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Hi everyone! Amanda here today. I’m not one to make much of a fuss over gifts, but every once in a while I wish I had a little treat on hand to help wish someone a happy birthday or to express my thanks. And nothing says happy birthday or thank you quite like candy.

The fun, summertime pool themes in the Fun In the Sun collection make for a bright and cheery gift. Package up your favorite treat in a photo sleeve with some fun paper and die cuts and you have a sweet treat at the ready. And just like grandma, you can also tuck a few of these in your purse for the little ones.

Pool party candy packets are easy to put together. You’ll need some plastic sleeves, patterned paper, embellishments, candy and a Fuse tool. If you don’t have a Fuse tool, you can easily secure the closure with a piece of transparent tape.

The beach balls on this paper make perfect DIY embellishments and can be punched out perfectly with a 1 1/4″ circle punch.

Start by embellishing your patterned paper inserts. Slide the patterned paper into the plastic sleeves, add candy and, voila! You’re all done! Get the kids involved and they’ll do it for you.

After your sleeve is filled with paper, embellishments, and candy, fold over the top and fuse it to the back of the sleeve with the Fuse tool. TIP: Always use metal ruler to fuse the straightest lines and protect your fingers from the hot, HOT tip!

This is what the back of your candy packet will look like after it is all fused up. Pretty neat, huh?

Easy, fun, and yummy!

Happy Summer!
Amanda

Supplies:
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Splash
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Waves
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Beach Towel
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Beach Ball
Fun In The Sun Double-Sided Cardstock 12″X12″Flip Flops
Fun In The Sun Chips Die-Cut Shapes 49/PkgEphemera
Photo Sleeve Fuse Tool (U.S. Version)North America, 110v
Photo Sleeve Fuse Waterfall Sleeves 20/Pkg
Photo Sleeve Fuse Waterfall Sleeves 20/Pkg

Happy February! Amanda here today with a super cute and super fun Valentine’s Day craft. Conversations are my all time favorite Valentine’s Day candy. I love the colors, the little messages, and the fun little heart shapes. I almost fell over when I saw the UR Sweet paper from the We Go Together collection. It was everything I loved about conversation hearts on a single sheet of paper. I thought it would be fun to pair this cute paper with some candy conversation hearts to create a Valentine’s Day gift.

Valentine’s Day pretty is pretty low key at our house, but every year I like to make my kids a fun little candy gift. I gathered a few plastic Christmas ornaments (the kind that come in two halves) and some patterned paper and put my die cutting machine to work. A few minutes later and I had some cute little gifts ready for Valentine’s Day.

The gumball machine base is the key to the whole project. I found that resizing the base to be the same diameter as the ornament makes for a well balanced gumball machine. And although not functional, the little dial on the front is still a lot of fun. Secure the spinner with a brad to add an interactive element to your gumball machine.

Tie the halves of the plastic ornament together with a piece of baker’s twine and top with a conversation heart sticker.

Before you begin assembling the gumball machine base, adhere the dial components to the base. This will eliminate a lot of hassle after the base is assembled.

Fold the tabs on the bottom piece, one at a time, before you adhere the larger gumball base piece.

Apply a strong adhesive (I prefer This to That double sided red tape) to the inside of the gumball base and not to the tabs on the bottom portion of the base. Adhere tabs one at a time as you work your way around in a circle.