Cake in a Cup

Happy Saturday, friends!  I'm back today to share the cake in a cup mugs I had mentioned in yesterday's post.  This was another BIG hit at my craft fairs.  It was so popular I had to make another batch!  I found the recipe for the mix in a Gooseberry Patch book and it's pretty simple to do.  If you're interested in making your own, you can buy the recipes, "Cake in a Cup" labels, and dry mix/glaze recipes from my Etsy shop.  You get all 3 PDFs for only $4 and you can print them as many times as you like!  Here's the link:


Cake in a Cup Label PDFs

These didn't take long to make and come in handy for teachers, co-workers, Secret Santas, bus drivers, coaches, neighbors, etc.  I charged $3 each and people were buying them in multiples (and I think a few people bought just for themselves! lol).  I made a little pocket for the recipe with kraft cardstock, similar to the ones I used on the cookie in a jar mixes.  I added scraps of patterned paper and used some paper punches for the label.  I'll definitely be making these again next year and I'll probably try different flavors of cake (theses are all chocolate with chocolate glaze).  Feel free to email or comment with any questions.  I hope you enjoy this gift idea! 


-Suzanne :O )

Cookie Exchange/Cookies in a Jar

Hi friends!  Popping in with another post today- this one's pretty lengthy, so bear with me!!  I have a LOT to catch up on with my craft fair goodies, Christmas cards and gift packaging.  I'll start with the packaging I whipped up for my cookie exchange at work.  I made oatmeal butterscotch cookies with walnuts and used these bakery bags I had picked up at a yard sale.  We were supposed to include our recipe, so I clipped that on with a regular old paper clip and added a fun tag using some stamps by Clear & Simple Stamps.  The overall effect is a little busy, a little messy, but I really wanted to use these stamps!! LOL  The cookies I stamped on the background are from Cookie Bake:

The sentiments were stamped on some flags I die-cut with my Nestabilities and stapled onto the tags.  This was a very quick & easy project since I was in a rush (every year I always think I'm going to *make* time for things like this, but it never seems to happen the way I plan! lol).  I also have the Cookie Bake Extras set which came in handy for my cookies in a jar:

I made up 5 different jar recipes and sold them for $7 each at my craft fairs.  I made 15 jars all together and had 6 left over at the end of the season.  Luckily, Chris had 5 co-workers he wanted to give gifts to, and the last remaining jar went to his mother as a hostess gift on Christmas Eve.  I was worried that I would have a ton of food items left over from my craft fairs, but everything that didn't sell eventually found a home (you'll see as I keep posting what else I made).  ;)  Anyway, onto the jars and their tags!

The pic above shows 4 of the varieties, and the picture below shows the 5th on its own display:

I guess I remembered to put the flash on in the picture below, and you can see a peek of my cake in a cup mixes to the left:

Here's a close up of the tag; you can see how I used the cookie words stamp to make a background.  The pocket for the recipe was made out of kraft cardstock, and I believe the dimensions were 4" x 9", scored at 3".  I used some staples at the top and printed the recipe and the name of the mix from my computer.

I realized too late that I probably should have taken a side view of the jars so you could see how the layers looked, but you get the idea.  :)  It was a bit of work to make these, but my customers and Chris's employees really seemed to like them!  Thanks so much for sticking through this long post!

-Suzanne :O )

With Sympathy

Hi friends!  Just popping in with a quick post in what I hope is a string of more regular posts!  My boss's mother passed away last week so I wanted to make a simple but thoughtful card.  I started with that enormous clear sticker by American Crafts.  They seem to be my go-to for sympathy cards because they take up most of the space on a card when I get stumped for an image to use.  They're a little hard to use when they stick to themselves but I love how quickly I can put cards together with them.  The beige background is actually some packaging I recycled and the green satin ribbon was in my scrap stash.  I die-cut a ribbon slider and stamped the Impression Obsession sentiment with brown ink.  To finish off the card, I punched an indent with the tip of a circle punch, tied the ribbon with some twine and added a vintage button on top.  Oh, and I punched out the corners, too.  :)  I like that the colors are bright but get toned down with the earthy cardstocks.  I hope you enjoy my card too, thank you for stopping by!!


-Suzanne :O )

Last PTT challenge!

Hi there!  This post is the last for my PTT term, which is kind of a good thing so I can have a breather and make cards on my own schedule.  :)  This week was a simple 'anything goes' challenge featuring this adorable giraffe trio by Karen's Doodles.  I colored the carolers with my Copics and used my Nestabilities to die-cut the image.  This post also wraps up the month-long sponsoring by My Mind's Eye and 3 Girls Jam wrinkle ribbon.  I've had a lot of fun with the other 'party planners' and wish the best to the new members!  Thanks for a great 4 months!!


-Suzanne :O )

Snowball Fight

Hi all.  I'm a bit behind this week on my PTT card because I was in a car accident last week.  My car is still being worked on and I have an appointment with a hand specialist today to see why my left pointer finger is still swollen.  Otherwise, I'm okay and my insurance company has been great.  It was just not great timing- too much going on at this time of year!!  :)  Anyway, onto my PTT card.  We were asked to make ribbon the focal point, so I wrapped the 3 Girls Jam wrinkle ribbon around the card, similarly to how I wrap presents.  The image is by The Greeting Farm, and boy is that an adorable scene!!  I used my Copics and Nestabilities for the image and the blue snowflake paper is by My Mind's Eye.  To finish off the card I added a lime green button from my stash.  I hope you're enjoying these last couple of days before Christmas, thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

PTT #46

Get out your red and green supplies, it's time for this week's PTT challenge!  :)  I used some more paper from My Mind's Eye and this sweet little image by The Paper Shelter.  A little wrinkle ribbon from 3 Girlsl Jam finished off the card- all in all, a pretty simple card!  I hope you'll have time to play along this week, we'd love to see your creations!


Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Suzanne :O )

PTT #45

Happy Tuesday, friends!  It's the start of another challenge over on the PTT blog; this week we were asked to make a holiday card.  That was a no-brainer, I am in full Christmas card mode now that my craft fairs are over!!  We were super lucky this month to have My Mind's Eye as one of our sponsors- I am totally LOVING this collection of papers!  We were also given this lovely wrinkle ribbon from 3 Girls Jam, which matches the papers perfectly!  The adorable image is from Paper Makeup Stamps.  I colored Penguin Pete with my Copics and die-cut him with my Nestabilities.  I wanted the sentiment to match his scarf, so I just colored the white cardstock with my Copic marker and made a coordinating embellishment!  I hope you'll have time to link up:


PTT Blog


Thanks so much for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

Cookies and Milk

Hi friends!  Check out my post on the 2 Cute Rubber Stamps Blog to see the details on my card!  Hope you're having a great weekend, thanks for stopping by!


-Suzanne :O )