MeGa Stampin Studio

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 

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

 

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.

Take 2 Tuesday - Candy Corn Tote

 
This is Take 2 Tuesday #2 for our Gift Tote tutorial.  Last week we told you that you might not recognize some of our new ideas as the same pattern.  This candy corn tote is one of them.  We sewed the three colors of felt together and then cut out the pattern.  We also shrank the pattern for this tote.  That is one great way to change up the pattern - decrease or increase the size.  The inside is lined with white felt.  We're sure you could use fabric glue or hand stitch this small tote, but we have been wanting to use our sewing machines a little more so.......................

 
The original tote pattern measures about 6" tall (does NOT include the handles) and this reduced size is about 3-1/2" tall.   We filled our festive tote with a cello bag full of fun Halloween mix.

 

Here is the recipe for this yummy treat!  This can be made for any holiday by just changing the color of "embellishments".

Halloween Chex Mix (from the Chex website)

• 9 c. Rice Chex cereal
• 1 c. white vanilla baking chips
• 1/2 c. peanut butter
• 1/4 c. butter
• 3/4 c. powdered sugar
• 1/2 c. orange, yellow and brown M&Ms
• 1/4 c. orange, yellow and brown sprinkles

Place cereal in a large bowl.  In a small microwavable bowl, melt vanilla chips, peanut butter and butter on High 1 to 1-1/2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth.  Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.

Place half of the cereal mixture in a 1-gallon ziploc bag.  Add powdered sugar.   Seal bag and shake until well-coated.  Spread on waxed paper to cool.

Meanwhile stir M&Ms and sprinkle into remaining half of cereal mixture.  Spread on waxed paper to cool.

To serve, mix both cereal mixtures together.  Store in airtight container.

 

 

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. 

 

Let us know if you have any questions.  Be sure to check back next Tuesday to see what we do next.

MeGa Team - Melissa and Gayla

A BIG Halloween Treat!

Happy Thursday to you all.  We hope you are having a wonderful week and are enjoying the fall weather wherever you may be.  With Halloween just around the corner, we thought you could use another BIG treat idea...

The DSP used for this large candy bar is Wicked Fun Specialty.  The bats are flocked.  Since the paper was already embellished, we decided to keep any additional embellishments simple.

The tag was created using one our Halloween Mini Bingo cards from Paper Fashions.  It is only 1-1/2" x 2-1/4" and is layered on Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black card stock.

Halloween Treat Basket

This Halloween Treat Basket is another version of one we created for Easter which you can see here.  You can see how different each basket looks by changing the paper and embellishments!

This handle is made with card stock and ribbon. The card stock is punched with the Eyelet Border punch.

Supplies:

• Card stock - Basic Black
• DSP - Pumpkin Pie Designer Series
• Embellishments - 1-1/4" Black Striped Grosgrain ribbon, 1/4" black grosgrain ribbon, orange pom pom trim, black beaded trim, non-SU tag and Halloween button, eyelet border punch

 Have a great day!

Melissa and Gayla

A Spooky Treat

With Halloween just around the corner, we decided to decorate some of the large candy bars.

The two-step owl punch is the perfect way to embellish this black-and-white tree paper from the new Nite Owl DSP in the Holiday Mini catalog.  We kept the spooky black and white theme for the whole candy bar. 

 

 
These large candy bars make great party favors.  Of course, you can make smaller versions for classroom treats, neighborhood treats, etc!  This is a great decoration, as well!

 
Supplies used:

DSP - Nite Owl

Card stock - Basic Black, Whisper White

Other - Two-Step Owl punch, 1-3/4" circle punch, Scallop and Wide Oval punches, Dotted  Scallop Ribbon border punch, Basic Black 1-1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon

Stamp set - Wicked Cool

Ink - Creamy Caramel for sponging

Have a great week!

Melissa and Gayla

 

Halloween Envelope Box

Last month, on August 20th , we shared a sample of the envelope-style box made at our demonstrator shoe box swap.  Here is another sample, for Halloween, using the new Two-Step Owl punch.  We closed this box with velcro instead of ribbon.  Here are the supplies we used:

• Card Stock -  Basic Black, Cajun Craze
• DSP - Wicked Fun Specialty
• Other -  Two-Step Owl punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, Scallop Trim Border, dimensionals, velcro

 
These are really easy to make and would make great trick-or-treats for the classroom, co-workers, or if you are really ambitious, the neighborhood kids.  You can get the pattern here .

 

Take 2 Tuesday - Halloween Cupcake Pin Cushion

 

Week 2 of our Cupcake Pin Cushion remake.  Wouldn't it be fun to have a different cupcake for every holiday and occasion.  Here is our version for Halloween.  Supplies used:

• Card Stock - Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant
• DSP - Regals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack
• Stamps - Wicked Cool and retired spider
• Other - Beaded trim, Crystal Effects, bling, spider web fabric , Halloween brads (non-SU)

This cupcake has six different Halloween-themed decorated pins.  Some are stamped, cut out and covered with crystal effects. The others are fun Halloween brads that have been added to pins.  You will receive all six! 

 

It is probably hard to tell, but this Halloween fabric has lightly flocked spider webs and purple sparkly dots.  Very festive.  This Halloween cupcake will be available on our Etsy site today.  We only have one so hurry!  However, if you miss it, you can purchase the tutorial here.

 

Melissa and Gayla