The project I’m sharing with you today is the Monster Hugs Valentine Treat Holders and you have a few days left to order them. (Available until January 27th.)
You have a choice between boy or girl and you get 18 per package for $5.95. They will hold the following candy … and maybe more
- Hershey Nuggets – 2 of them
- Nerds – small box
- Valentine Sucker
- Laffy Taffy
- Kit Kat candy bar – snack size
Or you can make a box to hold some Hershey Kisses.
The Coastal Cabana card stock measures 3-3/4 x 3-3/4 and you score it on two sides at 7/8 and the other two sides at 1-1/2.
Here’s a picture of the template.
In my video today I demonstrate how to make them the traditional way … and the box.
Here’s a video on how to make the Monster Hugs.
If you’re reading this blog post in your email please visit my blog to watch the video.
Stampin’ Up! supplies:
- Monster Hugs – Boy 132162
- Monster Hugs – Girl 132163
- Coastal Cabana Card Stock 131297
- Simply Scored Scoring Tool 122334
- Glue Dots 103683
- Sticky Strip 104294
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Personal Note:
Holy Cow … what a day I had yesterday!! We woke up to our heat not working … and then our internet and phones went down … and the list continues. As you can image I was totally freaking out!! So…. I will apologize again … if you’ve tried to reach me over the past month and failed … please call me 913.901.7551. My email box has thousands and at this point it’s safe to say I’m never getting to the bottom … as hard as I may try!!!
You want to know what I did while I was pouting? I took an external hard drive and copied every family picture to it that was taken between 2006 and 2012 (each computer in this house has pictures …. that was iMac #1). My goal is to have my external drive hold every single picture of my family, friends and pets on one hard drive that I can keep in a safe … for just in case. After yesterday … I decided I needed to take action immediately. I’ve started with a 1 TB external hard drive … lets see how far I get!
Have a wonderful day and thank you!!!
p.s. Our heat is working on and off ….. when my hubby gets home he needs to look at it … my hands are totally frozen at the moment (not really .. but you know what I mean?).
Hi Angie,
Cute valentine ideas. Hope you can get your heating back to normal. It’s too cold to not have it. Try wearing fingerless gloves to keep your hands warm. I sometimes use them when I crochet because it’s cold in the house. Have a nice day. Wal-Mart sells some fingerless gloves/ mittens.
Hey Angie, hope things are going better today. You certainly deserve better. When I know you are this busy and I have an SU question I call Stampin’ Up to clear it up and I hope others will do the same to help you out until this heat and equipment thing is cleared up. I have a “craft crush” for you and this site and I don’t want you to get stressed and decide not to share anymore. So thank you for all you do and for sharing your wonderful talent with us. Now, the next thing for you to do is tell Dave you all need to move to Florida where it is warm instead of the frozen tundra of Kansas where on a daily basis things are iffy. Just my 2 cents worth and not written to upset anyone. LOL!!!!! Big hugs to you all! Johnnie
Cuteness. Love those. Ugh nothing like being cold in the house. Hope you get it working normal quick. Have a great day 🙂
The monster treat boxes are just simply too cute! Thanks for showing how to add the box insert. Very useful idea. Hope you are able to back up your pics to a safe place quickly. If there is something that can make me lose my mind quickly is thinking I have lost pictures. You seem to be doing what is necessary so I’m sure it will all be fine. Yolanda
these are too too cute!!!! love the colors of the “girl” monsters!!! love your videos!!
“EYE” love these little monsters !! SUPER CUTE !
What a cute Valentine for all ages! I going to order them today!
So super stinkin’ cute! I love your projects and watch your videos all the time. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
The little monsters are so cute! So sorry to hear about the house problems, it’s never fun for sure, hope today will get even better for you.
The coral monsters are cute! So girly..
Thanks for sharing! My 10 yr old daughter feel in love with these, I think we just might have to add the box to her monster valentines!
These are so cute! I may even add a 2nd eye and make an owl :).
So very cute!
Angie, I hope your days is better today. Sometimes when it rains, it really pours, so-to-speak. May I make suggestion? Have a second external hard drive, flash drive, or something and keep it in a safe deposit box at a bank or some place where you can grab it quickly in an emergency. Why, you ask? Because I lost my house and everything in it in a house fire due to wild fires that struck our community a little over 2 yrs ago. Our community lost 26 homes… I talked to several of the people and discovered that although some of the safes that were in the homes technically “survived”, the contents inside the safes did not. The heat was so intense, most of the contents were ash, melted, or completely destroyed, including jewelry, metals, etc. Have a great rest of the week. 🙂
thanks Kathy!!
my husband is buying a gun safe very soon and we’re going to be sure its fire proof so I can put my external hard drives in there.
I’m really sorry to hear about your home!!
Those monsters are so cute… I agree, how can you not smile? We have a Kid’s Court (I work with a Tennis Club), which is our child care area. These would be a great little gift. Thanks for sharing the tips and ideas.
Hi Angie,
I love these little cuties, asked my 10 year old Granddaughter if she might like to make these for her class. She gave me a big thumbs up and said “wow, they are adorable” So I am off to place my order. Thanks as always, Now I know what our crafty Valentine for this year is.
Lysa
Love the little monsters! Thanks for showing how to add the box.!
Hi Angie! If it isn’t one thing, it is 100!!!! Hope things are going better for you and that your heat is working. We are 3 right now in NY and going below zero tonight. You MUST have heat in this weather!!! Love those monsters! Thanks for the video!
These are ADORABLE!! Thanks for the inspiration! Stay warm!!!
Hi Angie. Great little monster hugs. I adore them especially their one eye. Thanks for sharing.
Angie, these are so cute. I love the hair bows!
Hi Angie:
Love the little monsters; they sure make one smile. Sorry you are experiencing some bumps in the road. Hope the road becomes smooth real soon. Thank you for being awesome and helping us be creative! Always look forward to your videos.
Hello, I have my external hard drive & I thought about that last year, just out of the blue…just thinking of fire. I don’t know why but just worried. I think it was when I went with my mom & dad to get their safety deposit box & I considered it to put my hard drive in the box. I have last years pics on it from my main camera that has an XD card, which my laptop doesn’t have a port for, so that is why I haven’t finished. Great idea for you to do this. Anyway….I LOVE THE VALENTINES! These are great for grown ups too!! Thanks for showing these.
Angie! The little monsters are so very cute! And I do like the attached box as well. Great for more goodies!
I love these little monster hugs! I have to make these thaks Angie!! PEGGY
How adorable are these little monster!!!!! I love the box idea super cute. Thanks so much for sharing Angie
I do have to admit those little monsters are adorable. you did a great job with them …..with all your ideas….so creative.
sounds like you have been having a crazy month with your heat and everything going wrong. take care
stamping sue
Those are so cute. Love how you added a box to hold different candies.
I always love to see what new stuff you come up with.
Thanks!
So clever….very nice kits!
Angie this is such an adorable idea thank you for sharing it. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your inspiration as usual. I just wanted to share that we use an online back up service (Carbonite) and it backs up every new file automatically. I love it. I never have to remember to back up and know it is always done. We have had this service for over 3 years. I subscribed when I thought are computer was dying and am so glad I did because 2 days later the hard drive crashed. I was so thrilled that I had this service. This would work great with all your business and personal files. Just wanted to share since I’m sure your backing up took hours. 🙂
Oh my goodness, these are so fun.
I love the design you came up with for holding more treats!