Halloween Treats and Stamp Treats!

I made these simple and fun covers for mini-M&M treats for all of my Workshop attendees last night. They were very simple to put together and I got the idea from Patty Bennett. She used a different paper and a different shape for her mini Hershey Bars, but the bat, "boo" and moon with a golden bow were the same. I love how that moon looks!

I fussy cut those bats and the "boo" was cut using a 3/4" Circle Punch. My ink colors were Basic Black and Tangelo Twist. The Designer Paper is Typeset Specialty. I didn't really put folds into it, just use Tear & Tape to adhere it to the bag and then to itself. The pieces were cut 4" x 6".

I just got back in town from a long vacation, so this is the first opportunity to tell you about our Stamp Sale! Please take advantage of it TODAY, as it ends TOMORROW!!

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Boo! For September Pals Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for September! This month we are showing off favorite new products from the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog. We hope you enjoy our projects!

You may just be staring the blog hop or may have come from Jennifer Michalski at Stampin' Serenity, #2 on the Pals Hop. If you get off track any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog to see all of the projects.

Created by Patti MacLeith for September Pals Blog Hop

 

Here are the two items I created. It is VERY hard to pick favorite products. I want them all and I have acquired a lot of them! I chose to make my very first Square Pillow Box for the challenge and I cannot believe how smooth the dies are to use!!

Matchbook Style Gift Card Holder or Treat Holder

Cheer All Year 139839 $25

I made this matchbook style favor from Very Vanilla card stock that is embossed with black spiders from the Cheer All Year stamp set. (Sorry you can't tell from the photo how shiny my spiders are). This project could be a gift card holder or you could insert a small piece of wrapped candy, such as a Ghirardelli Chocolate Square. The "BOO" sentiment is also from Cheer All Year and I used Crystal Effects to make it shiny. It looks like a button, also, because I layered a bunch of 1" circles to give it depth. Just make sure you cut out the circle BEFORE you use Crystal Effects. It won't fit into your punch afterwards. Those teeny pumpkins come from the Square Pillow Box Framelits. There are all kinds of ways to decorate your Square Pillow Box once you easily cut and assembled it.

Square Pillow Box Treat or Gift Holder

"Happy Haunting" is also a sentiment from Cheer All Year. You can see how versatile and diverse this set it. The bat image is inked in Basic Black and stamped onto Tangelo Twist card stock. I fussy cut it using my Paper Snips. It's anchored over the stripes from Typeset Specialty DSP and I threw in some very thin, hand-cut strips that I kinked up by hand. There are Christmas and Thanksgiving sentiments and images as well (see below).

Square Pillow Box Thinlits 139657 $33.00

The next stop is Hop is Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin', #4 on the Pals Hop. Thanks for visiting. I hope to see you next month on the Pals Hop!

PALS HOP LINE-UP:

1. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards.com
2. Jennifer Michalski at Stampin’ Serenity
3. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
4. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
5. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
6. Ronna Butt at www.cardstockcastle.com
7. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
8. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
9. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
10. Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps
11. Lisa Pretto at InkBIg Academy Stamps!
12. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
13. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
14. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
15. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits From Dawn
16. Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
17. Becky Volpp at InkBlossomwithBecky
18. Sue Becker at www.rnrstamping.com
19. Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
20. Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
21. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
22. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
23. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!

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Missing You for PPA253

Missing someone is fine, but not letting them KNOW you are missing them isn't right! Right? I like to let my family members know that I miss them, so here is a card that will be on it's way very soon!

I like the interesting sketch by Nicole Watt from the Pals Paper Arts Design Team. It was simple, not a lot of little pieces and so easy to put together! 

Preview Items used on this card: Delightful Dijon card stock and Bohemian Designer Series Paper. You may order these beginning on June 2nd!

I want to thank all of my visitors who answered my question, "With" or "Without" on my last post, here. It's nice to know I'm not talking to myself when I post cards and ask for feedback! You all made my weekend!! 

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Life Doesn't Have To Be Perfect

I love that I really had no idea what would be created when I sat down to this beautiful new Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim from Stampin' Up! I knew I'd like to pair it with the Typeset DSP and Basic Black. (The new Dotted Lace also comes in the other new In Colors!)

My card base is Ivory Naturals card stock, which sadly, is retiring. I will miss it! It has teeny fibers and flecks in it and is slightly more sturdy than Very Vanilla. It's great for a vintage look.

The Butterfly Basics Basic Black butterfly looks stunning against the print background. She is adorned with pearls to match the vintage feel.

My sentiment is from Perfect Pennants (I'm so glad it will remain in our annual catalog) and is stamped in the new Tip Top Taupe ink. I'm loving this new In Color! I cut it out perfectly using the Deco Labels Framelit. Three teeny pearls adorn the bottom.

My Dotted Lace Trim is adhered with a length of Sticky Strip (also retiring!) The last retiring bit from my card is the Simply Pressed Clay flower that I created using the Buttons and Blossoms mold. I colored it using the Tip Top Taupe Stampin' Write Marker and then added some shimmer with my Wink of Stella pen.

All of the new products I mentioned will be available to order on June 2nd!

If you enjoyed my card, won't you please take a few seconds to comment? I love to read your comments!

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Typeset and Vellum Mini Treat Bags--No Stamps Necessary!

Inspired by a treat bag by Mercedes Weber, I made these from Stampin' Up's Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper. It's ultra lightweight and looks and feels like a vintage book page. So cute with any color. Here I used it to make a Mini Treat bag with the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits dies. The banner, using Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper stack is cut using the Banner Framelits. I added the heart and words from the same Thinlits die set out of Real Red card stock and Gold Glimmer Paper, respectively. A little Gold Baker's Twine wraps it all up!

These two bags are more like the inspiration, having been cut from Fancy Foil Designer Vellum and decorated with the same type banners as above (I used Silver twine and glimmer paper). What do you think? Wouldn't you like those chocolate treats inside? Me, too, but I'm giving them away :-)

By the way, using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits is SO easy!! They are definitely going to get used holiday after holiday in my house!

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