Sleighs with Tonic Studio Die Set

Last week as a Christmas gift to a friend of mine, I paid for 2 spots in a craft class at my local craft outlet store. We made the most adorable sleighs, and as part of the class fee, we received the dies to make more of them. If you are interested in ordering the die set to make some of these sleighs yourself, here's a link: Tonic Studios - Dies - Christmas Sleigh (scrapbook.com). The die set is very versatile with several different options for sleigh designs and little tags and bows to embellish your finished sleighs. In the first picture below, the one with the candy in it is the one I made in class, and you can't really tell, but it's actually gold foil card stock (it kind of looks like kraft card stock in the picture). The sleigh on the right I made when I got home and used silver card stock, red glitter card stock, and green card stock. I added some gold and white twine to the first one and some silver and white twine to the second one to tie the little "Merry and Bright" tags to the sleighs. Of course I had to run out and buy some Christmas candy to put in the sleighs, too! 

I ended up spending most of yesterday playing with this die set and making up several kits to share with my daughters, my daughter-in-law, and the 3 friends my daughter in the Navy shares a house with in SC. I die cut all the pieces and then put them in baggies and plan to send some adhesives and instructions to my daughter in SC (along with plenty of Christmas candy for them to fill their sleighs!). For my other daughter and my daughter-in-law, I helped them assemble their sleighs today. My husband and I had all the kids (except the one in SC whom we miss terribly!) over for lunch and then while the men watched my sweet baby grandson, the girls and I worked on assembling the sleighs and filling them with candy! It was so fun! 

Top view:

How long do you think the candy will last?!

See how pretty the intricate designs are? Just leave yourself plenty of time to glue everything on: 

I used cotton balls to simulate snow for my sleds:

Here's my daughter-in-law (on the left) and my daughter with their sleds. You can see the two different patterns on the sides of the sleds:

My daughter's finished sled with her choice of candy. Here's the back:

Here's the front:

Here's a look at the die set I used:

Challenges I'm entering: 

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Freezing cold mood board (there's snow in the photos, and sleighs need snow to run, so I thought it fit the prompt) (1/5; ends 12/5)

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (5/5; ends 12/7)

Paper a la mode challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-saturday.blogspot.com): Add snow 

Outlawz Challenges: Monthly linky

Outlawz Challenges: Twisted Thursday: ATG

Crafting Happiness Challenges: Christmas

Dream Valley Challenges: Lots of layers (3/3; ends Dec. 10)

Use Your Stuff: Christmas Treats (I hope the treats inside the sleigh count)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting (doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com): Following Thing 1's open challenge (1/4; ends Dec. 28)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends Dec. 26) Best Technique Winner

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/5 for this week; ends Dec. 7)

Art Impressions Blog: That's a Wrap! Challenge #341 and final challenge of 2022 (artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com): My sleighs are a cute way to give Christmas candy (1/2; ends Dec. 14) 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge (trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com): Christmas Present (These sleighs are for Christmas candy, which is the best present around, right?!) (ends Dec. 7)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG (option of up in the sky) (1/8; ends at the end of the  month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends Dec. 16)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends Dec. 16)

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (1/2; ends Dec. 15)

Allsorts challenge blog: Christmas (1/3; ends Dec. 8)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: ATG (1/3; ends Dec. 27)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends Dec. 15)

Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends Dec. 7)

Cut It Up (cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com): Winter (1/1; ends Dec. 14) 

Winter Wonderland (christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com): ATG Christmas (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (1/unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

The Diva's that cut ....paper! (die-cut-divas.blogspot.com): Anything winter or Christmas themed (1/4; ends at the end of the month)

Happy Little Stampers: Christmas Challenge: ATG Christmas (ends at the end of the month)

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge -1st to the 25th every month: Christmas and/or movement (1/5; ends at the end of the month)

The Crafting Challenge: Christmas (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

fourseasons (thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com): ATG winter (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Country View Challenges: Christmas (ends at the end of the month)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog (cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends Dec.30)

Your Scrapbook Place : December Challenge - The Paper Shelter: ATG (3/3; ends at the end of the month) 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends Dec. 26)

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: Traditional Christmas Colors (5/5; ends Dec. 29)

Mirtillamente Challenge (mirtillamente-challenge.blogspot.com): Winter or Christmas (4/5; ends Dec. 27)

Scribble Challenge (rabiscochallenge.blogspot.com): ATG (2/3; ends Dec. 31)