Hello crafters! Welcome to Week 20 of our AWH Heart of Christmas blog hop.
This week I’m using a stunning new product, the limited release Ever Eden Cotton Paper. This soft, delicate tissue-like paper offers a unique way to add dimension and visual interest to any paper project, can be used to wrap gifts, or it can be die cut, ripped, wrinkled or folded.
And it’s also the perfect thickness to create your own Christmas crackers!
The Ever Eden Cotton Paper comes in two colours: Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. For my Evening Evergreen Christmas Crackers I tied each end with the Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon and for the Soft Succulent Christmas Crackers I used the Evening Evergreen Open Weave Ribbon.
These crackers are super easy to make. You can use the cardboard roll from wrapping paper, loo rolls or make your own inner tube from Crumb Cake or Basic White card stock. Each cracker is wrapped with half a sheet of Ever Eden Cotton Paper, attached to the inner tube with Tear and Tape.
Don’t forget to fill your cracker with a snap, a sweet, a joke or a treat before tying the ends with the ribbon. If you forget, you can gently untie one end and insert these things later.
After I made all my crackers I realised I could have used the Garden Gems from the Eden’s Garden Collection!
A pinecone stamped in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso was cut in half and adhered under the long die at each end of the cracker.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Woollard. I can’t wait to see what she shares with us today!
If at any time you find a broken link please head to the blog of this week’s host of The Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop, Tina Gillespie, and she will have the list of all those participating.
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase all these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store or by clicking on the images below.
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Thanks for visiting my site. I’ll be back with another card on Wednesday.
In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm … and keep on crafting xxx
I love these gorgeous handmade Christmas crackers, Catherine. Another great idea using the cotton paper. I love how you swapped the coloured ribbons for each bon bon too.
What beautiful crackers Cathy I just love the tied ribbon and the addition of tags and pine cones.
Gorgeous Christmas crackers Cathy. Such an inspired use of the beautiful cotton paper. The tags and pine cones coordinate beautifully with the DSP. Xxx
What a fabulous way to use the cotton paper Catherine. Your Christmas crackers are amazing and will look sensational adorning your Christmas table, although I feel they are too pretty to pull.
Wonderful Christmas crackers Catherine, the two greens look beautiful together
Your Christmas crackers look amazing – I don’t know how anyone can bear to pull them apart, they look to beautiful to open!
You’ve used these two greens beautifully, Cathy. I particularly like the Tailored Tag embellishments; they’re gorgeous! Very creative use of this (what I call) tissue paper. 🙂
Oh these crackers are lovely, Cath. That cotton paper looks amazing and so soft. You sure are getting ready for Christmas this year after last year’s disappointing last minute cancellation xxx