Crafty Gals Corner Challenge 273 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Snowman

   Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

  The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Snowman ~

I made 38 of these Snowman treat boxes for hubby's work and for our family.

They were cut using a file from the Silhouette store, called 3D Decorative Snowman Box.

I was able to insert 9 pieces of different Christmas candy into each one.

The opening on the top was a little too large, but I made sure to put one of the truffle chocolates on the top, so the other candy didn't fall out.

Although simple enough to put together, gluing all the layers and making each snowman was a little time consuming, but I thought the result was worth while.

We would love to see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 10 of February 2026, to link your project to our challenge.

Wishing you all a very happy and crafty year ahead.

Crafty hugs,

Beach Fairy Garden

Hi everyone.  If you're a follower of my blog, then you know that my favourite Season is Summer, that it's just never too hot for me and that I absolutely love, love the beach and could happily have made a career as a Beach Bum 😁 

When I'm not at the beach, I'm normally thinking about it, planning our next trip to it, or just wishing that I was there.  So, this is what I was busy with today ... my very own Beach Fairy Garden!

My husband filled the pot about 3/4 full with some sort of foam spray that solidified. This filled up the pot very nicely and keeps it light.  Then I layered about 2" of sand sloping it down towards the "sea".  I used aqua crushed glass for the ocean.  The beach house was purchased at Hobby Lobby and it was all built from there.  All the palm trees, grasses, ferns, and chair set were purchased from Amazon - most under the "cake toppers" section.  The mermaid, turtles and driftwood were also purchased from Amazon but under the "doll house" section.  The small section of fence, sea shells and lights are from my stash.

It took me a while to get everything just the way I had envisioned it, but I must admit that I enjoyed every minute of it, and I'm quite please with the way it came out.  Now, every time I walk by it, I mentally count the sleeps till I'm at the beach again, and God willing, this year it will be without Covid or any of it's cousins!

I hope you enjoyed your visit today.

Crafty hugs,

4th July Treats

 Hello friends. I just realiased that I forgot to share the cute treat boxes I made for hubby's work to celebrate the 4th of July.  So as the saying goes ... better late than never 😀

I made these using a Silhouette cut file. Soooo cute!  All cardstock and papers were purchased at Hobby Lobby.  I filled them with various sweets all wrapped in red, white and blue.  Everyone liked them, so mission accomplished 😀

Crafty hugs,

Bunny Treat Boxes

Sharing some more Easter projects.  I made these bunny treat boxes for hubby's work.  From what hubby told me, they were a great hit! 😀

Crafty Ingredients:

All cardstock is from The Paper Studio - textured.

Silhoutte Design No. 405554 designed by Lori Whitlock

I have a few more Easter projects to share.  I know that Easter is over, but I can only share my projects after the occasion, so I don't spoil any surprises 😀

Crafty hugs,

 

Masculine Birthday

 Hi everyone. Today I'm sharing the birthday card I made for my son-in-law.  He loves racing and muscle cars, so when I saw this file in the Silhouette store, I thought it would be perfect for him.

As you can see this 5" x 7" box card folds flat for mailing and fits perfectly in an A7 envelope.

That's all for today folks.  I'll be back tomorrow with another masculine card.

Till then,

stay safe and well!

CCARY ~ November's Christmas Challenge

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge

 at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

November's Challenge ~ Pink & Green Colour Combo

This is November's Christmas cake inspiration pic.

For this month's DT project, I made a cute shaker ornament for my little granddaughter, Emma.

I  used the Snow Globe dies from Hunkydory, to cut out the snow globe several times in order to turn it into a shaker ornament, and then I used several other dies to cut out all the elements inside the snow globe. I added a sequins mix from Kat Scrappiness as my shaker fillers.

Products used to make this card:

Hunkydory - Snow Globe

Marianne Designs - Presents Bag

Elizabeth Craft Designs - Holiday Elf ~ Hers

Kat Scrappiness - Iridescent and White Snowflake Sprinkles, Sparkling Clear Drops

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,

Halloween Dinner Table Favours

As promised, I'm back with my last paper craft for this Halloween.

I made these as table favours for our dinner table.

Here they are the six different characters.  I actually made 8 boxes, one for each of us.

The Witch!

The Boo!

Lil Franky

Count Dracula

Jack 'o Lantern Cutie

The Mummy Ninja

This little guy reminds of  a Ninja.  I used Silhouette files for all of these. They were so easy to put together.  On the inside, I added a little spooky grass and filled each one with chocolates.

   

They look cute on our table.  It's nothing fancy.  We usually do a finger foods buffet kinda dinner because the little ones go trick or treating while some of us stay behind to hand out candy.  We all try to sit and have dinner together in between all that :-)

I hope you have enjoyed my Halloween projects as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you.

I have one more, but not paper related.  Come back later to take a look at my little Cemetery Dessert Bowls 👻

Happy Halloween everyone.  Stay safe and have fun!

Halloween Treat Boxes

 Since last Christmas, I've been making a few treat boxes for hubby to take to work, on special holidays.  His co-workers love them and it makes me happy to know that I made their day a little brighter.

So for Halloween, I visited my trusty Silhouette, and made these coffin shaped treat boxes.  Can't get more spooky than that! Well, I guess you could, but this is my Halloween limit.  I like Halloween on the "friendly" and "too cute to Spook", kinda side 👻

These are the three I chose, Frankenstein, Witch and Skull.

This is the candy that fits comfortably inside each of the treat boxes.

2 Butterfinger, 2 Baby Ruth, 1 Crunch and 1 Dum Dum Lollipop.

And here they are, all 24 of them, ready for hubby to take to work on the 31st. I made 8 of each design.  I hope they enjoy them as much as I enjoyed putting them together.  They do look like a happy bunch, don't they? 👻  Looking at this pic, it looks like some of them are missing a hand, but it's just because they're tucked under each other so they would fit in one tray.

Well, crafting friends, I'm near ready with all my Halloween projects, so thank you for visiting and for all the lovely and encouraging comments you have left on my Halloween posts!

Till next time,

👻Happy Halloween👻