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More Halloween Treat Boxes

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Halloween Treat Character Boxes

I’m going to show you the last of my Halloween Treat Boxes I have made for the trick-or-treaters this year! Hopefully we will get a decent number of kids, but we don’t get as many as we had years ago.

These darling character boxes you see in the top photo I found online at www.stampingamore.com. This lady has made quite a few of these style boxes for different seasons and every one is cute! She has videos so you can watch and make at the same time.These boxes are super easy to make and then you just make whatever face or design you like on the front.

The first one I made, watching the video, was Dracula, the purple box. It turned out so cute I wanted to make more. The next one of hers that I copied is the black cat with a witch’s hat. I think I added some extra glimmer stars that I punched out. I did pull out some retired punches for all of these projects.

Next I made the green Frankenstein box. It is her design but by then I could whip up a box pretty easily and I’ve made lots of Frankenstein boxes and cards through the years.

By then I was ready to strike out on my own with the pumpkin box. I copied a face I saw on Pinterest but I think it was an ad and didn’t give a name. I wanted something to make it look more like a pumpkin so I simply cut a piece of cardstock in a curve and then sponged on Pumpkin Pie ink along that curve to give the pumpkin it’s curves! I dug out a retired stamp set with leaves the sizes wanted and stamped and fussy-cut some fall leaves in various colors of green and orange. The stem of the pumpkin is just a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock I cut by hand, with no thought! I tied a bow with some orange and black baker’s twine. I really liked my pumpkin treat box!

Halloween Pumpkin Treat Box

I also wanted to make a ghost. I just drew the ghost freehand because a ghost can look like almost any shape! The box is black but I sponged on some white kraft ink to look spooky. I also edged the ghost with a Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend marker. To make the ghost even cuter, I die cut the letters for “Boo” in the Alphabet A La Mode Dies.

Halloween Pumpkin Treat Box

Here are all the treat boxes with cello bags of candy!

Halloween Treat Boxes with Candy

At the last minute I found some Square Pillow Boxes in my stash so I thought why not decorate those and fill with candy for Halloween! I pulled out my retired Cat Punch and also used the Spooky Sweet Designer Series Paper.

Halloween Square Pillow Boxes

I wanted this pillow boxes to be quick and easy so I just sponged on some Gorgeous Grape ink only on the front and on the top flap. I cut some circles in the Stylish Shapes Dies for backgrounds. And for embellishment, I added some little black adhesive stars that I had from “somewhere”, maybe a Paper Pumpkin Kit, and the fun Shimmer Foam Star Stickers and some rhinestones and sequins for a collar on the black cats.

And finally, one more Book Treat Box treat! This one has a stamped character from the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set, colored with Stampin’ Blends. It was so fun decorating these Book Treat Boxes!

Happy Halloween Book Treat Box

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Mini Silver Gable Box

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Halloween Mini Silver Gable Box

This Halloween Mini Silver Gable Box is a mix of old and new! When you look in your stash, you never know what you might find! I found this package of Mini Silver Gable Boxes and I thought they would make good Halloween treat boxes with the proper decoration. Whether or not you have these exact gable boxes, this shows you how you can transform any small box into a Halloween treat box!

I don’t remember when we had these silver gable boxes. When I first joined Stampin’ Up! there were large gable boxes. My first customer bought some and tried stamping on them, but with the coating on the outside the ink would never dry! It’s better to wrap paper around them!

This was super simple to decorate! I looked in my Spooky Sweet Designer Series Paper and saw that this pattern with all the little candies, my favorite pattern in this package, would do with the silver box! I cut two pieces of that paper (out of scraps) to fit around the box and adhered it with Stampin’ Seal. The little Halloween guy is stamped with the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set in Memento ink, colored with Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, and fussy-cut. He is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on the front of the gable box.

The greeting is stamped from the same Spooky Halloween Stamp Set and cut apart in two strips in order to fit on the box. I used another piece of designer paper in the package for the layer for the greeting. Because I had the small star punch in the A Little Cheer Mini Punch Pack right there on my table, I punched out five stars from the Three Color Glimmer Paper (retired). You could use something else, like gold foil. They are adhered to the box lid and the front panel. With the retired Gingham ribbon, I tied a little bow on the box handle. Cute little box for the trick-or-treaters or just a little Halloween treat for someone in your family, a neighbor, or a friend.

Check your older stash once in a while and see what you have that you can use!

Just a Few Days Left to Join Stampin’ Up!

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Don’t let this pass you by!! If you have EVER thought about joining Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator, now is your time!! This is probably the best joining offer ever!

Join Stampin’ Up! today by purchasing the Starter Kit at an exceptional price!! Now is your time to become a Demonstrator and enjoy all the perks that come with that, like a 20–25% product discount, exclusive early access to the latest releases and catalogs, the opportunity to earn a modest supplemental income, the chance to attend incredible training and crafting events, and so much more! And probably best of all, the people you will meet!

There is no risk or obligation to continue for any length of time. As long as your quarterly minimums are met (and you get an extra quarter when you first join) you will remain active. You can order just for yourself or you can also take orders from anyone. You don’t even have to order beyond buying the Starter Kit if you don’t want to (but who wouldn’t want to??!). There are lots of different options for making this into a business for yourself, small or large.

The normal price for the Starter Kit is $99 for $125 worth of product. But if you purchase the Starter Kit by Friday, October 31 you only pay $35 for $125 worth of product, plus business supplies, plus a free Paper Pumpkin Kit and free shipping on the Starter Kit. You really can’t beat that! If you have been a Demonstrator in the past, it’s time to sign up again and enjoy all the fun and benefits of Stampin’ Up!

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If you want even more product, think about the second offer – choose $189 worth of products for only $99. The choice is yours!

This is a good way to try out Stampin’ Up! What a bargain as to the products you will get for only $35! See what is behind the scenes, have some fun being a Demonstrator, and see if this is for you! You might be more inspired than you imagine!

You can build your own business, however big or small you want, depending on the effort, like anything, that you want to put in. Stampin’ Up! has lots of online resources to help you in your business and a special Facebook group, Demonstrator Planning Place, with lots of crafting ideas and business information.

This is the last 3 days! You must join by Friday, October 31! Do it before Halloween so you don’t forget!

Think about it! If you would like a little something new in your life or a discount to buy your favorite products that feed your soul, consider these offers!  Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

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Mini Halloween Treats

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Mini Halloween Treats

If you want to make some quick and easy Mini Halloween Treats, these are the ones you should make! I’ve made them in the past, but as I was cutting the paper I was thinking that these were going to be too small. However, they are not too small! Does anyone else think the Halloween candy this year is very small? Even if it is, it fits in this little treat holder and so would a slightly larger piece of candy.

Cut the cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 2 1/2″. Score at 2 1/4″ and 3 1/4″. Crease and fold. Decorate the front panel. A piece of designer series paper would be 2 1/2″ x 2″. For these two treats, I used the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper.

On the Granny Apple Green cardstock treat, I added a stamped character in the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set that is colored with Stampin’ Blend Markers. Those colors kind of hurt your eyes! For a small greeting, I found “Happy Halloween” in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. I cut the words apart to fit better on the treat, although I see the “Happy” is obscured in the photos by the Darling Duckling ribbon!

The Pumpkin Pie treat has “the other side” of one of the papers and then the diecut witch’s cauldron and potion in the package of designer series paper is adhered to the front. I simply wrote”Boo!” on a little scrap banner and added that plus two Shimmer Foam Star Stickers. Who knew the Mossy Meadow & Gold Ribbon would be perfect for Halloween?

Put the candy inside (maybe using a bit of adhesive or glue dot to hold it in place) and punch a hole in the top. Tie shut with ribbon. Or perhaps you would want to staple the treat shut.

You can make these as cute and fancy as you like, depending on who you will be giving them to. Or just keep them super simple because a child is probably just going to rip it open to get the candy! You can vary the measurements if you want a larger treat holder to fit a larger candy. Just have fun with it because it is fun to make these cute little treat holders!

Mini Halloween Treats Side

Halloween Spooky Book Treat Box

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Halloween Spooky Book Treat Box Inside

I’ve spent a lot of time looking for ideas for Halloween treat box ideas, and at some point I was reminded of the Book Treat Boxes that Stampin’ Up! came out with last year. They weren’t retired and now you will find them in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. I still had a few left in the package so I decided to try my hand at decorating them for Halloween treat boxes. This Halloween Spooky Book Treat Box is really easy to make! The boxes come already scored so all you have to do is fold and crease. They even come with adhesive on them where you need it to assemble the box inside and the book cover that surrounds the box.

To decorate these boxes, I used the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper. You can just put some simple effort into decorating these boxes or you can do a lot extra, like covering every surface that shows with paper, adding extra embellishments, styling the inside of the box in different ways. It’s all up to you and the occasion.

After folding all the score lines on the two pieces of the Book Treat Box, I adhered pieces of the “generic” sides of a couple of the Halloween papers….for the cover, the book spine, the back side and the three sides that show of the box. The cover and back of the cover is 3″ x 4″. You can trim the little rounded corners with a scissors. The spine of the cover is 1″ x 4″. Don’t adhere the paper to the front of the cover until you think about the closure. The box that goes inside is easy to assemble and has adhesive. You can adhere the designer paper before you assemble it or after or even after you adhere it to the cover. The box is adhered to the back inside cover and adhesive is already provided there. Take your time centering the box exactly how you want it. The sides measure 1″ x about 3 3/8″ and 1″ x 2 3/4″ if you want to cover them.

The only “tricky” part if figuring out how to keep the box closed after you decorate it. I forgot that part on the first box I made for Halloween! There are different ways you can do it. You can wrap a ribbon around, but it might disturb your design on the front. But you can slip the ribbon underneath the paper and tie the closure shut. Or you can pop up the cover with Dimensionals so there is space underneath your cover design to slip the closure tab underneath. Or you can put something popped up on the cover, like a layered circle or something and tuck the tab underneath that.

For this box on the top there is a generic paper covering the cover. Then I trimmed down one of the front porch scenes from the Spooky Halloween paper to layer on a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock. This whole piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals so that I could slide the tab of the closure underneath it. Just mind where you put the Dimensionals so they don’t interfere with the tab fitting underneath and not catching on the sticky Dimensional.

To embellish a little bit, I stamped the word “Spooky” from the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set and trimmed it down. I took my Timid Tiger Stampin’ Blend marker that was on my table and just ran the side of it along the edge of the greeting to make it stand out a little bit. That word is popped up on Dimensionals. I also added three purple Shimmer Star Foam Stickers to the scene.

Inside the box, you can add a piece of designer paper or cardstock if you like. And for Halloween you might even like to add a surprise, once the person takes out or eats the candy! You could draw a ghost, cut it out, and adhere it inside, or for this box, I added the diecut image from the designer paper of the hippo. Just add the Halloween candy to the box, secure the closure, and you have a cute little Halloween treat box to give out!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards

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Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scraps Cards

Do you know what today is? Today is October 25, TWO MONTHS until Christmas Day! Wow! That puts things into perspective for us crafters, right?! I wanted to post a Christmas card today to remind all of us that even though it isn’t Halloween yet, it is almost Christmastime! Here are two cards, Elegant Pine Snowflakes Scrap Cards, that you can easily make with brand new paper or the scraps that you have left after making other cards. And you can use any paper you have! In fact, you can make this same kind of card for a birthday or any occasion, just change the theme and greeting of course!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Merry & Bright Card

This card is made with a Real Red card base. As you may have guessed, I used the Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper in the Online Exclusives since September. You could use Cherry Cobbler cardstock or one of the greens. The paper strips are cut at 1 3/4″ x 4″. I adhered mine directly on to the card base. However, sometimes it is easier to cut a piece of cardstock the same size as the three strips together and adhere the strips onto that layer, then the whole piece on to the card base. Or you can make a layer that is larger (if you cut your strips smaller) and have that layer show around the margins of the strips. Very versatile design. These strips are all touching, but you can also make them smaller and narrower and leave a space in between.

The greeting is one of the gold foil sentiments in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. It is layered on a Gold Foil diecut circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies. This eventually is layered on a larger Real Red diecut circle. First, however, I used the Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon back and forth behind the gold foil layer and held in place with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I often put some Stampin’ Seal on the paper to hold the ribbon in place until I get it just right and then add the Dimensionals.

For some pizzazz, I added five gold Traditional Sparkling Sequins for sparkle. With this design you can make hundreds of other kinds of cards. It’s a great way to use more than one pattern of our beautiful paper!

Elegant Pine Snowflakes Joy Card

Here is a second card, made with the same Elegant Pine Snowflakes Designer Series Paper, but with the strips switched around and a different greeting and ribbon. This card base is our old favorite, Old Olive. The greeting is also in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack, but the whole word punches out. It is layered on an Old Olive Stylish Shapes circle with Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon, which is so pretty. Just like the first card, the greeting is popped up on Dimensionals. This time I used the Real Red Traditional Sparkling Sequins for some sparkle on the card. Just add a greeting or write a message inside the card and you are set to go!

Since today is only two months until Christmas (and that’s Christmas Day when ALL the work and preparation is over with!) let’s all try to make at least three Christmas cards today, maybe more, just to get in the mood and into gear!

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Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card

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Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card

Make another fun Halloween card using the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper by using one of the scenes on the papers plus the spooky characters on the paper and cut-outs. There is so much you can do with this paper! For this card, the Spooky Sweet Pumpkins and Ghosts Card, I even added a few little ghosts floating over the field of pumpkins!

The card base is Basic Black cardstock. It goes with the nightime scene out in the pumpkin field. All I did was add some Halloween characters out on the sidewalk from the designer paper. The rhinoceros is a diecut and is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. His little friend, the bird carrying a pumpkin bucket, is standing on the brick wall in the background. The little bat dressed up like a ghost is fussy-cut from the designer series paper. He is also popped up on a few Dimensionals and the bird on the wall is adhered flat to the card.

Just to make the card spookier, I cut out three little ghosts by hand. You can sketch a little ghost by just drawing an arch and then a wiggly bottom of some kind. Add a face for your ghost and cut out. I popped up all the ghosts with one Dimensional each!

The greeting is stamped with the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set on Basic White with Memento ink. To fit them on the card better, I cut all the words apart and made them as narrow as possible. To make them spooky, I sponged them each with a little bit Gorgeous Grape ink. While I thought the card was busy enough, there was no way I could skip adding some Shimmer Star Foam Stickers for a little sparkle.

You still have time to make some Halloween cards for friends and family and get them in the mail! Have fun with whatever supplies you have to make some fun or spooky cards!

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What To Buy During Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

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Today is the second day of FREE SHIPPING at Stampin’ Up! with a minimum order of $75. You still have one more day after today, but hurry, so your products don’t sell out!

This is a perfect time to make your list of products you need for holiday cards, gifts, gift bags, gift tags….or just regular stamping and scrapbooking occasions.

I made a collection of some basic supplies in the photo above that you might want to put on your list so you are prepared for anything!

Those are a FEW ideas anyway!! Just things you don’t want to find out that you ran out right in the middle of your holiday stamping! Of course many stamp sets, dies, Kits, ribbons, scrapbooking supplies, paper, cardstock, etc. etc. etc. We want it ALL! At least take advantage of FREE SHIPPING and earn at least $7.50 in Stampin’ Rewards! Make sure you have your account set up and have OPTED IN to Rewards!!

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Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

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SURPRISE!! It’s Free Shipping at Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up! surprised us yesterday with an announcement of FREE SHIPPING for THREE DAYS ONLY! Start looking online and through the catalogs to make out your shopping list!

Here are the details:

  • Free shipping is for three days only. Orders must be opened and closed from October 22–24. (Start a new order even if you have one in your cart.)
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Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card

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Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card

This Kintsugi Inspirations Just For You Card came about, just like the card from yesterday’s post, when I realized with the holiday season coming up and always new products, I hadn’t used some of my older designer series paper. Just seeing this pattern with the small blue flowers on stems and gold foil accents made me want to use it on a card right away! I also had a scrap of designer paper with these various vases and flowers. Right away I was inspired to cut out the blue and gold vase and use it on this paper.

The card base is Misty Moonlight with a layer of the blue flowers in the Kintsugi Inspirations Specialty Designer Series Paper. All of these papers are beautiful and very different from what we normally have and use. I made a couple of diecut circles for the greeting, both dies in the Spotlight On Nature Dies, one in Misty Moonlight and one Basic White. The greeting is stamped with Misty Moonlight ink from the Traditional Labels Stamp Set.

After placing the greeting flat on the card, I popped up the vase which I had fussy-cut from the paper on Stampin’ Dimensionals. After I did that I got the idea, from seeing a scrap on my table, to fussy-cut a branch of the blue flowers and insert those into a little slit I made in the top of the vase. I used Mini Dimensionals on the back of the flower stem to pop it up like the vase.

As you know, I couldn’t leave well enough alone and had to add an embellishment! I chose the Iridescent Foil Gems to add around the greeting. It’s usually difficult to stop once you get out a package of gems or sequins!

You’ll find the whole Kintsugi Inspirations Suite in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog on pages 58-60. That means it likely won’t be discontinued any time soon so you still have a good chance to get this unique paper and even the whole Suite if you like!

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Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card

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Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card

As I was looking through my designer papers, I realized some of them have not been used for quite awhile with Halloween and Christmas projects taking the focus plus new products coming out pretty frequently. From that perspective, I made this Nests of Winter Thinking of You Card. If you wanted to, you could make it into a holiday card with a different greeting.

This paper has been around for awhile but it is still available! It came out last year in the Holiday Mini Catalog along with the Winterly Tree Tops Bundle of stamp set and dies. That Bundle was retired in April 2025, but the pretty Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper is still available! It does say “Low Inventory” as I write this so if you want to purchase it or get another package if you already have some, better hurry! It wasn’t a package of paper I would have chosen, but we used it in a virtual Stampin’ Up! event last fall and I loved it! Before the paper is gone, I decided to set it aside and make a card with it!

The card base is Garden Green Cardstock with a layer of the green striped pattern on the back of one of the featured papers. What I really like was this pair of birds sitting on a branch with red berries. I cut it out by hand with my Paper Snips, then layered the birds on a diecut piece of the Nests of Winter Designer Paper. It was cut out with the Branching Out Dies found on page 50 in the September-December 2025 Holiday Catalog, and then layered on a diecut of Real Red. You could also use Cherry Cobbler. The birds and the layers are all adhered flat on the card but you could pop up the birds or the layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is one I found in the Greetings For All Ephemera Pack. There are ephemera packs in the Annual Catalog on page 25 and in the Holiday Mini on page 15. If you don’t own any ephemera packs yet it’s time to get some! They are fun and easy to use. At first I thought this diecut greeting in the ephemera pack would be too small for this card, but once I placed it on the diecut piece, I really liked it there! If you wanted this to be a Christmas card, just add a different greeting…or just a winter card!

I couldn’t resist adding three small Cherry Cobbler & Pearl Adhesive-Backed Berries to the card front to match the berries on the paper! These are also “Low Inventory” so bette grab them if you want them. They are great for Christmas cards or any time.

This Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper just appealed to me when I came across i t, looking for something different from all the Christmas and Halloween paper. Often we get so caught up in all our new things, we forget about our older products. This was a pretty paper and I was inspired to use it for something different! Check your designer papers and see if there is something you haven’t used in awhile!

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Traditions of Christmas Stampin’ Up! Craft Class

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Be part of Stampin ‘ Up! history! This will be the first time Stampin’ Up! will hold an online craft class for everyone who wants to purchase the class – Demonstrators AND Customers! It’s the Traditions of Christmas Craft Class!

Tis the season to get crafty with the Traditions of Christmas Craft Class! During the class you’ll use the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection to make four unique projects, craft along with an experienced instructor, and learn exciting tips and techniques. Even though the Suite is currently not available until November, you can still craft along with with other supplies you have in your stash. It is only the designer paper that is out of stock right now, I believe, so you could order the other products individually.

After you’ve purchased the class, Stampin’ Up! send you an email within 2–3 business days that will have everything you need to know, plus a link to the exclusive Facebook page where they will host the class. You can watch the live stream or view it later on demand—whatever works for your schedule! If you don’t have all the materials for the live class, you can watch it later and craft along then. Or watch it live and catch up with making the projects later . You will be able to watch the video replay for at least six months.

Purchase the class in the Online Store just like you would order any product. In fact, you CAN order other things and add this class to your order. You will not pay shipping on the class if you order it by itself, but you will pay sales tax. You will just get the usual email from Stampin’ Up! saying you ordered the class, but you will get class information a few days later.

Of course, you get Stampin’ Rewards of 10% to use on a future order. And you can USE rewards you’ve already earned to purchase this class!

DETAILS
– Access to 1 digital video class
– Makes 4 projects (3 cards and 1 decor piece) using the Traditions of Christmas Suite Collection (sold separately)
– Livestream: October 23 at 2:00 p.m. (MT)
– Purchase by October 20, 2025, and access the Facebook page as soon as possible to guarantee access to the livestream
– Purchase after October 23, 2025, for on-demand access to the livestreamed class
– The class will be presented in English. Videos with English, French, German, and Dutch captioning will be available through the Facebook page one week after the live stream. Class attendees will have access to a supply list and project instructions available in English, French, German, and Dutch.

REMEMBER: Stampin’ Up! will send you an email with everything you need to know about the class. Keep an eye out for this email—it may take 2–3 business days to receive, so please be patient. Make sure you’ve opted in for Stampin’ Up! emails so you don’t miss it! If, after this time, you have not received an email, please contact Stampin’ Up! 1-800-STAMP-UP.

You will still be able to purchase the class AFTER the live class so all is not lost! If you do want to watch it live, please purchase the class very soon so you can get signed up in the Facebook group to watch it and have all the information ahead of time.

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Halloween Triangle Boxes

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Halloween Triangle Boxes

I have made many, many of these triangle boxes of various sizes through the years. They are so easy and can be made for any occasions! So here are a couple of Halloween Triangle Boxes you can try! Just remember to put candy inside before you tie the ribbon!

These are made with a piece of paper cut 4″ x 8″. You can make the size bigger or even smaller. Score in half at 4″. Make a mark at each end at the half spot which on these boxes would be 2″ on the 4″ end. The scoring will look complicated, but it will not be. The box is scored from the 2″ mark on the end to the 4″ center score line. Therefore, you will be scoring at an angle on each side, from the halfway end mark to the center score line.

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Check out the sample below where you can clearly see the score lines and creases. As you go along, you will gather the two end folds together and punch a hole through both sides on each end. I used my retired Crop-A-Dile to punch the holes but you can use any hole punch you have.

Triangle Box diagram

After all the scoring, fold and crease each score line and punch the holes, unless you want to just glue the sides together after putting the treat or gift inside.

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Halloween Triangle Box Open

Decorate your triangle box however you like! You can tie the ribbon to close the box and then decorate, but depending on what you are doing, it may be easier to decorate the front while it is flat and then close it up.

I used the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper for the one box. The candy paper forms the triangle box and then the figure on the front is cut out from another paper in the package. I simply punched a 2″ circle for behind the figure to help it stand out against the busy background of the box. I used part of a greeting in the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set and trimmed it down to be narrow with a banner end and popped it up on Mini Dimensionals. The box is tied with the Timid Tiger 3/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon.

The second box is made with Gorgeous Grape cardstock. Using cardstock makes the box a little sturdier. I decorated it with some Halloween diecuts that are included in the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series paper. The box is tied with the Darling Duckling Faux Linen Ribbon, one of the new In Colors. Instead of a greeting, I added several of the Shimmer Star Foam Stickers

There are SO many possibilities with making these triangle boxes. Here is one blog post with last year’s Halloween triangle box. And another Halloween triangle treat box from the year before.

Try one of these Halloween Triangle Boxes for a few small pieces of candy or a small gift!

Halloween Triangle Boxes Sides

Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card

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Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card

This Spooky Sweet Candy Corn Tree Halloween Card was a quick and fun card to make at the last minute with no plan! With no card idea in mind except that I wanted to make a Halloween card, I pulled out the Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper pack and took it from there!

This Spooky Sweet designer paper is called “Specialty” because it comes with a couple sheets of diecut images. All you have to do is punch them out and adhere them somewhere on your card, project, or scrapbook page. It also comes with “cut-apart” images that could be tags for a candy treat bag or background Halloween scenes of haunted houses or city streets. What got this card started was the strip of paper above the houses that is a Petunia Pop background and an iron fence. That is what I placed on the bottom of my card! My card has a Basic Black card base with a layer of Petunia Pop cardstock, one of the In Colors from last year and now in its second year.

After I had the fence, I just built a scene! I hadn’t used the diecut trees yet so I adhered one with Stampin’ Dimensionals to pop it up. With the little candy corns being individual diecuts, I thought, why not make a candy corn tree?! Haven’t we all wondered where candy corn comes from? Well, it certainly must come from spooky Halloween trees! You can see them growing right on this tree! I also added the pumpkins with a crow on top and the little Halloween fairy. She is popped up on Dimensionals.

The greeting is stamped in Petunia Pop ink from the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set. I love the greetings in this stamp set. There is also a die set that is very cute that you can add to the stamp set and purchase in the Spooky Halloween Bundle. There still is time to order these Halloween sets and designer paper and be able to make and send Halloween card and treats and certainly to make scrapbook pages to record fun Halloween memories. To help the greeting fit and to look a little more interesting, I cut the words apart and even cut around the shapes of some of the letters in order to fit in the space beside the candy corn tree. For a little sparkle on the card, I also added some Shimmer Star Foam Stickers in all three colors – black, white, and purple. I love these foam stickers! I love that they come in three colors and in different sizes so you can really mix and match depending on your project.

It’s time to make some Halloween cards to give and send so copy some of my ideas and have fun making your special Halloween creations! Remember, the Halloween products are in the Online Exclusives, not in the Holiday Mini Catalog.

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

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Ornament Trio Christmas Card

This Ornament Trio Christmas Card is another idea for a Christmas card! Keep it simple and use a few embellishments plus the greeting. Since this one uses designer series paper, you would only be able to make a certain number of this particular card, with as many sheets of this pattern of paper that are in the packages. This card was made with one square sheet with the ornaments printed on about 2/3’s of the paper and a polka dot border to one side in Crumb Cake. But it can also give you an idea for a Christmas card cutting out or stamping some ornament shapes out of the supplies you have, adhering them to a card with a background layer, and embellishing them.

This card starts with a card base of Real Red cardstock and has a layer of Gold Foil to match the bit of gold foil on the card front, the little ornament caps below the ribbon. The Gold Foil also makes the card look a little richer and special. These ornaments came from the Christmas Tags & More 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is called “Specialty” because it comes with diecuts as well as paper. Some of the paper is practically ready-made gift tags if you just cut them apart!

The patterned paper with the three ornaments on it is what I used on this simple card. I trimmed it down to 3 3/4″ x 5″, trying to keep the ornaments centered. To jazz them up a bit, I cut out three gold foil caps to cover the ones printed on the paper and make the ornaments look more authentic. I didn’t have to think very much about what greeting should go on the card. I found one that fit just right in the Greetings For You Ephemera Pack. I could have peeled off the backing of the “Merry Christmas” greeting I chose in the package to use as a sticker, but instead, I just added some Mini Dimensionals to pop up the greeting for a little interest. These greetings are SO handy and so pretty, especially with the gold foil. Be sure you put at least one, maybe two packages, on your order.

If you prefer, there are diecut ornament images in the package and you could make a similar style card using those instead of the patterned paper. There are SO many possibilities for holiday cards and projects in this one 6″ x 6″ pack of designer series paper, which is more than just normal designer series paper.

To embellish the ornaments, beside adding the gold foil ornament topper, I added some retired Cherry Cobbler and Gold Ribbon, which I still had in my basket and was the only narrow red choice I had. I thought the wider ribbon in Real Red that I have would be too large for these ornaments. Use what you have. You could use a narrow gold ribbon, bakers twine, whatever you have! I also added some Traditional Sparkling Sequins in gold near the bottom portion of the card.

Besides ordering the very fine Greetings For You Ephemera Pack (or two!), I would suggest you get one or two of the beautiful Traditional Sparkling Sequins which can be used beyond Christmas. They are such pretty, sparkling embellishments and are flat on the card, a great advantage for mailing.

October is speeding by so start thinking about Christmas and holiday cards, invitations, gifts, favors, and giftwrap ideas!

Christmas Tags & More Ornament Sheet

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