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Halloween Flower & Spider Bouquet!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE!!!

How fun are these!!!  We created a great centerpiece for your Halloween party --- a fun bouquet of flowers made with Halloween DSP, spiders, black stems and buttons! 

 
The flowers were arranged in a jar filled with colorful Halloween candy - bones, skulls, ghosts, etc.  We found a great video tutorial to make these flowers here!  We can't wait to make more of these flowers for other occasions.  These flowers do not have to be added to stems.  In fact, most ideas we've seen have been added to boxes, gift bags, tags, etc.  Use your imagination.

 

Have a safe and fun Halloween!  Melissa and Gayla 

Blog Tour just around the corner...

With the Royal Blog tour just a week away, we thought we'd remind you of some of the fun projects we have already done with our featured stamp set, Morning Cup.  You will want to check back next Friday to see that we really outdid ourselves this time(if we do say so ourselves:):):)).  None of the projects are even similar to what we have shared with you so far.

Here we used the set on this recipe card.

 

And here, we show you how fun it is to incorporate DSP (Designer Series Paper) and this fun stamp set.  By the way, this is the card that won the PALS challenge that week. Congrats, Melissa - again!

 

The magnetic coffee-themed Bingo card showed a fun decor piece for the fridge!

 

And finally, just a great card that would be perfect for a thinking of you, friendship, etc. card.  As you can tell, we love coloring, cutting, paper piecing.....we have really gotten quite good with the small details on those coffee cups!

 
 

These are just a few of the ideas we've shared using this set.  We hope you will all join us next week to see ALL the new and exciting ways we've come up with using this amazing stamp set.

Melissa and Gayla

 

 

Ghost Punch Card

I'm sure you all have seen how to make these fun little ghosts using the Stampin' Up! Owl Punch.  But just in case, here is a card we made at the September card class.  The ghost is created by cutting off the owl's feet and turning him upside down.  Very clever by whoever originally thought of this - not us!  It is great to find so many uses for a punch besides the obvious. 

 
Supplies used:

• Card stock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
• Other - Two-step Owl Punch, Scallop Trim border, Spider Web, embossing folder, White gel pen, ribbon

 

Fall Ribbon Bundle

We are adding a fall ribbon bundle to our Etsy shop this week.  We only have a few bundles so be sure to order right away if you would love to have 3 yards of Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke and Rich Razzleberry ribbon. 

 
These colors perfectly compliment the Halloween paper and would be perfect for that special Halloween card or project. 

 

Here is a fun treat idea using some of the wrinkled Artichoke ribbon.  Notice the variegation on the ribbon.  That is what we love about this ribbon.....none of it is exactly the same.  We love the variety!  The six nuggets are in a cello bag that is attached to card stock.  You can change the colors and DSP and this will work for any holiday.  Notice that we said these colors work well for Halloween but we have actually used it geared towards Christmas.

 

 

Take 2 Tuesday - Final Week

 This pattern has tons of possibilities.  When we got together to work on the projects for this month, we were happy knowing that there were only four Tuesdays in the month of October because we thought we might struggle coming up with ideas.  We were surprised when the ideas just kept coming.  So if you read all the way to the end of the post, you'll see that we HAD to add one more idea.  Be sure to read through the entire post to see a recap of all the projects this month, plus the bonus idea!!

First, take a look at this idea.  For the last "Take 2 Tuesday" in October, we have chosen to use the Gift Tote pattern as a container, well actually a great "pot" for a miniature Christmas Tree!

This is a pretty fancy pot....so fancy, that it has a shaker window!

The window was created by using an Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities die.

The shaker was created using Stampin' dimensionals for the frame and then we added some chunky white glitter for the snow. The card stock is Marina Mist and was cut out using the scallop die.

The snow man stamp is from the Stampin' Up! set, Jolly Old Saint Nick.

 

 

The DSP is from the Simply Scrappin' Kit, Christmas Cheer, that can be found on page 179 of the current Stampin' Up! catalog.

The ribbon is Marina Mist Taffeta and we've added a chipboard star that has been inked with a White Craft pad and then heat set using Iridescent Ice embossing powder.

The words on the tag are also from the Jolly Old Saint Nick set.  They are stamped in black and then punched out using the Large Oval punch.

 Now, how about another idea for this creative container?

Who doesn't always need another packaging idea for the holidays?  This container could be used for any type of gift, clothes, cookies, candy, goodies, a nice bottle of wine, you name it.  If it fits, use it!

We hope you have enjoyed all the great ideas we've created this month using the gift tote tutorial.  Be sure to continue reading if you want to see the recap of all the projects this month and the special little bonus idea!

The Gift Tote tutorial is available for $3.95 and can be purchased by using the Paypal button below.  If you would like to see the original tutorial, go here. 

And now for the recap of all the projects. You can click on any one of the pictures and it will take you to the post for all the details.

First was our fall gift tote. Don't forget to click on the picture so you can check out how we created the handles for this idea. We know how felt is all the craze so take a look at this idea. Here we showed how to incorporate felt, re-size the template and make this fun little candy corn gift tote.  Be sure to check this one out because we shared a recipe for a great treat. And we can't forget this one!  What a cute idea for a gift card. Lastly, let us take you way back to when we first created this project.    And now for the bonus idea.  We love the new Stampin' Up! fabrics so why not use this pattern to create these ideas.

 A coin purse, or a lovely bag for a piece of jewelry you want to give as a gift, or use it as a safe place for necklaces or earrings when you travel.

We used spray adhesive to attach the fabric to a thin piece of batting.  Then we cut the reduced size pattern from that. We sewed right sides together and then turned it inside out.  We used the same fabric as the inside lining to create a "band" that we ran our ribbon through to create a drawstring.

The drawstring was created with some of our wrinkle vintage ribbon that was dyed with SU's Cherry Cobbler reinker.

Thanks for stopping today and we hope to see you all tomorrow! 

MeGa Team - Melissa and Gayla

German Turnovers, anyone?

We love doing these recipes not only because we get to stamp but because we also get to share some amazing recipes with you all.  In November, we are having our annual  Holiday Cookie recipe class.  If you live in the Kansas City/Overland Park area and would like to join us, please call or email us to reserve a spot in this November 15th class.  We make all the recipes so you are able to sample each cookie while you are stamping the recipe!

So for today, we are sharing another fall apple recipe idea.  This recipe has been in Gayla's family for a long time.  It can be made with other fruit - cherry pie filling works great - but we based this on fall apples!

 

Here is a close up of the recipe so you can copy or print this if you would like to try it.  The supplies used:

• Card Stock - Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Whisper White
• DSP - Riding Hood Red
• Other -  Soft Suede ribbon, Paper Fashions bingo card, So Saffron brads, Itty Bitty Punch Shape pack, Soft Suede marker for faux stitching

 

If you cannot attend the class and would like to purchase a holiday cookie recipe card kit, set of four 6x6 recipes, for $15(shipping included), simple click the PayPal button below and we will send you a recipe kit that has everything you need to put together four holiday cookie recipes.  If you have any questions, please let us know.

 

Christmas "Just Bingo" Cards

Last Friday, October 15th, we shared with you a fun flower card using our Just Bingo Paper Fashions tutorial.  Here are two more "Just Bingo" card samples where we've made the bingo card one of the layers on the card.

The first card was created using a 3" x 4-1/8" Very Vanilla bingo card which we wrapped with some red and white baker's twine around the card three times and strung with Christmas lights.

The lights were cut out and then covered with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds glitter. They were popped up with dimensionals.

Supplies used:

• Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
• DSP - Jolly Holiday
• Stamp sets - Jolly Bingo Bits, Perfect Punches
• Ink - Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
• Other - Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Baker's twine, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

The second Christmas card idea uses the same size of Bingo card on Very Vanilla.  We have created a "line" for our stockings with silver cord strung between 2 silver eyelets.

Supplies:

• Card Stock - Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Basic Black
• Ink - Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
• Stamp Sets - Jolly Bingo Bits, Four the Holidays
• Other - Silver cord, eyelets, dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

 

 

Have a great weekend!  Melissa and Gayla

Candy Bar Bingo!

Wow, can't believe it's Friday already...if you saw our post from last Friday, we introduced our "Just Bingo" template. 

So, here we have created another fun idea using the template.  This large candy bar is simply embellished and perfect for a co-worker, teacher, anyone who loves candy!  The candy bar was wrapped in a piece of Candy Cane Christmas Specialty DSP.  The ribbon is SU! 1/2" Blushing Bride Stitched-Poly Ribbon.

 

The bingo card is embellished for "FOR YOU".  This word phrase can be found in the stamp set, Fundamental Phrases.  Each letter was inked with a black marker and stamped individually so you could punch out each letter with the 1/2" circle punch.  The letters were stamped on Blushing Bride card stock.  The bingo card was also layered on a piece of Blushing Bride.

 

Thanks for stopping!  Melissa and Gayla

Halloween Combo - treats and a gift card!

Halloween is just around the corner so why not make some of these fun treat cards.  We used the Wicked Fun Specialty Designer Series Paper.  The little flocked bats worked well on this treat card.  The test tubes were purchased last year and we believe they were found on www.testtubesonline.com.  There are many sizes and so many uses for these. 

 

The inside shows you can include a gift card with your candy treat. Of course, a note pad would be nice, too.

 

For the second sample, we used Halloween paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog, Nite Owl.  The new Bitty Bat punch.  These bats were shaped for dimension.  We know many don't celebrate Halloween but we hope you see that you could even make this exact treat card (without the bats) and it could be used for a birthday or anything.  Much of the paper is versatile.

 

These are fun and easily adapted for the occasion you choose. The general directions for this treat card are:

• Score an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of card stock at - 3-1/2", 4-1/4", and 5".  Fold on the center score line and cut in about 3/4" and then another 3/4".  Do this from both ends.(See the picture below.)  The two "tabs" created from the cuts will be the two pieces that fold "out" and hold the test tube.
  Of course, the distance between the score lines and the size of cuts will depend on the size of your test tubes.

 

Have a great week!   Melissa and Gayla

 

 

Take 2 Tuesday - Spooky Spider Gift Tote

 

This little gift tote is the exact size of last week's tote, BUT we did not use the side pieces.  This is perfect for a gift card.

 
The tote is made from purple felt and blanket stitched by hand in black.  Yes, it was a little time consuming and you could definitely use a machine but we love the look.  Even the black "spider thread" is black embroidery floss, hand-stitched.

 
The spider is made using the Big Shot Circles #2 die.  We took 2 circles from black felt and glued eight legs between them.  Our legs are made with Baker's twine.  And, of course, who could resist googlie eyes!

 
Supplies:

• Felt - Black and Purple
• Big Shot Circle #2 die
• Other - Baker's twine, googlie eyes, black embroidery floss, fabric glue

 

If you haven't purchased this tutorial and would like to, just use the Paypal button below and we'll send you the tutorial within 24-48 hours of receiving your $3.95 payment.  Here is the original post for more details.