones that are individually wrapped ones in little pouches. Those won't work. To adhere the scallop circles to the peppermint patties I used glue dots. I used a couple cause when I used one sometimes the scallop shifted a little and that annoyed me. Come back tomorrow for another item for the gift set.

Stamps: Make New Friends (retired CTMH)
Paper: Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Glorious Green
Accessories: SU Scallop Punch, SU Circle Punch, Glue Dots, York Peppermint Patties

"Girl Scout Week - Gum Holders"

It's the second day of Girl Scout week and today's post is gum holders. I have to say I love making these a lot too. Another super easy project that people love. In case you didn't catch yesterday's post, Molly wanted me to make a gift set for the girls in her troop so they can remember her when she moves. I found the Trident 5 piece pack of gum at the Dollar Tree. They come in a 4 pack for $1. That is the only place I have found them. The bigger 18 stick packs just don't fit. The Dollar Tree has them by the registers and they have several different flavors. Here are my directions on how to make these fun little treats. Stay tuned for another item for the treat box tomorrow.
Stamps: Girl Power
Paper: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: Glorious Green
Accessories: SU Word Window Punch, SU Scallop Circle Punch, SU Circle Punches, Velcro, Tacky Tape, Trident Gum

"Girl Scout Week - Bag Toppers"

This week is Girl Scout week! My youngest daughter wanted me to make something for the girls in her troop to remember her by, since she will be moving soon. So this weekend I came up with a bunch of stuff to fill the treat boxes that I also made. I will be sharing one item each day that will be in the special boxes, as well as the finished set. It was fun to actually make something for a special occasion. It seems like I am just making stuff for no reason and when I am done then I decide what to do with it. I like having projects way better. These are bag toppers. I love making these cause they are so simple and you can put practically anything in them. The stamp set is a long retired Stampin' Up set that I found at a rummage sale several years ago. I found the green M&M's at target on sale this weekend which was nice. I bought 2 bags and that filled my 9 baggies and I even had some to spare. I buy my baggies at Joann's. They come in a 100 pack for $1.50 in the jewelry/bead isle. You can also find them at Walmart in their jewelry/bead isle. They are 3 x 4. The topper is cut 4 x 3 1/4 and score at 2 inches on the 4 inch side. So when you fold it the dimensions are 2 x 3 1/4. The mat is 1 7/8 x 3 1/8 and the stamped piece is 1 3/4 x 3
Stamps: Girl Power
Paper: Glorious Green, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink Close To Cocoa
Accessories: Ziploc Baggie, SU Markers, Gold Brads, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Hand Held Hole Punch, M&M's