Thanksgiving Treat Bags and Treat Holders

Thanksgiving treat bags and the treat holders are done... Used lots of card stock scraps and all items used are from the stash...  Starting with:

Used kraft gift bags from the stash bought on sale at HobLob awhile ago. Wanted to use cut printed card stock sheets rather than cut full 12x12 card stocks so each of the bags the front pieces do not measure the same. For this bag I used a beige printed card stock for the bag front and I put that onto a piece of white card stock and then the striped card stock this is on is from PaperTreyInk. The oversized pumpkin is the "Pumpkin" die set from KIS Cuts (Keep It Simple) and I picked this die set up at the stamp show earlier this year in Fredericksburg, VA.. This is a two piece pumpkin die - the bottom solid layer and then the detailed layer that I cut out of a print. First I cut the solid pumpkin piece and then using different  background stamps from IO Stamps (Impression Obsession) I stamped all the pumpkins using pumpkin ink to give the pumpkins some dimension. Cut the layered die out and used liquid glue to put these two pumpkin pieces together. Cut out a leaf/swirl and pumpkin stem using pieces in the die set and assembled the pumpkins. 

For the scalloped piece at the top of the bag I used an older Spellbinders border die and cut those out. For the cream lace I took that from a package of Fun Stampers Journey trims that my PIC had gifted me (Stamping Partner In Crime) and I hot glued that along the top of the scalloped piece. Added gems to the scalloped piece from the stash. 

For the "GRATEFUL" sentiment I used the Autumn Leaves die set from Scrapbook.com:

This die set has a shadow piece behind the letters and these letters are not connected so to keep it all straight on the shadow piece I used white card stock and cut out the word:

I used temporary adhesive and yellow tape I put this die cut white piece on the brown shadow piece. Then I put the pumpkin coloured card stock letters onto the brown shadow piece using liquid glue:

Removed the tape and here it is with the letters in place and perfectly placed:

When I finished with this sentiment die I put my white pattern piece in with the die set for next time I use that word for a project. At the bottom of the bag fronts I used a green mesh trim I had picked up long ago from the Dollar Tree. I cut that to size for each bag and put it on the bag fronts using liquid glue. Here is another bag using another card stock scrap for the bag front:

Used crepe paper circles and made the flowers at the tops of the bags and put them on the bags using hot glue. The sunflowers I added to the pumpkins are from Dollar Tree that I had in the stash and I had just enough for all the bags I made. Now for treat holders:

Some of the pillow box treat holders I made using scrap card stocks and the Sizzix 660660 A Pillow Box die. Really nice die and these boxes fold nicely even on the curved edges. For the sentiment I used the Autumn Sentiments stamp set from Trinity Stamps and I used scraps for those. Pumpkins were left overs from last years projects so I added pumpkins to all the pillow boxes. Tootsie Pop Holders:

Used the My Creative Time "Pumpkin Lollipop Holder" die set. I wanted to dress up the holder so I used scraps for the center pieces on the fronts of them and then also used scraps for the backs just to make the holder more sturdy with the card stock I used and to also use more scraps:

A closer look at the fronts:

Also from My Creative Time I used her "Square Treat Box" die set for these boxes and this die set is soooo easy to assemble and easily folds on the scored lines:

I was able to use more scrap prints for the small pieces the die set cuts for the box sides and tops. I closed my boxes using mini clothespins from the stash that I hot glued a wooden leaf from HobLob from the stash on. I wanted to use more of my washi tape stash so I put washi at the bottom of all the boxes and I added some liquid glue to the tape to be sure it will not pop off as washi sometimes does:

Now for the real scrap user -- Hershey Nugget Candies. First I decided how many candies I would use for each treat holder and then I went through all the smaller scraps and cut them 1" x 3 1/8". Used tear and tape to attach this wrapper to the candies - here are some of the ones I made:

With them all wrapped I made the tray to put them on - since I was using 6 candies I knew the 'tray' would have to be 6" long. For the width I cut the card stock to 1 7/8" - so a solid piece of card stock that is 1 7/8" x 6" would work. With the long side of this card stock on the side of the score board I scored this at 1/4" inch and flipped it over and scored the other long side again at 1/4". With the trays scored I used a bone folder to crease these lines and I put the candies on the trays and used pretzel clear bags from the candy aisle at the craft store (also have them in the stash) to hold these. Tied them closed with twine. Wanted a sentiment for these so I used cut a-parts from an unknown paper pack for those. I used a scallop punch slightly larger than the circle and cut out scalloped circles from solid card stock scraps. Layered these two together using liquid glue and used a small circle punch and punched a hole in each one for the twine to add these to the holders:

The last treat holder uses the only new product added to the craft room -- the Pixi Dust Designs Holiday Mini Tag Box die set. I had made two Christmas treat holders using this die set the day it arrived but I wanted to also use it for a Thanksgiving treat holder:

Here are some of the treat holders I made:

For these treat holders I also used scrap card stock prints for the backs:

Again I used the Trinity Stamps "Autumn Sentiments" stamp set for the "Happy Thanksgiving" banner that I die cut out using a banner die set from Pink&Main that I have in the stash. These holders hold 2 of the Ghirardelli Square candies. This box also goes together quickly and is easy to assemble. Here is a photo of the two Christmas treat holders I already made using this die set:

Photo of one of the boxes of these Thanksgiving treat holders ready for the holiday ahead:

Happy to have these all finished and now into a full Christmas mode in this craft room...... YAY

BOO Day Treat Bags and Holders

Here is a photo of one of the BOO Day treat bags I made for Halloween this year:

To start I wanted the focal point of the bag to be the  "Who's There?" cover plate die that I bought on sale last year from CatherinePooler.com.  First I hot foiled a spider web plate from Spellbinders using silver holographic foil onto black card stock. With that done then I cut out the "Who's There?" cover plate die on this piece. To back the piece I used a lime green card stock from the stash so all the eyes are lime green and spooky looking. But this is a card sized cover plate so to fill the bag front I put this hot foiled/die cut piece onto white card stock as a frame around it. Then I looked through the stash and found the black and white striped card stock and cut that to size for the front of the bag. Used a lime green card stock print from the stash and cut two strips of that for the sides of the bag front. "boo" was cut out using the Poppy Stamps "Boo Outline" die set and I centered the letter "b" over a small spider frame on the hot foiled piece so it looks like the spider web was made inside the "b". Used two older ghost dies from my stash and cut out the ghosts using glittered white card stock. Put those onto the front of the bag. Wanted something for the top and bottom of the eyes cover plate piece so I used 6 pieces of crepe paper - 3 white and 3 black - and layered those white, black, white, black, etc and with those hot glued together I used fringe scissors and cut the top and bottom of the crepe paper piece from one end to the other. Then used my hands and crumpled these up so they are puffy. 

All the treat holders I made for inside this bag are from the stash as are all the card stocks, ribbons, gems, etc..  First I used an older Cheery Lynn Fry Box die set for this treat holder. This is a smaller box and it has a scalloped edge at the top of the fry box"

I used black card stock for all my fry boxes. Hard to see in the photo but I lined the inside back of the fry box using a Halloween printed card stock and I used that same card stock for the rosette on the front of the box. For the rosette I used my favorite rosette die set from Sizzix/T Holtz and I used the scalloped rosette die set. But this is a small box so once I had my rosette strips cut out, and before I began to fold them into the rosette shape, I took the two flat rosette strips to the trimmer and cut off 1/4 the straight edge on each strip - I used two strips for my rosettes as I like them to be full. If I did not cut off the 1/4 then the rosette would be a 2" rosette - too big for this box - so cutting off the 1/4 now gives me a 1 1/2" rosette and that works with this size fry box. With the rosette made I used scissors and cut out a spider web from the spider web tulle from the Dollar Tree from the stash and put this piece on top of the rosette. Then added a glittered ghost made using an old Cuttlebug ghost die. For the "BOO!" that was stamped and cut out using the Halloween label maker die set from Frantic Stamper (She closed her store over the summer). Inside this box is a small holiday printed bag from the Dollar Tree filled with small candies and tied with a piece of twine. Here is another fry box treat holder I made and I added the crepe paper witch broom to that next to the bag of treats:

This taller treat holder is made using the Mama Elephant die set Favor Bag:

This die set is scalloped at the top but I took my die cut bag front and back pieces to the trimmer and cut off the scallops. The spider web bow is the Spider Bow #2 die set from ScrapdivaDesigns.com that I bought a year or so ago. Used black eyelash trim behind the bow and added a black pom pom to the center of the bow. The sentiment is from KSCraft and their Halloween release this year. The rick rack lime green piece at the bottom is from the CatherinePooler.com die set "Rich Rack Strip Dies". These next treat holders:

Box on the left is self closing and it is the die set "3D Double Self Closing Gift Bag" from Scrapdiva Designs.  Again added one of the label maker sentiment strips from FranticStamper. Box holder on the right is a milk carton made using the We R Makers Carton Stamp board and I made the medium size. Used various print scraps from the stash to decorate these boxes. Covered a clothespin with washi tape and put a holiday sticker from the stash on that to close the carton. 

Last candy treat holder is a printed cellophane bag from the stash and I used the Witch Shoe bag topper die set from ScrapdivaDesigns to close that. These witch shoes are so cute - die set has the small and the larger die set included and I used one of the witch shoes on the front of one of my rosettes:

Fun holiday projects for Halloween but back to Thanksgiving and Christmas projects in this craft room and hoping to use more and more of the stash items....