With Halloween just around the corner, I would like to share this adorable Halloween treat idea. It’s great to create fun treats to take to your co-workers, neighbors or even for the kids to take to school. I have always loved creating Halloween goodies for family and friends. You will be the hit of all the Halloween festivities. Let the children share with their friends. Anyone will be the star of the show with this treat and even love to eat what’s inside..
Notice the bats from the Spooky Sweets stamp set. I cut them all out with the Spooky Bats Punch (all from the Holiday Catalog). You can get those products as a bundle from my online store. I think the Gorgeous Grape and Pumpkin Pie really are great colors, but you can use any cardstock you have on hand. Embellish with any accessories you like as I did and you are ready to fill it with love (or chocolate!!!).
Stay tuned for lots of holiday inspiration as we move through Fall and winter. There are going to be so many weeks of holiday magic coming your way. Speaking of the holidays, are you signed up for my 12 Weeks of Christmas. It started last week but it’s not too late to join. Just subscribe to my newsletter here and become a part of all the creativity. Each week I send out a new holiday project newsletter. All the ingredients, instructions and pictures you need to create a card, gift or packaging idea for all your family and friends. It’s only for my newsletters subscribers so sign up today.
Last month Paper Pumpkin subscribers received a very special delivery. The September subscriber kit is so much fun. The kit was an exclusive kit with a coordinating box. It’s full of a bunch of adorable treat bags you can create for Halloween. They are perfect for a class event or giving to the special children in your family. Take a look at the video below from Stampin’ Up! and see what you think.
I told you it was great and was worth the spooky anticipation. How adorable are those little treat bags? You can sign up and subscriber to Paper Pumpkin and get in on the holiday fun for the October kit. If you have never subscribed to Paper Pumpkin, this is Stampin’ Up!’s monthly subscription service. Each month you receive a new kit that comes with all the products you need to create the special project of the month. You will receive step by step instructions and Stampin’ Up! also prepares a YouTube video with instructions. If you are a new subscriber, a Paper Pumpkin clear block (Size D) will be included in the first order. You can register here to start your subscription today.
Previous subscribers are also certainly welcome to come back and try out this spooky kit.
Do you want to see all the fun holiday projects I have in store?
The 12 Weeks of Christmas will start next week. Starting on Wednesday, I will be sending a newsletter each week help you with your holiday inspiration. I want to provide you with an array of projects to help you on your holiday crafting journey this season. The newsletters will be sent out every Wednesday and will end just before Christmas.
The fun holiday projects will include holiday cards, gift ideas, tags and packaging. Another great benefit is that these projects will not be available anywhere else. Therefore, you must be on my mailing list to have access to them. It’s a special perk for being a newsletter subscriber. All for you! Each newsletter will only contain the weekly project, recipe to re-create it and instructions on how to put it all together. The rest is up to you.
You must however, be signed up to receive my newsletters. The projects will only be available through my newsletter. To sign up for this weekly newsletter, simply sign up on the newsletter link on the right side bar of my blog, orclick hereand add your email address.
It’s that easy. Feel free tocontact meif you have any questions about the 12 Weeks of Christmas program or what you can expect while it is going on.
Time for CASE the catalog with some Halloween fun projects.
We are casing from the Holiday Catalog. It’s almost time for Halloween so fresh and exciting projects are coming your way. These Halloween treat holders are cased from page 48 and 51 of the Holiday Catalog. Details are listed below to re-create these treat holders.
TIme for the Halloween Fun Projects Recipe
The orange treat box was created using Takeout Box Thinlits and the Big Shot. Also, images are from the Takeout Treats Stamp Set. Cardstock choices are Whisper White & Grapefruit Grove, and the Country Lane Designer Series Paper. Stamp images all around on the box in Calypso Coral so they give it character and the sentiment is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink. Add White Baker’s Twine also around the box and attach sentiment tag using SNAIL adhesive.
The second project uses the Cauldron Framelit Dies for the stars. The Tiny Treat Boxes are on page 193 of the annual catalog. Cauldron Bubble sentiment stamped in Pumpkin Pie on Whisper White cardstock. While the circle below the sentiement was done using the 1 ½” Circle Punch and Toil & Trouble DSP, the Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon is layered in between the two and wrapped around the box. Various adhesives were also used due to having different needs. Stampin’ Dimensionals were also used to raise the sentiments off the box. Finally, Liquid Glue was used for adhering the ribbon and small stars cut out from the Cauldron Framelits Dies in Crushed Curry cardstock. Furthermore, the new Take Your Pick tool will probably make is much easier to pick up the stars.
Above all, don’t forget tosign up for my newsletterand subscribe to the 12 Weeks of Christmas coming in October!! You probably won’t want to miss the 12 weeks of Holiday magic coming your way.
It seems like creating fun treats for kids is not only fun but so rewarding. Seeing the little smile on the face of a child can almost melt your heart and probably make your day. Just remember that if you have children or grandchildren still in school, they will always have a reason to bring in treats maybe three times a year. I have probably done dozens over the years because I love hand made gifts. Therefore, it’s certainly nice to have a plan so you are ready.
Everyone Can Help When Creating Fun Treats
Above all, get the kids involved rather than doing it for them. That’s when using fun products is certainly essential. Get them excited about what you are making because when they help, the pride they have is even more rewarding. For that reason alone, the Animal Outing stamp set is the perfect stamp set for such an event. So, I have a special project to share with you using this stamp set. What do you think of the adorable giraffe below? The treat box is perfect to give to a teacher, counselor or adult figure. Another great idea is a party favor due to the amount of parties you could potentially be involved in each year when you have children. It honestly seems like there are even more animal themed parties popping up now more than ever.
Fill with fun treats for the kids
Rather than just post the picture, I also have the ingredients and directions to create the treat box so you can see the steps.
Supplies:
Stamps: • Animal Outing Stamp Set Cardstock: • Lemon Lime Twist • Whisper White • Shaded Spruce Inks: • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink • Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends • Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Punches & Dies: • 2 ½” Circle Punch • Leaf Punch • Layering Circles Framelits (use the 2nd largest Scalloped Circle) Other: • 5/8” Burlap Ribbon • Kraft Pillow Boxes
Directions for Project
1. Due to the coloring involved use Memento Tuxedo Black ink, stamp giraffe onto Whisper White Cardstock and color using the Stampin’ Blends. Also, cut using the 2 ½” circle punch. 2. Cut the Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock using the scalloped circle thinlit and punch leaves from Shaded Spruce Cardstock. 3. Assemble the Kraft Pillow Box. 4. Cut a 6” strip of Burlap Ribbon and cut between each of the strands approximately 2” on each end. Separate strands. Attach to top of box with adhesive. 5. Using desired adhesive, attach leaves to back of stamped giraffe circle and layer onto the Lemon Lime Twist scalloped circle. 6. Finally, attach assembled tag to pillow box overlapping the burlap strip. Enjoy creating fun treats of your own!
While attending OnStage, I participated in a swap so I opted to use the mini pizza box and embellish it to create a WOW 3-d project. One of my favorite stamps in the Occasions Catalog is the Petal Passion Suite and it has become one of my “go to” bundles so naturally I reached for it to use for creating a topper for the box. Using a strip of the Petal Passion Designer Series Paper (1 3/4″ in width), a belly band was made to wrap around the mini-pizza box. Then using the large circle framelit from the Stitched Shaped Framelits and Whisper White cardstock, a base to was cut to use for adhering a layer of leaves, a loop of mini sequin trim and the large floral spray from the Petal Palette stamp set, The leaves were cut from Tranquil Tide card stock using a leaf framelit from the Bouquet Bunch Framelits set. The floral spray was stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink then sponge daubers were used to apply Berry Burst and Tranquil Tide inks. The sentiment is from the Perennial Birthday stamp set and was stamped onto a strip of Berry Burst cardstock using the tuxedo black ink and cut using the Petals and More Thinlits Dies, which were also used for cutting the stamped floral spray. Dimensionals and glue dots were used to hold the layers in place. The finishing touch was to add a double looped bow using solid Whisper White Baker’s Twine and adding a few “dew drops” from the Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes. Recipients could easily slide the belly band from the mini pizza box to see what goodies were inside for them to enjoy!
With the release of the retiring list, I was relieved to see that the Petal Palette bundle will not be retiring…Hooray!!!
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