Day 5: Pepperminty Goodness!

Good morning crafty friends and welcome to Day 5 of our Christmas Crafting Fun Showcase. We hope you have enjoyed the projects, inspiration and freebies so far! Today’s theme is all about . . .

That's right!  Our Design Team is saluting everyone's favorite red and white striped sweet treat . . . the CANDY CANE!  Have you ever heard the legend of the candy cane?  It is just that, a legend - a story, but a wonderful one!

A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would help us remember who Christmas is really about. So he made a Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the virgin birth and sinless nature of Jesus. Hard candy to symbolize the solid rock, the foundation of the Church, and firmness of the promises of God.  The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the name of Jesus. It also represented the staff of the "Good Shepherd". The candy maker then included red stripes. He used three small stripes and a large red stripe to represent the suffering Christ endured at the end of his life. The candy became known as a Candy Cane - a decoration seen at Christmas time. The meaning has faded, but still gives joy to children young and old, whom Jesus loves and treasures.

Madison used her Cricut to create this super cute card!

 Make sure you visit her blog for all of the details.  DIRECT BLOG LINK

Larelyn created this adorable easel card using the Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge

and a digi stamp from PaperCraftingWorld.com  Check out all the wonderful

details at her blog.  DIRECT BLOG LINK

Debbie used her Cricut Art Philosophy and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cartridges

as well as the new Cricut Craft Room and today's FREE digi stamp

to create this cute lollipop holder.  Head over to her blog for all of the details.

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Evelyn created this fun bulletin board using a PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file.

Check out her blog for all the details.  DIRECT BLOG LINK

Michelle created this shaped card using the Cricut Christmas Cheer cartridge.

Make sure you stop by her blog for all the details.  DIRECT BLOG LINK

Card front

Card inside

Celeste created this sweet card using a PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file.
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Here is another absolutely adorable card Celeste created using a Digital Stamp from PCW. Get all the super sweet details on her blog. DIRECT BLOG LINK

Yolie created this yummy card using parts from two different PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting files -- Bear Holding Hot Chocolate and Gingerbread House 2010.
Check out her blog for all the details.  DIRECT BLOG LINK

Here is another card Yolie created using a digital stamp from PCW. Look how she used the baker's twine from our sponsor: THETWINERY.com to tie her little Peppermint! Get the details on her blog: DIRECT BLOG LINK

Jenny created this super sweet hanging tag ornament using today's FREE digital stamp

and the Mini Monograms Cartridge. Please visit her blog for complete details!

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 Melin created this card using today's FREE Vintage Graphic.  She also used her
Joys of The Season Cricut Cartridge and some Maraschino Twine
from THETWINERY.COM to decorate.

Close up of Copic Coloring and Stickles Dabbed on Snowflakes. She used

the Color Wash Version of the graphic and then used some Copics to give it

just a soft water-colored washed look.

Close up of twine threaded through border punch.

Project Resources:

*Maraschino Twine from TheTwinery.com

*Copics, Stickles and Cardstock available from CuttersCreek.com

Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge

Border Punch

Glittered Paper from MME 54th Street Collection

White, Black, Light Blue-Green and Green Cardstock 

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Layout From Melin

This is the second year I have shared this layout. It is truly special to me. I created this way back when my daughter was still in Children's Sunday School. She came home with this note about the story (see above) and a very sticky, gooey, half-eaten, mostly on the face and everywhere else......Candy Cane. I had forgotten about the story from even further back when my boys were little Children's Sunday School tykes. After cleaning her up and almost throwing the sticky fingered note away. I was deeply inspired to create this layout. This was back when the ONLY machine I had was the Cricut, the original 6" one. So parts of this are Cricut cuts but most of it was hand drawn and hand cut pieces. Back in the day of "original paper piecing", punches and if you were fortunate enough....some Sizzix dies. I have promised myself  to bring this photo up every Christmas Season the Lord gives me, so that I never forget what it's really all about. Aren't we crafters much like my little Geppetto looking Candy Maker. Spending hours creating for the love of the craft and the desire to express ourselves through our creativity....God given creativity? My prayer is that as you spend your hours creating, may your joy of life and the blessed hope of eternal salvation in Jesus be your strength, peace and guidance . . . Melin

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DAY 5 Freebies

Candy Cane Digital Stamp

Please click the "ADD TO CART" button. It will not cost anything to download.

Candy Cane Cutting File

Please click the "ADD TO CART" button. It will not cost anything to download.

Available in : AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SCAL2, SVG and WPC formats.

Vintage Christmas Boy Graphics

Grey Scale Version

Color Wash Version

Colored Version

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This link contains the non-watermarked printable versions. 

It will not cost anything to download.

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Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your crafting time with us!