For an upcoming Holiday Bags & Tags Class, one of the projects will be to embellish and transform a paper gift bag.  By layering card stock, designer series paper (DSP) and adding a sentiment panel the bag becomes a special bag to use for presenting a gift.  To further embellish the bag, the Festive Flower Builder Punch and the Reason for the Season stamp set was used to create a poinsettia.  It was fun creating the poinsettia and you’ll see more creations from me using this set. 

Yes, another treat holder!  This will be the last of the Halloween treat holders.  Since we don’t get children trick or treating in our neighborhood, I enjoy creating a few special treats for my grandson.  I don’t know of any youngster that doesn’t like M & M’s and Alex is no different.  So instead of giving him a large bag of  M&Ms, a 1 x 8 cellophane bag is filled with the candy and embellished with a simple tag.  The narrow cello bag is perfect “sugar control”!

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Intentions were to complete and share this post on Friday but it was “one of those afternoons!”  Despite the soggy weather, the morning was great.  Ladies from our local craft club gathered to make the Witching Decor Project Kit, a Halloween card and the treat holder from the latest Paper Pumpkin kit. I had fun working with the ladies as they completed their projects.  After the class, I dashed home to unload my supplies and repack my car to leave for a weekend in Atlanta.  When I reached our condo, I unpacked and then realized not only had I forgot my computer but left several other items behind!  My efforts to use my cell phone to complete the post was not very successful so I decided to relax and not fret over all that I left behind.  

While in the baker’s box mode, I decided to pull out the All Boxed Up Kit and completed it.  If you wish to make some cute treat holders and don’t have time to use cut the boxes and embellishments, this is the perfect kit to use.  The kit’s ten boxes are die-cut, scored and have adhesive attached for quick construction.  Use the greetings from the All Boxed Up stamp set or select your preferred greeting to complete the kit.

As mentioned the craft club made the Witching Decor Project Kit on Friday.  Today one of the attendees, Lynne Young, sent me a photo of her beautiful Halloween table decor.  With her permission, I’m sharing it and hope she’s inspired you to create your own Halloween decor!

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Today was a rainy Tuesday so it’s was a great day to work on various projects.  One project on my “to do” list was to make a few Halloween treat holders.  Last week, I shared a baker’s box treat holder so the goal today was to create three quick and easy treat holders. 

The September Paper Pumpkin kit has a cute treat holder that comes together very quickly.  The “haystack” bag is adorable and comes with everything needed to make eight treat holders.  It literally took 30 minutes to assemble all of the kit.  Paper Pumpkin is a great way to try stamping and make cute projects.  Everything for the monthly project is in the kit and best of all, it’s delivered to you! 

Another of the treat holders is an embellished Mini Muslin Bag and the remaining holder is a fry box made by using the Fry Box Bigz L Die.  

Hi all!  It’s a busy Friday so this is a brief post.  I wanted to share with you a Baker’s Box treat holder that I made using the Stampin’ Up! Baker’s Box Thinlits.  Since Halloween is rapidly approaching, I thought it most fitting to use the Sweet Hauntings and Howl-o-ween Treat stamp sets. I’ll be making a few more of treat holders using the Baker’s Box thinlits and will include details on this project at that time.  Have a great weekend!

Check back on Tuesday for additional projects.

 

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Hope you’re not tired of seeing more Christmas cards but I want to share a few of the cards from yesterday’s Stamp-a-Stack. These cards use the Your Presents stamp set and the Holidays Fancy Foil Design Vellum.  The vellum adds a touch of elegance to even the simplest card design.  For the card base, the Whisper White Thick card stock was used…if you have not tried this paper, you must put it on your wish list.  The heavier weight of the card stock provides a sturdy card base and it’s a dream paper to work with. Also, note that the “kissing technique” was used to create the patterned packages.  This stamp set lends itself to using this technique. Peeking from behind the left card is the edge of the embellished envelope…I often like to add a stamped image to either an envelope corner or the back flap; it’s that little unexpected that adds a nice touch.

Enough Christmas cards have been shared for now and I’ll save others to share in future posts.  In Friday’s post, I promise you’ll see a different theme.  Until then, have a great week!

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