Ferrero Rocher BOO Holders

Halloween Treat Holders for Ferrero Rocher chocolates. Had made this pattern for Valentine's Day treat holders and decided to use it again for Halloween. Here is my pattern:

For this sample holder I used a piece of white/GP card stock. Cut this 2" wide by 11" long. With the long edge at the top of the scoreboard, (I used my M Stewart scoreboard), I scored this piece at:

3 3/8, 5 1/2, 6 1/4, 8 1/4, and again at 9.

Use a bone folder to crease all scored lines. This photo shows the scored lines:



On my holder I decided to use the printed card stock for the back to my holder so the print shows behind my piece of chocolate. I cut the printed piece 2" x 3 3/8". Put the printed card stock on the holder in the section by the first scored line of 3 3/8". Used the ATG for that.   Once the printed card stock was on the scored piece I  punched out the tag top:



Now for the circle for the candy to fit into -- I used scrap pink card stock to show better in my photo and punched out a 1 3/8" circle. Put a glue dot on the back of that and centered this circle on my holder so when I punched the hole it would be centered:





Then I used red sticky tape and put a couple of pieces on my holder to hold it together -- on my holders I used more tape but did not want to waste it for my sample photo -- :0) ....



Removed the red sticky strip and folded the holder into the shape following the scored lines:





For this holder:

I used orange card stock from Stampin Up for the holder. Print is from a 6x6 pad of holiday card stock by Nicole. Added a black glittered card stock bat punched out using a bat punch from M Stewart. Tied black ribbon and sparkly yarn at the top of the tag topper edge. For the BEWARE:

Used black glittered card stock and cut out the "BEWARE". Wanted this to have some dimension so I also cut the word out of a thin piece of card board (top flap to a kleenex box). Used a glue pen to put the glittered word on the card board word and this gives this piece more structure and dimension.

For this holder:

Black card stock is from Stampin Up and the ghost print is by Pebbles. My ghost was die cut using a Sizzix die and I used white craft foam sold in the kids craft aisle at the craft store. The "SCREAM" is a die and I cut that out of orange glittered card stock and also a thin piece of card board. Glued the two word pieces together using a glue pen. Used the glue pen to put the word across the front of the ghost. The two black glittered bugs were made using a dollar bug punch from the craft store.

Tied at the top of the tag topper piece is black fabric mesh with dotted ribbon tied around that. Here is a better photo of the ghost and word and bugs:

These holders are good for the Ferrero Rocher chocolates and the holders are free standing. TFL and YOLO

More Mini Halloween Treat Bags

The above photo is the first Mini Halloween Treat Bag I made using the Stampin Up Mini Treat Bag die set and black and kraft gift wrap from Mikes. Here are two more bags I just made:

For these two treat bags I cut the bags out with the strips vertical rather than horizontal as I cut the first bag out. For this bag:

Once my treat bag was cut out I used tear tape to put it together. For the spider web banner piece -- once again I used a shelf strip from Walgreens and I trimmed it to the size I wanted. Used the banner punch for the end. For the top of the banner I used the treat bag die to cut the top off so the "zig zag" pattern would match the top of my bag.

For the "BOO" I used a die and cut that out of black glittered card stock. Cut the ghost out using white glittered card stock and a Sizzix die. Stars were made using a dollar punch from the craft store. I tucked the ghost into the "BOO".  For this bag:

Cut out and made the treat bag. Using a ruler and a pencil I made a light pencil line across the front of the treat bag to line up my three washi tapes to decorate the front of the bag. Used a "boo" die and cut out my "boo" from orange glittered card stock. Ghosts were cut out of white glittered card stock. Again I used the star punch for the stars.

This is an easy treat bag to cut out and put together. The roll of the black and kraft gift wrap from Mikes was in the clearance section so much cheaper than using card stock. TFL and YOLO

More Bitty Berry Baskets

Made two more of the Bitty Berry Boxes for Halloween treat holders:

Here is each treat holder:

Basket is green card stock, strip is from the stash. Made the rosette using a shelf strip from the Halloween aisle last year at Walgreens. Used the Sizzix/TH Rosette die for that. Put it together using hot glue. Had die cut my "boo" and ghosts last week from glittered card stock. Added those to this basket using glue dots. The "Happy Halloween" wrapped around the basket is washi tape. The one ghost that is tucked in the basket is on a straw from the dollar store. I cut the straw in half with scissors and put the ghost on the straw with a glue dot. This will get tucked into the basket once the candies are inside. Also have black paper shred in the basket. This next holder:

Used tangerine card stock for the basket and again the print is from the stash. Used a dollar star punch from the craft store for the stars from glittered card stock. The candy corn is washi tape and that is wrapped around the whole basket. Used a scallop and circle punch for the pieces behind the pumpkin face. That is a wooden piece sold at Mikes in a bag like this:

Too add colour to him I used the Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie ink and a sponge and sponged ink onto the pumpkin piece. Once that was done I put it onto the circles piece for the front of the basket:

Here are all four of these baskets I have made up:

Thanks again to Erica Cerwin for her pattern. Good used of the Stampin Up Berry Basket die for a second treat holder using that basket die. These holders will be filled with candies the week of Halloween. TFL and YOLO

Bitty Berry Boxes

The above photo shows the Fall Berry Basket I made using the new-to-me Berry Basket I had bought from another stamper. These box dies are expensive so if I can buy them used that stretches my crafting dollars. It is even better when you buy a die that you can make something else with it. . . which brings me to the video on YouTube by Erica Cerwin. Easy video to follow and these Halloween treat holders went together quickly:

Following her instructions here are two of the Bitty Berry Boxes I made:

This first box:

Cut the basket from Stampin Up Eggplant card stock, dotted print is Hobby Lobby, black is Mikes, and others are from the scrap stash. I made the basket as the video instructed and put the printed panel at the top to hold the basket together. Used the Spider Web die from Cheery Lynn and cut out a web. Cut that in half and trimmed it to be smaller and put it on the front of the basket using a large glue dot. The ghost was cut out of glittered white card stock and I put that on a circle using glue dots. Put this ghost circle onto the front of the basket over the spider web piece.

For the "boo" I cut that out of black glittered card stock. Cut a small banner from scrap orange card stock. Used a glue pen to put "boo" on the orange banner. Put the banner onto the craft stick using glue dots and tied a bow of black yarn from the thrift store. Happy to say the dollar store now sells black paper shred so I put the paper shred in the bottom of the basket and added candy treats. Tucked the craft stick in the back of the candies.

This other basket:

This basket was cut out of Stampin Up black card stock. The orange spider printed paper is from Walgreens--I got a stack of these shelf strips free last year as they were taking down their Halloween displays and I asked if I could have them. For the pumpkin tape around the holder -- that is washi tape. The rosette on the front was made using the Sizzix/TH Rosette die and I used hot glue to put that together. Tucked a white glittered ghost next to the rosette using a glue dot. The ghost in the back is on a holiday decorative straw from the dollar store. I cut that down to the size I needed using a pair of scissors.

Here are photos showing the front of the baskets:

Here is a photo with these two smaller baskets sitting inside the Berry Basket I had made for Fall to show the size they are:

These Bitty Berry Boxes hold a few treats and they are free standing. A big thanks to Erica for sharing her idea and video and instructions. TFL and YOLO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k_ky2YmwuU

The Gang's All Here . . .

Used the Stampin Up Curvy Keepsake Box die set to make my four treat boxes for Halloween. Here they are:

Each box was stamped with a different background stamp so they are all different. Here is a better photo of their witch hats and bows:

This first box:

I stamped these pieces using a stars background stamp from MyFavoriteThings using SU Pumpkin Pie ink. This next box:

I stamped this box with the wire background stamp from MyFavoriteThings. This next box:

Stamped this using the Stampin Up Hardwood background stamp. For this next box I did not stamp a background onto it -- just the pumpkin face:

For my spider web on her hat I used a Cheery Lynn die. The SU Tree punch was used for her hat. The SU Bow Builder punch was used for all the bows and I used various prints from the stash for those. The spider web is adhered to the witch hat brim using double sided tape. But I did not like that when you took off the hat you can see the clipped spider web underneath. To fix that problem I cut the Word Window punch out of black card stock and then used a 2" circle punch to punch over that and that was my "lining" to cover up the spider web under the hat:

This just makes this look more finished and it did not take a lot more time to cut that lining out and put it under the hat brim. These will be filled the week of Halloween with treats. TFL and YOLO

Curvy Cute Pumpkin

Recently went to a stamper's sale where all the sellers were former Stampin Up demonstrators that combined their Stampin Up products for this sale. They are now all Fun Stamper's Journey coaches (demonstrators) and they were selling their Stampin Up items cheap. I bought a few sealed packs of Stampin Up 8 1/2" x 11" card stocks for $2.40 per pack, Stampin Up punches for $5.00, Stampin Up embossed folders $1.00 each, and many other great deals. . . But today I will feature a project I made using my new-to-me Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits die set that I picked up for $5.00.

Had always wanted this box die but not for the $33.00 it sells for.... but for $5.00 ... it was mine:

First project I wanted to make was the pumpkin for Halloween that everyone has made. Here is my version:

Used the Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie card stock to cut out my two box pieces. Stamped them using the Stampin Up Hardwood background stamp and Pumpkin Pie ink. Put the box together using red sticky tape. Used the pumpkin face stamp from the SU Sparkly Seasons stamp set and stamped the face on one side of the pumpkin using Memento black ink before I closed the box:

Do not have the black spider doilies SU sells so I used a spider web die from Cheery Lynn and cut that out using SU black card stock. Once cut I spritzed it with Pearls Shimmer Mist. While that was drying I made the witch hat -- two trees using the SU Tree punch from black glittered card stock and cut out the brim for the hat using a 2 1/2" circle punch and the Word Window punch. Put the witch hat together using glue dots.

Snipped the center of the spider web piece using scissors so that the web could slide over the top of the curvy pumpkin treat holder. Put the spider web on the treat holder and put a few mini glue dots on the bottom side of the hat brim. Put the hat on the holder over the spider web and then the web stuck to the glue dots on the hat. This way when the hat is lifted off the holder to get inside for the treats the hat and web will be one piece.

For the bow I used the Stampin Up Bow Builder punch and scrap card stock for the purple part of the bow. The orange spider web paper on the bow is a shelf strip from the Halloween aisle at Walgreens from last year. Added a purple crystal to the center of this bow:

This is a very easy treat box to put together and certainly the pumpkin and witch hat make a cute presentation for BOO Day treats. Happy me to find this at the sale!  TFL and YOLO

Mini Halloween Treat Bag

A recent trip to Mikes and I came home with this black and striped kraft paper:

Regular price was $5.99 but on clearance I paid $1.49. Wanted to use it for a Halloween treat holder. To make the treat bag I used the Stampin Up Mini Treat Bag die. Cut the bag out in the Big Shot. Used red sticky tape to close the bag.

For the tag I cut a piece of Mikes kraft card stock 2" wide and used the Stampin Up Scallop Topper Tag punch on one end. Then used the trimmer to trim the other end so my tag is 3" long. Used a corner rounder punch on the trimmed end. Using a pencil and ruler I made a light pencil line across the tag to help keep the washi tapes straight. Used three washi tape patterns for the tag. Used scissors to trim the edges of the washi tape even with the sides of the tag:

Having die cut so many Halloween dies last week I was able to put this tag together quickly. Used a glue pen to put the "boo" on the tag. The Sizzix Sizzlit Ghost die was cut out of white glittered card stock and I put that onto the tag using glue dots. For the top of the tag I cut a piece of the orange mesh bag onions are in at the grocery store and put that through the hole at the top of the tag. Tied sparkly black yarn around that and trimmed the ends:

Put the tag onto the top of the treat bag using a small black clothespin from the stash. This treat bag is large enough to hold a couple of the Fun Size candy bars for Halloween. TFL and YOLO

More Hershey Treat Holders

The above photo are the first two Hershey Treat Holders I made and here are two more:

The orange holder is card stock from Mikes. Cut and scored that piece. Used red sticky tape to close the holder and then used a crimper on the bottom of it. Used the ghost border punch from M Stewart on scrap white card stock for the ghosts above the striped card stock. Black cat was punched out using the Fiskars cat squeeze punch from glittered black card stock. The "boo" is one of the die pieces that I had cut out using the Cuttlebug. To add dimension to this I also cut out this die from a piece of cardboard from a kleenex box. Used TomBow glue to put the cardboard "boo" behind

 the black glittered card stock "boo". 

For the bow on the hat I used the Stampin Up Bow Builder punch and for the hat I used the Stampin Up Tree punch. Glue dots hold the hat and bow pieces together. Put the "boo" on the front of the holder using micro mini glue dots. Glue dots also were used for the witch hat as well as the black cat piece. Used ribbon from the stash for this holder. Sparkly black yarn is tied onto the ribbon to keep the holder closed. 

For the green holder I cut and scored that piece putting it together using red sticky tap. Then used spider web printed card stock with a piece of black and white striped card stock at the top of that. For the bugs I punched those from glittered black card stock using a dollar punch from the craft store. Put the bugs on the holder using mini glue dots. Made my witch hat and the bow is made using scrap Halloween printed card stocks.  

The "Beware" on the green holder is again cut out of the glittered black card stock and glued onto a die cut piece of the kleenex box card board I cut out using the Cuttlebug. The card board gives both the "Beware" and the "boo" on my treat holder fronts dimension:

Again I used the sparkly "hairy" black yarn and tied a piece of that onto the ribbon for my holder. Here is a photo of all four of the Hershey Treat Holders I have made:

Easy holders to put together. TFL and YOLO

Hershey Treat Holders

These treat holders for BOO Day (Halloween) hold the 6" Hershey Chocolate candy bar. In the past I have made the witch hats by Janet Baker using the Stampin Up Tree punch:





For the treat holders today I wanted to be able to use a witch hat but since it was on the front of my holders I needed it to be flat. Here are my two Hershey Treat Holders:

There are different patterns for these holders but I used the one on Splitcoast:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/pull_treats/

To make my witch hat so it was flat I used scrap card stocks to show how I did this. For the circle brim to the hat I used a 1" circle punch and put the black card stock into the punch as far as it would go. Punched out my circle:

Using a 2 1/4" circle punch I punched over the 1" circle:

Took this 'ring' piece to the trimmer and cut it in half -- this way I have a brim for another witch hat:

Using the Stampin Up Tree punch I punched out a tree using scrap chevron card stock. Then I put a glue dot on each lower corner of this tree and a glue dot on the trunk of the tree:

With the glue dots in place I took my half black circle and put that on the tree:

Added a bow I made using the Stampin Up Bow Builder punch:

To put the hat on my holder I used glue dots. Here are photos of each holder:

To begin with I suggest you watch this short video by Maria on the shortcuts to fabulous bows using this punch and your bows will not be so bulky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-qFrZw5nl8

LOVE her tips and ideas and it cuts the time making these bows in half. For my above holder I used SU black card stock, dotted card stock from Mikes, and fabric netting around the holder. For my witch hat I used black glittered card stock, black/white chevron card stock is Mikes, and the spider web paper for the bow was free as it was the shelf strip from Walgreens holiday aisle last Halloween that I picked up last year. Added a black crystal to the center of the bow. "Trick or Treat" is from SU Toxic Treats stamp set.

This holder I used SU purple card stock, green print is from the stash, M Stewart spider web border was used for the spider webs. Again the hat is black glittered card stock and the chevron print is from the stash. These holders go together quickly and make good use of holiday prints as a belly band. This holder I used satin orange ribbon.

These holders hold a regular candy bar -- 6" size -- and is good to make with ribbons or card stock prints you may not be fond of. Thanks to Janet for the witch hat pattern and to Maria for the great savings of time and glue dots with the bows! TFL and YOLO