Sea Street Treat

Confession: I can NOT stop using the Sea Street stamp set and coordinating Maritime DSP!! They both make me so happy! :) So consider yourself warned... you can expect to see a lot of red, white, and blue and sea creatures around the old blog-o!

I needed to make some swaps for our monthly Stampin' Up! team meeting recently. There was no theme, so I could make whatever I wanted, and I just felt like doing something different, you know? I had been tossing around the idea of making some sort of nautical treat packaging for a while, so I decided to give it a go!

These little treats came out so cute and were SO easy to put together! You can easily change out the sentiment, too, and make them perfect party favors for a 4th of July picnic or a child's summer birthday party. 

For the treat itself I just threw some Swedish Fish into a cello bag, trimmed a little bit off the top, and folded it over. The topper is a piece of DSP that measures 4x4 inches, folded in half and stapled onto the top of the bag. (I used the embellishments to hide the staples, but you can see them from the back. If you don't like that, you could use Sticky Strip to adhere the paper to the front and the back of the bag.)

I stamped the octopus from Sea Street in Night of Navy on Whisper White cardstock. I used the Circle Framelits to cut it out, and to cut out a layer of Real Red cardstock. The sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts (another set I can't stop using!), stamped in Real Red. Then I just added a thin strip of another pattern from the DSP collection, and... Done! :) A whole bunch of festive treats is no time flat!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you're having a great weekend!

Happy Stampin'! :) 

CCC#022: February Challenge - Hearts A-Flutter

It's February! And this month's challenge over at Catherine and Cathy Create is Hearts A-Flutter… Anything and everything hearts and love! :)

If you haven't caught on to my pattern yet, I like do do a project that's not a card for the monthly challenge, since the card challenge is just a few days later. This month, with Valentine's Day around the corner, I thought that a cute little treat holder would be just the ticket!

I am IN LOVE with the new Tag Topper Punches in the Occasions Catalog! The one I used on this project is the Scalloped one - there's also an Angled style that creates more of a traditional shipping tag top. These things are genius! The opening is 2 inches wide, but there's no bottom, so you can make your tag any length you want. So. Many. Possibilities! :-D

To make the treat holder, I started with a piece of Real Red cardstock measuring 2x6.5 inches. Score it at 4 inches and 4.5 inches. Use two 1/8" silver brads to adhere the cardstock into a pocket with a 1/2" flat bottom. Then use the Tag Topper Punch to punch the top of the treat holder. This size is perfect for these mini Crunch bars. This would also work great with Pixie Stix, or lollipops, but you might have to adjust the length of your cardstock and where you score it.

I kept the embellishment simple and easy to mass-produce… Can you say classroom Valentine treat? ;) I used the Just Sayin' stamp set and matching Word Bubbles Framelits (available as a bundle at a 15% discount!) to create a fun little chalkboard-style sentiment. I embossed the sentiment in white on Basic Black cardstock, then used a sponge dauber to lightly smudge on some Whisper White Craft ink to achieve the trendy chalkboard look. A little ribbon, a shiny little pink heart (I covered it in Crystal Effects), and we're good to go!

If you like this idea, but don't need a Valentine's Day treat, here's another version I made with a nautical theme.

I think this would be so cute for a boy's birthday party. I used the new Hello Sailor stamp set for the greeting, and a fresh and fun nautical color scheme.

Now make sure you check out Catherine and Cathy Create to see what the other DT members made. You won't be disappointed! :) Link up your own hearts or Valentine themed project and you might just win some Stampin' Up! treats!

Happy Stampin'! :)




Tag Topper Punch Treat Holder Supplies

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Halloween Lollipop Treat

Good Sunday morning, my friends! Unfortunately I don't have a Start-to-Finish Sunday for you today. BUT I do have a little Halloween project video that I put together for you! :)

This cute little lollipop wrapper was inspired by the one on page 108 of the 2013-2014 Stampin' Up! Catalog. You've heard me say before that "cheap and cheerful" is kinda my crafting MO, right? Well this project totally fits the bill! :)

This would be a great for a classroom Halloween party, or if you're expecting a few special Trick-or-Treaters. Or just change out the DSP and you can make this same project for pretty much any party, celebration, or holiday! I chose to use the Oh, Goodie stamp set from the Holiday Catalog for the sentiment. This is a great set for this project because you could use any one of the four sentiments, depending on the theme of the occasion. And they're all perfectly sized to fit this project too!

You can watch the video below, or over on my YouTube channel. Note that I made this project sized to fit a Tootsie Pop or Blow Pop. You can certainly change the measurements to fit a different type of lollipop.If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Happy Stampin'! :)

4th of July Treat Bag Tutorial

** Click here for my A Muse Studio Creative Consultants July Blog Hop post. **

** Click here for my Young Crafters Unite Blog Hop post. **

Happy Fourth of July!

I'm taking a quick break from the festivities (our awesome hometown parade this morning, family picnic this afternoon) to share a quick and fun project with you. I am in love with these goody bags made from envelopes - they're so versatile for any celebration!

I used the supplies I still had on my desk from making my A Muse Studio blog hop project, and made a cute little rosette to go on the front.

And, just in case you aren't familiar with the technique for turning an envelope into a goody bag (I mean, come on. It's brilliant!) ... here's a quick video tutorial for you. Enjoy!

Sometimes the {stars} align

... and the perfect combination of inspiration comes into your life that just makes a project so much fun! :) That happened to me last week, when the A Muse Studio education director gave us Creative Consultants a challenge to use a recessed window on a card or project. (Check out her video project for the challenge.) In thinking about what I wanted to make for my window card, I remembered the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger that was posted this week. I'd also been wanting to try a really yummy-looking muffin recipe I'd seen, which led me to remember a post from Sue Plote of This Pink Rooster, in which she showed a cute box she made to deliver a homemade muffin to a friend. Instantaneous cartoon lightbulb above my head! :)

Here's the Tuesday Trigger photo - Don't you just need to go to Anthro now?? ;)

This skirt immediately reminded me of what a 1950s housewife might wear for a casual day at home. I was inspired by the thought of a lady at home, perfectly coiffed and pressed as they always are in the 50s movies! - cooking and cleaning and doing caring things for the people she loves. I was also inspired by the colors, although in my final card I punched the color scheme up and translated it into yellow, turquoise, and red gingham. But in my mind that seems perfectly 50s too.

And here's the resulting project...

I kind of cheated and made the window all the way through the front of my card, rather than using the recessed window technique on just the front. This is definitely a favorite technique of mine.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I clear-embossed some flowers along the side of the blue piece just to add a little extra detail to an otherwise plain and rather large expanse of cardstock.

P.S. Go make that muffin recipe. Seriously. Like right now. It is so good and it's Weight Watchers! And totally usable with any kind of fruit. :)

Video Tutorial: Sweet-n-Tiny Easter Treat

Welcome to this week's video tutorial project!

I have to say I really can't take any credit for this adorable little matchbook treat. This is one of the templates given to A Muse Studio consultants, and I took a lot of inspiration from the A Muse blog when they featured the project.

These little matchbooks take no time to make, are super easy to mass-produce, and cost next to nothing. And they're endlessly customizable, making them perfect for party, shower, or wedding favors, Sunday School treats, something fun to leave in the office lunchroom, etc. :)

Watch video below, or watch on YouTube.



All materials from A Muse Studio, and available at my webstore:
- polka dot cardstock in Sage
- solid cardstock in Sugar
- pigment ink in Bubblegum
- Memento Tuxedo Black ink
- Peeps stamp and sentiment stamp from "For Peep's Sake"
- Tombow Adhesive Dots Tape Runner
- 1-1/2" circle punch
- other: stapler, Mini Treat Matchbook Template