Today I thought another "Weekend Project" was in order. Who doesn't love these fun Candy Bar Wrappers/Sleeves? They make great stocking stuffers and gifts for teachers, mail carries, the UPS driver, etc.! And they are very simple to make. It's basically how much you want to embellish it that takes up the time. I like to keep mine simple because I make so many of them to give away.
The sleeve itself is a piece of Whisper White card stock that measures 5-1/2" x 6-1/2". You can get two from one sheet of card stock. You will need to score the piece on the short side at 1-1/4", 1-1/2", 3-3/4" and 4". I also find scoring these a little difficult because I am going against the grain of the card stock. Yup, paper has a grain. I like to burnish the score lines to make them nice and crisp so they fit around the candy bar nicely. Oh the candy bar is a 1.55 oz Hershey bar. The one I use for my samples is SO old it expired back in 2014. I wrote on the back with a Sharpie, "DO NOT EAT. IT'S OLD". I don't even want to guess what it looks like on the inside!! LOL But it' beats running to the store every time I wanted to make these. And I don't want to toss it out. I never know when I am going to make one and I like to have it on hand. Remember when they used to be wrapped in foil and had their own sleeve? I used a thin piece of wood and wrapped it in the foil and used that (until the wrapper change of 2003. LOL That date is accurate, I actually looked it up.
Okay, once the score lines are nice and crisp, place the candy bar inside and glue the seam. I like to glue the edges. The edge on the inside I glue on top and the edge that is on the outside, I add glue to the inside of it. I prefer to use glue, because I know glue is going to stay stuck. Now set it aside to dry for a bit while you cut your pieces for the front.
For the front I used a piece of Shaded Spruce card stock and I cut it 5-3/8" x 2-1/8". I cut the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Let it Snow" 12" x 12" pack at 5-1/4" x 2". I taped the two pieces together.
I die cut the snowman from the "Let it Snow" DSP using the second largest Stitched Oval die. Then I die cut a Shaded Spruce scalloped oval for the layer behind it. I taped those two layers together.
Then I punched out a hat from the "Let it Snow" DSP and set it in place on the snowman using Dimensionals.
I took two arms from the "Let it Snow" embellishment kit and stuck them on the snowman. I also took a Shaded Spruce felt scarf from the kit and glued it onto the snowman.
I took two arms from the "Let it Snow" embellishment kit and stuck them on the snowman. I also took a Shaded Spruce felt scarf from the kit and glued it onto the snowman.
I took the first panels I had made and stamped the "Thinking of you at Christmas" from the "Itty Bitty Christmas" set using Shaded Spruce ink. Then I taped that panel to the candy bar wrapper.
I put Dimensionals behind the oval piece and set it in place on top of the falling snow layer. I slid the candy bar in the sleeve and that was it.
Super cute, fun and makes a great and inexpensive gift!
Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda
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