SIPIDI: Reindeer with Lindor Noses

SIPIDI: It stands for See It, Pin It, Do It!  And I did!

I saw this pattern for a cut file for Rudolph Lollipop covers where the lollipop sticks through as Rudolph's nose.  I decided to use Lindor chocolates instead of lollipops, so no stick needed, no hole needed.  I altered the file, made a new layout just for antlers while I was at it, cut the entire shape out of a medium brown and the antlers out of a dark brown. I added eyes and a smile and felt pretty good about it- and the bows made the final addition.

I gave some of them to my crafter friends at my monthly crop in  Eastbourne and ten were for my daughter's friends.  They went down a treat in both places.

They are a bit on the expensive side since I'm using Bazzill and the heads take up more than 6  inches in width, so I can only get one head out of a sheet of Bazzill.  49p a sheet for that, plus I can get 3 pairs of antlers out of a sheet too... so it's 1 and 1/3 sheets of cardstock per reindeer!  The eyes were made out of some scraps of white I had lying around.  They look a little cross-eyed in this photo but I changed how I made the eyes and I'm happier with those.  I didn't take a picture before they all went out though.

It's difficult to blog in the lead-up to Christmas because the things I'm making are either cards or gifts, but I'm posting what I can.  I want to get back on the blog-wagon after Blogtober!

Have you tried anything that you've pinned lately?  Let me know in the comments. :)

What's on My Work desk Wednesday

I'm finally getting round to posting one of these!  I do believe there is someone I'm supposed to tag in this entry but I can't  remember the name or URL and I'm  actually  posting this from under the duvet.

On my work desk this week, I have a SIPIDI  (see it, pin it, do it) which is also a first for me!  I have done things I've seen on Pinterest before though, so I guess maybe not.  But this time it will get a tag. :)

Anyhoo, the SIPIDI in question is a box card.  The box part is four pieces of accordion folded card lovingly merged together.  In these examples, there's no embellishment and all I did besides cut, score and stick was inking the edges of just about everything with Distress Inks and punch out a border for inside the box card.  If you want to add a ribbon to this project, I recommend sticking it down under the paper layers.  It looks nice.

I am filling these with chocolate. :)