Triangle Halloween Treat Box WIth Ghosts

This may look slightly fancy, but it is really an easy treat box to make! This one was especially easy since it was white cardstock and I just stamped ghosts and spiders on it!

You can vary the size once you know how to make this box, but these are the measurements of the sample I made. I used a piece of Basic White Cardstock that is 4″ x 8″. Actually, there is no reason you couldn’t make it 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ so you don’t have to cut off a 1/2″ strip! But you’ll see after you make it.

Score the strip of paper in the center at 4″. Then on each end, make a pencil mark in the center at 2″. This part may seem tricky, but it really is not. Place the paper on your Paper Trimmer so you can score at a diagonal from that 2″ center mark down to the center scoreline. Just angle the paper on your Stampin’ Trimmer so that both the center score line and the center point on the end are on the track on the Trimmer and then score. See the diagram below.

Crease all the score lines and see how your box will go together. Determine which area will be the top of the box and then you can stamp on it or decorate. I used the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set to stamp several ghosts and spiders. The greeting is stamped on a strip of Basic White and then I just flagged the ends with my scissors and adhered it with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

With whatever hole punch you have (or a sharp object!) punch holes in the pointy end so that you can insert ribbon and tie it shut. Be sure to put your candy or gift inside first! I used the Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon.

You can make these triangle boxes smaller or larger. Here is one I made three years ago! I think they are fun to make because they are really so easy and so versatile. You can make them for any occasion!

Triangle Halloween Treat Box WIth Ghosts

Even if you don’t have much time, you can make these pretty easily and quickly! Try one so you will have it in your repertoire!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Cute Halloween Treats To Make

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If you want to make some quick and easy little Halloween treats either for friends or for trick-or-treaters, these Cute Halloween Treats are for you!! These were so fun to make and an easy way to use up some of your Halloween paper!

These are little things and we all know little things are so darn cute! Just cut a strip of cardstock at 1 3/4″ x 5 1/2″. Score the paper at 2 1/4″ and 3 1/4″. This makes a little space so it will sit flat and so it will hold a piece of candy inside. Those really good chocolate Nuggets work really well!

You could stamp a background on these or you could just cut a piece of designer series paper. I used my Cute Halloween 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. You just need little pieces of designer paper. Mine are 1 1/2″ x 2″ to fit on the front. On a couple, I cut out a ghost and a pumpkin and popped those up on Stampin’ Dimensionals on the front of the designer paper. You can do anything you want to decorate these little treats!

Whatever candy you use inside, you might want to use a Glue Dot to hold it in place. You don’t want to use anything that would touch the candy inside so just be careful. Then punch two holes in the top and tie a ribbon through. Or you could use some other way to close them at the top like some little clip or even staple them closed.

You could also make this type of treat larger by making it wider and taller on the front and back. Just do the math and you can figure out what size you would want to make.

Once you make one or two I bet you can’t stop! They are easy and except for tying ribbon through little holes, they are quick to make!

Have some Halloween fun and make some little treats!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Don’t Miss My 12 Weeks of Christmas!

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Have you been receiving my “12 Weeks of Christmas” holiday emails every Wednesday? If you haven’t, you need to sign up for my Stamping With Karen Mailing List! These special holiday emails I send out every year are a thank you to my subscribers who get a weekly email with the latest Stampin’ Up! news and project ideas with complete instructions PLUS these special 12 Weeks of Christmas emails with one new card idea, gift idea, or gift wrap/tag idea every week.

You have already missed the first 4 weeks of the 12 Weeks of Christmas emails, but you can still get on my list and get the rest of the emails. The next one, Week 5 comes out tomorrow, October 27. You missed Weeks 1-4 but you can still get Weeks 5-12! Sign up today and get Week 5 tomorrow! These emails usually get sent out at 1:00 pm CT every Wednesday in the weeks leading up to Christmas!

These are exclusive projects that I won’t be putting on my blog or social media. They are just for my email subscribers. I love sending out these emails and I hope they are fun for my subscribers to receive and that they make their holidays a tiny bit easier if they are looking for a card idea or some other creative idea for handmade gifts or even tags and bags for wrapping!

Please join us if you would like! Sign up today or before 1:00 PM CT on Wednesday, October 27 to begin receiving the 12 Weeks of Christmas holiday emails! (It is less than two months until Christmas! Yikes!!)

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Cutest Ghosts Halloween Trick-or-Treat Card

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The ghosts are really flocking around to get ready for Halloween on this Cutest Ghosts Halloween Trick-or-Treat Card! They look pretty friendly to me, though! I just love this stamp set, especially the cute little ghosts and the stamped eyes and arms! It’s really fun to play with making Halloween cards and projects.

I’ve done some random stamping before using only the black Memento ink, but on this card, I thought I would try using different colors. These cute ghosts and other Halloween images are in the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set. I still used Memento black ink, but I also used Pumpkin Pie and Highland Heather. I just stamped on Basic White, a smaller piece 5 1/4″ x 3″. At the bottom of the card front is a black and white striped pattern in the Cute Halloween 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper cut at about 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″. I overlapped the stamped ghost piece over the striped piece. To cover the seam and help the ribbon show up better, I cut a Basic Black cardstock strip 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. Using my Grid Paper (which I can’t stamp without!), I lined up the papers so the two papers together would only measure 4 1/4″ and adhered those together carefully. Then I adhered the black strip over the seam. And then I added the Black 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon. Love this ribbon! It’s so pretty! I might not have added the bow, but as it happened, I had it tied already from another occasion when I didn’t use it and it just happened to be with the spool of ribbon. So I went ahead and used it! I adhered the bow with two Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting is a stamp in the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set. I stamped it on Basic White and die cut with a small die in the Ornate Frames Dies. The Highland Heather layer is a great matching layering die in the set. It’s always nice when there are dies you can layer in the same set!

For a little bling, I added the colored stars in the Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins. Almost forgot, I had also stamped the individual candy corn stamp in between the ghosts! I colored in the bottom tip with a Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend Marker. Maybe it should have been the top portion! Isn’t that a controversy about which end is which color on candy corn?? Anyway, that little candy corn was a fun thing to fill in the space in between the ghosts.

Here is another card where I stamped the ghosts only in black ink. I love this card, too, though!

Halloween is in less than a week! If you are mailing cards, get them in the mail today or tomorrow for sure! If you need other Halloween ideas, select the Halloween category on my blog in the right sidebar under Categories.

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Love, Santa Tag Kit Christmas Card

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The other day I had so much fun making all the tags in the Love, Santa Kit to be ready for holiday gift-wrapping! But if you didn’t need all the tags, you could use some (or all!) to make Christmas cards to send like this Love, Santa Tag Kit Christmas Card.

To make this card, I use clipped off the hole at the top of the tree that would hold the string to tie on a tag. You could also leave the hole and string attached and adhere it rather loosely to the card so that maybe the recipient would remove the tag and use it themselves or hang it on their Christmas tree. When I was growing up we used to get a Christmas card from someone who was quite wealthy and the fancy card could be used as an ornament on the tree! I’ll always remember that!

To make this card, I relied on the coordinating colors listed in the Love, Santa Tag Kit so I chose Just Jade for the card base and a layer of Poppy Parade. That layer I embossed using the Tasteful Texture 3D Embossing Folder. You wouldn’t have to do it but it adds a little “something”. Just because I wanted to, I added a tree trunk from Cinnamon Cider Cardstock to the base of the tree. Then I adhered the tree to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. If you thought, or you wanted, the recipient to remove the tree from the card and use it as a tag or ornament, I would just adhere it with maybe two Dimensionals, maybe even the Mini Dimensionals or cut the Dimensionals down to a smaller size, top and bottom, and tell them how to carefully remove the tag.

The tree tag already had some jewels adhered to it that came with the kit, but I also added some to the Poppy Parade layer of the card. I couldn’t resist! It’s for Christmas anyway and that calls for sparkle and glimmer wherever possible!

On the inside, adhere a layer of Basic White with a stamped message and maybe some other stamped image or strip of designer paper to decorate and sign your name or write your own personal message.

This Love, Santa Tag Kit is a fun one to work with because the tags are such “happy” and colorful images. Even though it is for making tags for gifts, as you can see, you can use some or all of them for card fronts and make some quick cards to send! Or use them on the extra Love, Santa Treat Bags! Even if you don’t want or can’t get the kit, you might be interested in these cute treat bags with images printed in white that coordinate with the tags and are food safe. If you are someone who makes special treats for the holidays to give to neighbors and friends, these bags would be perfect! Even if you have a regular gift, wrap tissue paper around it and put it in the cello bag and tie on a tag! I know a gift shop that gift wraps items like this.

It’s time to be shopping for supplies you need for Christmas cards, projects, and gifts! We should all be trying to get an early start on all our holiday tasks to keep ourselves from getting rushed at the last minute! If you already have the Love, Santa Tag Kit be sure to put it together and enjoy yourself!

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Expressions In Ink Wedding Anniversary Card

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If you want to make a truly beautiful card, just start with the Expressions In Ink Specialty Designer Series Paper, as I did with this Expressions In Ink Wedding Anniversary Card. I use the word “beautiful” not to brag about my card and not to just toss the term out there as an adjective describing a card. I think this designer paper is some of the most beautiful we have ever had.

The floral patterns and colors in this Expressions In Ink Paper are pretty enough themselves, then add the kind of alcohol ink look or watercolor look to the patterns, plus the gold foiling, and it is over the top! If you want to make a really simple card, just adhere a layer of this designer paper to the front of the card base, add a greeting, maybe a bit of ribbon if you like, and you are done!

This anniversary card was specially made for my daughter and son-in-law for their wedding anniversary. The card base is Mint Macaron (I think!). You can test which color you would like to use with this paper! Now this paper has a lot of white space throughout the 12″ x 12″ paper. I particularly wanted a lot of the blues and greens on this card and not so much the white, so I had to cut into the paper at the right portion to get the look I wanted.

The greeting is stamped in Just Jade Ink and is in the Forever Fern Stamp Set. I thought it was a good sentiment for an anniversary card and especially for this couple! Then the greeting was diecut with one of the Stitched Rectangle Dies.

Just for a little interest, there is a strip of a gold striped pattern in this designer paper at the bottom of the card. It just adds a little “something” to catch your eye.

I also added some gold foil leaves and foliage in the Expressions In Ink Ephemera Pack. Some I cut apart to get everything where I wanted it! I just tucked those in above and below the greeting. I didn’t want anything to interfere with the colors of the paper in the top area of the card. And of course, I added a little bling to the sides of the greeting. You can use whatever gems or jewels you like! Or place some around on the card. Whatever makes you happy!

Even in the midst of the beginning of the holiday season, don’t forget this beautiful Expressions in Ink Designer Paper! You still will need some “regular” cards like this Expressions In Ink Wedding Anniversary Card so make some cards using this pretty paper for birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, thinking of you, any occasion you want.

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Easy To Make Love, Santa Tag Kit

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I got my new Love, Santa Tag Kit the other day and got busy making all the tags yesterday afternoon! It only took about an hour to make them all and that was while simultaneously watching the Astros – Red Sox playoff game! (The Astros won 9 – 1 !!!!!) You can see the contents in the photo above….. an exclusive stamp set, a stamping block, ink spot, tags and pieces to stamp, adhesives, and even some gems! Plus the string to tie on to packages! It’s really a cute kit!

Each tag has a stamped greeting layered with other pieces for interest. There are even extra blank pieces to stamp in case you mess up! Just adhere the stamped greeting to each tag. The directions show you which kind of adhesive to put on the back of each piece.

And when you get all twelve tags finished, three each of four designs, just tie on the string to be ready to go on packages! Or purchase the coordinating treat bags and use the tags on special treats or gifts you are giving.

The Love, Santa Treat Bags are beautiful, food-safe cellophane bags that are perfect to fill with scrumptious treats and goodies. The white-printed designs are festive like frosted windowpanes and directly coordinate with the Love, Santa Tags! You get 12 treat bags, 3 each of 4 designs.

4″ x 9-1/2″ (10.2 x 24.1 cm)
*Food safe

Available while supplies last

And when the tags were all put together, I got out the gems in the kit. At first, I thought they only went on the “Joy” tag, but then I saw they actually went on all the tags! And I just used up ALL the gems, putting them on all the tags! But you could use only the 2-3 on each tag and save the extras for other projects, but I just wanted to use them all! Why not?!

You can even watch a video of putting the kit together with Sara Douglass!

If you are interested in this Love, Santa Tag Kit, or any of the other kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kit Collection just click HERE for the selection. These kits are great for beginners or even experienced stampers and crafters! Feel a sense of satisfaction, getting a dozen cute tags finished and ready for holiday gifts!

Rainbow Glimmer Halloween Card

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I can easily promise you I had no idea this Rainbow Glimmer Halloween Card would be what I would create. I don’t even remember what I thought I was going to make! I even had a Christmas stamp set out too! But I had seen a card made with strips of this beautiful Rainbow Glimmer Paper that was a birthday card and that’s where the original idea came from to use these strips. I thought they might be perfect for a Halloween card! Other than that, I had no ideas for exactly what to do with the card! Sometimes you just have to work with colors, die cuts, maybe walk away and come back, and eventually, something will come together for you.

The card has a Basic Black card base. The strips of Rainbow Glimmer Paper are cut 1″ x 4″ with just a tiny space in between each strip. You could also have them all touching with no space. I actually cut them not just in consecutive strips or the colors might be nearly the same, which is okay if that is what you want. So I had to cut into the areas of the paper that had the colors of strips that I wanted. It might kill you to cut into a lot of different parts of the paper rather than conserve it, but hey, it’s just paper and we can buy more! Use it!!

I wanted to use the Black Glitter Paper as the center with the Halloween characters adhered to it, but I played around with the background layer and different colors. I settled on the Pumpkin Pie cardstock die cut with the circle die in the Painted Labels Dies. This looked fine, but as I worked with it, I thought it needed another layer or “something”….a little more pizzazz. I cut out another circle from Highland Heather cardstock and that looked good but of course was mostly covered up by the Pumpkin Pie circle! I tried staggering it underneath and that was good but I felt it needed another one to balance it out. So I tried Crushed Curry and once I got the three circles placed just right I was satisfied!

I cut out the ghosts, skeleton, black cat, and pumpkin from the Cute Halloween 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I love those little characters! I could have stamped them as well with the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set and used the coordinating punch, the Halloween Punch (which is currently unavailable as I write this).

The greeting is from the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set. I stamped it in Memento Ink and trimmed the ends with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. I was considering putting it down lower on the card, but then thought it might work better going across those circles. I liked that and then adhered the Halloween characters around where I liked them. And for a little more bling, I had to add some Cute Stars Adhesive Backed Sequins.

The card may be a little crazy, but it’s for Halloween so that’s good! If you don’t have the Rainbow Glimmer Paper, you can just use different colors of cardstock strips. Just play and you will come up with some great ideas. Use this Rainbow Glimmer Halloween Card for inspiration!

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Witch’s Boot Halloween Treat Holder

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One easy and fun treat holder to make for Halloween, or even just for a decoration is this Witch’s Boot Halloween Treat Holder. I have made different ones other years, but this year, with Halloween pumpkins appearing in “trendy” colors other than the usual orange, I thought maybe this year’s witch’s boot could also be in non-traditional colors.

Is it okay to use Christmas paper to make a witch’s boot treat??! Why not? Really, you can use lots of different paper patterns. You don’t have to have “Halloween” paper! Look through your paper and see what appeals to you. I used the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper, the striped pattern, for the witch’s sock! Why not have something colorful?! Just measure your toilet paper roll or paper towel roll to see what size to cut your paper to wrap around the tube. Then see how much you need to wrap around the tube adding on about 1/2″ or so overlap to adhesive. My paper was about 4″ wide and about 6 1/2″ around the paper tube.

For the actual “boot”, I used a piece of Black Glitter Paper but you can also just use Basic Black Cardstock. Just cut a strip of black that will be wide enough at the back for the paper roll to fit on and then the front will angle to a point. You can make it as long as you would like. You can use the Paper Trimmer or just cut it by eyeballing. You will need to cut around the edges of the back where the paper roll is so it curves with the paper roll. On the front, you can roll the tip of the boot around a pencil or other stick if you want it to roll up.

Also, cut a strip of Black Glitter Paper as narrow or tall as you would like for the top part of the shoe. This will adhere around the bottom of the paper roll. If you want, you can fold back the ends of the strip in the front for the opening of the shoe. I also tied around a piece of the Metallic Mesh Ribbon and tied it in a bow.

When you have the witch’s boot make how you like it, grab some candy or treats and fill up the boot or put the candy in a small cello bag and insert in the boot, tied at the top with a coordinating ribbon, maybe even a tag. Here is one I made a few years ago, maybe the first one, and here is another one more recently.

It’s Halloween and it’s all fun! Make a Witch’s Boot Halloween Treat Holder for yourself, a gift, or maybe a bunch for the kids when they come trick-or-treating this year!

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Paper Pumpkin Treats and Wheelbarrow

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After I got my September Paper Pumpkin Kit, I made all the cute little pumpkin treat boxes, but today I made the wheelbarrow! Isn’t it cute?! Stampin’ Up! has continued to up their game with the Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription kits! Not only do the kits get cuter and cuter, but they often have found special ways to use the box…like cutting it up to make this wheelbarrow!! AND the pattern was already printed inside the box so I only had to cut out the pieces and follow the directions and a video on how to put it together!

This Haunts & Harvest Paper Pumpkin Kit was really a fun one. It was designed to make a dozen treat boxes like you see in my wheelbarrow. However, as I always say, you can do whatever you want with the contents of the kit, and every month other stampers come up with the most creative ideas for alternate projects. Someone made Sesame Street characters out of these pumpkin treat boxes! And some people cut up at least some of the pumpkin boxes, separated all the rounded panels that make one pumpkin, and then adhered a few together on a card to make a flat, large pumpkin. Alternative ideas on the Paper Pumpkin instructions even showed how to make a turkey and a Frankenstein! So in any month almost, if you have no need for treat boxes, you can likely change things up and make cards out of them. If you have a card kit but don’t like the design or don’t need more cards, just check out some alternative ideas or come up with something on your own. Maybe you can make treat boxes out of the card supplies! Or some other fun project! The only limit is your imagination!

If you subscribed and received this kit, remember that you can make the box into a wheelbarrow. Here is a video you can watch:

For a PDF of instructions, click HERE.

Some of the Paper Pumpkin Kit boxes have had the suggestion to reuse to hold your special treasures or to fill with some treats and goodies and give or send to someone who could use a surprise gift to let them know someone was thinking of them.

I have to say my favorite way to re-use a box was to make a haunted house two years ago! Now for this, you actually needed two kits and I think a customer made up the pattern that we all copied. It was definitely easier to make this wheelbarrow with the pieces already outlined and numbered inside the box!

So cute! Especially for a Halloween-lover like me! Oh, did you notice the Stampin’ Up! logo on the side of my wheelbarrow?! As I was cutting out pieces, I happened to see the Stampin’ Up! logo that was on the box somewhere that I was cutting up. Luckily I didn’t cut into the logo so I thought I should adhere it to the side of my wheelbarrow!

If you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can purchase a Haunts & Harvest Paper Pumpkin Refill Kit (159400) for $10.00.

Your refill includes:

• Printed treat boxes
• White die-cut labels
• Soft Succulent die cuts
• Wired curly stems
• Die-cut stickers
• Adhesive

Coordinating Stampin’ Up!® Colors: Basic Black, Pale Papaya, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Succulent

The next Paper Pumpkin Kit for November will be this one! I can’t wait! Subscribe now so you won’t forget! But for sure subscribe by November 10th! Or purchase a Prepaid Subscription in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store to add to your order. Maybe you can earn Stampin’ Rewards by adding on a Prepaid Subscription!

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Halloween Bouquet Jar

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While I was trying to tidy up the last of the Halloween decorations, I saw this bag of these little tiny pumpkins. I usually use them in a large tray with a candle in the center or some such way. But today when saw these little pumpkins, I got this idea!

Just recently I had purchased this Witch Hat Bouquet from @birdsnestboards on Instagram. I had it stuck in a small little vase for the time being but it didn’t seem quite right. When I got the idea to use these little pumpkins in a glass vase to hold the bouquet, I looked around for the right size vase. I found this jar in my stash and it seemed to work justs fine. I put a few pumpkins in the bottom, added the Witch Hat Bouquet, and filled in some more pumpkins to fill the jar.

To decorate the jar I just tied a Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon around the top. You can use a little Mini Glue Dot to hold it in place if you need to. To wrap around the jar, I cut two 1″ x 6″ strips of Cute Halloween 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. If you kind of hold them around and see how much overlap you have, adhere two of the ends together to make one long strip. Then put some adhesive on the other end, wrap it around the jar and adhere. If you put one of the adhered ends in the center of the front of the jar, it will get covered up with the decoration and the other adhered ends will be in the back so nothing will show.

I stamped “Boo” from just part of the stamp in the Cutest Halloween Stamp Set. I chose Polished Pink Ink for the word to match the bright pink felt balls in the bouquet. Then I diecut that and layered on Black Glitter Paper and on the pink.

That’s as easy as that was for a quick vase to hold my cute Witch Hat Bouquet! Here’s a glass votive holder I just decorated the other day for Halloween. You can have so much fun decorating little home decor items like this!

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Whimsy & Wonder Ornament Christmas Card

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This is another card that completely changed from the idea I had in my head and it all came about because I turned the “pretty” side over! I realized I hadn’t used the very pretty ornament print paper in the Whimsy & Wonder Specialty Designer Series Paper so I was going to make a card using that paper. But when I turned the paper over to cut out just a section that I needed for the card, this dark blue print side just jumped out at me and this Whimsy & Wonder Ornament Christmas Card was born! I pictured using a snowflake and one blue ornament plus a greeting somehow, but I couldn’t resist all the other ornaments either!

Just because I’m a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, don’t think that card ideas come to me magically. The placement of everything on this card just was not working out, so I finally had to give up, step back, and walk away for a few minutes. I googled this paper and although I wasn’t copying anything, I saw something that sparked the idea to put the snowflake and greeting in the lower right corner instead of the upper left. That seemed to make all the difference and I was able to complete the card design!

The card base is Basic White although you could use Misty Moonlight as the base with a thin margin of Basic White under the Misty Moonlight Designer Paper to help it stand out. I cut out several ornaments from the other side of the paper with my Paper Snips while I watched TV. If you wanted to make it easier, you could just cut out the outline of the ornament and not the ornament hanger portion because if you add a bow later, you can cover up that you cut that part off!

The snowflake is in the Wonderful Snowflakes package. These are quite pretty, plain white on one side and iridescent foil on the other side. I adhered the snowflake with the tinest drops of glue, but you do have some space in the center of the snowflake. Then if you are pasting anything over the snowflake, maybe that will help hold it down also.

The greeting is in the Whimsical Trees Stamp Set. I thought maybe the simple word would go well with the snowflake. I stamped it in Moonlight Mist Ink and die cut it with the small circle in the Tasteful Labels Dies. I played with different dies and cardstock colors on which to layer it and finally settled on this Blushing Bride pink. I used a small die in the Encircled in Beauty Dies. The snowflake is adhered flat to the card and the greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The ornaments are all cut out from the opposite side of this paper. I just adhered them with Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhered a little bow on each one with a Mini Glue Dot. The ribbon is the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. I think a silver trim would also work well. Then for some bling I added some Silver Epoxy Essentials. I think they match well with the paper and look!

After a slow start on this card, I’m really happy with how it turned out. Be sure you check the “other side” of our beautiful designer papers because you just might find something special. And remember, a lot of the “other sides” can be used throughout the year, not just during the season the paper was designed for. This Whimsy & Wonder Ornament Christmas Card even uses both sides of the same paper by cutting out the pretty ornaments! Try it!

Sneak Peek! Eden’s Garden Coming in November!

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The tale of the Garden of Eden transcends the boundaries of a single belief system. Numerous accounts and adaptations of Eden’s events have appeared in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, legends and lore, ancient mythology, and more! No matter how the story is shared, the essence of Eden remains the same: it’s a place of paradise. Filled with fruitful and flourishing foliage, stillness and serenity, and an air of mystery, Eden is an ethereal utopia!

Enter and explore Eden with the Eden’s Garden Collection! This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog—a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty. Plus, exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else—a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems!

Just as the timeless tale can be told in a variety of versions, these paradisical products can be used to create projects for any occasion—and they make the perfect papercrafting companion.

PRODUCT DETAILS

EDEN’S GARDEN CLING STAMP SET 157823
Early-release product from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog. $23.00

EDEN DIES 157831
Early-release product from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog. $35.00

5 dies
Largest die: 5-1/4″ x 3-7/8″ (13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Coordinates with Eden’s Garden Cling Stamp Set

EDEN’S GARDEN BUNDLE 157832
Includes the Eden’s Garden Cling Stamp Set and Eden Dies; an early-release product from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog. $52.00

EVER EDEN 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER 159996
Exclusive specialty Designer Series Paper; available only during the Eden’s Garden promotion. $15.00 12 sheets: 2 each of 6 double-sided designs Evening Evergreen, gold foil, Soft Succulent. Only available while supplies last.

EVER EDEN 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) COTTON PAPER 159997
Exclusive cotton paper; available only during the Eden’s Garden promotion $8.00

10 sheets: 5 each of 2 colors
Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent
Only available while supplies last.

GARDEN GEMS 159277
Exclusive embellishments; available only during the Eden’s Garden promotion. $7.00

140 adhesive-backed gems.
Round: 3 mm, 4 mm. Marquise: 8 x 4 mm.
Cherry Cobbler, Soft Succulent
Only available while supplies last.

EDEN’S GARDEN COLLECTION 160849
The entire exclusive, early-release collection!

Stems, sprigs, berries, and twigs abound in the beautiful and bountiful Eden’s Garden Collection! Explore the elegance of Eden with this exclusive, early-release collection. Only available while supplies last. You get all these things:

Eden’s Garden Bundle (10% off)
Ever Eden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ever Eden 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Cotton Paper
Garden Gems

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Make a Cute Halloween Votive Candle Holder

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It’s always fun to decorate a glass votive holder for a special occasion such as this Cute Halloween Votive Candle Holder decorated with the Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper! I started out with a slightly different idea but as often happens, as I worked on it, my design idea changed. That’s part of the fun of stamping and creating! Just play and you will come up with an idea that pleases you!

With the shape of this votive holder, getting a little narrower at the bottom, it wasn’t so easy to just wrap a strip of paper around it. As I looked through my dies, I came up with the idea of using the Ornate Frames Dies on each side of the glass holder to decorate it. I used the Black Glitter Paper to die cut the frilly Ornate Frame. Then I used the Ombre Specialty Paper for the die-cut piece that fits inside the Ornate Frame I used. I chose four different colors or shades and put one on each side. I could have just had one on the front of the votive and that would have been fine. But I wanted to use more of the Halloween characters in the Cute Halloween Paper.

I just used my Paper Snips to cut out several ghosts, a black cat, some pumpkins, a bat, a bird, and a skull from the Cutest Halloween 6″ x 6″ Designer Paper. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to adhere the Ombre Paper piece inside the Black Glitter Ornate Frame. Then I adhered the Halloween characters using either that glue or Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Before adhering anything to the glass, I wrapped around a piece of the Gold Shimmer Ribbon I only adhered it with Mini Glue Dots. Then I adhered all the Halloween pieces to each side just using a Mini Glue Dot on the top and bottom of each piece so there wouldn’t be messy glue showing inside the votive holder.

I kind of like doing the individual Halloween scenes on the side because you can still see inside the votive to see the candle. You could even make this as a gift, putting a small cello bag filled with candy inside. It’s best to use a flameless candle inside but if you use a real votive candle make sure it is small and make sure it can’t reach any paper decorations on the side.

This is just a fun little home decor or gift item that is easy and fun to make! Use your imagination and creativity to come up with something like my Cute Halloween Votive Candle Holder or change it up a bit!

Don’t Miss Out! The October Paper Pumpkin Kit!

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Some of my favorite Paper Pumpkin Kits are the holiday ones! I already love this box and can’t wait to see what the card designs are!

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The kit contains enough elements to create 10 Christmas cards—5 each of 2 designs—and coordinating envelopes. This all-inclusive kit includes printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more!

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