Friday, February 1, 2013

Whimsical Designs "Love" Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Whimsical Designs "Love" Blog Hop!


If you've come from Shelly's blog, you're in the right place!. If you need to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Whimsical Designs.

For today's hop project, I made some (okay when I say "some," I really mean 20... more on that later!) 1" by 10" Valentine's Day treat bags using the 'With Love' stamp set from Whimsical Designs!




These treat bags were SO fun to make! I started by filling them with Valentine's Day-themed M&M's (I was able to get about 30 in each bag) and then started on the toppers. The hearts are cut at 3" from Cricut Craft Room and then embellished along the edges with Flamingo Liquid Pearls. The twine is Trendy Twine (Maraschino, Pink Sorbet, & Blossom) and of course the sentiment and the little heart is from the 'With Love' stamp set. The bee is cut from Create a Critter 2 at 2" - I glittered the heart antennas with Star Dust Stickles and even used vellum for the wings, although that's a bit hard to see.

I actually ended up making 20 of these (took about a bag and a half of M&M's - not too bad) because I'm going to be selling them for a $1 at work for a fundraiser I have to do. I figured if I'm going to be asking for money I might as well give my coworkers some chocolate in return! 


And our sponsors for the blog hop are...
2 digis of winner's choice

3 digis of winner's choice


$20 gift certificate

Thanks so much for joining us! Your next stop is Esther's blog!
And the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com <--- YOU ARE HERE
Esther - http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com <--- NEXT STOP :)

33 comments:

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  2. Super cute! I sure hope you sell them all and make lots of money for your fundraiser.

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  3. Ashley...these are FABULOUS!!I love these adorable treat sticks1 So fun and your bee is adorable! I hope your fundraiser goes well. I am sure your will sell out:) Super cute my friend!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  4. finally we get to see the entire bundle of sweetness here, yay. they are awesome! yummy!

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  5. Love this idea! What great Valentine's!

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  6. So cute! Love those bees. ;-)

    Tonya

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  7. These are just so totally cute! I love them and I know all 20 will be sold in no time at all. TFS!

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  8. Love them.... they are so stinking cute!! M & M's are my favorite candy!! Yummy!
    Yvette

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  9. I know how excited you were about these! Super adorable!! I made 30 V-day cards last night and boy was it a lot of work...I can imagine yours were too.

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  10. :O SUPER CUTE treat bags! I'd totally buy a couple! ;) Partly for the candy, but mostly for the topper! It's just soo BEE-utiful! ;) LOLS!
    ♥s & hugs,
    Nica

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  11. Your treat bags are just too cute Ashley. Love the image you used and who doesn't love chocolate! Should be a good seller for your fundraiser!
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin

    thecricutscrapper at yahoo dot com

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  12. Very cute. It takes a lot of love (and patience) to stack all those MMs!!
    KristaInMN at gmail dot com

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  13. what fantastic treat bags .. I'd pay $2.00 for one ... just for the topper & a $1.00 for the M&Ms ... best wishes for your fundraiser .. cheers x:)

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  14. This BEE likes your Bee creations.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  15. Oh those are too too cute.. you could get more than a buck for one cause they really that cute..LOL Love the cute littel bee on the heart and I bet they took some time to create.. You go girl!!
    Hugs
    Nanné

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  16. Adorable little bees, so cute!!!!!!

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  17. Just LOVE this idea so much!! I want some of those tubes- where on earth did you find them?
    Good luck with the fundraising too x

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  18. Wow, how creative...Love the whole idea... The smiling cutie bee looks very darling.

    Hugs
    Catherine
    vidhucreations.blogspot.in

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  19. Your treats turned out fantastic. love these cute little bags and your toppers

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  20. So Adorable, Ashley. Love it. I was going to do something with a bee but I changed my mind and I should of now. LOL. Love your idea. I need to work on some for my kids classes. TFS...

    Tereese

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  21. Neat idea.Love the topper.It must have taken immense patience to stack those M&Ms.Great job.Love how the cndy is color coordinated too.:-)

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  22. Charming treat sticks. i trust they will do well at the fund raising. Wishing you success. Thanks for sharing, and for being a part of this hop(found new friends and blogs to follow)

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  23. Too cute! I love that little pink and black bee - adorable!

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  24. Your Valentine treat containers are adorable! I just love that little bee!
    I am a new follower. Please stop by my blog and follow.
    Thanks for the chance to play along!
    Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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  25. These are so cute. I bet your fundraiser will be a success with these cute little bees.

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  26. Simply Sweet! I've been dying to make some of these candy tubes and after seeing yours, I am determined to get some done. So darn cute! Love the toppers!

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  27. These are really cute bags, Ashley! I love that little bee!

    Jen

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  28. ashley these are so sweet! i love the sweet bees :) and the scalloped heart toppers :)

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  29. OMG! these are just ADORABLE! Best of luck on your fundraiser. xxD

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  30. LOVE these - both of the designs are so darn adorable - those toppers are the cutest things ever!!

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