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A Happy Birthday Pyramid Card

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Halloween has always been extra special at our house because our youngest son was born the night before Halloween, just missing being a pumpkin or goblin by about 45 minutes.  I remember when I was pregnant with him seeing the cutest little Halloween t-shirt in one of the store windows at the Galleria and thinking if he had actually been born on Halloween I should really have that shirt for my Halloween baby.  Didn't happen, which probably was a good thing for him, because he doesn't have to exactly share his birthday with a holiday.  But of course his birthday parties were always Halloween-themed, which made them extra fun.  I just wish I was into Stampin' Up! back when my kids were little because of SO many opportunities for gifts, party favors, invitations, note cards, etc.  If you have little ones, you really should get into stamping because you will have many opportunities to be creative!

I love this Pun Fun stamp set, but especially loved this rocket for my son.  When I started looking for ideas for this card, I came across this Pyramid card made by Trina on Splitcoast.  You can find different pyramid template lots of places on the internet, but I loved the colors Trina used on her card.  I added a Jumbo Eyelet for the window on the rocket and some stars, punched with the large and small star punches…..all found in the Stampin' Up! catalog, of course…. and also added a velcro dot just under that front flap to hold it closed.  The pattern I used showed a slit but I couldn't figure that out.  The card had to be mailed so it had to be flat.  I hope he can figure out how to assemble when he receives it!

PunFunRocketPyramidCard 

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Easy Gift Wrap

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Like a lot of people recently, I have been excited about making Halloween cards and papercrafts, and that is how I first saw this idea….as a candy wrapper.  The first one I made, after seeing a lot of them on the internet (where I spend way too much time, but I love all the ideas!) is for Halloween.  I think the idea and directions I first saw came from another demo, Diana Gibbs.  Here is my Halloween one:

HalloweenCandyWrapper 

This is a 6×6 piece of the Halloween Designer Paper (page 170) in the Idea Book & Catalogcalled "Ghostly Greetings".  You'll need a piece of Sticky Strip tape along one side at the edge, and I just used some SNAIL on the two sides.  I placed a small bag of candy in the center and folded the side with no Sticky Strip down over it, like when wrapping a package, and folded the side with the Sticky Strip up to adhere.  The two ends are then crimped which helps hold them shut while also adding interest to the package.  I added just a simple "belly band" with black and Pumpkin Pie cardstock and stamped with that old favorite, "Itty Bitty Backgrounds"!  The tag is stamped with the new set in the Holiday Mini on page 5 called "Eat, Drink & Be Scary" and has a little bow made with the  SU black hemp twine.  So easy and too cute!

A couple days later I needed a quick package for my niece, Carrie, and wanted just a flat little package that wouldn't take much effort in mailing!  I happened to think of this same idea for gift wrapping and then I could just slip it into a mailing envelope and get it sent out quickly in the mailbox.  I had a little necklace for her so I chose some retired designer paper and made the same type of package.

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To decorate the package, I stamped her initial with the wonderful stamp set, "Lovely Letters" and used the circle punches and the Scallop Circle Punch.  The belly band is just a piece of the coordinating designer paper.  Both ends are crimped with the "crimper" on page 192 although it doesn't show up very well in this photo.  The Crimper has been around as long as I can remember but it sure has its uses!

If you need any of these supplies to simplify your gift wrapping, check out my 24/7 online ordering at www.karenfontinelle.stampinup.net.