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Join Paper Pumpkin! Get This September Haunts & Harvest Kit!

If you are new, this is how Stampin’ Up! describes Paper Pumpkin! Think about trying it, especially this month if you like fall!

“What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is our monthly One-Stop Box™ that offers a unique variety of paper projects for subscribers of any skill level to enjoy! These thoughtfully themed and all-inclusive craft kits encourage Stampin’ Up! customers to explore their creativity, try new techniques, and discover their potential in papercrafting.”

This kit features three different designs for every treat box. That means whether you want to celebrate the Fall harvest or feel like getting in the Halloween mood (or a mix of both!), you can choose how you want to create your adorable treat boxes! Take your pick from crisp red apples, seasonal pumpkins, spooky jack-o-lanterns, or get creative and customize them into whatever you can imagine!

The Haunts & Harvest Paper Pumpkin Kit contains enough supplies to create 12 treat packages which means you get to share the a-maize-ing treats with your friends and family! These treat package designs are perfect for Halloween party favors or place setting favors at a fall feast. These treat packages are the perfect way to tell your family and friends to eat, drink, and be scary!

The Haunts & Harvest Paper Pumpkin Kit not only offers the cutest giftable treat packages, it is also intended as home décor with the included wheelbarrow crafting opportunity! This month’s Paper Pumpkin box is designed with pre-traced lines and instructions to create a vintage-inspired wheelbarrow as a place to display your too-cute-to-spook treat packages.

ABOUT THE KIT

Haunts & Harvest

Kit contains enough supplies to create 12 treat packages—4 each of 3 designs. The all-inclusive kit includes printed die-cut boxes, die-cut sheets, adhesive, and more!
Finished treat box size: 2-1/2″ x 2″
Includes an exclusive stamp set and a Classic Stampin’ Spot
Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Pale Papaya, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Succulent

Remember, this is YOUR kit when it arrives in your mailbox in mid-September! You will be ready to start thinking about fall and fall decorating! You can make everything exactly as designed in the kit or use the supplies to make your own designs and variations! If you don’t want treat boxes, make cards out of the supplies. Change it up however you like, but I have to say, it is a treat sometimes to just open the box and not have to think about “what to make”. The plan is already there for you! There’s even a video you can watch plus the directions. It’s easy enough for everyone! If you want more than 12 treat packages, order two kits! You may be able to get a “Refill Kit” later on but those are never guaranteed. Once you are signed up as a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can go in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and order any past kits or refills that are available!

I always say Paper Pumpkin is a gift you give yourself! Once a month you can count on getting a package in the mail and what is better than a box of a new stamping project and supplies!

The deadline is Friday, September 10th so sign up today so you do not forget!

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Last Minute Easter Ideas

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Make An Easy Easter Basket

Cute and easy to make and decorate!

Easy Easter Folded Candy Holders

These are so fun and easy to make for a piece of candy or a tea bag or treat!

An Easy Candy Basket For Easter With Candy Chicks

I have this little basket out for an Easter decoration this year! Looks complicated but it is NOT!

Easter Bunny Tiny Treat Box For Candy

Love this little punch art or die-cut bunny! Make one to put on the front of a card or for a treat!

The Easter Bunny is Hiding Some Easter Eggs!

Just punch or cut out a bunch of oval “eggs” of different sizes from designer paper and cardstock plus bunny shapes for an easy card!

Happy Easter!

Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box For Valentine’s Day

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Mini Curvy Keepsakes Candy Box For Valentine's Day

Don’t forget about the cute little boxes you can make easily for some Valentine candy, even at the last minute! Any cardstock or designer paper you have will work, but for Valentine’s Day you might want to use some fancy designer paper!

This cute little box is made with the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies. You just need a piece of 6″ x 6″ paper for the box. Then you can also die-cut a little heart in the same set to tie onto the box. Just cut the paper, fold on the score lines, then assemble. Push down on the two handle pieces and fold over the two slit pieces to hold the box together. Be sure to put your treat in first!

I used the pretty Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper with the foil accents. The die-cut heart is Rococo Rose Cardstock. I tied it on with the Whisper White 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon. That’s all there is to it! You could use this little box for Valentine candy or maybe a little table decoration or party favor. You can get very creative with this Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box and make all kinds of creations.

This little Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box For Valentine’s Day matches the card I made with the Love You Always Specialty Paper here in this post! Make a matching set!

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders

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These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders have been around a long time and I probably make them every year! I’ll link to some other ones I have made a little later. Once you have the pattern and the idea, you can run wild with decorating them for any occasion! Maybe party favors, or a little favor at a dinner party (when we can have dinner parties again!), or a stocking stuffer at Christmas, or a treat in an Easter basket! Whatever you want to make!

These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders are just a strip of cardstock wide enough to hold your candy, with a slit inside to hold the candy if that works or space to place the candy and maybe secure with a tiny bit of adhesive. The cardstock is scored so that it will fold but have space for the chocolate. Put some adhesive on the inside of the bottom of the strip with the punched slit, and adhere. Then decorate the front and tie a ribbon around to secure.

Here are the particulars, if you are interested, for these projects.

Start with a strip of cardstock cut at 9 5/8″ x 2 3/4″. Score at 2 3/4″ and 3″; 6 1/4″ and 6 1/2″. With these measurements, you could get three strips out of one sheet of cardstock. Fold and crease on the scored lines. Open the strip back up and you will see above and below the score lines, one section is shorter than the other. You want the longer section to be the one that folds up to the inside.

Once you have identified the longer section, use the Classic Label Punch on that flap, inserting as far as you can, centered, to punch the opening for the chocolate. Put a piece of Tear & Tape at the bottom of the strip so you can fold up that flap and adhere to the inside, not quite up to the score line. You will want to stand the candy holder on the table making sure the bottom is flat as you adhere that flap.

Valentine's Day Chocolate Candy Holder Inside

The pink holder on the left is made with Blushing Bride Cardstock with a piece of the Love You Always Specialty Paper (2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″) adhered to the front of the candy holder. Then I simply layered two die-cut hearts popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals so I could tie a ribbon (the Blushing Bride 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon) around to hold it closed. There are some other patterns more like a matchbook where you just slide the top into the little fold-up pocket at the bottom. But even then, you might like a ribbon to hold it all together.

The red candy holder on the right is made the same way. It has a piece of Basic White Cardstock on top, decorated with a stamped and die-cut heart from the Lots of Heart Stamp Set and Many Hearts Dies. (Get both in the Lots of Heart Bundle and save 10%!). The greeting is also in that stamp set and is punched out with the Classic Label Punch that you used on the inside for the slit to hold the candy. The heart is popped up on Dimensionals, again, to allow room for the ribbon to wrap around the candy holder.

If you would like more ideas, here are a couple of candy holders I made last year. These are so much fun to make, I know you will enjoy this project! They are perfect, of course, for Valentine’s Day, with a nice piece of chocolate on the inside! Try your hand at my Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders because they are quick and easy to make when the holiday is getting close!

Mini Coffee Carrier Christmas Gifts

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I wished as hard as I could yesterday, but none of the rare Texas snow reached down to my part of the state, or even city! Outside of Houston, to the north and to the west got a few inches of snow which looked beautiful but it just didn’t come my way. Just rain ALL day and cold. Just not cold enough for snow! It’s been three years since we have seen snow, and I can tell you even a few flakes can be quite exciting here!

The cold and the snow reminded me of Christmas gifts I made using the Mini Coffee Carrier (retired) and the Mini Coffee Cups. Inside the cups I put a package of hot cocoa mix and plenty of candies (and maybe even a little cello bag of marshmallows). When I ran out of cups, I improvised with some retired bags from last year.

I decorated each Mini Coffee Carrier differently and decorated the cups as well. I didn’t own the dies to wrap paper around the cups so I had to decorate them some other ways because it is next to impossible to just wrap paper around a cup like that!

In the top photo, I used some Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper (retired) to decorate the Mini Coffee Carrier and cut out some houses from the Trimming the Town Designer Paper (retired) plus a stamped and colored tree with some red enamel dots for the decoration. In my gift wrap I found tags I made last year from a Stampin’ Up! kit. How great was that to pull out some cute tags I had already made and were ready to use!

Here’s one made with the cute Gnome For the Holidays Stamp Set (retired) and colored with Stampin’ Blends! You can use lots of different shapes and sizes of die cuts for the focal point on these carriers.

Here’s how I decorated the cups to go with the gnomes. I used the Stitched Stars Dies in Gold Foil.

I’ll miss this Snowman Season Stamp Set! I used some adhesive Snowflake Sequins (retired) around him. I also used the Glitter Star Ornaments (retired) on each Mini Coffee Carrier, just tied around the handle. I decorated the cup with a big die-cut snowflake from the So Many Snowflakes Dies. I ran out of cups so I just put the treats in a retired gift bag and tied some retired Christmas ribbon from last year around the package to make it look festive.

Coffee Carrier Trim the Town German Eric

You might notice some German words on this one! That’s because it was for my son who took German in high school and went to Austria for his semester abroad back in college. One sheet of the Trimming the Town Designer Paper had all Christmas words in many languages plus English printed in thin strips so I just found a German phrase on there to use and cut out the words! He also got a package wrapped in Merry Christmas ribbon from last year instead of a cup, but I think that was cute as well!

This Mini Coffee Carrier with a poinsettia is one I posted HERE back in November. You can see more details about these Mini Coffee Carriers on that post, if you already purchased some and have some extras to use.

Coffee Carrier Cups Trim the Town cutouts

And here’s how I decorated some cups just by cutting out images from the large paper in the Trimming the Town DSP that had the town scene with the mountains in the background, people ice skating, etc.

If you didn’t get to use your Mini Coffee Carriers and Cups, maybe you can think about ways to decorate them for next Christmas or even during the year with other papers and decorations, maybe for a birthday or other celebration. These were fun to make and easier than I would have thought! Once you get going, the ideas start flowing!

I didn’t get my snow yesterday but I’ll keep hoping!

Reindeer Candy Cane Treat

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Here’s a cute Reindeer Candy Cane Treat I found online looking for candy treat ideas. This isn’t what I intended to make at all, but once I saw it I had to make it since I did have a box of candy canes! I did see lots of different versions, this one I believe was made by a Demonstrator in the UK. She used a 12″ x 12″ piece of cardstock whereas I used a regular size of cardstock, forgetting that hers was larger! But it all turned out all right in the end!

To make the Reindeer Candy Cane Treat, cut a strip of cardstock 11″ x 2″ (just a smidge under 2″ so it fits in the punch!). Each end is punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. Score at 2 3/4″ and 5 3/4″. Add strips of Tear & Tape to form the pocket to hold the candy canes.

Fold on the score lines in a zig zag fashion.

Fold the bottom portion up to form the pocket. The front tag punched end will become the reindeer face!

I punched a 1/2″ circle out of retired Red Glimmer Paper. You could use any red cardstock, foil paper, or the velveteen paper. Use whatever you have. For the eyes, I used some googly eyes I had in my drawer. Of course you can use small circles of white and black for the eyes.

Insert the two candy canes into the pocket. Tie a red ribbon in the punched hole at the top. I also added a bow around one candy cane just for fun.

Just play with this idea and see what you come up with! Use what colors and materials you have. I think it makes a really cute and quick and easy reindeer candy cane treat!

Tiny Christmas Treat Box With Trees

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It’s time to be making some Christmas treats to have on hand or to gift as extra little gifts or stocking stuffers. Here is one you can make in minutes using a couple of punches, paper, and ribbon…..plus the candy!

I always have some Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand because you can make something like this little Christmas treat very quickly and easily. Just put whatever candy treat you have inside or even a very small gift and then decorate.

I got the idea for decorating this treat box kind of from the Christmas card I made on yesterday’s post with the Pine Tree Punch and using the same paper!

To make my little treat box really quick and easy, I just punched out a green Christmas tree from the ‘Tis The Season 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper using the Pine Tree Punch. I was only going to put that one tree on the front of the box, but I liked some of the red paper too so I thought, “Why not have two red trees also?”. I punched out two red trees and placed them on each side behind the green tree. Next, I thought it would be nice to have a piece of Gold Foil behind the trees, so I punched a circle that would fit with the 2″ Circle Punch.

For a little bling, I of course had to add a few of the Holiday Rhinestone Jewels just to the green plaid tree. The final step was to just tie a Real Red 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon around the box. Not only is it decorative for the top of the box but it also keeps the lid closed! You could also add a greeting on the box or tie it on to the ribbon, perhaps from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set.

These Clear Tiny Treat Boxes keep you from having to look up measurements to make a little box! They store flat and all you have to do is unfold it, crease on the score lines, and make it into the box. Be sure to put a package on your next order!

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Poinsettia Decorated Mini Coffee Carrier

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I’ve had these carriers for a while and kept forgetting to use them, but here is one for you today, my Poinsettia Decorated Mini Coffee Carrier! These will be fun to make for neighbor gifts or treats or extra presents for your family. You can use them in so many different ways for so many different treats!

Fill the cups with cocoa mix, or maybe just one cup and then on the other side put cello bags of marshmallows and maybe a peppermint stirrer. Put any kind of candy or maybe small cookies inside the cups. Fill cello bags with a treat and insert those inside the cup but leave off the lid so the recipient will see the pretty treat bag tied with a ribbon and a tag. Decorate the Mini Coffee Carrier but put in gifts of small candles or bath products or some other kind of product or container. The ideas are endless!

This is what the Mini Coffee Carrier starts out like! It is folded flat so you don’t have to worry about storage space. Just start sticking your hands in there to open it up and then when it gets loosened up, crease and fold on all the score lines to make your carrier. Play around with those tabs on the bottom and make sure you have them assembled so they are strong to hold the contents of the carrier. You get 8 kraft carriers for only $5!

The coffee cups are separate if you would like those. Order the Mini Coffee Cups and get eight cups and lids and they are food safe and can hold a beverage up to 200 degrees F.

Here I started decorating my carrier with paper in the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper. You can wrap a strip of paper around as far as it will go or you can do as I did, just cut paper to fit each side of the carrier. To leave a small margin of the carrier showing, I cut my designer paper at 2 1/8″ x 5 1/2″ for the front and back and 2 1/8″ x 2 5/8″ for each end. I tried to match the pattern but it wasn’t that important with this paper, but make sure you check your patterns so one isn’t upside down or completely doesn’t match and look good.

Poinsettia Decorated Mini Coffee Carrier Front Decoration

To decorate my carrier, I cut out a large poinsettia from one of the papers and die cut the leaves with the Poinsettia Dies. I used Garden Green Cardstock. For the berry sprigs, I die cut those from Whisper White Cardstock and then colored the berries with the Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend and Dark Soft Suede for the stems. The flower and leaves are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals® and the sprigs adhered with tiny bits of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the berries.

Poinsettia Decorated Mini Coffee Carrier Tag

I actually love this tag that I came up with! The Garden Green tag is punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. The Whisper White layer is stamped with a Happy Holidays greeting in the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. Then I stamped the berry sprig in Crumb Cake ink to make a lighter interesting background. The poinsettia is hand-cut from the designer paper. The tag is tied on with the Real Red Sheer Ribbon.

There are dies to order to make wrappers to go around the cups for decoration. If you don’t order these, you may have to cut up a cup for a template to make your paper fit around the cup. The dies are called Warm Wrap Dies and they will make your life easier! Since I don’t own them, I punched a strip of Real Red with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch and adhered that to the cup, then added another hand-cut small poinsettia flower to each label.

It’s time to be thinking about making some holiday gifts! Really, you could use these any time of year! All you have to do is decorate for any occasion.

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Fun Halloween Projects From the Past!

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Halloween Decorated Candy Bars

I think one fun treat project is to cover candy bars with designer paper or cardstock and then decorate. It doesn’t matter if you have Halloween paper or not, you probably have something that will work. If not, stamp some cardstock.

Mini Curvy Keepsake Halloween Character Boxes

It’s so fun to use the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Die to make all kinds of treat box characters, like this Jack-o-Lantern and Frankenstein. You’ll find all kinds of examples on the internet for ideas!

Monster Bash Halloween Clear Tiny Treat Box

I continue to say having these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand makes it so easy when you want to make a little treat, gift box, or party favor. Just decorate in any number of ways, with designer paper, ribbon, stamping, whatever you like for the occasion.

Easy Halloween Trick or Tweet Candy Treats

If you want to make a special, but easy, treat wrapper for Halloween, just cut a strip of cardstock and score for the bottom to fit the candy and decorate the front with a funny Halloween character or design!

Black Cat Halloween Cards

If you want to make Halloween cards but don’t have Halloween paper, make your own “designer paper” by stamping all over. Start with the largest stamp as you stamp randomly around on your paper, then progress through the smaller stamps you are using to fill in the space. It’s really fun! The Cat Punch makes this card so easy!

Triangle Treat Box For Halloween

I’ve always thought these Triangle Treat Boxes were so easy to make and turn into a great treat box. You can vary the size easily. Just follow the directions in this post, linked in the title. Once you make one, you will have it down!

A Quick and Easy Halloween Card With Ghosts

One of my favorite things of all in stamping is making ghosts out of hearts cut in half! You’ve got to try it!! Here’s an easy card with ghosts and some fun Halloween paper in the background. But you could also just use Basic Black maybe with a few “Boos” written in the background or embossed.

I hope these past Halloween ideas have gotten your creativity going if you are making some last-minute Halloween projects! I hate to see Halloween come to an end because it’s so much fun to make Halloween projects and cards!

Happy Halloween!

Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Halloween Witch

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I think with all the shiny new products, which are great, we have forgotten about products we already have which are perfect for this upcoming holiday season, fall, and Halloween like this Mini Curvy Keepsake Box Halloween Witch. You can make all kinds of little gift boxes and even characters using this Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies. So much opportunity for creativity!

This little Mini Curvy Keepsake Box is so easy to make, no matter what else you are going to do to it! Just die cut the one piece and fold on the score lines. Your box will come together quite well! After scoring and creasing the fold lines, it might be good to kind of press down on the sides to kind of get that curve going a little bit. Then hold the two handles together and slip the two sides with slots right over the handles. Then decorate the box however you like.

For the Halloween witch, I used a piece of Granny Apple Green Cardstock. I assembled the box and then added the witch features. I had a bag of googlie eyes so I opted to use two of those. You could just use circles of black and white cardstock. The witch’s nose is from the 1/2″ Circle Punch (retired, sadly) but if you don’t have the punch you can just cut one by hand or find a punch in your stash that will work. I had some black dots so I put one on her nose for a wart! I just drew in the mouth and freckles with the Basic Black Stampin’ Blend using the tip end, not the brush end.

For the hair, I just grabbed some twine I had, thinking it was Linen Thread but I think it was some natural colored twine I had from something. I just cut a few strands, tied them together in the middle with another piece and adhered them to the witch’s head! You could do cardstock strips, yarn, shredded paper, other ribbon or string you have.

The witch’s hat I sort of copied from one I’d seen on Pinterest or somewhere. You could use the old Tree Punch we used to have but I used the Pine Tree Punch which is current. I punched out two trees. I didn’t want the shaggy edges that make it look like a tree so I just cut along the two sides and cut those edges off so that I had a perfect triangle. I used Black Glimmer Paper because I had some scraps which the punch fit, but not the hat base. For that, I just happened to find this large scalloped circle already cut out and just went with that. Cut a slit in the center of the hat base in which you will insert the triangle top of the hat. I took the two trees and adhered them together with Glue Dots near the top. You want to keep most of the bottom open so you can slide it over the box handles. Then fold the tree trunk up facing the tree, on each side, and use Mini Glue Dots to adhere those trunks to the hat base after inserting through that slit. That way the tree is attached to the hat base but it can still be placed over the box handles.

For a little embellishment, I tied on a Terracotta Tile ribbon and stuck on a little plastic Halloween blackbird sticker I had in my stash. You can just barely see it against the black witch’s hat.

That’s all there is to it! You could make a ghost out of white paper, a scarecrow, Frankenstein, some other monster, or a pumpkin! All with this one die and that’s just for Halloween! Have fun playing with the Mini Curvy Keepsake Die and see what you can make with it!

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Paper Pumpkin Halloween Treat Holders

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These Paper Pumpkin Halloween Treat Holders aren’t finished yet, but I thought I would show you how cute they are! Actually, they ARE finished, I just would have to put treats inside and then tie a piece of twine around the other end of the treat holder and it’s done!

This is the September 2020 “Hello Pumpkin” Paper Pumpkin kit! Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription for a papercrafting kit to be mailed to you around the middle of each month. There is no risk or obligation and you can skip a month if you need to!

Rather than make all the treat holders I could possibly make with this kit when I don’t know if I will have any trick-or-treaters this year, I made these and I’m going to make “alternate” projects with the rest of the supplies! And that’s perfectly okay with any of the kits! Every month there are alternate ideas posted online that you can get inspired by if you prefer to make something different with your kit. I plan to make Halloween cards with these supplies Or maybe I will make cards and a few more treat holders and save them for next year when we won’t have the pandemic and kids can trick-or-treat again safely.

October 10th is the last day this month to get signed up in order to get the NEXT Paper Pumpkin kit, which will be mailed out mid-October. It is a holiday kit which you can read all about HERE.

It’s time to be making Halloween treats and cards, whatever you like! Maybe some Halloween home decor!

Check out the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper Sale going on now in the Online Store! In there you will find the Magic In This Night Designer Paper which is perfect for Halloween! Not that you have to have official Halloween paper! If you look through your other papers you may find other patterns that you can use for fall and Halloween.

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Witch’s Boots For Halloween!

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Something fun to make for Halloween is a witch’s boot out of a toilet paper roll or a paper towel roll. You can use it for a decoration in your house or you can put candy treats inside the roll or into a narrow cello bag, tie with a ribbon at the top, and put it into the boot. These are actually easy to make – just wrap the paper around the tube and add a triangle cardstock piece at the bottom for the boot.

Since I had an empty paper towel roll, I decided to make a pair of boots this year! I cut the roll in half so I could have two boots. Then I chose the Artistry Blooms Designer Series Paper to use for the stocking. Really you could use almost any of the papers in that package, especially if you wanted your witch to have some crazy stockings! But I chose this green ombre print paper pattern which definitely looked like Halloween. Just cut a piece of paper that will it the length of your roll and long enough to go all the way around the roll.

For the boot piece, cut a piece of Basic Black Cardstock to go around the bottom of the roll that just meets and then fold back the edges to look like the collar of the top of the boot. It will be just as tall as you want the boot to look, maybe about an inch high or so. For the base of the boot, just cut a triangle-shaped piece. The wide back end should be wide enough for the paper roll to fit on it. From there it tapers down to a point that you can roll back a little for the toe of the boot. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the very bottom of the paper towel roll to adhere to that triangle piece.

If you want a boot buckle, just cut a piece that will fit in the space and then cut a smaller piece of black to adhere to the center to make it look like a buckle, but you don’t have to cut out the center of the buckle. It’s a “faux buckle”! I used Gold Foil for the buckle, but you can get creative and use any color you like.

Just for fun I added three rows of lace to the top of the witch’s stocking using the Very Vanilla 3/8″ Scalloped Lace Trim. I just used Mini Glue Dots to hold the lace in the back.

Click HERE to see the witch’s boot I made last year in 2019 and HERE to see one from 2018. Here’s one from 2014! See how fun and easy they are to make!

Use your imagination when you get a toilet paper roll or paper towel roll that you can use and make up your own Witch’s Boot for Halloween!

Happy Halloween (a little early!)!

Clear Tiny Treat Box With Sunflower

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One of my favorite extra products in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog besides stamps, paper, and ink, are the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes which can be decorated like this Clear Tiny Treat Box With Sunflower. Put a candy treat inside or a small gift and you are good to go! Just keep a package of these treat boxes in your stash for any occasion that arises.

The stamped sunflower is the smaller one in the Celebrate Sunflowers Stamp Set. This is the technique I used to stamp and color this sunflower:

Use Stampin’ Write Markers to color directly on the stamp in the different colors, huff on the stamp, then stamp on Whisper White Cardstock.
Use a Blender Pen to pick up ink from the ink pad lids of whatever colors you choose to lightly color in the white space on the stamped flower. Although I used a Crushed Curry marker to color on the stamp, I used So Saffron Ink with my Blender Pen to fill in the flower petals. I used a Granny Apple Green marker for the leaves but colored in with Mint Macaron.
The flower center didn’t look good filled in with Soft Suede so I went back with Cajun Craze lightly to match the markers. When it looked too solid or something, I used the small tip of the marker to fill in a lot of tiny dots around that center.
The very center has some yellow and a tiny bit of green.

Blender pens are good to use because you tend to get a lighter color using them but you can pick up more ink and get a darker shade. We used to use Blender Pens all the time, back in the “olden days” when I first became a Demonstrator. You can pick up ink from the ink pad or lid with them, pick up ink directly from the marker tip, blend Watercolor Pencil colors or even pick up color directly from the Watercolor Pencil tip. They are so handy and versatile. Just enough moisture to work but not enough to pill the cardstock, unless you work it too much. In that case, Shimmery White Cardstock is better than Whisper White.

The sunflower is die-cut with the Sunflowers Die. Then I wrapped a ribbon around the treat box and adhered the die-cut sunflower. This ribbon I used is the green gingham in the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack.

After putting your treat or gift inside, you could tie the ribbon around from the bottom to the top instead or just add a bow to the lid of the box. You could stamp a little tag to add as well.

There are so many things you can do with these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes! They are handy for so many occasions! Here is a favorite one I made at Easter.

Here is a close-up of the sunflower so you can see the coloring. You could also stamp in Memento Black ink and color with Stampin’ Blends. Or use Watercolor Pencils.

Clear Tiny Treat Box With Sunflower Closeup

Think about getting a package of these Clear Tiny Treat Boxes and also check out the other types of boxes and bags Stampin’ Up! carries for treats and gifts! There are many options!

Remember it is Bonus Days for another two weeks in July! With every $50 purchase, you will receive an email with a coupon code for $5 to use in August on your orders. No limits, so if you have a large order, you will have more coupons to use! And with the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog, a large order is pretty easy to come up with! Way too easy!!

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Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card

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I had saved a magazine photo from YEARS ago with a card like this Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card. It has survived the purging of the file of torn out magazine pages, mostly scrapbook page ideas, several times so I finally decided to leave it out on my coffee table so maybe I would finally make it someday soon. Well, the day came and I made a card with this cute lollipop made out of circles!

There weren’t any super specific instructions on how to make this but I thought it would be easy enough to figure out. It’s a great way to use up some scraps of cardstock or even designer paper or mix the two.

You can use various sizes of circles, whatever suits your fancy and fits on your card. I used a 1″ Circle Punch (retired) but you could use something larger or larger die cuts. I just chose a bunch of colors of cardstock that looked good together.

It may seem a little difficult to get the circles placed correctly in a circle to form the lollipop. It might help you to put a pencil dot on your card where you want the center of the lollipop to be and you can kind of arrange the circles around that. When you get to the last circle in the lollipop, tuck it under the beginning circle, otherwise the two pieces on either side of that first circle will overlap it. So you want the last circle to tuck under it.

Use the Multipurpose Liquid Glue to just dab in between the circles to adhere them together into the lollipop shape. That glue gives you a little “wiggle time” to get the circles shaped the way you want them. After you get the lollipop formed, you can either glue it down directly onto the card front or pop it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals® or cut down some Foam Adhesive Strips to fit.

If you have a real lollipop stick, that would be fun to use or just cut a very thin strip of cardstock. I had a white one but of course it didn’t show up against this white cardstock so I just use a strip of Bumblebee Cardstock instead. Then I tied a bow of Bumblebee Gingham Trim and adhered it to the stick with a Mini Glue Dot.

For the greeting, I thought this one in the So Sentimental Stamp Set was perfect! I stamped it in Magenta Madness Ink and die cut with a die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. Then I die-cut another piece out of Magenta Madness that was smaller and I just cut it in half so I could use each end under the greeting to help it stand out from the Whisper White card layer.

I also thought it would be fun to stamp the little confetti stamp around the card in different colors to fill in all the white space. I just used some of the lollipop colors. The card base is Magenta Madness with a layer of Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

This is certainly a fun card to make and something different. It would be fun to make a few and make them into birthday cards or just “Hello” cards to send to a friend to brighten their day! Who wouldn’t be happy to receive this special Colorful Lollipop Greeting Card card?!