A PIC Drop Off

 My PIC (stamping Partner In Crime) dropped off a little goodies bag last week and I wanted to share some of the items inside her bag -- Here is the cute Halloween card she made:

She put a note in the envelope explaining that with all the dies she owns she does not have a Halloween broom die in her stash so she made the broom for the card front -- cute. Fun witch hat also.... so cute card.... she also had a treat holder in the bag she had made:

I took the orange ribbon off and removed the lid and here it the inside:

She enclosed a note letting me know she had seen this idea on "queenbcreations" blog. She also said there was an idea like this for Christmas using the large alpha die set from SU and I had bought that die set years ago on sale -- it was regularly $99.00 for the die set and there was no way I would pay that for any SU product so I waited for a sale and then picked the set up so happy to have another project to use the die set for..... 

I went to the blog she had seen this on and that crafter had a video for her Christmas box and in the video she referenced Candy Ford at her blog: stampcandy.net.  Once you get to her blog go to the search box and type in Tags & Trimmings Ferrero Rocher Box and her post from Dec 2017 will come up for the box. She has all the measurements and directions to print out off her blog. First I had watched the video from 'queenb' and in her video she said she had changed the measurements. But once I found the original posting from Candy Ford I used her measurements that she had in her directions and the box turned out cute -- here is the box closed:

I made one box from start to finish to see how the box, lid, and insert fit together and it is a really easy project to put together... Here is a photo with the lid off and the lid leaning on the box:

This box/treat holder can hold the Ferrero Rocher candies or the Lindt chocolates - anything that is round and about this size. After I had read through the directions I decided I would cut out all my pieces per the instructions but for my gold letters for "HO HO HO" I decided I would glue them down on the insert piece and once dried then I would use the punch to punch out the middle of the "O""

I just think it was easier to glue the letters down and once dried to punch out the circles so that I would know they are all straight and even. Since I did it this way the insert and gluing the letters down was the first thing I did so that they could dry while I cut out the rest of the box pieces. I used red and black card stocks for my boxes/lids since those are the only colours I have in 12x12 card stock that would match some of the Christmas prints I have in the stash.

As Candy suggests I used a glue dot under the tissue piece the Rocher candies have to keep them in place in the box in case the box gets shaken or something and then the candies will be sure to stay in place. Once I finish all the boxes I will post photos of them on the blog. For this first box I used a die from the stash "Happy Holidays" and all the foil card stock I used is the Dollar Tree foiled poster board sheets. They die cut well and are a good weight for this project. Thanks to Candy Ford for her idea and for QueenBCreations for sharing her version and esp to my PIC for giving me the BOO box!! Cute treat holder for sure!  Will add this to the other treat holders I have started for Christmas this year!

Thanksgiving Treat Bags

 Here is a photo of some of the Thanksgiving Treat Bags I finished this week:

The paper gift bags are from the Dollar Tree and the fall printed card stock is from HobbyLobby.com on sale. I used scraps for the banner piece behind the turkey. The turkey was made using a Spellbinders die and scrap card stocks. Wanted to make rosettes for the bag fronts so I used a Sizzix Rosette die and cut out the rosettes using the scraps from the print on the bag fronts. Used a scalloped circle  die and die cut out circles using scraps and these scalloped circles are the base for my rosette. 

Using fine gold thread from Hobby Lobby I wrapped the thread around my fingers four times and used a piece of tear and tape in the center of the scalloped circle to hold the threads in place:

I used hot glue to put the printed rosette over the scalloped circle and thread piece. Used my tulle templates on my table for my tulle - 

I had made these using circle punches and #110 weight card stock for these templates. Used a Sharpie marker to write the size on the circles. For the tulle on my rosettes I folded my tulle into layers and put the 1 3/4 circle on top of the tulle and cut the tulle around the circle template using scissors. With the circles cut I used hot glue for the center of the rosette to put the tulle on. I used two tulle circles for my rosettes. Used hot glue to put the rosette onto the scalloped circle. Using flat back buttons from Hobby Lobby I put a button in the center of the rosette using hot glue:

Die cut the banner piece from various card stocks from the stash. Used white card stock and cut out matching banner pieces. Used liquid glue to put the printed banner piece onto the white banner piece to make the banner more sturdy. Measured and cut my printed card stocks for the bag front. Put these onto the bag fronts using the ATG. Used tear and tape to put the banner piece onto the bag front. Die cut the turkey and put that altogether using scraps. Wanted to "clean up" the back of the assembled turkey:

so using a circle punch and scrap lightweight cardboard I punched out a circle and put it on the back of the turkey:

Used hot glue to put the rosette at the top of the banner piece on the bag. Put the turkey at the bottom of the banner piece using pop dots and tear and tape. Used scraps for my shadow piece for "Happy Fall" which is a die set from Kat Scrappiness. Used foil poster board sheets from the Dollar Tree for the gold "Happy Fall" pieces. Put the words and shadow pieces together using liquid glue. 

Here is a photo of one of the bags:

Have to fill all the treat holders I made for Thanksgiving and pack the bags but everything is put together now so onto to Christmas projects! 

Thanksgiving Nugget Box

 Recently shopped a used stamping products sale and I picked up the Sizzix Shaker Box die for $10.00 - it is the long steel ruled die on the left in this photo:

I wanted to use the box to hold both chocolate and chocolate with almonds nuggets for Thanksgiving. Here is a photo of the finished boxes:

To begin with I used new seasonal card stock - I believe from CartaBella for the prints on the box and the wrappers for my nuggets. For the solid card stocks I used card stock from the stash in three different colours. First I die cut all the boxes and pieces using my BigShot with the extended plate and a crease pad. Once all the solid and printed pieces were die cut I decided I wanted to line the bottom of my box with white card stock. Using a square scalloped die from my stash I die cut my white pieces for the inside bottom of the box. All prints and the white die cut piece for inside the box I put on the box while it was flat before I assembled the box. I used the ATG to put these pieces on the box. Here is a photo of the white die cut piece inside the box:

For the window on the box I used clear transfer sheets and cut them larger than the window opening and I put the clear sheet on the box using Glossy Accents. For the nuggets I cut my wrapper pieces 1" wide by 3 1/8" long. This length allows me to put the glue dots on the wrapper and wrap it around the candy and the glue dots will adhere to the card stock wrapper rather than to the piece of candy wrapping. Once all my nugget wrappers were cut I ran them over the bone folder to make it easier to wrap the nuggets with the card stock. Here is a photo of the inside of the box showing the wrapped nuggets and the clear sheet window:

For the "Gobble, Gobble" I used a stamp from my stash and rust ink to stamp it onto white card stock. I used a frame die set to die cut this piece out. I put it on the inside flap of the box lid. Using another stamp from the stash I stamped "Thanksgiving Blessings" onto the white card stock and again die cut that out using a frame die. I put this on the top of the box and then tied it closed using twine from the stash:

Added sequins to the label for some sparkle. This box is very easy to assemble and makes for a nice presentation for a nugget treat holder for Thanksgiving. Glad I was able to find this older Sizzix die at the sale for only $10.00 rather than having to pay the new price of over $40.00! This box would also hold tea lights and other candy treats as well. A good find for sure!

Bag fronts for Christmas treat bags - -

 Last trip to Dollar Tree I came home with a box of their Christmas cards which I have never bought before but I liked the picture with the glitter and colours. Decided I would use these cards for the front of the treat bags I make for Christmas.  Here is the box of cards:

I had white paper gift bags in the stash so I decided to use them. I went through the paper stash and found red and white card stock from Hobby Lobby for the bag front. Measured the bag and decided what size I needed the striped piece to be so I trimmed that to size and put that on the bag front using the ATG. . 

For the card piece I used the trimmer and cut the front off the card. Used a decorative edge die and I die cut two pieces using the foiled poster board sheets from the Dollar Tree in silver. Cut two more pieces of that for the sides of the card piece. Put the decorative and side pieces onto the card front. Using the ATG I put this onto the bag front. Wanted to have some Poinsettias on the corners of the snowman card front piece so I used the smaller Poinsettia die from Impression Obsession for my flowers:

I die cut the flowers using shiny and foiled card stock and assembled the flowers using mini glue dots. Added a red crystal to the center of the flowers. Using the sprig punch from M Stewart I punched out some sprigs for the flowers. Used TomBow liquid glue to the put the sprigs on the bag front. Here is the photo of the bag front using the Dollar Tree card:

For the Poinsettias I used both shiny and foiled card stock and I used three layers for the larger flowers and two layers for the smaller flowers. For the red foiled "Merry Christmas" I used a die from the stash to cut that out of red mirrored card stock. Put that on the bag front using TomBow liquid glue. Easy project to put together once all the die cut pieces were cut out. The flowers have lots of detail and are easy to bend for dimension. Now off to make the rest of the bags I need . . .

Candy Corn Treat Boxes

Had seen the candy corn treat boxes that "TheScrappyBookworm1" on YouTube had made for Halloween. I thought they were cute but I decided to use my new-to-me SU die set "Cutie Pie" for my treat holder:

I used white #110 weight card stock from Mikes for the box. For the yellow, orange, and white pieces of the candy corn I used only scraps. I did not measure my pieces - just used scraps and cut them as I went along. I already had the spider web die set in the stash and since I was cutting the spider web in half to fit on the box I used scrap black card stock for that as well. 

First I cut the front and back pieces for the box. I folded all the score lines, creasing them with the teflon bone folder. Put tear and tape on the scored parts and was ready to assemble the box. I attached the back to the front. Laid this flat and covered the front of the box using the ATG. Used scrap card stocks using yellow, orange, and white and cut them to size and put them on the box front:

Turned this piece over and cut off the overlapping yellow, orange, and white card stock pieces using scissors:

With both sides trimmed off I closed the box and here is what it looked like before I decorated it:

With all the boxes assembled I added Stickles to each colour of the candy corn. Set that aside to dry and die cut all the spider webs. Cut them in half for the boxes. I used glittered black card stock for the spider and I used scrap green card stock for his eyes. The smaller bugs I used a small bug punch from the stash and also used the glittered black card stock for those. 

With the Stickles dried I used TomBow glue on the back of the spider webs and put the web on the box front. Added the big spider to the lower right front of the box and then added two of the smaller bugs to the web area. The bugs are on the box front using glue dots:

I added shred from the Dollar Tree to the inside of the box and chocolate candy treats and used dotted gross grain ribbon to tie around the box: (this photo was taken before the small bugs were added to the box front)

Here is a photo of all the boxes I made:

Thanks to the ScrappyBookworm1 for her inspiration and her how-to video. Cute treat holder for BOO Day for sure. I had bought this Cutie Pie die set from a used Stampers Sale awhile back and it is fun die set - Altho it can make pieces of pie shapes or a slice of cake I have never used it for that. Last Christmas I used it for a holiday treat holder:

Using the heavier weight card stock from Mikes this holder is free standing and the weight of the candies inside does not effect that. ALSO - -

Sadly MorningStar Stamps is closing it's doors the end of this month. I found Pam M. and her booth at a stamp show years ago and have bought from her ever since online. My most used stamp of hers has to be both the large and small Snowman face stamps and here are a few projects I have made using her stamps:

Here is a link to her online store if you should want to buy the small and large Snowman Face stamps or any of her other stamps:

http://morningstarstamps.com/stamps/snowmen.html

Online Shopping

 Last sale at Kat Scrappiness helped to bring these items to the craft room last week:

Halloween border dies set, ghost/halloween icon die set, "Lift Your Spirits" words die set, and "Happy Fall" words die set. A free gift bag was inside:

Inside the organdy bag is a scratch off ticket for a percentage off another purchase, a mini candy cane, as well as a little bag of Christmas holiday sequins mix. This mix has itty bitty snowmen which will be perfect on a shaker project.  Lots of projects ahead for these new items -- but happy they were on sale!

YAY!!! A PIC Surprise!!!

 Happy me!!!  My PIC (stamping Partner In Crime) just stopped by to drop of a bag of items for me -- a new catalog from Close To My Heart (she is a demo for them):

donnaschaeffer.ctmh.com

Plus two holiday ornaments for me that she made! Altho I LOVE them both Autumn is my favorite season as well as the colours so this is my favorite:

It is the quilted Pinecone ornament and a lot of the fabrics have gold on them for sparkle and shine. Here is a photo to show the top of this ornament:

Such perfection! She also gifted me the gold tone ornament stand to keep it on. The second ornament, also a favorite, is for BOO Day:

and the side of it:

and the top of it:

She does such beautiful work and to think this past Christmas is when she started making her ornaments!! Definitely she has a calling for this craft!  LOVE THEM!!!  A   H U G E  thank you to Donna for thinking of me and taking the time to make these for me!!!

BOO Day Card 2021

 Finished the Halloween cards I was working on and here is a photo of it:

The card base is Mikes #110 weight black card stock scored at the top. The front of the card is white card stock that I die cut using this cover plate from Reverse Confetti:

I wanted to use holographic card stock on the front of the card with the "spooky" die so I did not want the card front to be too busy. I decided on four colours I wanted to use for the card front so first I cut out the cover plate using white card stock. Then I cut out the four colours I wanted to use for my stripes. With everything cut out I adhered the white card stock front to the black base and then added my stripe pieces one by one in order by colour. With the card fronts done I set those aside.

Using the "spooky" die from SimonSaysStamp I die cut this using the Park Lane holographic card stock sold at Joann's. For the shadow piece of that die set I used the #110 weight black card stock from Mikes. Used liquid glue to put the two "spooky" pieces together. Set those aside to dry. 

Used an old Sizzix die for the ghost and die cut that using glittered white card stock. Used tear and tape to put the ghost on the card fronts. Then used pop dots for the "spooky" word and card fronts were done:

With die cutting all done making the dozen cards did not take long as I did them all in assembly fashion so it went quickly. It is hard to photographic the Park Lane card stock as it is very shiny but hoping it shows on the photos. Now to fill up all the treat holders I have made for BOO Day and to move onto the Thanksgiving projects already started! 

Decorated Coffin Treat Box Holders

 Had made up some of the My Creative Time Coffin Treat Boxes for BOO Day treats. Just finished decorating them and they are ready to fill - here is a photo after they were die cut but not decorated:

Now with them decorated:

Added bling to the spiders so they would show up more with their glittered black card stock. Used crystal bling from the stash for the tops of the coffin boxes using Crystal Accents. Used a leaf punch from EK Success for the glittered leaves and the ribbon flowers are from the stash. Used hot glue to add those to the box tops. Will fill them with black shred and chocolates for BOO Day treats. 

Paper Crafter's Yard Sale

 Drove to Lewisville, NC yesterday to attend the second Paper Crafter's Yard Sale of the year held in the parking lot of the Enchanted Cottage paper crafting store. They had held this sale in the Spring and I went to that one as well and found lots of goodies to add to my craft room.  Yesterday I did the same - here is a photo to show the seller canopies set up in the parking lot when I arrived:

For this sale I had no list of things I was wanting to find but my PIC, (stamping Partner In Crime), who could not go to the sale, is looking for a SU punch/stamp set so that was the first thing I was hoping to find. When I got to the sale one of the sale tables had SU punch/stamp sets all set out so I shopped her tables first but was unable to find the set my PIC has been searching for. At a nearby table one of the sellers had plastic bins filled with dies from Aliexpress all marked $2.00 each and I bought one set for me:

At another table I was so happy to find the Sizzix/T Holtz Eiffel Tower die that I have wanted for some time but have never seen at these sales. I bought that and at the table next to that I found the Sizzix Box Shaker die as well as a Santa die:

One crafter was selling various spools of ribbon so I picked these three up from her -- three spools for 50 cents so certainly a great price for my new to me fall ribbons:

Another seller was selling SU die sets for $1.00 each set so I brought these home with me:

The set on the left is the On Film die set and next to that is the Boo to You die set. Also:

Stitched Frames -- so happy to get these sets for a total of $3.00.  Did not want to shop the sale without shopping the Enchanted Cottage store to help support them and I was able to find one die set too cute to leave behind - it is from Polkadoodles and I had not heard of them before:

Very pricey at $16.00 but I checked the internet and altho SimonSaysStamp sells this brand they did not stock this die set - it was the last one so I had to bring it home. Once I was home I did check on the Polkadoodles website and they are located in England but they do ship to the US so that is a good thing if I should see other products of theirs that I can not locate for sale in the US.

On the way home we stopped for subs and was home early enough to get everything in the craft room and started putting things away. The Box Shaker die I will be using for treat holders for Thanksgiving so that will be used soon as I am almost done with all my BOO Day projects I have been working on. 

Lots of sellers had machines -- if I had not already bought my Brother Scan N Cut earlier I would have bought the one a seller had - it is the top of the line machine with accessories and it was just once to make wedding table decorations. She was selling that whole set for $135.00 so certainly a good buy. Also a Silhouette/Cameo and Cricuts and lots of Big Shot and Big Kick machines. Tons of storage for sale from table top items to the white cubbies from Mikes, to shelves, racks, drawer units, etc.. A wide variety of items to shop for sure!

Enchanted Cottage is one of the last stores to still be open but being so far from me I am only able to shop there a couple times a year. But it is nice to be able to go to a store and see the products and samples in person rather than just shopping websites for new products. Happy to make the trip for their second Paper Crafter's Yard Sale this year - esp since all the stamp shows in our area have not been held again this year. Hoping the shows return for 2022!