Halloween Treats for School Part 2

Well, they made it home with just a few extra treats to show off.  Unfortunately, this isn't the nice picture I had planned, and it's even short one bag because SOMEONE opened a bag as soon as we got home!  I will have to make sure I do better on my pictures AHEAD of time next time.

Each classmate got a tall skinny bag with a Pixie stick and pencil inside and a treat bag with a Scooby Doo Fruit-by-the Foot, box of stickers, and a Bath and Body Works Antibacterial Gel for Halloween (great deal that I told you about on a previous post!).

I plan to make a few Halloween treats for nephews, then it's on to Christmas projects!

Halloween Treats for School Part 1

I have been busy this week getting all the Halloween treats for school ready.  For every holiday, I alwasy have good intentions of planning and starting early, but it is always busy that last week before treats are to go out!  Here are a few pictures of the treats we prepared for everyone.

Cooper has 2 sets of classmates at his preschool, so we decided to make 2 separate bags for his treats.  He has food allergies, so I always include things in his bag that he can have.  His bags contained Smarties, Skittles, A Scooby Doo Fruit-by-the-Foot, and Halloween stickers.  I used my Build-A-Bear dies and Big Shot for the paper sack, along with the Bingo Bits stamp set for the  "CANDY" stamp -- all from SU!  The paper topper is from a set I picked up in the $1 section at Target. I used the Top Note die on the toppers of the cello bags and the same Target paper.  The pumpkin stamps are from Bingo Bits as well.

These are the treats we made for the teachers.  We covered Hershey nuggets (YUM!) in 1"x 3" Halloween paper (SU!).  The toppers were made using my Big Shot and the Top Note die.  The two ribbon colors are Lucky Limeade and Basic Black -- both SU!  I cut the spider from my Doodlecharms cartridge and the pumpkin from Pumpkin Carvings.

We were in such a hurry this morning, that I forgot to take pics of the older two kids' treats!!  I always send more, so I hope they make it home with them so I can make pics and post them as well.  I had a lovely display already set for one of the treats, and I am so disappointed I forgot to photograph.  I'll have to make up for that at Christmas!

I did get the most important picture this morning though, my babies.  Emilee is Beth Chapman, Dog the Bounty Hunter's wife, and Brody is Big Al, Alabama's mascot.  Cooper is just himself this morning, until (see below)...

Here is one more photo from the fun activities at school this morning.  I think Cooper, who was "taking off from school today", had as much fun as the grade-school children!  He loves this picture because he is allergic to milk, and I don't let him get near the real stuff.

Have a nice Halloween!

Halloween Anti-Bacterial Treats

I have started following a great blog at http://pinkbuckaroodesigns.blogspot.com/.  Wednesday, she posted a cute project using Bath and Body Works' anti-bacterial hand gels.  I thought they were so cute, and when I made an unexpected trip to the mall on Wednesday afternoon, I had to run in and pick up a few for the kids' teachers.  I was so excited to find all their Halloween items 75% off!  The saleslady gave me a great idea of getting the regular shape Halloween anti-bacterial gels for classmates (only $.37 each!).  Of course that's what I did and you'll see those in an upcoming project. 

But, I wanted to get something a little different for the teachers, so I chose the round bottles, which you can find the tutorial for the container I used at the Pink Buckaroo site I gave above.  As with most projects, you can use someone's idea as inspiration, and then make it your own with your embellishments.  Here's how mine turned out.

Here's a few "behind the scenes" shots of making this project.  For the tags, I only have one size tag punch, but I like the layered look.  So, I used the square punch to make a piece that fits nicely within the tag. 

Also, I wanted to stamp "To" and "From", but I don't have a good Halloween tag stamp.  So, I found a Christmas one that would fit on my tag, used my SU! black marker, and only colored in what I wanted to show up on the tag.  Custom made!  I thought I would share this because I have a friend that is just beginning stamping, and she asked a question about how to get different colors on stamps.  As it turned out in that example, it was with markers.  When you are use to doing something, you sometime think everyone just knows how to do it too!

 Pop dots are used on the front embellishment along with googly eyes on the stamped images.

The round gels fit so nicely in the circle.  In the tutorial, you will see that the 1 3/4" circle punch is used.





These were fun to make, and really don't take that long.  I have a few more to make using the "regular" shape bottles, so we'll tackle that this weekend!

Bama Wreath

I want to share a ribbon wreath that I made.  It's for my favorite team -- the Alabama Crimson Tide! 

I have been working on a fabric rag wreath, but after recently picking it back up to work on, I have run out of fabric!  So, I decided to try the ribbon wreath.  I took a 12" foam wreath and tied the ribbon all around the wreath.  Houndstooth ribbon is mixed in with the crimson and white.  I added 3 polka dotted white wood balls and a "BAMA" sign in the middle.  Hope this brings them luck this week as we take on the Tennessee Vols and continue on our quest for another National Championship!  Yes, crafters can be sports fans too!  Try one out with your favorite team's colors, and I will also be making these for the different holidays as well.

Halloween Treat Box

Here is my Halloween Treat Box that I made as part of My Pink Stamper's Pinkalicious Blog Hop. 

My usual go-to cartridge for 3-D boxes is "Tags, Bags, Boxes & More" and that's what I went with for this challenge.  I decided to make the popcorn box and add Halloween decorations.  My paper is from Stampin Up!.  Using my Gypsy, I cut the popcorn box at 6.1".  That makes the actual box about 4" tall.  From "Gypsy Wanderings", I cut out the cute pumpkin at 2.5".  Out of black cardstock, I cut the regular pumpkin from this cartridge, but it had slits cut from it.  I used the Gypsy to remove the slits to just make a solid pumpkin that would match up with the one that had a face.

You may not can tell from the picture, but I gave the box a little texture using the polka dot texture plate and my Big Shot.  The stamp set, "Spooky Bingo Bits", is from SU!.

I love doing my crafts, but another love of mine is couponing.  I get to share with you a great deal of mine this week with this craft -- the candy!  Publix's 1cent Mystery Item this week was their Publix brand candy.  I got the last bag of mixed hard candy.  I've needed a container for this all week, and my Halloween popcorn box works great!  Thanks  for looking! 

New Shelf with BOO!

Well, we are still in the process of working on a project that we had hoped to be completed with this summer...my daughter's bedroom.  We still have more to go, but we did get her TV set up with cable today, so that was a major milestone in her book! ;-) Having a more permanent room arrangement per the cable wires has allowed us to start the next phase: wall decor.  Like many young girls, she has MANY necklaces.  She has needed a place to hang them all.  I picked up a shelf at Hobby Lobby recently, and we painted it pink with a few sprinkles of glitter. 

We hung this today, and it coincided with her finishing a Halloween project that she received in the mail today from her Creative Girls craft club.  I think she did an excellent job on the "BOO"!   She has another craft that she will be working on this weekend, so hopefully we can post pictures of that soon.

Next step is vinyl on the walls.  Right now, we're thinking her name on one wall, and polka dots or something on another.  We'll start that tomorrow!

October Stamp Club Projects

The monthly stamp club I am in met last weekend, and I am just now getting a chance to post pictures of the three cards we made.  We made a Thanksgiving card using a sweet treat cup.  It was so easy, and really looks like a turkey!

For the next card, we did a little embossing on the background piece, then added a few butterflies, bling, and scalloped ribbon for a nice "hello" card.

Our last card is for Christmas, and I love Christmas projects!  This card itself was very simple, with one small stamp piece.  But, we added a magnetic bookmark over the card for an extra surprise for the recipient.  I have the tag die we used to make the bookmark, and I can see using this for some cute gifts for my children's classmates!  They all love to read, and now that they are in chapter books, they need something to mark their place!!

I always look forward to my stamp club once a month!  Good company and great crafting!

 

Halloween Countdown

Even though we have been making lots of new Halloween decorations, I have been behind in getting out our older decorations.  We finally got to that yesterday, and I found the Halloween countdown that we had made last year. 

We used a round pizza pan as the base.  I used the Cricut Designer's Calendar cartridge for the calendar number and "Halloween" title.  We used various Halloween papers for the little number covers and put magnets on the back.  For some of the number covers, I used my FAVORITE Halloween SU set, Batty for You.  I also used some Halloween stickers that we had.  I used my Crop-a-Dile to punch 2 holes in the top and threaded ribbon through for a hanger. 

As we uncover a number each day, the kids taks turns and place the cover along the edge of the pan.  They look forward to this each day! 

Thanks for looking!

Halloween Wreath

This is a picture of the Halloween wreath that I made.  This took a little longer than I thought, but it was fun!

Most of the paper is from Stampin' Up.  There are a few that I used DCWV paper.  To make, decide on the width of your paper (anywhere from 1"-2" or so -- larger width=larger circle).  For sizes 1.5" and greater, you need to prepare two 12" strips.  Otherwise, just  one 12" strip will work.  Then you need to do an accordian (or fan fold) on the strips every 0.5".  The easiest way to do this is to use a scoring board and mark off every 0.5".  Then just fold on the score lines.  Line up and tape the wider pieces together.  Then, carefully fold the ends around to each other while maintaining a "flat" middle area.  Glue the second ends together.  Use about a 1-1.25" circle to stabilize the backside.  I glue-gunned the circle to the bottom.  This circle also helps in gluing down on your wreath base.  Then, I added whatever colorful circle to the center of the other side.  Make lots (I used 16 in various sizes on this wreath), and play around with placing them on your base.  Glue gun down, and you have a beautiful wreath!

Halloween Home Decor

Finally got around to using my Word Collage cartridge and chose the Halloween sayings.  I cut this out of orange vinyl, and put on a 5x7 piece of black cardstock.  This was very easy using transfer tape.  Then, I put the cardstock in a black picture frame.  Sorry for such a bad picture!  Still working on that.

Also used the Pumpkin Carvings cartridge for a vinyl wall decor element.  I loved the owl sitting on a branch, so that is what I went with.  I set it to cut as large as it would on a 12x12 piece of black vinyl.  Then, again using transfer tape (a must here!), I put it on the wall above one of our Halloween displays.



I plan to do more holiday wall pieces this next year.  The kids love to see what new item is displayed!  A few more Halloween treats to show you later!  Thanks for looking!

Halloween Slider Cards

Being the first Sunday of the month, the stamp club that I am a member of met today.  We did 3 great card projects, and I will try to get those posted later this week.  They are so cute, especially a Thanksgiving turkey one!

As I said the other day, we have been doing alot of Halloween crafting around here.  The other day, www.splitcoaststampers.com had the cutest Halloween slider card using the SU sweet treat cups.  I have used these cups with several projects for the kids' classmates in the past, but I just loved how they used the slider (similar look as a bookmark) to keep the recepient from having to tear up the card to get to the candy.  This first picture is my copy-cat version.  The splitcoaststampers version used a different stamp set that had witch's boots, and it was really cute.  I don't have that set, so I had to make do.

The paper and ribbon are from SU.  I used a brad on the slider, but opted for ribbon on the other two.

I love making owls, so I wanted to try one on this card type.  I used the brown M&M's, but I think orange would have still been cute.  Again, the paper, stamp, and ribbon are from SU, but the owl is from the Pumpkin Carvings cartridge.  I used my Gypsy to only cut out the owl (the entire image is an owl on a tree limb in an oval).  I will show you how I used this owl for wall decor later this week.

I think this last one is my favorite of the three.  I just love pumpkins.  The pumpkin was cut from the Pumpkin Carving cartridge and DCWV paper.  The other paper, ribbon, and stamp are from SU.  This sweet treat cup contains orange Skittles for my allergy boy!  Then I remembered that he doesn't like the orange ones!  Too bad, because they look good for the card, so that's what we have to use.

More Halloween crafts to show you later.  Have a great week!

My Pink Stamper Christmas Card Challenge

I'd like to share a Christmas card that I made as part My Pink Stamper's Christmas Card Challenge for today.

The paper and ribbon are all from Stampin' Up.  I cut the Chrstmas tree from the Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge.  The "merry wishes" stamp is from the SU set "Lots of Thoughts".  I wanted to keep this card simple, but thought it need a little something, so I used the SU punch along the bottom of the vanilla paper.

Thanks so much for looking and early Merry Christmas!