Showing posts with label treat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treat. Show all posts
Thursday, October 6, 2011
jolly treats...
Thought I'd pop in and show you some little treat bags made with the Echo Park Season's Greetings line! I still can't get enough of this line. It's just so cute! Wouldn't you agree?
To create these, I just sewed paper together to form the pockets, then inserted a glassine bag inside. To create the shredded paper, I cut little strips and folded them back and forth. I don't have a shredder, so I just cut and folded a bunch at a time! You don't have to be precise with them at all. Slice them with your paper cutter (12"), cut them in half so you have smaller pieces to work with, then grab a bunch and fold them all at the same time. Insert some of these with a few pieces of candy.
These are all papers, brads and stickers from the line! Ribbon is from my stash and the glassine bags are by Papertrey Ink. These went so fast, I can't wait to make them for the kids in my girls' classrooms this holiday!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Halloween Treats & Sweets...
Yes, Halloween is coming soon! I don't know about you, but I just love Halloween. My older daughter's birthday is two days after, so we have a lot of excitement around that time of year! We are focusing on Papertrey Ink's new Halloween Treats & Sweets stamp set and new Halloween dies to go with it today...
My assignment this time around was to make something with a skeleton. It's hard to make a skeleton look shabby, ha, so I went with a clean, fun design this time. When playing around with everything, I discovered that when you turn the new Favor It 6 Box die upside down, it looks very much like a skeleton head!
I cut two of the box dies with white cardstock and put them together to form the head. I also did an orange one for his mouth to add a little bit of color and fun to his face. I cut my own little speech bubble and used the new Treats & Sweets stamp set for "happy fright night". The eyes are made from the cat ears die! I placed them on his face a little funky to make him fun. Didn't want him to be TOO scary! :)
Next, I made the body, which is actually just a package of buttons that I bought from Papertrey Ink, like the Spring Mix buttons here. I emptied out the buttons and filled it with lollipops! I used the Summer Sunrise Saddle Stitched ribbon 5/8" by Papertrey Ink around the top of the container.
Then I cut some "ribs" to put on the front of the container with the new Mega Halloween Treats & Sweets dies. I think they are supposed to be spider legs, but they worked nicely as ribs too!
I put a couple of pencils inside the container to hold up the head. He's VERY dimensional. heee :) :) He makes me laugh when I look at him!
Next, I wanted a card to go with it, so I used the little faces from the new Treats & Sweets stamp set with Fresh Snow ink onto black cardstock, like little eyes peering out at you at night! I embossed them with white embossing powder.
I cut a hole in the front of the card for the faces to show through with the new die called Layerz Mat Stack 1 die. This one is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", but there is also a larger version of it coming out too that is 3 3/4" x 5".
One more look...
My assignment this time around was to make something with a skeleton. It's hard to make a skeleton look shabby, ha, so I went with a clean, fun design this time. When playing around with everything, I discovered that when you turn the new Favor It 6 Box die upside down, it looks very much like a skeleton head!I cut two of the box dies with white cardstock and put them together to form the head. I also did an orange one for his mouth to add a little bit of color and fun to his face. I cut my own little speech bubble and used the new Treats & Sweets stamp set for "happy fright night". The eyes are made from the cat ears die! I placed them on his face a little funky to make him fun. Didn't want him to be TOO scary! :)
Next, I made the body, which is actually just a package of buttons that I bought from Papertrey Ink, like the Spring Mix buttons here. I emptied out the buttons and filled it with lollipops! I used the Summer Sunrise Saddle Stitched ribbon 5/8" by Papertrey Ink around the top of the container.
Then I cut some "ribs" to put on the front of the container with the new Mega Halloween Treats & Sweets dies. I think they are supposed to be spider legs, but they worked nicely as ribs too!
I cut a hole in the front of the card for the faces to show through with the new die called Layerz Mat Stack 1 die. This one is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", but there is also a larger version of it coming out too that is 3 3/4" x 5".
Skeleton Treat Bucket and card:
STAMPS: Halloween Treats & Sweets
INK: True Black, Fresh Snow
PAPER: Echo Park Dots and Stripes, white cardstock, black cardstock
DIES: Mega Halloween Treats & Sweets die collection
OTHER: ribbon by Papertrey Ink, pearls by Melissa Frances, button/twine by Papertrey Ink, treat bucket, lollipops.
This stamp set will be available on the 15th at www.papertreyink.com. I hope you enjoyed this quirky project! Stop over to the other Papertrey Ink girls' blogs to see what they have made with these stamps and dies:
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