Archive for the ‘Halloween’ Category

Twick or Tweet Tweats – sounds like Sylvester the cat with some cwazy lisp . . . When I saw Tiffany Miller's sour cream containers with the polka dot window sheets, I thought – what genius! How cute is it to be able to see what's inside the treat container. You can see her collection of three Halloween sour cream containers at her site, Tiffany's Cardique. (Isn't that a cute blog name?)

 

I absolutely love the Night & Day Designer Series paper – it has this lovely distressed look on a lot of the papers. It also includes two black polka-dot window sheets – how fun! Tiffany had such a great idea, too – you can fill these little containers with Hershey Kisses, M&M's, Skittles, Tootsie Rolls, etc., and throw in a plastic spider ring among the candy as a little "trick". So, check out what I found at Target – stetchy frogs.

 

 

 

 

If you look really closely, you'll see some of these in the treat containers.

Kind of reminds you of Harry Potter, doesn't it? 

So, here's how you make the containers: Basically, it just takes a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" piece of paper (or 1/4 of a regular 8 1/2 x 11 sheet), some sticky tape, and a crimper. Run the adhesive on the very edge of the two long sides and one of the short ends. Put the two short ends together to form a tube. Pinch one of the open ends together and crimp. Then add a treat and pinch the other end together in the opposite direction to form the "twist", and crimp. Keeping the tube shape kind of works against gravity, so we found it worked best to staple the two crimped edges together – otherwise they came open at the most inopportune time and spilled candy on the floor. The dogs loved it. 

Aye, tis national Talk Like a Pirate Day. Jus’ in time, too, fer our Catty Cruise this next Fridee. So, o’ course, I’ve got some buried booty fer ye Land Lubbers – bucket booty.

Isn’t that adorable – an’ easy-peazy, too. I found a bunch o’ medium-size witches cauldrons at Target, enough fer each o’ me hostess club members t’ make one o’ these.

If ye visit th’ Catty Cruise homeport port, ye’ll find all kinds o’ great fun fer Talk Like a Pirate Day, includin’ me favorite link, top ten pirate pick up lines. "Wanna shi’er me timbers?"

• Stamps: Twick or Tweet
• Ink: Staz-On, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Fun
• Paper: Pumpkin Pie Cardstock, Night & Tide Designer Series
• Fibers: 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (Black & Pumpkin Pie), Dusty Durango 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Hemp Twine
• Tools: Aqua painters, Wide Oval Punch, Cutter Kit

 

I know, it’s been ridiculously long since I posted. Ever heard the expression, publish or perish? Oh dear, I must be on my 9th life. But, oh, I’m having fun. Check this out . . . someone had a birthday.  Me!

And, you know what that means. My twin had a birthday, too. Okay, we actually had our birthday a couple of weeks ago. But, you know, I believe in milking it as long as possible. Thanks everyone who sent me such sweet messages.

I actually have been doing a little bit of stamping. I love Halloween!

I’d love to take credit for these darling M&M lollipops, but, afraid I’m not the genius behind the delicious idea. Honestly, I’m not sure who first came up with the idea of matching the new Stampin’ Up! sweet cups with Wilton lollipop sticks. I think I read somewhere that it was demonstrated at the last Stampin’ Up! convention. But, no worries, I found a great tutorial for making them over at Teresa Payne-Neal’s blog, here.

• Stamps: Sweet Centers
• Paper: Pale Plum and Certainly Celery card stock
• Ink: Pale Plum and Old Olive Classic Ink
• Accesories: Sweet Treat Cups (very cool), dimensionals, Wilton lollipop sticks, ribbon scraps,
• Tools: 1-3/4 inch circle punch