Frankie Box

Today I have a box, or is it a bag? I guess it's up to you as to what it is, I'll just call it a Frankie box. I used Old Olive cardstock for the box, Perfect Plum for his hair, Basic Black and Whisper White for his eyes. His eyes were made with various sized circle punches and I added the details to them with the Signo Uniball pen. I used an oval punch for nose and trimmed it down some so it wasn't so big. His mouth I just freehand drew. To close it, I attached a small velcro dot. Cute and easy - just my style! Now to fill it up with all kinds of yummy treats!

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: 1 3/4, 1 1/4 circle punches, oval punch, Signo Uniball pen

More Halloween Treats

Here's another way to package your Halloween goodies. This uses the Candy Wrapper die - love it! I used Pumpkin Pie cardstock and wrapped it with some of my retired Halloween DSP scraps. I also punched a couple of the Bitty Bats out from the retired punch and used the sentiment from the Tiny Tags set and punched it out with the Jewelry Tag punch. If you don't have the Bitty Bat punch, or any of the retired items I happen to use, just use what supplies you do have in place of those. Don't let not having the exact item you see others use keep you from recreating something you like. Get inspiration from others and make it your own. Hope you're enjoying all the Halloween things I've been making. I'm enjoying making them! 

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Stamps: Tiny Tags

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Perfect Plum, Basic Black, retired Halloween DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Candy Wrapper die, Bitty Bat punch (retired), Jewelry Tag Punch, dimensionals

More Halloween Goodies

Here are some more treat bags I made. This time I used the Fancy Favor Bigz XL die and the Batty for You stamp set. For the handle I used some retired jute rope and punched holes with my crop a dile. Again, something quick and easy that you can whip up in no time.

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Stamps: Batty For You

Ink: Only Orange (retired)

Paper: Only Orange, YoYo Yellow, Summer Sun (all retired)

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Favor Bigz XL die, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, crop a dile, jute rope (retired)

Two Tags Halloween Favor

Here are some little treat holders I made for my son's class. They are made with the Two Tags die, the spiderweb textured impressions embossing folder, and a little sponging. I first ran my cardstock through the Big Shot in the Spiderweb embossing folder, then ran it through again using the Two Tags die. Very simple to do. Once I had them all cut out, I took my sponge dauber and sponged a little ink on it to bring out the spiderweb even more. I used a glue dot to keep the bag of Skittles in place and tied each up with some ribbon I had in my stash. Try some of these for yourself! Great to give trick or treaters, kids at your church, school, play dates, etc. Hope y'all are having a great Labor Day Weekend!

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Stamps: None

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White craft

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Spiderweb embossing folder, Bitty Bat punch (retired), sponge daubers, glue dots, ribbon (non SU!)

A Scrappy Kind of Card

Do you have a ton of scrap paper laying around? I do and they are taking over my crafting area! This card shows a great way to use up some of those scraps. I know you've all seen these "quilt" cards before, but I thought I'd share it anyway. I chose a Halloween theme and used up some retired DSP scraps I had laying around. I honestly don't remember what the name of the DSP was, sorry. To make a quilt card, punch 1" squares out of your scraps. Adhere them to a piece of cardstock and run it through the Big Shot using the top note die. Add some faux stitching with the Signo Uni-ball pen and wah-lah, a quilt! Very easy and I love the way it turns out. The ribbon is just some I had in my stash and is non SU!

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Basic Black, various retired DSP scraps, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note die, Signo Uni ball pen, ribbon

Halloween Treat Pouch

I'm still working on treat bags for the kiddos in my class for Halloween. While blog surfing the other day I found this cute idea from Heather Nichols over at Papertrey Ink. This was really easy to make! I used a 5x5 square envelope from SU! and tore it apart to use as a template. Our square envelopes only come in white and I didn't think that worked for Halloween. Once I had my template, I simply laid it on a piece of Frightful Sight DSP and traced it. Then I cut it out, added some adhesive, and made a whole new envelope! For the flap I used a piece of Cajun Craze for a little contrast. When putting your ribbon on, be sure you adhere it to the flap of your envelope before you add the contrasting cardstock or DSP. You want it to be under that piece so you can decorate the flap. I sponged around the edges of the flap with Cajun Craze ink too. To decorate the flap I used the new set Out On A Limb which will be in the new Holiday Mini available Thursday! You will definitely want to get your hands on this mini! The Eek! is also from a new set in the mini, It's a Wrap Holidays. These are quick and cute and can fit quite a few Halloween goodies in them! Try one for yourself. I'd love to see your creations!

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Stamps: Out On A Limb, It's a Wrap Holidays

Ink: Cajun Craze

Paper: Cajun Craze, Frightful Sight DSP

Accessories: 5x5 Square envelope, Basic Black satin ribbon

Halloween Treat Bag

Here is a bag I found while browsing on Pinterest. It is made with one 12x12 sheet of DSP. The paper I used is the Frightful Sight DSP in the new catalog. This isn't one of those little tiny bags, this thing is really a good size and can hold alot! I was thinking about making them for goody bags for my class, but they are too big. I don't think I could afford to fill 15 of them! So, I think I will use them as goody bags for my son's teachers. This is so easy to make! I will get directions up in the next couple days. This bag, I guess you would call it a bag, can be changed to any holiday or theme. I'll be back in the next day or so with some things I made for my son's teachers for back to school. 1 day of school down, only 186 more to go! :)

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ETA: Here are the scoring instructions to make the bag. Sorry it took me so long to get them posted. Have fun making one of your own!

Once you've scored all the sides, punch a hole in the corners with the diagonal crease and tie up with ribbon.

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Stamps: None

Paper: Frightful Sight DSP

Ink: None

Accessories: Basic Black satin ribbon, crop a dile, Simply Scored tool (available Sept. 1st)

Petal Cone Bat

I'm trying to get little treat holders ready for the kiddos in my classroom for Halloween. I used the Petal Cone Bigz die for the bat's body. I cut the flaps off and cut the bat shape at the top of the petal cone. I just freehand drew the wings. I used the Basic Rhinestone Jewels for the eyes and just colored them in with a Stampin' Write marker and heat set it. The fangs were drawn with the Uni-Ball Signo marker. I'm not sure I really care for this project. One, it's really small and doesn't hold much. Two, I think it's just....there. I'm sure everyone has projects they make and then when finished think, yuck! I guess it's back to the drawing board. I'll have another project for you tomorrow using some of our wonderful Designer series paper.

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Petal Cone Bigz die, Stampin' Write marker, Uni-Ball Signo pen, Basic Rhinestone Jewels

Halloween means Candy Corn Time

I know, it's still August, why am I already posting Halloween stuff right? I'm trying to get a head start on my holiday cards, crafts, etc. Every year I wait until the last minute and I'm scrambling to get it all done. This year I'm determined to make the change! Anyway, on to the card. I got the idea to use the Petite Pennants Builder punch to make candy corn. I punched one triangle out of each of the Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, and Pumpkin Pie. I then just cut the pieces to make the candy and adhered them together. I used Linen thead to string them and hung them like a banner. For the pumpkins I used the Jack of All Trades set. This set is great because it can be used for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. I love having stamps, punches, etc. be so versatile. I used Tangerine Tango ink to stamp the pumpkins and then used the new Tangerine Tango embossing powder on them. I cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. For the hat I stamped in Basic Black and then used black embossing powder on it and cut it out. It is also popped up on dimensionals. The embossing powder makes your images pop and adds that little bit of detail. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set stamped in Old Olive.

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Stamps: Jack of All Trades, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Tangerine Tango and Basic Black embossing powder, Linen Thread, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, dimensionals