Last Minute Halloween Projects Part 2

Hey Paper Pals!!

Here is part 2 of the post for today.  I had to make some goodie bags for my nieces and nephews.  I get a litle carried away when I'm in my craft room, if you couldn't tell. Hee hee.

I made some regular bags from the Plantin Schoolbook cart, and just cut them out of Halloween Paper (DCWV The Midnight Spell, and some from the Cloud 9 Fall Stack) and put some ribbon on them. (After the photos were taken, I also put emellishments on them.  I don't know why I didn't take pics of them then???!
Here are three of the bags:

And now for my most proud project of the week.  Candy Corn Boxes!!!  There were made entirely by hand, no cricut.  I had so much fun making these!!! 

 

I started with a 4x10" piece of cardstock.  I added a stirp of yellow, orange, and white to make the layers of the candy corn.  I then used a craft knife and cut out the triangle window, and placed acetate to cover it.  Then I filled with candy corn (what else?!) and tied them closed with ribbon!  They are so much fun!  It's times like these I wish I had kids to make stuff like this for their classrooms!  Haha.

Thanks for stopping by!  Let me know what you think!! 

Last Minute Halloween Projects Part 1

I haven't posted in a few days because I haven't been feeling too great, and when I was feeling alright, I was craftin'! 

I had to finish a card for my nephew, and then I decided to make little goodie bags to put the kiddos candy in... then it all got out of hand from then.  Ha.

Here are a few cards that I made.  I had to continue the "Character Dress-Up" Halloween Cards for the kiddos.  I used my Gypsy and welded a mickey mouse head to a ghost from PDDU, and this is what I came up with:  

I had to make two different variations of the card.  They are both easel cards, and here is version 2:

Then, for my nephew, I wanted to do something a little less 'childish' since he's 10, and getting into the whole teenage type thing...I decided to make him an eerie grave yard.  Here is his finished card:  

 

Thanks for looking!!

-Lori

Witch Hat Treat Containers

Hello Everyone!!

This is my very first video....and I have public speaking nerves.  Lol.  

The past couple of weeks I have been working on these silly hat.s  Not these actual ones, but the idea of them.  This design was my second choice.  I originally wanted to use the Sesame Street Elmo's Party cartridge.  It has a Party Hat on it, and I thought it would be PERFECT for the hat.  I couldn't get it to work right.  I don't know if it is my eyes,. or I just couldn't get it...but no matter how I tried making a witch hat out of it...it didn't look right.

So, this is my Witch Hat Treat Box using the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge!! 

 
It uses the Pyramid cut on page 125 of the handbook (TBBM.)  Using the window feature, cut at 5", then I used some acetate to cover the window. (So my goodies can't escape. Hehe.)  I then attached the pyramid to a circle cut at 5 1/4".  I used 'Terrifically Tacky' tape for these hats.  I typically use it on all of my bags/boxes because I really like how well it holds things in place.   So that is what I used attach the pyramid to the circle.  For the closure of the Witch Hat, so it can open and close, I used Re-positional Glue. (Scotch Brand, if anyone wants to know.) And that makes it like a Post-it, where you can stick, unstick, stick, unstick, etc.   I like using that stuff for closures that I want to be able to open and close again.

If anyone has ideas on other ways to do the closure, so that it is able to open and re-stick with ease....(but is still hidden from view) I would LOVE to know!!!! 

Thanks for stopping by!! I appreciate all comments!!

Patrick dresses up too! 4th card for the day!!!

Ok peeps, this is my last card for today, I promise!!!   I typically am not able to make this many in a day.  I typically can't even make ONE in a day!!  So this was amazing for me!  (Although I did cut out some of the cuts the night before.. hehe.)

One of my nephews, and his sister, absolutely LOVE Sponge Bob, and since I did a Sponge Bob already, I figured this one would be Patrick. (Now I just need to decide which card to give to whom!) Haha.

I wanted Patrick to either be a monster, (with his arms up like this, I thought it would be funny to put a monster head on him, like he was scaring someone..)  but it didn't look right.  So I mummied-him-up!  Ha!  I took actual Gauze tape and cut it about 1/3" thick and wrapped him up!  It took me a little bit of time to do this, (not nearly as long as it takes for me to layer all the pieces together with my eyesight!!)  But it was worth it.  I really like how he turned out!! Then of course, I had to have him climbing out of a coffin!

This is also an easel card.  I like that style of cards!   The Patrick cut is from Sponge Bob, (of course!)  The coffin is the one from Paper Doll Dress Up.  The teeny tiny bats are  Heidi Grace Stickers, the background paper is from ... um... it was the open stock paper at Hobby Lobby, so what is that...'the paper studio' brand?  I'm not sure.  But, that's the make-up of it.  Oh!  And the sentiment says "Boo"  in case you can't read it in my fuzzy picture. Ha.

Thanks for looking!!!  I appreciate ALL comments!!

Sponge Bob Celebrates Halloween Too!!!!

Hey Paper Pals!!!

I figured that Sponge Bob needed to celebrate Halloween too.  It's my favorite holiday, so it should be his too!  haha.  No, but Sponge Bob IS one of my niece and nephews FAVORITE cartoon, so I had to make them each a Sponge Bob Cart cut.  Here's the first one.  

I made Sponge Bob into a Witch for Halloween, but he hasn't quite mastered the broom-riding yet! LOL.

This cut is supposed to be him jumping up in the air, but once I saw it, I just HAD to make him hanging from a broom!!  I love the way it turned out!!  It is an easel card.  

I don't think you can read the sentiment, but it says "Hallo-SCREAM!!!"  Ha.  I thought it seemed appropriate, Sponge Bob could be screaming!! Ha.  

This was a fun one to make!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Kitty In A Cat Costume (Card #2 for today)

Hey Paper Pals!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!  

I have to start this post by saying how funny I think it is, that Hello Kitty is dressed as a CAT for Halloween!  That's like me, putting on a woman costume. LOL.  Except she is WAY cuter!! Ha!

I made this card for one of my nieces.   She likes Hello Kitty stuff, so I just had to make this cut once I saw it on the Cartridge!! :)  A cat in a cat costume!!! Classic!  Haha.

The paper is from a Cloud 9 Design stack I bought at JoAnns.  The stack doesn't have a name, but it's their specialty Fall stack.  It has some pretty neat papers in it!  Then the cut is from The Hello Kitty cart, of course.  I used stickles to glitter the lollipop.  Popped her up with pop-dots.  And ran some "happy halloween" ribbon across the bottom, and put some bat stickers in the top corners.

Thanks for looking!!

Therapy

I have been a busy little bee!  I got to go to therapy (my craft room) today!!! LOL!   It seriously IS my release though!  So getting to spend a few hours in there, is amazing! 

Well, of my ten Halloween card that I absolutely HAVE to make, I was able to knock four of them out today!  Ah sookie sookie!  Haha.

I'll start off first with my "trick or treat-ers" card.  I just love this one.  I know I say that about all of my cards, but I really LOVE this one!!  I knew that I wanted to make a few kids in costumes, and have them carrying trick-or-treat bags, but that's all I really ahd in mind.  So I got on my gypsy, and did some playing around, and I decided to use a few cuts from Paper Doll Dress Up.  

I made their little trick or treat bags to hold their candy that they get, by just cutting some orange paper, drawing a (bad) jack-o-lantern face, and folding it up with a pop-dot in the middle for bulk.

I really love this card!  This is one of the rare ones that I am proud of.

Thanks for stopping by!!!   It's getting closer and closer to Halloween!! YAY!!!

Oh Joy

Howdy paper pals! 

I have been all over the place lately with my crafts.  I jump from baby, to Halloween, to Christmas, to Birthdays, to "hello," etc.  I just can't seem to stay focused on one theme!  I need to just sit my bootie down, and get the rest of my Halloween cards finished, before it's too late!  

BUT!  Until that happens, here are two real simple Christmas cards that I made using the Wild Card Cart.  This is still one of my favorite cartridges!  I always say that I'm going to go through it and make every card... but I never do!  (I want to do that with "Just Because Cards" too!) 

Yada yada yada... Now for the cards!  Ha.

This card style is real funky..I just love it!  I basically just layered it together, added some Christmas ribbon, a candy-cane embellishment, and that was that!  Easy peesy.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Cake for my Niece

Hey Paper Pals!

Today is my niece's ninth birthday!  What a fun age!  So I kept up my tradition of making each family member a paper cake for their birthday, and made her one!  For the last one I made (I forgot to take pictures!! ARG!!)) I filled it with cash, and lots and lots of candy.  Since it was for my brother, an adult.  Since this one was for a 9 year old, I thought I better fill it with just gifts, instead of 20lbs of chocolate!  Although, I'm sure she would have loved that.  Ha ha.   

These cakes are perfect for holding small presents.  My favorite thing to do with them, is to hide a gift card or cash in lots of candy!

I started making it yesterday, and had to let part dry, so it was finished and stuffed with gifts today.  This is how it turned out:

The cake pieces were cut out of plain white card stock, then I used a metallic card stock for the 'frosting,' and ran it through the Polka Dots embossing folder.  The edges of the 'frosting' are scalloped, to make it look a little more like real frosting was spread on the cake. 

The flowers were made out of 4 cut flowers.  I inked the edges and then folded and glued until they looked like a rose. I then added Stickles to made it look like dew drops on the flowers.  

The big flower topper is just laid on the cake.  I did not want to glue it down, so that it wouldn't effect the individual cake pieces.  The topper is made out of a scallop circle for the base, then 3 daisy flowers in two different sizes, with each petal curled up.  The leaves are cut from Gypsy Wanderings, and I finished it off by placing a large gem in the center. 

I love the way it all came together.  I am always so pleased with my cakes.  I think this is my favorite thing to make.  Making bags and boxes are my favorite for sure... but I just love these cakes!  I put so much work into them. 

Thanks for looking at my project!  Let me know what you think!

Babies Make Me SMILE!

Hey Paper Pals!!

I just love babies!!!  My good friends are pregnant with their first child!!!  A BOY!!!  Oh my gosh, I am so, So. SO excited for them!!   I am sure the next few months, my craft time will be dedicated to 'baby' things!  Well, minus the time for Holiday cards/gifts.  I'm planning on making them a "Baby's First" book,a scrapbook-style baby book where they can document all of his "firsts."  His first word, first time turning over by himself, his first time crawling, first steps, etc.  And there will be space for journaling and for pictures.  In my mind, it will be adorable!!  We will see how it actually turns out!  Ha!  

Another idea that I have is to make a "Parent's Advice" book.  I've seen these at baby showers and as gifts before.  At baby showers, they have them open to where each guest can write a piece of advice to the new parents!  They always turn out really cute!  I thought it might be cute to have one already made and finished as a gift for the baby shower, use pieces of advice from other parents I know, my parents, and maybe even famous people.  Again, we'll have to wait and see on that one too! :)

So for now, here is a gift card holder that I just made.   (I actually made two of them, because I couldn't decide which patterned paper I liked best.  A gift card fits perfectly  inside, (I made those little corner slits for it to tuck into.) And it could also just be a greeting card.   I am really pleased with how this turned out!!

Here is the first one:

Here is the second one:

The little teddy bear and bottle both come out of the pocket on the front, and the rubber duckie charm are coated with an embossing powder to make them feel 'plasticky."  (My Sister-In-Law makes fun of me when I saw that word. Haha!)  

I am super pleased with how this turned out!

Thanks for looking!