I am a big fan of fast crafts, especially in December. There is no time to hand make 20 or so gifts. Well, there is, but I would have had to start in June or something. Which, I didn't. Thank goodness for these cute Kraft Milk Cartons from Alpha Stamps! You could crank out 10 of these in one crafty afternoon. Then just fill the boxes with treats or a toy and be done (and still feel the satisfaction of having made something (and have free time to enjoy a nice Cosmo)).
So that's what I did.
I started with two precious images from the Christmas Kitty Cats and Holiday Animals collage sheets to add to the front of the treat boxes. They were mounted on two scalloped circles with a bit of foam between them. The pine needle sprigs were cut from a die I had purchased with no purpose in mind.
I'll have to go pick up some dog biscuits and a catnip mouse to put inside. Standing in the line at the store will take longer than decorating the treat boxes...
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I've been feeling the holiday rush lately, so when a spare moment presented itself, I quickly sat down to make little glass ornaments. They've been on my to-do list for a while. The bonus is all three ornaments were done in about an hour. (Minus drying time, but that doesn't really count!)
The assembly is nearly as fast as Santa's reindeer.
Remove the cork base from the glass dome and paint it white. While that's drying, glue the Bronze Ornament Topper to the dome. By this time the base is dry, so you then add Dimensional Snow to the top, squoosh in whatever little decoration you have, then sprinkle the wet snow with glitter or Diamond Dust. Add a thin ribbon around the bottom of the dome and also to the hanger, and when the snow is dry, reassemble the glass dome. It's a cinch!
