Welcome back! I’m so glad you stopped by! Today’s treat holder was a cut file I used on my Cricut from SVG Cutting Files. These were super fun to make and would be easy enough for mass production if you needed a lot to give out.
The file you purchase comes with all three of these Halloween cuties! They are designed to hold Hershey’s Nuggets but I decided to change it up a bit and put mini Nerds boxes instead.
After adhering all of the pieces together I took a white gel pen and black glaze pen to all each of them and added some highlights for interest. It’s amazing what dimension that adds to the whole thing.
Once that was dry, I used 1/2 inch glue dots and glued the Nerds to the belly of the creature and then one more glue dot to keep the arms closed around the box.
Aren’t they super cute? I think the bat is my favorite but I’ve always been partial to bats.
As always, I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Welcome to 13 Days of Tricks and Treats at the Twiddler’s Nook! I’m super excited to be sharing a Halloween themed project each day for the next 13 days. Some will be tricks and some will be treats.
We’re going deep into my stash of old and new dies and stamps to inspire you to dig through the dust and cobwebs and bring back things you’ve forgotten you even had.
I’ve also decided that I didn’t need all of these laying around so each day my daughter will be taking them to school and sharing them with friends and teachers. It’s going to be a fabooooolous time!
On with the show and today’s TREAT holders! These are made with an oldie but goodie die from Stampin’ Up called Two Tags. The die does just what it implies, cuts two different shaped tags at the same time. We’re only using one today though.
Aren’t they just so fun! I kept them simple but you could totally jazz them up depending how many you’re making and who they are for.
I just cut a thin strip of patterned paper, punched a scalloped circle in contrasting colors, stamped and punched my images and glued them all together. I used some fun black, orange and white twine from Doodlebug to the top. The images I chose for these are another oldie from Stampin’ Up called Batty for you.
For these tags I usually put an Andes mint inside because they are slim and it still closes easily but the grocery store had the cutest mini Hershey’s candy bars with Addams Family characters so I decided to give them a try and they fit great too!
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to see what’s brewing next!
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Welcome back to day 2 of The Rabbit Hole Designs new inspiration hop for the October release. I hope you’re having fun hopping with all of the design team and are getting great inspiration along the way. Today I’m sharing this super fun Caffeinated Turkey!
I love using my stamps for more than just cards and I realized that it’s been a while since I did anything like that and this turkey was just asking for it! My mom and I are two of the crazies that go Black Friday shopping every year. It’s tradition and we always have a blast. So this year I made a survival kit to get us through! haha!
I heat embossed my turked in black and used Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color him in. These are so fun and I love the watercolor look they give. Then, I used my Cricut to make a tag and had it write out the wording. I die cut some distress inked leaves and glued them to the tag. Then I popped my turkey on with foam squares and tied it to my filled up gift bag.
I also wanted to put this guy on a card and that’s what I’m sharing next.
In the spirit of trying new things, I stamped this turkey on kraft cardstock and colored him with my prismacolor pencils. It gives a totally different look from the same stamp. I love it! I stenciled the right side of my card base with the diamond flower stencil and glued more of those distressed leaves along the border. I popped my turkey up with foam squares and did the same with the sentiment strips I stamped.
I hope you enjoyed these ideas. I can’t wait to see all the creative things you all make with this fabulous turkey!
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Hi everyone!!! So excited to be sharing a new set from the fabulous October release for The Rabbit Hole Designs!!! Are you so excited? Today’s set is called Steeped in Happiness and I love it! I’ve made two completely different cards to share with you today. I hope you enjoy them.
For this first one I knew I wanted to try a different fold technique to make the card original. So I’ve made a gate fold card but the images on the front are attached on opposite sides. It’s really cool for the recipient. Here’s a closer look.
Isn’t that cool??? Here’s a few more details on how I made this card.
I started with the card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored it at 2.25 from each side to create the gate fold. Then cut patterned paper to fit the front panels and glued it down.
I stamped, colored and cut the image out.
I die cut 2 nested ovals – one with white cardstock that I inked lightly in the center and the other with patterned paper and glued them together. Then popped the teapot image up with foam squares.
I glued the oval to the left flap of the gate fold.
Next I stamped my sentiment from the set and cut a banner. This was only glued to the right flap of the card.
For finishing touches I glued gems and sequins all around the card.
It’s a really fun card but I especially like the gate fold technique for added interest and it helps it stand up nicely too. Do you ever make cards with different folds? I think I need to try it more often. This was fun and outside of the norm for me.
For the next card, I knew that I wanted to do something completely different than my first so I spent time thinking…then it hit me. I’m a Disney freak and Alice has always been one of my favorites. So, here we go!
Do you see it??? Let me know in the comments. 😉
Here are the details:
Printed striped paper on a toner copier and sent it through my laminator with Silver Shattered Deco Foil, then cut it down to a strip.
Stamped and colored my image and matted in on black cardstock. Same with the sentiment.
Now for assembly, I glued blue cardstock to a card base, then added my silver stripes and a black stripe along the edge. Then I popped up my sentiment and image panels with foam squares.
For finishing touches on this card I scattered clear gems throughout.
I love how this card turned out! Don’t you? What will you create with this super fun tea set? I can’t wait to see!
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Hey! I’m over at The Rabbit Hole Designs blog today with this awesome caffeinated flamingo card. I have been playing with distress ink backgrounds lately and when this one was finished I knew I wanted to try a flamingo with it.
Here are the details:
Blended distress inks and spritzed the panel with water. Then adhered it to a card front.
Trimmed down a black panel to 4×5.25 and die cut a border out. Then popped this up with foam tape for dimension.
Stamped, colored and die cut my flamingo. Then I glued him directly to the black panel.
I chose a sentiment from the Perfectly Blended set, stamped it on a red-ish cardstock that matched my background and popped the strip up with foam tape.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the mug and gems scattered throughout. I love a little bling!
I love that black cardstock against the bright background. And the flamingo is just soft enough to pop from both of those elements and not get lost. This is such a fun card and was pretty quick to put together. I feel like a set of these with different sentiments would be a fun gift for someone. Or a great thing to have on hand for when you need to send a card on short notice.
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Thanks for stopping by today. I love watching Jennifer McGuire’s YouTube videos. She’s always got great inspiration and ideas to share. Recently she had one involving laminating pockets for windows. It was a great idea and came at a perfect time. She made wintry snow scenes with hers but I immediately thought of my daughter’s upcoming birthday invitations that needed made. I showed her the pictures Jennifer had posted and she loved the idea.
Together we dug through confetti, stamps, paper and copic colors and planned out her invitations together. It was a lot of fun and we both love how they turned out.
Here’s how we did it:
Opened the laminating pocket and sprinkled confetti all over, closed it and ran it through the laminator twice. It’s probably not necessary but I thought it might help seal the confetti inside.
Next I trimmed the sheets down to two 8.5×5.5 inch pieces and scored them at 4.25. After I folded them, I ran them through the laminator again to solidify the crease. It worked great!
For the stamping, coloring portion…we cut a yellow strip to 1.75×5.5 and stamped a polka dot background stamp in yellow for a tone-on-tone look.
Next we stamped, colored and die cut images from Lawn Fawn’s Monster Mash, Beam Me Up and Year Four stamp sets. I love being able to mix and match stamps.
And last we just glued them all in place with liquid glue.
Here’s a closer look at those cute monsters.
One thing to note: We glued extra yellow panels to the inside and back of the card so everything is covered. It hides the glue and gives a nice finished look. In the end we have four strips of yellow cardstock covering the fronts and back of the clear card.
Now, my poor daughter has to wait to hand these out until next month. Waahhh. Lol.
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Thanks for stopping by again. Recently I had a coworker ask for some interactive Halloween cards for her grandkids. They are ranging in age and I thought a shaker card would be perfect for the littlest. Then I came across this awesome burst die from Avery Elle and immediately wanted to try the peek-a-boo scary pals with it!
I went with the burst shape and decided to make a square card. The final card size is 4.25×4.25 so it still mails in a standard A2 size envelope.
To make this card I splattered pearl and gold watercolor on a black panel, then die cut the burst die and the largest circle from the set out of the middle. Next, I adhered acetate to the back of the window and added three layers of foam around the edge for the shaker pocket. I took the circle that came out of the burst center and glued it down to the card front. Then scooped sequins, glitter, pearls and bubbles to the center and secured the window over the top. I had already chosen my scary pals so I stamped, colored, die cut and then glued them down. Last I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on gold paper and glued it to the front. Finishing touches were just adding black glaze pen to the eyes and white gel pen accents to the monsters.
I love shaker cards! They are so fun to shake around and also just fun to look at. I’ve said it a million times but the peek-a-boo pals are one of my all-time favorite lines of stamps. They are so different, versatile and fun! I hope this kiddo enjoys their Halloween card.
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Heat emboss stand sentiment on the top with white embossing powder.
Glue background panel and “snow” border to card front.
All of the images are popped then up with foam squares.
Last, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Avery Elle’s Christmas Kids in silver embossing powder.
Finishing touches are Wink of Stella Glitter Brush pen on the mug and presents and glossy accents on the lights, Christmas tree base and the bear’s nose.
Here’s a closer look at the details. It’s so fun and whimsical! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!
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Thanks so much for stopping by today! I’m super excited to share this card today. It was inspired by a Trinity Stamps Design Team Member Jenn Bena. Her Youtube video is here in case you want to check it out. ❤
I had this cute little penguin sitting on my desk from a previous craft session just waiting for inspiration to hit. As soon as I saw that video it made me think of the smaller images the awesome Avery Elle sets have in them and if I paired a few together I could make a cool Christmas wreath. Voila! Here it is and I love it!
The general gist is to die cut the quilted frame and pop it up, ink the inner circle and glue it down. Then stamp, color and die cut smaller images from lots of sets (Christmas Magic, Cocoa Stand, Polar Playtime) and layer them around the outside of the oval creating a wreath around our adorable penguin. Then I added a bunch of fun finishing touches like glossy accents, Stickles and Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. I also stamped and popped up a sentiment at the bottom which is totally glitterfied!
Do you love it? I totally do! I wish pictures really did it justice…but they don’t. All the shiny and glittery cuteness is just perfect!
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Hey there! I’m up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog today sharing this great pumpkin friends watercolor card. I love all things Halloween and these cards have been so fun to make! I love it all!
Today I decided to get messy with watercolor. Let’s be real, I’m rarely a clean crafter but when you add paint I’m an extra mess.
Today I used watercolor paper for the background panel and just did multiple layers of black watercolor, drying the paper in between to add texture and dimension to the paint. Then I splattered that with gold and purple watercolor and set it aside to dry.
I stamped, colored and cut my pumpkins and popped them up with foam squares.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold and then stamped a spider hanging down from the bottom of it for an extra spooky look.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the pumpkin’s eyes, noses and mouths and the spider’s body.
This whole thing was glued onto a purple card base for a little pop of extra color around the edge.
Look at the light shine off the glossy accents. It really gives it a whole different look. I love it!
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