Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Hot Cocoa Blog Hop


Hot cocoa on a cold winter's night will warm us through and through and fill us with delight. That is what we hope this hop will do for you so grab a cup of cocoa and start hopping along.

Jearise from http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess and she has a special give away on her blog so make sure you start there to see what she has and how to qualify for the drawing.

Let's get warmed up here...

I decided to make a little "pocket" gift for a cocoa packet. I don't have any cocoa on hand (that should be a crime) so mine has a hot apple cider packet. Since packets will vary, you will want to measure the width and height of your packet, and then double the height. I added a quarter of an inch allowance for the packet to fit inside, plus an inch on top for it to fold over and add a bow.

My pocket is scored at 1, 5.5, 5 and 3 quarters, and then another 4.5 inches to allow for the back side of the "pocket." I hope that makes sense, I'm not sure how else to explain it.

I used Fiskars' threading waters border punch on the part that folds over, and punched a hole for the ribbon to go through.

I made my project as if there was a cocoa packet inside instead of apple cider, so please use your imagination. :)


I then stamped the snowman image on a leftover circle cutout from another project I used the Cricut for, colored a few parts of the snowman, and added a sentiment.

This project comes together quickly and would make great teacher or co-worker gifts.

Thank you for hopping and please continue on to Lluvia's blog.

  1. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
  2. L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
  3. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
  4. Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
  5. CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
  6. Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
  7. Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
  8. Lluvia aka misses crafty- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
  9. Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
  10. Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com
  11. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
  12. Sandra- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
  13. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
  14. Katie ~ http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/
  15. Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 

16 comments:

  1. Your cocoa packet is adorable. I love the paper and ribbon, you did a great job. Thanks so much for sharing.


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  2. OMG so cute!! Your snowman is amazing ~ I love him =) Thanks for sharing this very cute project.

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  3. I LOVE this! I am definitely going to make some to add on to some gifts. I have seen other similar projects but yours in by far the best. Maybe it's the snowman, maybe it's the lines going down... I don't know, but I adore this little "pocket".

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  4. Melissa...what a sweet card. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. What a sweet card, Melissa! i love it. Thanks for sharing

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  6. Your Hot Cocoa packet is gorgeous! I love it. love the papers and the image. Thanks for sharing. Edwina Brown

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  7. This is really cute. Great minds think alike, right? ;-). We would never have known you didn't have a chocolate pack if you hadn't ratted yourself out! LOL.

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  8. Such a sweet card and the snowman is so cute.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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  9. Such an adorable project! I love that paper! TYFS


    Amanda
    cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

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  10. Beautiful job! With a special treat inside. So yummy. Thanks for being part of the hop and hopping with me. Jearise

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