Doodlebug – Candy Cane Lane Collection – Mitten Ornament Gift Card Holders!

Hi crafty friends! Happy Holiday Season to you all! Happy Monday! It's Doodlebug Monday, too! Did you have a good weekend? We were busy doing fun holiday things – putting up the tree, buying poinsettias, getting coffee, church…. It was a good weekend! I'm here today to share a project made with the brand new Candy Cane Lane Collection from Doodlebug! It's so holly jolly and cute and fun! Everything you could want in a winter paper collection… I was smiling the entire time I was making this project to share with you. I am always looking for cute handmade gift items to give out to friends, neighbors, and coworkers this time of year. I decided to make some paper mitten ornaments that hold a coffee gift card tucked inside. After the recipient takes out the gift card, they can hang the ornament on their tree! I will put the date and name on the back of each one too. 

I started by using the gorgeous 12×12 papers from the Doodlebug Candy Cane Lane collection. I die cut out two mittens in each color and then glued them together back to back. I die cut two cuffs and did the same, being careful not to glue the top shut. I used the Gingham 6×6 paper pad to make the cuffs. I tucked a little bit of tissue down inside the mitten to make it puff out just a little.  The mitten shape is a discontinued die set from Taylored Expressions called Mitten Garland. But, you could easily find a mitten template online or an SVG file of a mitten. I thought this idea would also be cute with coffee mugs instead of mittens. I might try that too! 

I used silver brads on the cuffs and put some Doodlebug Chunky Twine through the brads to act as the ornament hanger part. Then the really fun part – decorating the mittens with stickers and ephemera! I tucked a bit of tissue, the coffee cards, and a small candy cane into the top opening. Super festive. I can't wait to give them away! I think they will be cute hanging on the tree!

Here are my three mitten ornaments…

 

 

I used lots of stickers (Icons) and gems and all the good things from the Candy Cane Lane Collection. If you look closely, can you see those super cool clear acetate snowflakes? Love them! I used my favorite Bearly Glue to glue around the edges. They are of course, open at the top.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is one of the mittens in my hand so you can see the size and scale. 

I adore this happy jolly snowman! He's holding his Christmas tree, and I added lots of rhinestone ornaments to it! I do love the sparkle! Regular stickers and Puffy Stickers and gems….oh my!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And lastly, my home for the holidays mitten!! I love this holly patterned paper – and paired with green gingham – so cute!! This would be a nice gift to bring to someone's home as a hostess gift!

 

 

 

 

 

More of those adorable puffy stickers!!

That's it for today!! We are doing something really special tonight at church and I am excited! We are attending a dinner and tour of Bethlehem. We have our own tour guide via video conference walking us through all the holy Christmas sites and showing us everything. All the while we will be dining on traditional food from that region. It should be an amazing time and definitely get us more into the reason for the season. Also, this week my husband turns 60!!! I'm not sure which one of us is freaking out more, me or him! I met him when he was 30!!! I made him a cool card that I'll share later in the week. I hope you have a wonderful and happy week! Thanks for spending some time with me today. XOXO