Kim Kesti
I feel really lucky that my turn to write a blog post fell on this exciting Cards & Gifts Week. Creating gifts for my friends and loved ones never gets old to me. It’s so fun to see their faces light up when they receive such a gift.
Sometimes creating a gift for a neighbor, or someone you don’t know as well, becomes more of a challenge. When in doubt, I take a humorous turn. Every loves a giggle. I created this gift set with a new neighbor in mind. It would work equally as well for someone who has recently been ill, or just for someone who needs a pick-me-up. Hey! Did you know it’s Administrative Professionals Day today? How fun would it be to give this gift to an awesome co-worker?
Popcorn Gift Set by Kim Kesti
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (Candy Apple, Midnight, Splash) Bazzill Basics Paper Patterned paper: (Itinerary from Travel collection) American Crafts Color media: (yellow, pink chalk) Pebbles Inc.; (black pen) Accents: (white staples) Stickers: (Rootbeer Float alphabet) American Crafts Fibers: (black and white striped ribbon) May Arts Font: (Comic Sans) Microsoft Adhesive: (foam tape) Other: (wire basket, candy bar, popcorn sacks) Finished sizes: joke book 5 3/4″ x 6″, tag 3″ x 4 3/4″, candy wrap 5 1/2″ x 3 3/4″
JOKE BOOK
1 Make card from cardstock. Print jokes, fold, and insert in card. Staple at fold. 2 Print joke on cardstock; mat with cardstock. 3 Cut popcorn shapes from cardstock, chalk, draw faces, and cut and adhere cardstock shapes for eyes. Adhere to joke piece with foam tape. 4 Adhere joke piece to patterned paper, staple, and adhere to book. 5 Affix stickers to spell “Jokes”.
TAG
1 Cut tag from cardstock; mat with cardstock. 2 Punch hole at top and tie on ribbon. 3 Trim strip of cardstock, affix stickers to spell “Hi!”, and mat with patterned paper. 4 Staple to tag.
CANDY WRAP
1 Cut cardstock to fit around candy bar. 2 Cut strip of cardstock; mat with cardstock and patterned paper. Affix stickers to spell “Yum”. 3 Staple to cardstock wrap. 4 Punch hole and tie on ribbon. 5 Adhere around candy bar.
Let’s get to the yummy giveaway! Since today is all about having fun with food, leave a comment telling me your favorite food to wrap up and give as a gift. Three random winners will receive a copy of 225 Cards & Gifts and the American Crafts prize package seen below. And guess what? It’s the same product I used to create my Popcorn Gift Set! All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Friday, April 24.
Three lucky winners will take home these American Crafts goodies!
Hope you’re enjoying this fun week of tips, tricks and giveaways! Make sure you hop on over to Moxie Fab World today. Five top contributors will share their perspectives on paper crafted gift giving. And each designer will give away one of their projects from the special issue!
Good luck winning the lovely stash of American Crafts products!
Kim Kesti, Paper Crafts Pro
P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from Monday’s Meet Maren Benedict post! Here they are in no particular order:
1. Heidi Myers (April 21, 8:43 a.m.)
2. Kristi K. (April 20, 7:13 a.m.)
3. Margie (April 20, 11:22 a.m.)
Congrats, winners! Each of you will receive a Tiny Trinity stamp set from Unity Stamp Company! I’ll be e-mailing you shortly for your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments for Maren!
Since there is only my husband and I and I do enjoy to bake – I’m usually sending all sorts of goodies to the office with him – they think it’s heaven! I have a cookie recipe that is requested quite often and I have an endless supply of those clear decorated treat bags for every occasion that I fill with these or an assortment of candy for no special reason!
Thanks for the fun giveaways!! Sherry
CHOCOLATE!!!!!! I was living in Germany for two years and wraped up chocolate bars and sent them home to family often. It is the best. Thanks for the chance to win.
This giveaway looks yummy….Pretzels……yep everyone likes these. Thanks for the chance to win.
My wish to slide inside the VERY CUTE, and OH SO FUN gift bag? I would love to tuck an airline ticket for my Mom to come and visit. Maybe the pretty flowers would convince her that she CAN still fly and that the airline WILL help her get from gate to gate! Woo hoo! I get to wish AND get a chance to win VERY FUN stuff! What is not to love! Happy Spring Day…sun is FINALLY shining here.
I like packaging homemade cookies as gifts. Nothing says yummy like something that is freshly baked.
I love to make flavoured vinegars and pair them with a pair of salad tongs that I hand bead.
R
I’ve never packaged any food..but it sure looks cute as I’ve been noticing it more!
I love foods in jars as gifts — cookie ingredients, hot chocolates… Oh, and brownies and cookies make wonderful gifts as well.
Your gift is so cute. Love the joke on the card!!! Our Post-Prom committee does something similar for “movie” package giveaways. Your example would be such a great look for a giveaway or gift. Its bright and clever. Thank you so much. -Con.
seriously, that popcorn card is too CUTE
then you added American Crafts and now i’m drooling… so, for a drool-worthy gift, i like to dip large salted pretzels in dark chocolate, drizzled with white chocolate on top, and wrapped in cello with a cute homemade topper!
Cute popcorn set!!! I love to give away chocolate. My goal in the coming year (or years) is to do more baking and give away homemade baked goods. THanks for the chance to win!!!
What a great prize, I’m loving the ribbon. My favorite food to wrap up is any thing sweet. Sweets are also my favorite to receive as a gift as well
My favorite gift to give is Christmas cookies. Every year on the weekend after Christmas my son and I start to bake cookies to give to friends, teachers, and relatives. We have been doing this for more than 20 years. We honestly bake about 1200 cookies each year. We try to add one new recipe each year too, but must also bake our tried and true ones too.
Let’s see… I usually paper craft wraps for three kinds of food:
Popcorn
chocolate
homemade cookies
I did do a packaging of martini items once but that’s a beverage not a food :0)
Thanks for the op to win!!!
Char in So Cal
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darn spammers!! LOL
what an awesome prize! i love to wrap up and give either muffins or a pkg of microwave popcorn and dark chocolate m&m’s together with instructions to pop the popcorn and sprinkle the candy over it while hot so it melts inside it’s shell….mmmm
Oh I would make some home-made candy to put in THOSE bags! Love them! thanks!
My fav foods to give as gifts are cookies and rice krispie treats that are coated with those Wilton Candy Melts and cut in holiday shapes-yummy! I give candy away a lot too and always do some funky packaging for these treats – can’t wait to see this special issue to get more fun ideas!
Ooh so cute. I love the gift set!
I like to give Buckeyes (peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate). When they’re packaged cutely, they look like you worked really really hard to make it.
My favorite food to give as gifts are chocolate covered pretzels! yummy
My fave food to wrap up as a gift is any type of Christmas goodies. I love it when my mom makes peanut butter balls and gives them to us at Christmas. Yummy!
thanks for the chance to win a great prize pkg!!
I love to wrap pretzels dipped in white chocolate and then coated with sprinkles to match the season or holiday…
I like to wrap up pretzel rods dipped in melted chocolate and then covered with sprinkles. I usually coordinate the colors of the sprinkles with the particular “event” (red, green, and white for Christmas; pastels for Easter; etc.).
uhu, I coulds chooso pizza!! A little chocolate and strawberries pizza, in a sweet pink and brown box!
My favorite food to give as a gift is cookies – homemade of course.
Well, my favorite is to give people homemade meals in return for favors, or as gift cards. I love wrapping up homemade chocolate and marzipan, though.
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Great ideas. I’m not a great cook so I give chocolates or muffins away. Packaging is what it’s all about!
Hugs
Heather
Beautiful projects and prizes! When I had some spare time (ie. before kids
, I used to make chocolates and wrap for presents.
Alison
I think my favorite thing to gussy up and give is candy and chocolates. Love this ensemble you did!
always chocolate…nuggets, bars, kisses in a little sour cream container…always chocolate!
Great giveaway, my fave food to wrap up and giveaway is homemade muffins..
I love wrapping all types of candies/items. My DIL asked me to make a bouquet for the principal of the school where she teaches only instead of candy I wrapped sponges (for the tears you will shed), rubber bands (to help hold yourself together this year) etc. It was a huge hit.
My favorite is wrapping candy. I have wrapped candy for bridal luncheons, bachelor parties, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, etc. I used to say I could wrap anything. LOL
My favorite food gift I have done was one year for Christmas we made homemade frozen pizzas and gave them away with a little poem about a not so sweet treat that would be good when you are frazzled with the holiday bustle. It was a big hit. Thanks for the chance to win.
Carol
These are too cute! I’m a big fan of food gifts so anything to make them more unique and fun is a keeper in my book! Very cute!
Thanks for the oppurtunity to win and good luck to everyone!
Michelle
I love giving away candy bars all gussied up.
Wow! Awesome prize! I love to wrap up some of my delicious low-fat banana bread and give as a little treat to neighbors and friends
Thanks for the chance to win some yummy goodies.
I like to do gifts in a jar-cookies, brownies, soup, etc. They are fun to put together and can be dressed up easily with a cute tag or card.
I like to make hand-made chocolates to give as gifts. EVERYone I know seems to love getting those little morsels of goodness! You can’t be unhappy if you are eating chocolate!
Everyone loves my turkey jerky, at least all of the males in my family.
It would have to be my favorite to wrap up and give.
definitely baked goods
and I have to say that this is one of my absolute favorite lines, so cute and colorful
What a cugte gift basket idea! We often leave goodies in our mailbox for the mailman. He does such a good job, we think he deserves treats.. and he really appreciates them.