Candy Corn Halloween Cards

A thoughtful friend sent me this candy corn die and I used lots of snippets of Halloween papers and cardstock to create a few cards with it. After laying the strips of dsp down on a scrap of white, I cut the panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle. Next I added the die-cut candy corn along with a stamped and punched sentiment (R from SU!) and added a green glaze sticker just for fun. I put this one on a lavender card base.

Here's a 2nd card made with different snippets and colors on a green card base.

 

and the last one, made with a mix of assorted snippets of designer papers  and cardstock on a black card base.

Sharing the first card with these challenges:

The Snippets Playground challenge #491 - must use snippets

The Allsorts Challenge Week #802 - A/G or Magical, Myths and/or Legend

Love those Pretty Papers October Challenge - Optional theme Halloween Colors/ Papers

The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge for October 2024 - A/G Halloween

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday!

Carol

Halloween Fun

 This is not your ordinary Halloween card but I think it will bring a smile or two. This hilarious looking pooch is by Unity and I colored him with fluorescent Copics to give him a Halloween "costume" with purple and green fur and a blue tongue. LOL I die-cut the image panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle and added 3 black candy dots. The twine is from Lawn Fawn, and the silver on black dotted paper is (r) from SU! 

I'm sharing this with the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge for October 2024.

Also sharing with the Critter Crazy Challenge #91 -

A/G featuring a critter

Entering too into the NBUS Challenge #67 since this is the first outing for this stamped image.

Thanks for stopping by and keep smiling😉

Carol

Halloween Treats

 Here are some Halloween treat boxes I've been working on to hand out later this month. I've been using up my stash before buying anything new, so nearly all of these Hershey nugget boxes were made with leftover snippets of cardstock and designer papers. Some of the papers are (r) SU! while others came from Tuesday Morning stores (sadly now closed)and some I've had for years that I bought from QVC when they sold crafting supplies. The pre-printed sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp. The ghosts are cuts from an IO die set. The bats are dies and stamps from Lawn Fawn, and the tiny spider and webs are dies from Taylored Expressions. That tiny 

"boo" tag on the box in the back was made with a retired SU! stamp and punch that I gave away a long time ago after making a few to keep for myself.

These treats hold packs of Walker Shortbread cookies (2 in a pack) that my local grocery store carries year round. I tied them up with some spooky black ribbon I've had for eons.

Here are a few more made with assorted papers and dies. The spider is a die from MB and the witch's hat is a die from Darice. Sentiment from SSS.

The green trick or treat sentiment was done with an older (r) SU! stamp and punch set.

 I have made a few others which I'll share soon.

Entering the first set of nugget boxes into these challenges:

Love those Pretty Papers October Challenge - use dsp *optional Halloween colors

Two Old Bats October 2024 Challenge - A/G Halloween

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone is enjoying World Card Making Day today!

Carol

Halloween Card

It's time to start making those Halloween cards so I pulled out this Lawn Fawn die and added little snippets of Halloween designer papers along with some stamped images and die cuts. The candy corn was done with Lawn Fawn stamps and dies and colored with Copics. The ghost mouse is an image by House Mouse and I added a tiny tag done with a long retired SU! mini punch and a glittery green sticker. The raven on the branch was cut with a die from Gina Marie Designs and the pre-printed sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. The last square is just a bit of designer paper that fit perfectly into the last square.

Sharing this card with the following challenges:

Two Old Bats September 2024 Challenge - A/G Halloween

The Snippets Playground Challenge #489 - A/G using snippets

The Allsorts Challenge week #798 - "Something Fishy" or A/G

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - 4-legged friends (mouse)

Four Seasons Fall September 2024 Challenge - Fall 

HMFMC #424 - A/G + Option- Use Scraps of Paper

Triple B September 2024 Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

(use 1, 2, or all 3) - I used a bird

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great September day whatever you're doing. 

I spotted a sign earlier this week that said "Be the "FUN" in dysfunctional.

Good advice 😁

Carol

 

Halloween

 I've been trying to use up the random bits from paper pads I've had for ages, and this card makes use of some Recollections dsp snippets in shades of black and grey. I used a MB Spider die and added some orange glaze pen drips to each of his legs and placed him over a heat-embossed sentiment done with a TH stamp and a GMD stitched die on a snippet of black. I gave the spider some eyes with a white glaze pen and a tiny black marker just for fun.

Sharing with these challenges:

The Snippets Playground #487 - must use snippets

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge August 2024 - A/G Halloween

Love Those Pretty Papers August Challenge - Use Patterned Paper

Thanks for the visit and as always, I wish you a beautiful day.

Carol

Happy Halloween

 Halloween has arrived and I have a card in keeping with that theme. I found this stamped image in my stash and colored it with fluorescent Copics and put it on a purple mat that was created with a retired SU! corner punch to make it look like a little frame. I found the pre-stamped sentiment and added some doodling around the edges with a black marker. I used 2 pieces of retired SU! dsp and added a strip of white that I colored with the orange Copic to match the witch's dress. The little boo tag was done with a retired SU! punch and stamp and even though it's upside down I still used it. LOL

Wishing you all a happy and fun Halloween with lots of yummy treats!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Carol

Last of the Halloween Treats

Here are the last of my Halloween treats I made this year. This is a collection of matchbook covers and here is a photo of them closed up and ready to hand out. I used assorted stamps. die cuts, punches, pre-printed sentiments, gemstones and mini brads, and just made them as colorful and different as I could. Unfortunately, I found myself out of orange cardstock this year but I used the colors I had on hand and added orange accents with markers or bits of designer paper.

Here is what they look like opened. Each holds a Ghirardelli chocolate square candy treat. I decorated the matchboxes on the inside too for more Halloween fun.

Here are a few of the Lawn Fawn tiny cat boxes I made this year using assorted snippets of cardstock. 2 kitties are holding goldfish, 2 are just sitting and waiting LOL

 And for the last treat, this is a mini mug made from a snippet of Halloween bat designer paper, It holds a Lindor Truffle and I added a pre-printed sentiment wrapped around it and tied it with purple and white twine for a cute little treat.

That's the last of the Halloween treat containers for this year but I love making them and spend countless hours putting them together which keeps me busy.

I'll enter the matchboxes into the Snippets Playground Challenge #466 since each one was made with nothing but snippets.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great Monday!

Carol

A Halloween Card and More Treat Boxes

I made some Halloween cards this year using up scraps of older Halloween designer paper that I've had for eons. I just cut them randomly and adhered them to card bases and added a big die-cut candy corn to the top. I used an older retired SU! sentiment and coordinating punch combo to make the greeting. I added a green gel sticker accent just for fun.

Here's how I decorated the inside of the card....

I used another random strip of dsp along with a couple die cuts and a Tim Holtz Happy Halloween sentiment. The smaller sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp. I used a Fluorescent Copic green marker to color the cauldron and a yellow glaze pen to color the eyes and nose of the skull.

Here are a couple more treat boxes I made using assorted die-cuts, papers and stamped sentiments. They each hold 2 mini Kit Kat bars

 These 2 treat boxes hold candy corn which is why I added the stamped, fussy cut candy corn images by Lawn Fawn and then tied them up with orange ribbon. These boxes were made with a SU! Scalloped Top Tag punch and were made with some older retired SU! papers.

I still have more treats for Halloween that I'll share soon, but for now, I'm entering the card into these challenges:

The Little Red Wagon Challenge #728 - Trick or Treat

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

That's going to be it for me this Wednesday, so have a good day and thanks for stopping by.

Carol

More Halloween Treats

 

Here are a few more Halloween treat boxes I made using a Lawn Fawn die and assorted papers and card stock along with some orange and black ribbons. I used a lot of assorted die-cuts, punches and stamped images and pre-printed SSS sentiments to put these all together. Each one holds a mini Kit-Kat bar and a mini Snickers bar.

I have more that I'll post in the future too. I just love putting these little treats together and it's a great way to use up all those Halloween supplies I've accumulated through the years.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do.

Carol

Pumpkin Head

 I sold all my House Mouse stamps several years ago after using them for years, but I found this stamped image in my box of snippets, so I colored it and made it into a card. It's a Gruffies image from 2002. I colored it with Copics and added a little BOO! tag done with a long retired SU! stamp and tag punch (which I've also passed on through the years). I die cut the image panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die and put it on a red card base.

I'm sharing this oldie but goodie with...

the House Mouse & Friends #401 - A/G with an option of adding another House Mouse image other than a House Mouse (Gruffie)

Critter Crazy Challenge #79 - A/G featuring a critter

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your day is a great one!

Carol

Halloween Treats

I thought I'd share some of the Halloween Treats I've been working on  recently. These are the tiny gift boxes from Lawn Fawn done with the Halloween add-ons and lots and lots of snippets. Some of the bats have wings, some are holding candy corn and some are sporting colorful bow ties. They each hold a Lindor truffle candy for a yummy treat. Click the photo to enlarge for details

Here are a couple of simple treat boxes I made from white and orange snippets that I shaped into a little bag/box to hold some small treats.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn, while the tops were done with a retired SU! tab punch and a retired SU! stamped image.

 

Before assembling, I stamped the sides with Lawn Fawn and SU! images and colored them with glaze markers. I could make these little boxes all day every day, I just love putting them together.

This is a small sampling of what I've been working on but I'll share more in an upcoming post soon.

Sharing these with the Snippets Playground #465 - must use snippets

Also sharing with Two Old Bats October Halloween Challenge - A/G Halloween

Wishing you all a wonderful Tuesday and thanks so much for stopping by.

Carol

Trick or Treat

I've made several Halloween cards using this candy corn die a friend gifted me with several years ago so I'll share one today.  It's time to use up the Halloween papers I've been hanging onto for so long, so I cut the smaller pieces into strips and made a herringbone background for this card. The trick or treat stamped image was done with a SU! Tags 4 You set (2013-2014) on orange cardstock and cut with the coordinating punch. I added a green gel sticker just for a fun accent. 

 The same friend who gifted me with the candy corn die, also gifted me with an envelope of fun die cuts so I added 2 of them here on the inside. I added some fluorescent Copic colors to the cauldron and added a SSS pre-printed sentiment along with another snippet of retired SU! Halloween paper.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #507 - Franken-Card / Halloween

Craft Rocket Challenges #108 - Autumn and/or Halloween

Allsorts Challenge week 749 - Vintage or A/G

Retro Rubber Challenge #217 - A/G using stamps older than 1 year

Two Old Bats October A/G Halloween Challenge

That's going to do it for me today so thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day whatever you do.

I'm keeping the world in prayer for peace.

Carol

Printer Misfit Halloween Card

Has anyone ever run into an issue like this? I turned my printer on to print something, and it printed 3 or 4 sheets like this until I just turned it off in frustration! I've been flipping them over, cutting them in 4ths and using them for scratch paper and then I decided to use some of the pieces to make a card. Why not? I'm pretty sure it's nothing anyone else has! LOL I have no clue how to resolve this other than buying a new printer!

 So this is the card I made with these goofy papers. I stamped a Brutus Monroe spiderweb image on a snippet of gray cardstock and added an orange spider, stamped in black and covered with orange and white glaze pens. I always have strips of black cardstock on my table as I use that color often, so I just went around the square with those strips and then filled in the spaces with pieces of this oddball printed paper. I added a SSS pre-printed sentiment on a snippet of lavender cardstock and added a green candy dot.

I'm entering this one-of-a-kind Halloween card into these challenges:

Two Old Bats October Anything Halloween Challenge

Four Seasons October 2023 - A/G Fall Challenge

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Shapes

The Alphabet Challenge - M is for Monochrome

The Snippets Playground Challenge #464 - must use snippets

OK, that's it for me on this Tuesday but I hope you're all having a great day. Thanks for stopping by, it's always nice to have you visit :)

Carol

A Snarky Halloween Card

 While at a friend's house some time ago, she showed me this hilarious stamp and matching sentiment that she found at a craft show, and I had to make several copies to bring home because I couldn't stop giggling LOL

I colored this witch with fluorescent Copics and die cut it with a MFT stitched circle die. I used a retired SU! black doily underneath it and added the sentiment along with some random black Nuvo drops and placed it on a SSS Orange Peel cardstock base. It certainly makes a statement for Halloween doesn't it? LOL

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge for September - A/G Halloween

The Colorful Options September 2023 challenge - Outrageous Orange

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

I spotted this on a sign on the way home yesterday and since my card is snarky, I figured I'd add this to the post for an extra giggle. I don't know who comes up with this stuff, but I'm grateful for the chuckles LOL

If you fall down in your driveway, it's your own asphalt.

Keep Smiling! 😊

Carol

Halloween for Kids

 I was playing around with some snippets of PTI Bitty Box Basics paper I've had for years and cut them into strips and adhered them to a snippet of cardstock; then cut it down to make a vertical panel. I have a couple wee ones to make Halloween cards for and I don't like to make them too scary, so I pulled out this SU! image (2002) and colored it and made a little framed photo of it by using a retired SU! corner punch with a snippet of black cardstock. I stenciled a portion of the card base with colors to match the vertical panel and added some Lawn Fawn candy corn, along with some SSS pre-printed sentiments placed on snippets of purple and black cardstock. I added a green enamel sticker just for fun.

Sharing this with the Snippets Playground #462 as well as the 

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge for September - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day. For those celebrating Labor day today, enjoy the holiday!

Carol

Peek-A-Boo Halloween

This is the first outing for this Lawn Fawn Peek-A-Boo die I received for my birthday.  I had fun creating with it and made this card for my friend's young grandson (and will make another for his older brother soon). I used an assortment of stamps and a punch for the words on each window, adding a couple stickers to add some sparkle. Open the windows and here's what's inside...

 The images and sentiment are from MFT and I added an old die-cut bat and a trick or treat sentiment I found in my snippets box. I hope this will amuse a 3 year old with all the opening windows - at least for a minute or two :)

I'll share this with these challenges:

Two Old Bats October Halloween Challenge - A/G Halloween

Craft Rocket Challenge #97 - Autumn/Halloween

Little Red Wagon Challenge #674 - Spooky Halloween

NBUS Challenge #43 - Never Before Used Schtuff

(The Lawn Fawn dies and MFT stamps)

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Happy Haunting

 I went from a spring card to a St. Patrick's day card and rushed all the way through to a Halloween card today! 😉 I'm just all over the place!

Anyway, I made this card for the Two Old Bats Halloween challenge for March. I used Tim Holtz crazy cats and accessories stamps and fussy cut them after coloring with Copics. I added 2 die-cut little mice from Gina K Designs and double cut the borders with Sweet 'n Sassy dies, swapping the negatives for a fun look. I found the sentiment already printed in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend is a great one!

Carol

Last of the Treat Boxes

Here are the last of the treat boxes I made for Halloween this year. These are little triangle boxes made with one piece of paper and folded up to hold little bags of M&M's. I've had a few sheets of this bat paper I bought at Tuesday Morning years ago, and I want to use it up so I can focus on some new papers for next year! I added a SU! stamped and punched sentiment to the center box, while the box on the left was done with a fussy-cut Unity stamped image, and the one on the right was done with a Lil Inker Boo! die and an I.O. Ghost die. The "ribbon" is like paper and fans out to be billowy, or tears apart easily to look like shreds. I've had it for years and have no clue where I found it but I always use it on Halloween treats because it's black.

I'm sharing these with the Four Seasons October A/G Fall challenge

Also sharing with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spooky/Halloween

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking time to leave a comment. I appreciate everyone who stops by.

Enjoy this beautiful Autumn day and take care of yourself!

Carol

 

More Treats

 I have a few more Halloween treat bags to share today.

I used random bits of cardstock and Halloween designer paper with die-cut ghosts, SU! stamped & punched elements, and some Simon Says Stamp pre-printed Halloween sentiments. I added some plastic bones with twine onto the ribbon closures of two of the bags. Those bones were given to me last year by a very generous blogger; aren't they cute?

I'm entering these into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "Not A Card"

Thanks for stopping by today and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

It's Been a While

 Life has thrown some curves my way recently which kept me from my crafting table, but I did find some time to make Halloween treats. Today I have a sampling of some of them, using assorted snippets of cardstock, ribbons, papers, stamps, punches, dies and embellishments. These are KitKat bars enclosed in little treat holders ready for hand-outs to bank tellers, supermarket cashiers and people we interact with on a regular basis. We no longer have kids visiting for treats, but I found that adult workers appreciate these as much as the kiddies do, so I keep making them every year. 

If anyone wants to know anything I used to make these, just leave a comment or email me and I'll do my best to fill you in on the details.

More treats to come a bit later too.

Entering these into the following challenges:

Two Old Bats October Halloween Challenge - A/G

The Snippets Playground #413 - must use snippets

If you're still with me, thanks so much. I hate that it's taken me so long between posts, but priorities change and my attention has been focused elsewhere for a while. Thanks for the visit and take good care!

Carol