Just Jawing – A Stamping Journey

I have had these here waiting to show you for a while. I was really pleased with the idea. I was inspired for this idea from Marnie. She made these cute party favours with sticks. I thought instead of sticks I would try pencils.

I have used the skulls from ‘Just Jawing’. I have put together a tutorial to show you how they are done.

1. Stamp the skull in Basic Black on cardstock. I used Pink Passion and Real Red for my 2 skull pencils. Cut around the stamped image. Cut 2 squares from Whisper White Cardstock measuring 6cm.

From one square punch a circle using the 1 3/4″ circle punch. From the other square punch a circle using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. To make sure these were centred I first punched circles from scrap card and traced around these on the cardstock.

Round all the corners of both squares. Punch a circle from the centre of the skull. To ensure this would be centred on the skull I traced lightly around the scrap 1 3/4″ circle in pencil and then I could line up the punch. I stamped the text on a strip of Whisper White card and then used the 1 1/4″square punch to create the flag notches.

2. Remove the adhesive from the treat cup and centre this over the white square with the smaller circle. Adhere the skull to the other square.

3. Fill the cup with your treats. Adhere these 2 pieces together with Snail Adhesive or Sticky Strip. Use the punched out circle from the 1 3/4″ circle and adhere this over the hole.

4. I placed a piece of Sticky Strip onto the end of the pencil and adhered this to the back of the skull. Rub over the pencil several times to ensure that it is secure. It should hold quite well though.

5. I cut out the eyes from the skull and added some 2 way glue and Dazzling Diamonds and placed this on top. For the red ones I punched out 2 small stars from the Real Red card. I added some eyes with a black marker and then added dots with a white gel pen. I adhered the text banner with some sticky strip.

Wouldn’t these make great favours for a kid’s Birthday Party or for a craft stall? What do you think? If you don’t have the skull you could try flowers or something else.

Hope you’re enjoying your New Years Break. I will be back soon with some more catch-up projects. 🙂

We had a joint team Summer Mini Launch last week which was a lot of fun. Thanks to Ness who organised it all. Each demonstrator had their own table with their guests and did their own Make and Takes at the table. Here is photo of my group hard at work.

This is one of the Make and Takes we did. Many of them wanted to see how the treat cups worked. I thought this was a fun card for young kiddies and it uses lots of different punches.

I used the spiral punch along a thin strip of black card and adhered this to the back of Only Orange card piece. Another thin piece of black was adhered to the bottom. I adhered the Orange card to the Green Galore card base with 2 way glue once it had dried so it was easy to remove. I punched a circle using the 1 3/4″ circle punch through the both layers. Just a Tip: Sometimes it is hard to punch through both, so punch it first on the Orange and then line up the card on the Green base and draw a light circle in pencil. You can then line up the circle punch over the pencil circle and punch that out. I stuck the treat cup onto the green base card and then adhered the Orange over this. I punched out some stars and adhered them to the front. The smaller ones I mounted with dimensionals. I used the greeting from Just Jawing (borrowed from my daughter!!)and stamped this in Basic Black onto Whisper White strip. I used the square punch to create flag notches on the ends. You don’t want your good work destroyed in seconds with the receiver in a hurry to get to the goodies, so I created a little flap to fit on the back.

The little flap measures 9cmx5.5cm and scored at 1.5cm. Place adhesive on the small scored section and adhere this below the punched out circle. Fill the cup with treats and fold up the flap. I adhered this with snail but sticky strip would hold better. At least they might destroy the flap but not the card, HEY!!!
These are such fun to make, so why not give one a go. Of course, as you make these remember to ALWAYS taste test what goes into your Treat Cups!!! LOL
Enjoy your day 🙂