Sep 19, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
I was inspired by the little treat bag in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. It is on page 5 – the little bag that uses the owl from the Warmest of Wishes Hostess stamp set. If you have ever received a box from Stampin’ Up! you know that they fill the empty space with brown paper. I end up with lots of brown paper and I like to come up with ideas to use it instead of throwing it away. Last year I saved it and wrapped all of our Christmas gifts in it. I am going to start saving it to do that again. But for now this little treat bag inspired another idea. I can make my own treat bags!
This was one of the projects from my class on Friday –
I took a piece of the brown paper from my last Stampin’ Up! order and cut a section out. I folded it in half and put it on my Scallop Square die – making sure the fold was inside the cut line of the die – so you only cut three sides of the folded paper. I ran it through the Big Shot die and ended up with a scallop square with one folded side. I put snail adhesive on the two sides and left the top open. I ran each side into the crimper a little bit and rolled it back out.
The front is decorated like the sample in the Holiday Mini catalog. Punch a circle from Daffodil Delight. Stamp the Owl on Whisper White using Early Espresso ink and punch out. Stamp again on Pumpkin Pie card stock and cut out just the trick or treat bag – add this on top of the punched owl – I used a little bit of Stampin’ Dimensional. I added a strip of Lucky Limeade. Stamp Happy Halloween (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) at the bottom. Insert candy!
These were really quick and they are really cute! And you don’t even have to buy any bags just make your own.
Have a nice day!
Sep 11, 2011 | Big Shot, Halloween, Stamper's Club, Tutorial |
What do you get when you cross a mini milk carton idea from the Stampin’ Up! Convention with a bat idea from Shelli Gardner at a Stampin’ Up! Regional?
Vampire Bat Milk Carton Boxes!
Aren’t they fun?
We made these at my Stamper’s Club September meeting and my PAWS Downline meeting this weekend. Now do you want to know how to make one? Well you are in luck because I’m going to tell you. I’m writing a tutorial and will attach here as a pdf file for you to download.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Stamps: Wicked Cool
Ink: Basic Black
Card Stock: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Mini Milk Carton Bigz Die, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, Spider Web Embossing Folder, 1-1/4” Circle Punch, ½” Circle Punch, Bitty Shapes Punch Pack Circle, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Two-Step Bird Punch, Brights Brads, Crop-a-Dile, Basic Black 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon, White Gel pen, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Illuminate Top Coat Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink, Stampin’ Sponge, Sticky Strip
CLICK HERE to download the tutorial on how to make these. It also includes the instruction for how to make the hexagon shaped milk carton box with pictures of how to assemble the bottom in case you just want that part on not the bat in particular. Enjoy!
Oct 24, 2010 | Bingo, class, Embossing, Halloween, SU Ribbon |
This is a fun project that I created for my Halloween class (it was last month). It is a BOO wall hanging. The letters are wood cut outs that came from a craft store. You could do the same thing with chipboard – if you use the dies from the Big Shot – it would be smaller though.
Each of the letters was covered with Craft Ink using a Sponge Dauber in the base color – Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Old Olive. Then I stamped with Craft Ink on each letter using the Wicked Cool stamp set. Surprisingly the ink did not dry like I thought. I started by making just one letter and when it wasn’t dry the next day I decided I needed to try something else. My solution – cover the whole letter with Clear Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool. Problem solved and now they had a glaze look to them.
Then I decorated each letter with some punched pieces and ribbon. The ‘B’ uses the Decorative Label Punch, the Bat Punch, the Wide Oval Punch, and the Black Lace Raven ribbon. The witch boots are stamped and cut out and then I added the Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink to them.
For the first ‘O’ had the Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Striped Ribbon – torn in half so that it frays. Then for the tag I used the Bat Punch, the Jewelry Tag punch and the Small Oval punch. All are tied together with Linen Thread and tied to the bow. 
Also on the Black ‘O’ I stamped the candelabra’s from the Wicked Cool stamp set and then used the Moonlight Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink on each of the candle flames. It looks good in person – it gives them a spooky glow.
For the last ‘O’ I used the Decorative Label Punch, the Modern Label punch, the 1″ Circle punch (or it may be the 3/4″ inch – I’m looking at the picture and don’t want to walk upstairs to look at the real thing). The hat is stamped and cut out. 
There are actually two of the decorative label punches – one goes around the back of the letter and then the two are held together with the brads.
My goal was to attach everything to the letters so they couldn’t fall off. The tag on the ‘B’ is tied on with the lace ribbon, and the first ‘O’ is of course the ribbon tied around. So for this one I used the punched pieces with the brads.
At the very top I added a bunch of ribbon tied in a knot around the hanger. It turned out to be a fun Halloween decoration – I have mine hanging in my kitchen.
So how about Bingo – I’m looking for a new winner – is today going to be the day????
Let’s play for today ….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #13 –the 
cupcake from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Chocolate Chip).
Oct 16, 2010 | Bingo, Halloween, Punch Art, Scrapbook Pages |
I made this fun Halloween Scrapbook Layout for my class a couple of weeks ago. I really love how it all turned out. There are several punch art animals on the layout.
The colors look off in this picture – the background is Crumb Cake, the panel across the center is Basic Gray, the photo mats on the left page are Old Olive and Concord Crush, the title is Cajun Craze.
The photo mat on the right page is Whisper White – I plan to put a collage of photos on this one.
The strip across the bottom is from the Wicked Cool Specialty Designer Series Paper.
There is also a Basic Black mat that was embossed with the Spider Web Embossing folder and the I inked it a little bit with the Frost White shimmer paint.
The stamp set is Wicked Cool. I just love the little candelabra’s – I stamped them in Basic Grey and then painted the flames with the Smooch Accent Ink. 
It looks really good in person on the Crumb Cake card stock.
Then I made punch art – and can you see which punch I used for most of the creatures? I actually used the Owl punch – first of all he is himself as an owl. Then I used him to create the ghost. I used him again for the fat cat.
The cat is the Owl body with the feet clipped off and glued back on a little higher to look like paws. The tail is from the branch on the Bird punch. I sponged the edges with White craft ink – added eyes, nose and whiskers.
The Tombstone is also made from a punch. I cut a strip of the Designer series paper exactly the width of the Designer Label punch and the slipped it into the punch to just punch the top to create the tombstone. The branches at the bottom are from the Bird punch.
The bats of course are the bat punch – quick and easy – sponged with a touch of white craft ink.
And then there is one more special guest on my page – Mr. Rat. Do you see him? Can you tell what punch I used? It is also the owl punch! I need to go back and take a picture of how I cut it and add it to this post – but it is late and dark while I’m writing this so I’ll add it in the morning. His tail is the branch from the Bird punch – it makes a great tail. Can you tell that my rat is fuzzy? I used my Bone Folder to break down the fibers in the card stock until I could pull the layers apart. Then the inside is fuzzy.
How to make a rat.
I got the idea for the rat when I was in Pottery Barn looking at their Halloween decorations – they had lots of fuzzy rats on all of their displays for Halloween. So when I got home and worked on this layout the idea kind of popped in my head and it actually worked!
Now to get pictures for my layout – I think I’ll have to find some old ones because my boys aren’t little any more – so I don’t expect to have new Halloween pictures this year.
We are continuing with Monika’s Blog Bingo – let’s play….
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #5 –the soccer ball image from All in the Family Accesories stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).
Oct 13, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Designer Series Paper, Halloween, Stamper's Club, SU Ribbon |
Look at these cute Halloween boxes!
I have been struggling with what to do with the paper in the Wicked Cool Specialty Designer Series paper that has the large patterns on only part of the page. Besides using the full sheet on a scrapbook page you lose the look of the large pattern if you cut it into small pieces. I didn’t want to do that so I hadn’t used this fun paper. The bats are flocked so you can feel them!
Sandy Hancock shared this tall box idea and when I was preparing for my Stamper’s Club last week I decided to make these tall boxes. Originally I was going to use one of the floral papers because that was what was on the sample I saw – but then I decided I wanted to make a Halloween project – it is October you know.
Then I had a light bulb moment – the large prints could “wrap” around the box so that you could see it all the way around. And look how good it turned out!
Everyone had a different piece of paper out of the pack – another design that wrapped around is the one that says SPOOKY and also the Spider web. I took a picture after everyone got theirs finished so you could see the variety in the boxes.
The lids are made from the Scallop Square die for the Big Shot. First we cut the square and then we embossed it with the Spider Web embossing folder. It turned out to be a fun lid for the box.
The ribbon is the wide striped ribbon – actually cut in half so it frays which adds to the spookiness – I saw that idea on another blog and have been using it for lots of my Halloween projects.
So what do you do with this tall box – well it will hold a bottle of tall soap from Bath & Body Works. And they have Halloween soap – so now you have the perfect hostess gift for a Halloween Party! How fun would that be?
Or you could package up some cookies in a tall stack – wrap them up and slide them inside the box. Or just fill it with candy!
Just change the colors and the papers for any other occasion or party. I hope you like these as much as I did!
NOTES ADDED: I have had lots of requests for the measurements – they came from Sandy who got them from another demonstrator. You could adjust the size to your needs though. The card stock is 10-1/2″ x 10″. Then score at 2-1/2″, 5″, 7-1/2″, and 10″. Score across the bottom at 2-1/4″ – cut to make your flaps and glue the bottom.
A new round of Monika’s Blog Bingo started yesterday.
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 7. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.
Here is piece #2 –the bird on a branch “thinking of you” image from Cute By the Inch stamp set (stamped in Pear Pizzazz).
Sep 23, 2010 | Big Shot, Bingo, Halloween |
I saw this idea at the Stampin’ Up! Convention this summer. I thought it was super cute and really quick to make with the help of the Big Shot Die Cut machine. Get out the Big Shot, the Mini Milk Carton Die, your stamps and some punches and your good to go.
The Mini Milk Carton is cut out of Concord Crush card stock (I finally remember to call it that instead of Concord Grape). Then I punched a hole in one side and covered it with a piece of clear window sheet. Now you can see the candy inside – mine has candy corn.
The tag at the top uses the tag punches – both the regular and large sized – they layer together so nicely. I stamped the tag with the Wicked Cool stamp set. I used the Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole through the top flap of the Milk Carton and the top of the tag. The tag is tied on with a piece of Pumpkin Pie ribbon.
The front is decorated with some punched bats using the new Bat punch – and they are textured with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder before attaching to the box.
These are cute little treats for Halloween. This was another project from my Halloween class.
Still no BINGO winner – at least no one has come forward and sent me an email……so here we go again….I’m sure many of you are close its just a matter of which piece and who needs it…..
It’s BINGO TIME! We are playing Round 3 of Monika’s Blog Bingo. I’m currently taking names for Round 6. See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 and 2 winners.
Here is piece #14 –the little flower from Itty Bitty Bits stamp set (stamped in Peach Parfait).
I took a piece of the brown paper from my last Stampin’ Up! order and cut a section out. I folded it in half and put it on my Scallop Square die – making sure the fold was inside the cut line of the die – so you only cut three sides of the folded paper. I ran it through the Big Shot die and ended up with a scallop square with one folded side. I put snail adhesive on the two sides and left the top open. I ran each side into the crimper a little bit and rolled it back out.
