Hello! Welcome to the October Creation Station Blog Hop! We are an international group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who hop on the first Sunday of each month. Our theme this month is Tricky Treats. We will be sharing ideas for your Halloween festivities this year. We've got lots of fun ideas, so don't forget to click on the Next link at the end of each post. You don't want to miss a great idea, tip or trick.
My Tricky Treats are for my Grandson, Easton. He 4-1/2 years old and is well and truly into Halloween. I made him a Halloween banner and a couple of treat envelopes plus found him a great Halloween book. Easton called the last set of Halloween banners I made him his "scary, spooky Halloween." They stayed on his door for almost two years until they fell apart. This banner is bigger and sturdier than the last set so I am sure it will be on his bedroom door for a while.
Easton loves skeletons. Of course, I had to make his banner and treats with the Them Bones Suite Collection (#162222), including the Bag of Bones stamp set and dies (Bundle, #162219), the Them Bones designer series paper (#162215) and the Glow-in-the-Dark Bats & Ghosts (#162220). I did not use the Glow-in-the-Dark specialty paper (#162221) in the suite on these projects. All of my flags were made with designer series paper glued over pieces of Smoky Slate card stock for sturdiness. The large flags are 3" x 5-1/2" and the small flags are 1-1/2" x 5".
The fish tails were made by marking the center of the flag at 1" (large flags) or 3/4" (small flags) from the bottom of the flag and then cutting in from each edge to the mark.
It is so easy just to have fun with these products! So many ways you can dress up and change up these skeletons. I had to include a dog and a cat skeleton because Easton loves his neighbors' two pets: Raven the dog and Ghost the cat--how could they not be on a Halloween banner!!! I chose colors from the designer series paper: Basic Black, Starry Sky, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray plus Smoky Slate. Each skeleton was stamped in VersaMark, heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder and die cut. The ribbon tying the flags together is 1-2/3 yards of Black & White gingham ribbon (#156485) colored with a Pumpkin Pie Dark Stampin' Blends marker.
The envelope treat holders were made with a Pumpkin Pie card stock base and covered with coordinating Them Bones paper patterns. The tombstone and the Deckled Rectangle (#159173) were stamped in VersaMark, embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder, and decorated with the Glow-in-the-Dark ghosts and bats.
These treat envelopes are quick and easy to make. For the base cut a 4" X 10-3/4"
piece of card stock and score it at 1", 5-1/2", and 6-1/4". Fold the bottom 1" piece up and adhere it to the base using Tear & Tape adhesive on each side. To make a tab to slip into the 1" pocket: measure 1-1/4" up on each side of the top piece and make a pencil mark. Then measure and mark 3/4" in from each side. Cut off the triangle formed between the two marks.
Next up is Barb Pfeffer over at justBstamping. Check out her Tricky Treats by
clicking on the link below. You are sure to be inspired by Barb's projects!
Have a "Spooky, Scary Halloween"!
--Sara Nell
These are great!
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